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Blumenthal & Pinos Reunite For Citizenship Push

by PAUL BASS

New Haven Independent

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal and deportation-defier Nelson Pinos found themselves standing beside each other again in the latest chapter in an ongoing quest to allow hard-working undocumented immigrants to remain in the country.

They did so in front of the Cinque station outside City Hall Thursday at a rally calling for Congress to include a path to citizenship for five million undocumented workers in upcoming negotiations on the $3.5 trillion “Build Back Better” budget resolution plan currently working its way through Congress.

Blumethal first stood beside Pinos two blocks away, on the steps of First & Summerfield Church, in 2017. That’s when Pinos, with the support of local immigration reform advocates, defied a deportation order and found sanctuary inside the church. Blumenthal vowed to support Pinos and others targeted by a deportation crackdown.

Last month Pinos won a stay of deportation more than 1,330 days after first taking sanctuary at the downtown church.

He’s now fighting for the right to remain in the country where he has spent the past his adult life, working hard and paying taxes.

Blumenthal vowed at the rally to “fight with every breath I have” to include the pathway to citizenship in upcoming budget reconciliation negotations in the Sen-

PAUL BASS PHOTO Blumenthal and Pinos at Thursdsay’s rally.

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The provision would allow an estimated five million undocumented immigrants — including health care workers, home aides, custodians, farmworkers, immigrants awaiting citizenship with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)

— a path to becoming U.S. citizens. The U.S. House of Representatives included the provision in the version of the “Build Back Better” economic-recovery budget framework it passed recently. The Senate did not include that provision in the initial blueprint it passed. Blumenthal promised to join colleagues fighting to include it in

the final version.

“Four of five undocumented immigrants could not stay home during the pandemic, because they were essential workers,” Pinos told the dozens of people assembled for the rally, which was organized by Unidad Latina en Acción, the 32BJ SEIU custodial union, and SEIU District 1199

healthcare workers union, Connecticut Domestic Worker Justice Campaign, National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA), Connecticut TPS Committee, CT Shoreline Indivisible, New Sanctuary CT, CT Workers Center, Comunidades Sin Fronteras, Black and Brown United in Action.

“They are an essential component of the labor force and the economy. This is the time; this is the year” to accomplish immigration reform that allows them to emerge from the shadows and gain citizenship, said Pinos.

Pinos, a 47-year-old former factory worker, married father of three, and undocumented immigrant, first came to the United States from Ecuador in 1992. He spoke about working hard, paying taxes, during decades here, then spending four years in sanctuary at the church. Even now, said Pinos, a father of three, “I live in constant worry that my life and the lives of my children will be torn apart.”

Blumenthal said the story of “my friend Nelson” reminds him of his father, who left Germany in 1935 to come to the United States. “He spoke no English,” he said of his father. “He knew no one. This country gave him a chance to succeed.”

“We are a nation of immigrants,” Blumenthal continued. “Nelson is one of us.” Of the five million immigrants who would benefit from success in the upcoming budget resolution talks, he said, “We will fight for you like we fought for Nelson.”

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In Westville, Many Donuts Serves Up Sweet Nostalgia

by Julia Rosado , The arts Paper www.newhavenarts.org The discs of dough floated down a channel of hot oil, browning as they bobbed.

Nearby, an array of rainbow toppings, powdered sugar, and sweet glazes waited for them. An order of strawberry shortcake mini donuts was almost done.

Chef Anita McLean and her husband Cedric Emery are reimagining a childhood fair favorite from inside Exxon on Whalley Avenue in Westville. Their shop, Many Donuts, opened earlier this month and already has a New Haven following.

Now, the sweet scent of powdered sugar has taken over the gas station as Many Donuts fries, tops, and serves up trays of fresh donuts to New Haven.

“I’ve always loved mini donuts,” she said in a recent interview by phone. “When I was a child I used to go to the Big E and get the mini donuts all the time, so that’s a childhood memory.”

McLean grew up in New Haven, where she and Emery still live today. About four years ago, the two decided that they wanted to try making donuts themselves, “but with several different topping options besides the basic cinnamon sugar and powdered sugar—I wanted to have different varieties of toppings,” she said.

Many Donuts didn’t start right away.

After McLean purchased a donut cart and machine, the project landed on the back burner until this year. Around two months ago, they decided it was something they seriously wanted to pursue, so they began looking for a location. They landed in the

Exxon at 775 Whalley Ave. “It’s unique, but it was a great opportunity for us starting our business, so we took this opportunity,” she said.

The shop soft opened at the beginning of this month, with an official grand opening on August 2. In addition to a good turnout from friends and family, McLean said that social media views “spiked up,’ which brought in another wave of new customers.

“For now, I believe our goal is just to make our audience bigger, make it known that we’re here, and that we offer something different,” she said. In the future, she

hopes for Many Donuts to have its own storefront, but the current focus is to just “really get the brand out there.”

Many Donuts offers classic or ”OG” carnival flavors like cinnamon and powdered sugar, and also branches out into cereal, churro, and even a Hennessy-flavored topping. As they mingle with the toppings, the warm donuts burst with flavor and have a melt-in-the-mouth texture. Fresh off the assembly line, the strawberry shortcake mini donuts boast a gleaming vanilla glaze, strawberry crumble and powdered sugar. They are instantly, intensely sweet to the tastebuds and warm to the tongue.

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It’s reminiscent of another childhood favorite—strawberry shortcake popsicles.

The quality and flavor of the donuts aren’t the only thing drawing people in, McLean said. Nostalgia also plays a role in getting customers in the door. McLean and Emery see a number of older customers who also have fond memories of eating mini donuts at carnivals at and the Big E. Locally, there was a woman who sold mini donuts at the flea market on Ella T. Grasso Boulevard. While it may have been over a decade ago, many customers still tell her how Many Donuts reminds them of their childhood.

While vaccination rates continue to rise in New Haven, McLean said there are still challenges to starting and running a business in a pandemic. “We definitely missed the hardest part of the pandemic, which probably would have been this time last year,” said McLean. With New Haven’s mask mandate back in place, she keeps extra masks behind the counter and sanitizes the space regularly.

“We definitely lucked out with when we started, but who knows what the next weeks or months will bring,” she said.

In the future, McLean and Emery hope to expand to not only a storefront of their own, but also delivery and catering. She mentioned weddings, parties and private events as some of the spaces she’d like to branch out to.

