At Quinnipiac River Park in Fair Haven, Orquesta Espada was heading into the last song of its set. The Caseus truck had run out of supplies to make sandwiches and was packing it in, while the ¡Ay…

Two days of music, food and fun on the historic Fair Haven Waterfront in New Haven, CT

Fair Haven Family Stroll and Festival - Saturday April 30 ~ 10am-2pm at…

WNPR reporter Ryan Caron King is working on a video that shows what it's like to bike through different cities and neighborhoods in Connecticut. The goal is to show streetscapes from the perspective of riders and the challenges bikers have to overcome.

Ryan is looking for Fair Haven neighborhood resident who use a bike and public transportation solely to get around. He would like to ride along with you and film for about 30 minutes, or the length of your commute. He would like to do…

The organizers of the Tree Lighting at Quinnipiac River Park are looking for musicians, singers and a Santa Claus. We have the suit and a place to change, let us know if you are interested in bring cheer to this community event.

Musicians bring your instruments. We already have a trombone and two accordions. Singers bring your voice, we need you.

We pay in apple cider, good cheer and with a heartfelt thank you. See you Sat. at 5:30pm Quinnipiac River Park, corner of…

The Mary Wade Home is searching for the right candidate for the position of Transportation Coordinator. Fluent Spanish is required in this position.

Essential duties include:

• Management of the Adult Day Center, Weekend and Medical Transportation programs

·         Vehicle Maintenance and Driver Safety Training

• Supervision of the…

Position Description: Operations Manager, New Haven Land Trust

Our Mission

The New Haven Land Trust promotes the appreciation and preservation of natural resources in New Haven for the benefit and education of the community. We do this through land conservation, community gardening, and environmental education.

Our Culture

The Land Trust is a rapidly growing non-profit with a strong, community-focused mission.  We…

Connecticut Fund for the Environment's campaign to curb unnecessary and excessive tree trimming by Connecticut's utility companies is gaining momentum! The coalition to protect our local communities from ugly and environmentally devastating trimming practices is growing daily. But the threats to trees are growing too.

This week, we heard about aggressive tree destruction in Weston, and we're monitoring a council hearing in Ledyard. As we share our conservation plans and…

The issues are blight and vermin.

155/153 Lombard St has absentee landlords who are allowing their property to deteriorate. Racoons and squirrels have been seen coming in and out of the house, where they have built nests, causing health and safety issues. The shingles are falling off the house making it not only unsightly, but attracting vermin to make nests.

You can help by following this link: …

Summer Movies For New Haven Families

This summer, the City of New Haven will host movie nights for children and their families. Moviegoers are encouraged to bring their own blankets, chairs and any snacks they might want throughout the show. The movie schedule is as follows:

• July 10 at Kimberly Field: The Goonies;
• July 17 at College Woods: ET: The…

The City of New Haven is working with the Workforce Alliance and New Haven Works to offer a program to prepare applicants to compete for upcoming retail and customer service jobs in the region, including, but not limited to:

 - Jordan's Furniture

 -  The Fresh Market

 - Bed Bath and Beyond

 - DSW

 - Dick’s Sporting Goods

The program starts in early July with the possibility of hiring by companies beginning immediately after training and…

...Our first stop was Grand Apizza, a Fair Haven institution with several branches in neighboring towns. We all enjoyed slices of cheese, mushroom, pepperoni, and sausage pizza and learned the history of the place. I learned that this is where you get the ice cream sandwiches, too — actually, gelato sandwiches...

And it goes on from there. Read the entire article…

From entrepreneurs in their 20s to established real estate developers, the diversity of people who joined the first few gatherings on neighbourhood economics in Cincinnati had an initiator of the effort, Peter Block, happily stunned.



“The most excited people in some cases were the people who came in with the most responsibility — and they got it,” Peter says.

Christine Egger, who is supporting the…

This year's Quinnipiac Riverfest was last Sunday. THis is a link to Chris's top ten photos:

http://www.ilovenewhaven.org/2015/05/top-10-riverfest-photos-chris-randall.html?q=riverfest

The complete album is on Facebook:

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The following jobs have come to our attention as a result of organizing Riverfest. This company is located in Fair Haven, anyone who lives here can walk or bike to these jobs. They are at Vespoli. If you are looking for a job and you think you are qualified please contact them directly. It would help our efforts to get people who have access to local jobs to share the information with us us if you mention that you heard about the job through…

Fair Haven business owners- we are 300+ local residents, your potential customers. We want to buy from you, we want to work with you to improve our neighborhood. Please join us, 6pm Mon. May 11 at Cheney & Co. 20 Grand Av. Enter at rear of the building. Please RSVP:Diane.Panasci@FairHavenForward.com.…