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...…

Sustainable CT is matching donations for our Peace Mural at the Fair Haven Library dollar for dollar until Nov.15. This means we only need to raise $3000 to get the final $6000 needed to complete the Mural. We need 30 donors to receive the match.…

Who:

A new online resource called …

The June sunlight sparkled off the smooth waters of the Quinnipiac River beside the Quinnipiac River Marina in Fair Haven, where people of all ages gathered to participate in the Quinnipiac Riverfest this Saturday.

A large stage dominated a corner of the area, surrounded by stalls for vendors, small businesses, and nonprofits. Beside the stage was a sign-up for kayak rentals, 15 minutes each. The community came together to celebrate local artists and businesses, as well as the culture…

Mill River Urban Waters Initiative - Community Leader /

Iniciativa de Aguas Urbanas del Río Mill - Líderes Comunitarios

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Background

The project team for the Mill River Urban Waters Initiative requests applications from Fair Haven residents to serve as a Community Leader. In this role, the Community Leader will assist with general and specific outreach and engagement efforts…

This Wednesday 6-7pm. Pizza and translation offered. Please join us...

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...…

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Published December 9, 2022 at 8:01 AM EST

Neil Berro…