“We have a lot of ideas as far as expanding our business,” she said. “We’re just a small family run business trying to succeed and bring something that we’re passionate about to the people of New Haven and people of Connecticut, so they can experience what our vision has been for the last four years.”

Many Donuts is located at 775 Whalley Ave., inside the Exxon Station. To find out more about their business, check out their Instagram. Julia Rosado is an alum of the Arts Council’s Youth Arts Journalism Program working as an intern with the Arts Paper this summer. She is a rising junior at James Hillhouse High School.

Julia Rosado Photo. The second photo in this article is contributed by Anita McLean.

FAME Starts Fresh THE INNER-CITY NEWS - September 01, 2021 - September 07 , 2021

by MAYA MCFADDEN New Haven Independent

The former Columbus Family Academy kicked off the school year with a new name, a new principal — and a new fifthgrade scientist, who on his first day absorbed a lesson about ecosystems.

The newly renamed Family Academy of Multilingual Exploration (FAME) welcomed more than 400 students kindergarten through eighth back to school in-person Monday for the first day of the school year.

At afternoon pick-up, parents and students celebrated a successful first day.

Parents were all ears, ready to hear all about their children’ts return to in-person learning.

Luz Almontes picked up her fifth, fourth, and second graders Monday. Almontes trio Jorge, Amor, and Ana agreed they had a good first day.

Fifth-grader Jorge said his favorite part of the first day back was his science lesson about ecosystems. In addition to learning about the make-up of different ecosystems, Jorge’s class learned that “oil spills are a big pollution,” he said.

Almontes and husband her husband synchronized their work schedules with the kids’ school schedule. Her husband drops off the kids in the morning; she picks them up at the end of the day.

Almontes, who lives in Fair Haven Heights, is no longer working full-time.

That enables her to make time to pick her kids up when released from school.

Instead of clocking out at 2:30 p.m, Almontes now gets off at 1 p.m each day to get her kids while her husband works the second shift daily.

“It’s been a hectic first day but I love this school,” Almontes said.

Fourth-grader Amor enjoyed introducing herself to her classmates. She told her class about some of her favorites, like purple, her favorite color, and quenepas, her favorite food.

Second-grader Ana spent much of her day coloring, she said. She colored pictures of butterflies , bringing home a purple butterfly sticker to share with her mom. Ana added that wearing her mask all day was hard for her.

School staff described the first day as a smooth fresh start to the year of change.

“It’s a new year, new administration, and new name. I look forward to the changes.

We’re off to an amazing start already,” said special Ed teacher Kerry Hayes.

FAME’s new principal, Marisol Rodriguez, was promoted this past May. After being transferred from Roberto Clemente Leadership Academy, Rodriguez quickly got to work in July preparing for the new school year.

As the day ended and students boarded buses or met their parents, Rodriguez re-

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ceived help from multiple staff members dressed in striped referee shirts, for a football-themed kick-off.

Rodriguez worked with her support and custodial staff to get the school building ready. The school building was cleaned and prepped as of last week, Rodriguez said. “My building was ready with no problems, which is why we had a busy but organized opening,” she said.

“The joy of teaching is back with them here in the building again,” Read 180 teacher Judy Leach said.

To pick up her kindergartener and fourth grader Monday, Crystal Roldan pulled up a personalized QR code for school staff to scan. The new system is used for homeroom teachers to document who picked up each child at the end of the day.

Roldan and her three kids recently moved from East Haven to New Haven, where she grew up.

“Going through East Haven schools, I feel New Haven has some catching up to do with organization,” she said.

Her daughter, Sofia Roldan, 4, could hardly wait to tell her mom about her first day. She practiced writing her name, she reported, although she learned to do it this summer thanks to lots of practice with mom.

“It was easy. I knew when I was a baby how to write,” Sofia said.

As a single mom, Roldan had to take eight months off work during the pandemic to care for her kids at home. She has since returned to work. She arranged her schedule to be able to pick her kids up from school everyday.

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MAYA MCFADDEN PHOTO Amor, Jorge, Ana, and mom Luz Almontes at the end of the first day of

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her job at Fair Haven Community Health Care, where she works as a referral representative.

“I really wanted something that was multilingual,” she added, referring to FAME’s bilingual curriculum.

Sofia said she was a little nervous until she made her first friend, who she admitted to her mom was a boy. WSofia said her mask was no problem throughout the day, as she has already gotten use to wearing it often.

The New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) reopening plan requires all students and staff to wear face masks in school buildings and on buses.

NHPS spokesperson Justin Harmon reported that the district has 20,000 students enrolled for the new school year, similar to last year’s number.

On Monday students boarded their school buses at the front of the building

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while parents picked their kids up at the back doors on Fillmore Street.

Donald Greene picked up his sixthgrader Decari Greene, 11, from the school’s lengthy dismissal line.

As of March, Greene has been out of work on workers’ compensation. During the summer this helped his family avoid child care expenses. Now it gives him the time to pick up his son from school daily.

For the first day of school, Decari said, his classes focused on icebreakers. Like many other kids, Decari said he is use to wearing his mask. He said he did not even notice he was wearing it throughout the day.

Decari said he was most excited that he got no homework on his first day. He looks forward to going to his favorite class: gym.

“Being in-person is better than virtual gym,” he said.

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It Took A Village To Prepare Hair For Day 1

by NORA GRACE-FLOOD New Haven Independent

“Everyday I look in the mirror and tell myself, ‘You can do this,” 14-year-old Emani Arnold said from a folding chair where she patiently waited two hours for a back-to-school hairdo of bright red braids.

Those burgundy plaits will frame Arnold’s face Monday morning when she performs the mirror routine in preparation for her first day of 11th grade.

Thanks to a hair styling marathon held Sunday to get students ready for their return to in-person classes, Emani and 30 other kids will start the academic year holding their heads high.

They’ll do so in order to show off their sleek haircuts, courtesy of both licensed barbers and well-practiced volunteers.

The students participating in Sunday’s event ranged from 5 to 15 years old.

The free salon operated out of The Village, a Hamden youth center founded

by Melissa Atterberry-Jones. Atterberry-Jones has organized no-charge first-day-of-school styling services every August— with the exception of 2020— for the past nine years.

