Maria Teniza | January 3rd, 2024

In Mi Lupita’s warm Grand Avenue kitchen, 54-year-old Yolanda Guzman Elias and her sister Batriz Guzman Elias were making culinary magic, cutting fresh strawberries and slicing thin meat before a morning rush. The smell of dough hung low and thick in the air, wafting from the…

by NORA GRACE-FLOOD | Nov 21, 2023

Fair Haven school kids filed into the Atwater Senior Center to keep their senior counterparts company in advance of Thanksgiving — and to dance cumbia with New Haveners like 73-year-old Yvonne Sheppard, who said the celebration was less a loneliness intervention than it was a special occasion among a vibrant city full of friends...…

Bright, splashy greens, blues, pinks and purples declare the sweet treats to be found at Cositas Deliciosas: the ice cream, the shakes, the snow cones, the fresh fruit. But for me, it’s the savory regional Mexican dishes that speak loudest...…

GUILFORD — While the plain wooden structure looks like any other old outbuilding at the Dudley Farm Museum, it holds a small treasure trove of Native American artifacts, some dating back 12,000 years...

https://www.ctinsider.com/shoreline/article/guilford-quinnipiac-dawnland-museum-dudley-farm-18404146.php

The state has awarded $6 million towards overhauling Grand Avenue to make the bustling Fair Haven commercial corridor safer, cleaner, better-lit, and more pedestrian-friendly.

Those improvements can’t come soon enough for neighborhood stalwarts like Maria Ocotecatl of Grand Fish Market, and Javier Sanchez of Evolution Hair Studio, and Angeles Romero of Rodeo Groceries, and Ines Vidals of Dayvett’s Gifts, who have built up their small businesses because of their diverse and supportive…

One Neighborhood, 90 Trees and an 82-Year-Old Crusader

Ed Rodriguez is on a mission to convince his neighbors that they need trees to help combat summer heat — and to make the world a better place. It’s not always so easy... 

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/20/us/trees-heat-wave-new-haven-ct.html

Artist Perez — born Carlos Perez, but these days the artist goes simply by his last name — is in the process of painting a 227-foot-long "FAIR HAVEN" mural beneath the Interstate 91 Exit 7 overpass at Ferry Street and Middletown Avenue, one of the main entrances to Fair Haven...…

Mary Wade Outstanding Leadership Award 2023 Nomination Form

The Outstanding Leadership Award was created in 2010 for an individual who has served as a leader, inspiration, resource, and role model for the entire Fair Haven Community and is presented following the Annual Fair Haven Community Parade.  Click Here to complete your…

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Published December 9, 2022 at 8:01 AM EST

Neil Berro…

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Dear neighbors,

On Monday night, the Board of Alders voted to allocate $53 Million in American Rescue Plan funding for a wide variety of initiatives. This includes some important projects for Ward 14 and Fair Haven, including:

* Renovation of the Atwater Senior Center into a full-service Community Center…

FOCUS on New Haven, a student-led program designed to introduce incoming students to the city of New Haven through the lens of community engagement and social justice has a group of students willing to volunteer for your organization or project.

FOCUS will partnerships with various organizations whereby their participants will engage in short term volunteer projects for three days. Last year, they had a mix of…

Two recent media stories about neighbors who support, strengthen, and enrich our community were recently featured  the New Haven Indepedent.

1. Read up here on the legacy of Eugene Fargeorge and his advocacy for historic…