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Climate change should be considered a new core aspect of creditworthiness when prospective home buyers apply for a mortgage, a new report suggests.

The analysis from the climate risk financial modeling firm First Street is a groundbreaking nationwide look at the ties between the growing risks from extreme weather such as floods and wildfires, and a long-suspected…

John S. Martinez School ​“eco-warriors” Christian Ayapantecatl, Anthony Leon, and Giovanni Zurita walked up James Street’s tree belt, using long plastic ​“pickers” to grab pieces of paper, plastic, and chicken wing bones before throwing them into a large black trash bag.

They then walked over to stand alongside the mayor, four alders, and two dozen fellow students, city workers, and Fair Haven…

A menu of pollo asado, arroz con gandules, and tres leches for dessert was the centerpiece of a joyous afternoon of gratitude, service, and community love in Fair Haven.

The scene was the annual pre-Thanksgiving lunch at the Atwater Senior Center, where about 100 older folks — regular clients of the five-day-a-week multi-service senior center on Atwater near Grand — were treated like honored holiday guests.

There was…

A derelict power plant. A neighborhood school. A vibrant community history of hardship and resilience. And the ticking clock of climate change.

All these elements came together in the first of a series of walking tours — a collaboration among several public and nonprofit entities put together by Anstress Farwell, president of the New Haven Urban Design League — focusing on the decommissioned and toxic English Station power plant and the Mill River District in Fair Haven...…