Javon Foster: Wanted a mohawk, got a buzz cut.

On Friday, The Village distributed school supplies, sneakers, and backpacks. On Sunday, the nonprofit ensured that those same students received

beads, hair bows, extensions, and trims.

According to the volunteers who gave their time this weekend, the confidence created through a cool cut can be as critical to a child’s success as pencils and paper.

“I believe that when a child looks good, they do good and feel good,” Atterberry-Jones stated as she greased and combed the curls of Naylani Arnold, Emani’s sister.

Before she developed The Village, which launched in 2020 and achieved nonprofit status in 2021, AtterberryJones styled kids’ hair (on an annual basis) free of charge out of her church.

This was the first year that she did so within her own youth center on Pershing Street in Hamden.

It was also the first year that Ebony Peterson, owner of Salon E’Selim in New Haven, shared her professional skills with The Village community.

“It’s not about doing hair. It’s about knowing hair,” she said. It’s also, she said, about coming to know clients — and using cosmetology as a way to inspire youth of color to empower themselves and one another.

Naylani Arnold plans to start cosmetology classes during her first semester at Eli Whitney Technical High School.

Her older sister Emani has different aspirations.

Emani studies creative writing at New

Emani with mom Ebony Arnold: I want to make my mom proud.

NORA GRACE-FLOOD PHOTOS Imani Moore, 5, searches for her hair style of choice at Sunday’s event at The Village.

Haven’s Cooperative Arts & Humanities High School. She wants to become a journalist or a certified nursing assistant.

But first, she wants to graduate high school. Though she said she loves school, and particularly enjoys studying African American history and playing sports, she was quick to admit that it hasn’t always been easy.

Before starting at Cooperative High School, Emani said, she transferred schools two times due to incessant bullying.

“I got pushed down the stairs and got my hair pulled,” she remembered.

“They’d always call me ugly because they didn’t like the way I wore my hair in a bun or a ponytail, and usually showed up to school in sweatpants and T-shirts.”

“What’s wrong with the way I dress?” she asked. “I don’t want to wear a belly shirt or a skirt or a nose ring.”

Emani said she has a “confident side and a down side.” In the past, she reflected, her “down side” has usually prevailed over patterns of positive thinking.

“That’s not who I want to be anymore — somebody who gives up,” she said, relating emotional resiliency to academic achievement. To get better grades, she concluded, she will first need to learn ways to feel safe and seCon’t on page 11

Young Klean Needs "Time To Heal”

By Sam Hadelman, The Arts Paper www.newhavenarts.org

“Time To Heal” opens with a swanky guitar lead and soul sample, grabbing listeners almost instantly. As it blooms into fast, ear-grabbing lyrics and a tight rhyme scheme, it doesn’t let them go.

“Time To Heal” comes from Young Klean—or as he is more affectionately known by his family and friends, Mango. Five years or so after arriving on the city’s evolving hip-hop scene with his hit “Ville Shit”, the Newhallville-based rapper has released a track that is part confessional, part evolution, and full of heart and honesty. It is also a time capsule of where he’s been, and where he wants to go next.

The artist was born and raised in Newhallville, the neighborhood that has since become his musical home. Currently, the 25-year-old splits his time between the studio, playing basketball in New Haven, most recently in the Bassett Tourna-

ment in Newhallville, and taking care of his infant daughter Kaylee. In June, the track arose from the grief that followed the loss of some close friends and family members.

“I’m gonna let the world know how I feel because I know there are plenty of people feeling the same way I feel,” he said in a recent interview. “So that’s the type of music I’m gonna make: Feel good music. This is gonna describe how you feel about your life or what’s next in your life or what you been going through.”

In the midst of the pandemic, the artist lost several of the people closest to him, he said in a recent interview. Reeling from loss, Young Klean took to the studio. He freestyled the song, bars coming together as he treated the recording space as a therapy session.

“It’s literally my feelings,” he said.

“Through my music I learned to express myself more. Instead of just rapping or whatever, this is actually how I feel, actually what I’m going through now.”

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The track marks a stark shift in his lyrical content and sound. Previously, Young Klean’s music was much closer to the music of the Midwest and New York, regions whose style have constantly been utilized in Connecticut hip-hop. “Time To Heal ‘’ shows Mango growing into his own sonically, and making the best use of experimentation. The production on the record is soulful and melodic, a deviation from the hard-hitting and amplified sounds of his past.

The opening lyrics, “Don’t know if I’m gonna make it, only time will tell,” is a perfect encapsulation of the thematic nature of the record. The bar is also a call to the uncertain vision of what the future may hold for the artist, of whether or not he will be able to make it to the next level of not only his music career—but his life.

The song is not wrapped exclusively in doom and gloom, but also redemption and purpose.

The track is short and sweet, clocking in under three minutes, and the brevity

of the song is accompanied by a sincere sense of clarity. Young Klean doesn’t waste a single second to tell a listener exactly what’s on his mind—and even if it’s hard can’t relate to the story, they can feel the weight of his words. “Time To Heal” covers exactly what the title implies: the beginning of a long, complicated recovery process.

When looking towards the future, Young Klean’s goals are to elevate New Haven’s status in the world of music, he said. He hopes to create a pathway for both himself and the other musicians in the area to find the success the city deserves.

“It’s time for all these big record labels and these big musicians to hear what New Haven has in store,” he said. “And it ain’t even just about me, it’s for the whole city.

That’s next for me, putting the city on a platform where everybody knows what New Haven is capable of.”

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SAINT MARTIN DE PORRES ACADEMY BEGINS PROPERY REVITALIZATION St. Martin de Porres Academy will soon have a gleaming green field for lacrosse/ field hockey/soccer and a safer, dedicated new basketball court for the School and the children in the Hill neighborhood, Allison Rivera, President of Saint Martin de Porres Academy, announced today.

As part of the Project, the School will make improvements to and preserve the 127-year-old School building and preserve the 167-year-old church, the two buildings that anchor the property. Both are contributing structures to the National Historic District. The project has the support of the neighborhood preservation advocacy organization Trowbridge Renaissance, as well as the Alders, Community Management Team and more than 150 neighbors who signed a petition in favor of the undertaking, which includes the demolition of two buildings, a former convent and rectory, both also listed as contributing structures and a garage that are crumbling and unsafe. The site plan was unanimously approved by the City of New Haven City Plan Commission on July 17, 2019.

