Thomas Breen

1 week ago | ctmirror.org | Thomas Breen |Gabby DeBenedictis

Avelo’s CEO told the state’s attorney general that he can see a copy of the budget airline’s deportation contract — if he submits a Freedom of Information Act request to the relevant federal agency. Avelo Airlines CEO Andrew Levy offered that advice in a one-page letter he sent to state Attorney General William Tong Tuesday.

1 week ago | newhavenindependent.org | Thomas Breen

The CEO of Avelo Airlines told the state’s attorney general that he can see a copy of the budget airline’s deportation-flight contract with the Trump administration — if he submits a Freedom of Information Act request to the relevant federal agency. Avelo CEO Andrew Levy offered that advice in a one-page letter he sent to state Attorney General William Tong Tuesday.

1 week ago | newhavenindependent.org | Thomas Breen

Somebody shot and killed a 15-year-old New Havener on Greenwood Street in a targeted attack Tuesday afternoon. Police responded to Greenwood Street between Legion Avenue and Sylvan Avenue in the Hill a little before 3:30 p.m., according to city police spokesperson Officer Christian Bruckhart. The police department first posted on the social media site X at 3:22 p.m. that a person in the area had been shot. At 4:18 p.m., police posted on X that this was now a homicide investigation.

1 week ago | newhavenindependent.org | Thomas Breen

Firefighters rescued three women and 16 cats from a three-family house that caught on fire Monday afternoon. The fire appeared to start in the basement — where, according to the landlord, a contractor had been working to solder a leaky pipe. Assistant Fire Chief Danny Coughlin told the Independent that the call came in at around 2:07 p.m. Monday for a fire at 1363 Chapel St.“Crews arrived on scene to find heavy smoke from the building,” he said.

1 week ago | theinnercitynews.com | Thomas Breen

by Thomas Breen The New Haven independent“The old tools are still the new tools,” U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy told a room of Fair Haven healthcare providers and advocates worried about potential Republican-led cuts to Medicaid. “As much as politics has changed, it is still turnout and protest and volume that makes a difference.”Murphy offered that political advice during a Friday morning meetup at Fair Haven Community Health Care.