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Len Fasano

Beware of Election Year “Surplus”

[box]By State Senator Len Fasano[/box] The State of Connecticut has bills to pay; lots of bills. We have roads, schools and hospitals to maintain, police and public works employees to pay, prisons and public institutions

QU’s Student Occupational Therapy Association to Collect Prom Dresses for Foster and Adopted Girls on North Haven Campus

[box]Quinnipiac University student Marta Parys (far right) donates two gently-used prom dresses to the Student Occupational Therapy Association on the North Haven Campus at Quinnipiac. SOTA members (from left) Laura Cataldo, Alexandra Delayo and Karrin

Yeats’ Derrynane

Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum Acquires Jack B. Yeats’ ‘Derrynane’

Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum at Quinnipiac University recently acquired the landscape painting “Derrynane” by Jack Butler Yeats, one of the best known Irish painters of the 20thcentury, and it is currently on view at the museum.

Dave Yaccarino

Rep. Yaccarino Announces Re-Election Bid

Today, State Representative David Yaccarino publicly announced that he will seek a third term in the Connecticut General Assembly representing North Haven’s 87th Legislative District. Yaccarino, a small business owner and former member of the US

North Haven Clean Energy Task Force to Hold an Energy Forum

Free Event Shows Residents How to Save Money and Improve Their Home’s Energy Performance Saturday, February 1, 2014 • 10:00am – 1:00pm (Snow date: Saturday, February 8, 2014 12-3pm) North Haven Library, 17 Elm Street, North Haven, CT

North Haven Soccer Club

North Haven Soccer Club Spring 2014 Registration Is Now Open

North Haven Soccer Club Spring 2014 registration is now open for all age groups from U4 to U19. Players who wish to participate must register online at www.NorthHavenSoccerClub.org. Registration deadlines are as follows: JANUARY 31, 2014*

Tom Riley

Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum to Present Program on the Orphan Train Riders

Writer and photographer Tom Riley will discuss the Orphan Train Riders, a group of an estimated 273,000 children who were transported from New York City to live with families in rural America, at 5:30 p.m. on

League of Women Voters

Breakfast with the Legislators, 2014

Hamden and North Haven residents are invited to a “Breakfast with the Legislators,” the annual League of Women Voters of Hamden-North Haven event for interacting with the state Senators and Representatives whom we have sent

Ridge Road School Closed Again on Tuesday, January 7, 2014

A Message from the Ridge Road PTA: Dear Parents, Unfortunately we have learned that we will not be able to return to Ridge Road School tomorrow (Tuesday). We will be housing students in Grades K,

To Avoid Hypothermia, Quinnipiac University Physician Assistant Says, ‘Think C.O.L.D.’

With the temperatures expected to plummet during today’s snowstorm,Cindy Lord, clinical associate professor and director of the physician assistant program at Quinnipiac University, is available to offer advice about avoiding hypothermia. “I use the acronym C.O.L.D.,” Lord said. Cover

Steve Fontana Named New Haven’s Deputy Director of Economic Development

[box]By Mary E. O’Leary, New Haven Register[/box] Jason Bartlett, Mayor-Elect Toni Harp’s campaign manager, will be the new director of youth services, while one of her Democratic opponents, Sundiata Keitazulu, has also been hired as a

11th Annual Secret Santa Collection for Veterans a Success

Yesterday State Representative Dave Yaccarino joined fellow legislators and Department of Veterans’ Affairs Commissioner Linda Schwartz to wrap up the 11th Annual Secret Santa Collection for the Rocky Hill Veterans’ home. Rep. Yaccarino, the House