The School provides a tuition-free, extended day education for underserved girls and boys from low-income families in the New Haven area from grades five through eight and supports its students academically, emotionally and financially through middle school, high school and college.

“Eighty-nine percent of the Academy’s graduates are enrolled on scholarship in regional college preparatory high schools, so offering non-traditional innercity sports like lacrosse, field hockey, baseball and soccer gives our students a leg up when they enter suburban prep schools where they are often the econom-

ic and racial minority. This Project will make this possible,” Rivera said.

“The School intends to make its new athletic facilities available to the children in the neighborhood,” Rivera said.

“Our Hill neighborhood is ready to see this property reflect the vitality of its residents, and this investment in our youth is long overdue. In addition to the proven benefits of exercise, sports also provide students the opportunity to develop important life skills, such as teamwork, discipline, the rewards of hard work and practice, tenacity, resilience and grit. In a world dominated by screens -- and especially for kids who may not have a backyard to play in at home -- access to green space and structured outdoor activities supports their mental, spiritual and physical health. With the pandemic having impacted black and brown communities the hardest, it is more important than ever to support our youth in this way.”

Rivera explained that the School’s current basketball court serves as a focal point for the young children in the community, but that the basketball court also doubles as a parking lot, which creates a safety concern for both the students as well as the neighborhood children who play there. “Having a designated basketball court will address both issues,” she said.

Rivera added that the project will include a new off-street parking lot, stating, “We have listened to the residents of our neighborhood that street parking is a major community concern, so our plan provides for new and expanded off-street parking for our staff members, volunteers and families along Columbus Avenue.”

“The transformation and upgrade to the

property would be a welcomed gift to the students, staff, family and community.

As the Alder of Ward 6 and a member of this community, I believe this much needed project is vital for the neighborhood. Saint Martin de Porres Academy has the overwhelming support from the community. Our neighbors are ready to see progress,” said Ward 6 Alder Carmen Rodriguez.

About Saint Martin de Porres Academy Saint Martin de Porres Academy is located at the former site of Sacred Heart St. Peter School on Columbus Avenue, which was purchased along with the surrounding property from the Church of the Sacred Heart, in July of 2017.

Saint Martin de Porres Academy is a faith-based, NativityMiguel middle school that provides a tuition- free, extended day education for underserved

girls and boys from low-income families in the New Haven area. They are an independent Catholic school committed to a belief in the dignity and worth of every person. They strive to provide each child with a promising start in life and to equip them to fulfill their academic potential while achieving spiritual and social maturity. They welcome children of all faiths, races and cultures. The school’s entire operating budget is fundraised annually.

The Academy makes a unique 12-year commitment to support its students academically, emotionally and financially through middle school, high school and college, as it strives to break the cycle of poverty through education and opportunity.

The Academy celebrates a 98 percent retention rate, 99 percent high school graduation rate and a 100 percent college

acceptance rate. Saint Martin de Porres Academy’s 12-year commitment results in graduates who are 6 times more likely to graduate from college as compared with their peers, nationally.

89 percent of the Academy’s graduates are enrolled on scholarship in regional college preparatory high schools such as Choate, Notre Dame, Sacred Heart, Hopkins, Hamden Hall, Mercy, Xavier, Fairfield Prep, St. Joseph and Lauralton Hall.

Their graduates have graduated from or are currently attending schools like Princeton, Fairfield University, Georgetown, Quinnipiac, Connecticut College, St. Michael’s, Howard, Elon, Columbia, St. Lawrence, Sacred Heart, Morehouse, Albertus Magnus, Cornell, Trinity, Roger Williams, Sarah Lawrence, UCONN, among many others.

Arrest Brings Closure For Duff, Clark Family police pieced together the case through painstaking work with many people in the community who could confirm different facts relevant to the case, Dominguez said.

She said Clark’s fatal shooting was connected to a street robbery.

by PAUL BASS

New Haven Independent

Two years after a gunman shot a 46-yearold man to death and almost killed a police captain on a Dixwell block, police announced they’ve arrested the shooter.

Officials announced the arrest of the alleged shooter, a 59-year-old New Haven man, at a press conference held Thursday afternoon on the third floor of police headquarters at 1 Union Ave. Interim Chief Renee Dominguez said police obtained a warrant for the man’s arrest and then served it behind bars, where the man was imprisoned on an unrelated parole violation charge.

The man has been charged with murder, felony murder, robbery, first-degree assault, and criminal firearms possession.

He is being held on $2 million bail. In an unrelated case, he pleaded guilty in 2015 to first-degree armed robbery.

Led by Detective Kealyn Nivakoff,

PAUL BASS PHOTO Capt. Anthony Duff Thursday with Det. Kealyn Nivakoff; Troy Clark’s cousin, Amy Ramirez, mother, Josephine Clark; & sister, Veronica Clark.

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Joining officials at the press conference were survivors of Troy Clark, the 46-year-old man shot to death at Dixwell Avenue and Henry Street that night of Aug. 12, 2019; and retired Capt. Duff, who was off duty and on his way home when he got shot trying to stop Clark’s murder. Duff drew his gun but did not fire it before Clark’s killer fired at him and hit him. Duff’s dramatic recovery after ten days in the hospital inspired the city. Clark’s sister Veronica spoke for the family at Thursday’s press conference.“I thank you from the bottom of my heart,” she told the police. “It doesn’t bring back

Troy. But I can honestly say I am at a closure. Now I can rest at night knowing that you guys took the time to get a murderer off the streets of Connecticut.”

Duff, who retired four months ago, thanked the officers who worked on his case along with the community for its support.

And he turned to the Clark family. “I wish,” he told them, “I could have done more to save Mr. Clark.”

“I saw a person die. I’ll never be able to forget the image,” he recalled.

Duff echoed Chief Dominguez’s point about how community members were crucial to helping police solve the case and bring closure to victims and families.

He urged peoplewith information about other homicides to come forward with information. “There’s no statute of limitations on homicide,” he noted.

How I Put Down The Gun THE INNER-CITY NEWS - September 01, 2021 - September 07, 2021

by WILLIAM “JUNEBOY” OUTLAW AS TOLD TO CHARLES BARBER New Haven Independent

In the summer of 2021 in America, homicide is everywhere. In New Haven, where I work with at-risk youth, homicides are triple what they were before the pandemic.

In major cities, murder rates rose 20 percent in 2020 and are up another 34 percent this year.

We desperately need answers, and I like to think my story supplies one approach.

President Biden agrees with me. Recently he allocated $1 billion for community violence intervention programs. Specifically, Biden calls for a massive increase in hiring what are called “violence interrupters” — trusted insiders in a community, most of whom have criminal histories and experience that lets them anticipate where violence will occur and allows them to intervene before it erupts.

That is, people like me.

Between 1984 and 1989, I ran the largest cocaine gang in New Haven. It fell apart when I, at 19, was convicted of homicide and other crimes and sentenced to 85 years in prison.

You would think that I would have learned something from my sentence, but I didn’t.

I seethed with rage and blamed the system for my problems. At the maximum security prison in Connecticut, I recreated the gang, only on a bigger scale. I became the “shot caller” for hundreds of Black inmates.

I was so incorrigible that I was transferred to the notorious federal prisons Lewisburg and Leavenworth. I took that as confirmation that I was now a national-level gangster. Even when 60 years were taken off my original sentence on appeal, my attitude still didn’t change. Even though I knew I wasn’t going to die in prison, I still felt that I had no future.

Ten years into my sentence — around the time I turned 30 — everything changed.

Three things happened within six months.

First, an inmate I was close to was killed by the Aryan Brothers gang. Even though I had been around violence all my life, I was stunned by his murder. We had been laughing and playing Monopoly just before he died. For the first time I really understood the senselessness of violence.

Second, I was mentored by an older inmate, who truly regretted the acts he had committed when he was a young man. This man became a father figure for me. He said I had great potential and leadership abilities. No one had believed in me since my high school basketball coach.

Finally I embraced education. This happened when my daughter, then a teenager, asked me if I had completed high school.

When I said no, I was so ashamed that I wished I had been shanked. The next day I signed up for G.E.D. classes, and I haven’t stopped learning and reading since. I spent days upon days in the excellent federal prison libraries.

KIM TYLER PHOTO Street outreach worker William “Juneboy” Outlaw on the job.

In 2009, I was released from prison. I got a job at Dunkin Donuts, my first legitimate employment.

Then I heard about and joined a street outreach program in New Haven, the Connecticut Violence Intervention Program (CTVIP), made of up former felons who engage at-risk kids in the neighborhoods that I used to terrorize.

I tell the kids: “Don’t do what I did; the

only consequences are death and prison.”

I have negotiated truces between gangs. I have gotten them to turn in guns to the police. To gang members, I have the ultimate street credibility based on my lived experience.

The CTVIP team brings a public health approach to youth violence. We stop violence the way you would stop the flu, or Covid, for that matter. We target the highest-risk

individuals, stop the spread of retaliatory violence after shootings, and work to change community norms. I preach education, mentorship, community service, and the real-life consequences of bad choices.

Research shows that violence interrupters can reduce violent crime by up to 60 percent. Until Covid, the homicide rate in New Haven dropped by two thirds in the last decade. In this time also, the police department has truly embraced community policing, and that too has made a huge difference.

The profession of “violence interrupter” may be new, but the idea behind it is ancient. It is the tradition of “the wounded healer,” the idea those who are closest to sickness can sometimes be the best equipped to cure it. Carl Jung wrote that getting a disease was the best training a doctor could have. Or as Malcolm X said, “There is no better teacher than adversity.

Every loss contains its own seed.”

Our team is small but our approach works.

Just ask me. Because if I can change, anybody can.

William Juneboy Outlaw is team Leader of the Connecticut Violence Intervention Program. Charles Barber is a Writer in Residence at Wesleyan University and a Lecturer at Yale. They collaborated on the book Citizen Outlaw: One Man’s Journey From Gang Leader to Peacekeeper. (HarperCollins).

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Inner-City News Checks Out Film, History & Culture

Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival (MVAAFF) 2021

by Francette Carson, ICN Correspondent

Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival (MVAAFF) 2021 reemerged in its 19th year after the global pandemic, with a mission and agenda to enlighten, uplift, and celebrate people of color. The featured films, documentary films, and short films were created by and starred African Americans. 2020 was dismal and full of upheaval due to the COVID-19 health crisis, police brutality, racism, sexism, and gender identity issues. The featured screenings highlight the power of activism to transform lives by touching our hearts, opening our minds, and moving us toward action.

The MVAAFF and participants—filmmakers, directors, and creatives—collaboratively created a platform for a broad cultural conversation. The showcase of films highlighted issues significant to African American audiences, paying homage to our ancestors by acknowledging their struggles, fights, and influential contributions. The attendees experience a transformation when respect is given to their ancestors. These talented emerging and veteran filmmakers have earned respect as they pave the path for future generations of creatives and activists.

The strength of women. The MVAAFF film lineup kicked off with Respect, the story of the legendary queen of soul, Aretha Franklin, starring Academy Award-winning actress Jennifer Hudson and directed by Tony-nominated director Lisel Tommy. Women have made history through sisterhood, community, and transformative social change. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Twenty Pearls, narrated by Phylicia Rashad, tells the story of nine Black college women who started the first Black sorority in 1908 and changed the world. The film was followed by the event Color of Conversation, with Director Deborah Riley Draper, Dr. Glenda Glover, international president of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and the Honorable Judge Kimberly Esmond Adams, moderated by Fionnghuala “Fig” O’Reilly. The documentary My Name is Pauli Murray honors a woman whose pioneering activism for racial equality and women’s rights was unrecognized. She was Black, a woman, and queer, yet she moved mountains, fighting for women and people of color.

There was a thematic acknowledgment and celebration of women and their contributions. Barbara Lee: Speaking the Truth to Power illustrates a powerful voice for human rights, peace, and equality in the U.S. Congress. HBO Max presented The Color of Conversation: Femme Forward in Film with Stephanie T. Rance and acclaimed actress and di-

rector Regina King, discussing the influence of women and shifting the future of film from a lens with a “feminine gaze.”

Racism is embedded in American history. We must know the truth. The following films explore themes of resilience, perseverance, and the challenges of racial oppression and discrimination.

The Netflix film Passing is an adaptation of Nella Larsen’s acclaimed novel. The story follows two Black women who can pass for white but choose to live on the opposite side of the color line in 1929 in

Harlem during the renaissance. The film was followed by an exclusive conversation with director Rebecca Hall.

Archival history is essential. We must know our past to move toward a brighter future. Summer of Soul is a transformational Black cultural event documentary featuring the most talented and celebrated musical artists from the 1970s. The musical festival is archival history, bringing awareness to this generation of history that has been locked away for many years. The film was fol-

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lowed by a Color of Conversation with director Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson.

HBO Max’s Eyes on the Prize: Hallowed Ground honors Henry Hampton’s documentary, filmed in 1970. Hallowed Ground is a mystical and lyrical reimaging of traumatic archival history as spiritual and alive.

The Boston Globe culture columnist Jenee Osterheldt’s A Beautiful Resistance: Black Joy, Black Lives highlights that we can acknowledge injustice and not define ourselves through our suffer-

ing but strive to tell our stories through a lens of love. An intimate portrait of the relationship between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X, Blood Brothers, shows the struggles and triumphs they faced, revealing this special friendship’s intricacies between two influential and powerful Black men. The screening was followed by The Color of Conversation with director and executive producer Marcus A. Clarke; Kenya Barris, director; Ilyasha Shabazz, Malcolm X’s Daughter; and Mayrum Ali, Muhammad Ali’s daughter. HBOMax presented Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union. Showtime presented The One and Only Dick Gregory, the life of an activist, comedian, and fitness guru using his platform to transform the lives of Blacks. Bitchin: The Sound and Fury of Rick James, presented by Showtime, tells the story of a man who defined himself and lived life on his own terms.

The festival featured many short films that highlighted gender identity, mental health, coming of age and racial issues throughout the week. BET Her Presents presented The Couch, bringing awareness of the importance of self-love and mental health care for people of color.

The festival’s closing night screening ended with Fox Entertainment’s Our Kind of People, ironically set in Oak Bluffs and starring actor Morris Chestnut. The show explores race and socioeconomic class. It is a celebration of the resilience, perseverance, and achievement of a strong-willed Black woman and her family. The film is inspired by Lawrence Otis Graham’s book, Our Kind of People: Inside America’s Black Upper Class.

MVAAFF had a strong presence on the island. The films were screened at Martha’s Vineyard Performing Arts Center. There were screenings and Color of Conversations in the center of Oak Bluffs at Union Chapel and under a large tent at Waban Park. MVAAFF hosted the Summer White Party with the legendary DJ Chris Washington at Cardboard Box on Circuit Avenue. BET Her Presents presented Mind Body & Soul Yoga with Robert Brace, celebrity trainer and ordained minister, at Inkwell Beach. Brace paid homage to our ancestors through his instruction of the African earth, air, and sky yoga dance, guiding participants in the process of connecting with our ancestors, ourselves, and our community.

Film festivals are essential in cultivating film art. MVAAFF has made a positive impact by supporting, encouraging, and acknowledging Black creatives and audiences. MVAAFF strategically designed an atmosphere of jubilation by creating balance through enlightenment, empowerment, relaxation, and celebration.

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On Henry, Trailblazer Gets His Due THE INNER-CITY NEWS - September 01, 2021 - September 07 , 2021

by AINISSA RAMIREZ New Haven Independent

As you drive through New Haven on Henry Street, you will notice something at the intersection of Dixwell: Across from a derelict lot is a magnificent mural in progress on a wall that was once pink.

The image consists of cascaded portraits of a Black man rendered in gradients of color. The man is Edward Bouchet, a New Havener who was the first Black man to get a doctorate in the United States. Bouchet got his Ph.D. in physics from Yale in 1876. Yet, most children in the Elm City don’t know about him.

Muralist Kwadwo Adae hopes to change that one brushstroke at a time.

Adae, an NYU-trained artist, created his first mural in New Haven in 2000. He is of the tradition of Diego Rivera of bringing the beauty of everyday things to people’s attention.

Murals have some tradition in New Haven also. The three judges are portrayed on the wall of the Westville post office, for instance. The mural of Bouchet speaks to a hidden history, which Adae hopes to bring to light.

“There is no reason why this [mural] shouldn’t already exist,” said Adae.

“There should already be a mural and a statue.”

It is only recently that William Lanson was immortalized in metal. The making of a mural of Bouchet is part of an effort to reset who New Haven honors.

In the past, the city has made efforts to recognize those who have lived here with a banner campaign in the Chapel West

Kwadwo Adae at work on the Bouchet mural.

area, but there has been a paucity in diversity in those selections. To counter this oversight, a local effort installed banners marking people of color at the intersection of Dixwell and Argyle, consisting of four Black New Haveners displayed in black and white.

Adae displays Bouchet in many colors, and there is a reasoning behind this.

Bouchet’s dissertation was entitled “On Measuring Refractive Indices,” which is

about how light bends in materials, like how a straw looks broken in a glass of water. But light is also the reason why we see color. “If he is measuring wavelengths of light, that is the differences of color,” said Adae. “That is something that should be added to his legacy.”

Adae draws another parallel between Bouchet’s life and light. “Bouchet was discriminated against because of the color of his skin,” said Adae, “what he

faced was a color issue.” Bouchet never was able to work as a physicist. He had to teach at a segregated school (now called Cheyney University) in Pennsylvania before he returned to New Haven.

The making of this mural of Bouchet is a family affair. Adae’s son Kwasi is also working on the mural and has been painting with his father since he was a young boy.

“I used to drive by this corner on my

way to school,” said Kwasi. “I hope that the stuff we do inspires people.” Others have attempted to bring the life and work of Bouchet to the public’s attention as well.

Professor Ronald Mickens of Clark Atlanta University in Georgia, wrote a book about Bouchet based on his four decades of research. Also, emeritus Professor Curtis Patton, of Yale’s school of epidemiology, has long championed this unsung pioneer with his essays and presentations. At Hopkins and Yale, there are portraits of Bouchet, because he was the valedictorian at Hopkins before entering Yale. “If you are not affiliated with either of these schools,” said Adae, “you don’t have access to those spaces.

Bouchet was born, educated, and died in New Haven. The work of Adae is part of a long steady effort to raise the profile of this great man within the city that was once his home.

Bouchet should have other honors, such as a day commemorating him on his birthday (Sept. 15), a street plaque, and most certainly an entry in history books.

He represents the greatness of the Elm City. This is why the effort of Adae to pull our attention away from our steering wheels and highlight the life and work of Bouchet is so important. It changes the conversation of who does science and since when. Let us hope that this mural, which sprouted in an often-overlooked part of the city, blossoms into something much, much more.

Upper State Street Celebrates Jet Cleaners’ 65th Birthday, New Parklet

by MAYA MCFADDEN New Haven Independent

Since the 1950s, much of New Haven has kept its attire fresh and clean thanks to Jet Cleaners, which celebrated its 65th year in business Tuesday with city officials and neighbors.

Participants thanked the business owners for their resilience and dedication to the city amidst the pandemic.

Longtime Jet customers Mayor Justin Elicker and Deputy Economic Development Administrator Carlos Eyzaguirre have directly helped to keep the cleaners afloat with help during Covid-19.

Eyzaguirre described Jet cleaners as another home for him. For 15 years he lived two blocks from the cleaners and used it regularly, and continues to bring his suits there. Four years ago, as a new father, Eyzaguirre could often be spotted walking down State Street hauling his daughter in a stroller that would also act as his dolly to ferry a “giant load of dry cleaning.”

Five years ago the cleaners downsized and moved two blocks down Street from the original location by the I-91 entrance.

It is now situated between a seafood restaurant and a salon/barber shop. The business has been run by three generations of the Amore family.

It was first established in 1956 by Nicholas Amore and his two sons, Vincent and Michael. The founder’s grandson, Mike Amore, Jr., has been running the cleaners for 33 years.

“Jet cleaners is more than a dry cleaner.

It really functions as a neighborhood watering hole or a neighborhood barbershop.

It’s the kind of place where you come in, you trade notes, talk about politics, you talk about your kids, your grandkids,” said Eyzaguirre.

When he was getting married three years ago, Eyzaguirre got his tuxedo cleaned at Jet. The morning of his wedding he lost his bow tie. Luckily, Amore was able to find one in the back of shop; Eyzaguirre wore it to his wedding.

MAYA MCFADDEN PHOTOS Carlos Eyzaguirre presents Mike Amore Jr. with mayoral proclamation.

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During the financial crash of the pandemic, Amore looked closely at businesses expenses — and gained new insight into his father 22 years after his father’s death.

“I became my father at that moment where there was no business,” he said.

“Jet Cleaners became my center focus.

How do I stay? How do I survive?, We’re a part fo this community,” he said at Tuesday’s event. “Sixty-five years is just an amazing amazing accomplishment.

Certainly I’m part of it, but I’m a small part of it/ I just carry the current torch.”

Like most dry cleaners, Jet doesn’t receive its money from clients until they come to pick up their clothes. During the pandemic’s lockdown, .“I had all this money on the rack, but it’s not money until it gets delivered,” Amore said.

He heard from many Yale-affiliated customers who live out of town in places like Old Saybrook, Fairfield, and Cheshire.

They wanted to pick up their orders but said they felt unsafe.

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A&I Goes Beyond Summer A Village THE INNER-CITY NEWS - September 01, 2021 - September 07 , 2021

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by BRIAN SLATTERY

The International Festival of Arts and Ideas is taking over the New Haven Green again — for Labor Day weekend.

The event, called “Vaccination & Vibes,” will feature two evenings of music, dance, and poetry that draw from talent in New Haven and elsewhere. It marks the A&I organization’s continued work in creating deeper connections with the New Haven community than it has in the past. Under the direction of Executive Director Shelley Quiala — who last August took the reins from co-directors Liz Fisher and Tom Griggs — the Labor Day weekend events are also A&I’s very public foray into throwing events outside of June, and even outside of the May-June summer programming it held this year.

Beginning at 5 p.m., Sept. 4 will feature the New Haven-based, Jamaican-born DJ Fire (a.k.a. Tafari Turner), New Haven indie rockers The Tines, and gospel singer Dawn Tallman, longtime collaborator with Chris “Big Dog” Davis, who was slated to perform at Arts and Ideas this summer but was rained out.

Sept. 5 will see an even fuller docket of performances beginning at 4 p.m. The evening — emceed by Alisa BowensMercado and Withlove,Felicia — will unspool a bill ranging from poetry (Darlene Kascak and Josh Brown, a.k.a. AnUrbanNerd), dancing (hip hop from Team Leggoo, Chinese by Mulan Art School Dance Ensemble), and music (DJ LuxPro, neo-soul from Durand Bernarr, R&B from The Kennedy Administration, and Latin from Paco Godoy and his Gran Orquestra Internacional).

In addition — and in partnership with the New Haven Health Department — both evenings will have a vaccination clinic on the Green. Those who get vaccinated will be able to enter a raffle for $50 gift certificates toward classes and workshops at Creative Arts Workshop in the fall, tickets to a play at Long Wharf, free admission to the New Haven Museum, tickets for entire families to go to a New Haven Symphony concert, or tickets to two different productions at the Shubert.

“I like to say we’re living the answers to the questions,” Quiala said of the Arts and Ideas organization’s move toward programming well beyond the confines of the traditional summer weeks of activity that defined it for decades of its existence, with a eye toward making it possibly pretty much year-round. She reflected that when the festival first began 25 years ago, it was answering a question about what could bring more people to New Haven, and to the New Haven Green, at a time of year when the city was quieter than it was when its universities were in session.

“Now, 26 years in, the question is: are we doing the best for New Haven by

Dawn Tallman doing a three-week model? Or is there something different that responds to the current context?” she said. “One of the things that I’ve heard and seen is that having relationships that last beyond June is critical” — with businesses, artists, and local arts organizations.

For Quiala, expanding Arts and Ideas’s programming also means working to make it more inclusive. She’s also looking at the fact that the audience changes throughout the year as students come into town, and hopes to create events to bring them in. But more fundamentally, in her conception, much of A&I’s programming in the past was aimed at an audience that “might also go into New York or into Boston” for their entertainment. “There’s a huge audience here that doesn’t have access to that,” she said. She’s hoping to do something about that.

In expanding the A&I organization’s programming, Quiala is building on work already done in the past few years. “The neighborhood festivals that are happening are part of the festival,” she said of the events A&I has thrown in The Hill,

Dixwell, Newhallville, and elsewhere around town in recent years. “The fellowship program that happens in January in partnership in Gateway is part of the festival. When you just talk about the festival in June, all that gets hidden.”

Quiala is also looking to deepen relationships of “synergy, partnership, and support” with “arts organizations both burgeoning and robust” in New Haven, so that the festival becomes a “celebration of relationships,” and even helps strengthen the “arts ecosystem” that’s already here.

For Quiala, that ecosystem includes anchors like Long Wharf Theatre and the Shubert, but extends to the panoply of smaller venues around New Haven, as well as smaller organizations like Elm City Lit and Black Haven.

“Between our bar scene and our theaters and our festivals,” she said, “you have an arts ecosystem that supports new, emerging, abstract, experimental, and traditional” artist and art forms. “The festival should be able to answer the question of what our commitment to local artists is in a way that makes sense.”

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Quiala is all too cognizant that Arts and Ideas is emerging from the pandemic and its related shutdowns into an uncertain economic environment. “It was about survival for a lot of organizations and artists this year,” she said. Federal, state, and city emergency funding helped with that.

But “the challenge is that it’s going to go away,” Quiala said. “So organizations — especially theaters, that pay most of their bills from earned revenue, and haven’t done that in the past two years, have to do it now in a context that people have been sitting at home streaming things….

Netfilx is our biggest competitor.”

Fundraising is part of the answer to that challenge. So is securing more permanent funding from government sources. But in the end, it’s also about drawing support from New Haven-area audiences who have shown in the past that they’re ready to support the arts, through ticket sales, attendance, and participation. “Clearly that culture exists here, and that’s why it’s a rich ecosystem,” Quiala said. “That’s not true everywhere.” With such a strong base to start from, she finds herself asking the next set of questions: “How do we make it even more equitable, even more progressive, and even more forward thinking?”

The questions take on more urgency as artists and arts organizations look into an undefined future. “I don’t think we’re going back to a ‘before time,’ when everything resets to normal. I don’t think there’s a normal anymore. We’ve been through too much,” Quiala said. For her, as artists and arts organizations continue to reinvent themselves, and find a way to get the compensation they need, there is a role for governments and foundations to play in better supporting cultural events and the artists who make them possible.

“Now is a great time to throw out the ‘we’ve always done it that way’ answers” to the questions of why arts funding has been at the levels it has been in the past, and why it has been distributed as it has, in often inequitable ways. “We have to find new ways,” Quiala said.

So the Labor Day festivities are in some sense a glimpse of what lies ahead for A&I, whatever that may be. “Does that mean we’re going to do four mini-festivals a year? Does that mean we’re going to do programming in different venues throughout the year? I don’t know the answer to that” yet, Quiala said. “What I do know is that we want to have publicfacing programming beyond June” — because “people live here year-round.”

“Vaccination and Vibes” happens Sept.

4 and 5 on the New Haven Green. Visit A&I’s website for information on Saturday, Sunday, and vaccination, as well as information about a self-guided art quest in partnership with Escape New Haven and Somos Arepas.

cure within herself.

She recalled how when her grandmother died, she couldn’t go to school or focus on homework. Her family gave her a pin with her grandmother’s face on it; she found that wearing it to class helped her cope.

“It’s like she’s here,” Arnold said.

That helped her realize that taking control of her external image, and thinking critically about how to communicate her identity and values to others, could change how she functioned internally.

“I’m tired of wearing buns. That’s not how I want people to picture me — as someone who wears the same thing everyday and can’t change.”

At one point she told her mom she was thinking of harming herself because of abuse from her classmates.

Her mom connected her with a therapist who helped. Now Emani works as a peer counselor for other students who are targets of bullying within her school. “People think it’s weird that we like anime, and they call us geeks.”

Even though her new hair might earn her “popularity” points when she returns to school, she speculated, years of toughing it out have taught her how to stay true to her roots.

“I’m not a follower. I’ll go my own path,” Emani asserted. “I want to stay safe, make my mother proud … and dissect a frog.”

Later that afternoon, Ebony Arnold, Emani and Naylani’s mom, pulled up to The Village to pick up her daughters.

She found Melissa Atterbury-Jones taking photos of them in the parking lot — and discovered a broader support system she previously didn’t know existed.

Atterbury-Jones, who had overheard Emani’s story, told her about a “Teen Talk” group she was planning to start in late September, as well as after-school activities and mentorship opportunities available through the center.

Ebony Arnold had heard about the hair event on Facebook. She was relieved not to spend hours “doing all those tiny braids” in her kids’ hair after a full day working two jobs, or to spend “over $300” to pay a salon to do it.

That kind of assistance would’ve been enough. But The Village’s efforts are not limited to split ends. Their center’s sense of sisterhood and family extends to all who seek it out.

“Free hairstyles for young girls of color are one thing,” Ebony Arnold said. “Real consistency is something else. These people are doing something for the community.”

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Expert Panel Lowers Routine Screening Age for Diabetes to 35

by Jessica Daniels, BlacDoctor.org

The recommended age to start screening overweight and obese people for diabetes will be lowered by five years from 40 to 35, the nation’s leading panel of preventive health experts has announced.

A study published Aug. 24 in Journal of the American Medical Association that found the rate of type 2 diabetes in youths 19 and younger nearly doubled between 2001 and 2017. The greatest increases occurred among Black youths and Hispanic youths.

Although the number of young people with diabetes is increasing, it still remains relatively low. Fewer than one of every 1,000 American children had type 2 diabetes in 2017, study results indicate.

“Even though there is certainly growing obesity in younger people, the increase in prediabetes and diabetes really starts at age 35. We could not find the evidence that would allow us to further lower the screening age,” Dr. Michael Barry, vicechair of the USPSTF says.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has decided an earlier five years of testing could help detect more people who have prediabetes, Barry adds.

That will give those folks a chance to avoid full-blown diabetes by adopting a

sociation.

The USPSTF’s recommendation is important because under the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”), insurers are required to fully cover any screening the task force endorses, with no out-of-pocket cost to patients.

In the case of diabetes, screening entails a safe and simple blood test to check for levels of either fasting blood sugar or hemoglobin A1C, Barry shares.

The American Diabetes Association hailed the updated screening recommendations.

healthier diet, exercising more often and losing weight, Barry notes.

Diabetes is “a major risk factor for heart attacks and strokes, but also the leading cause of blindness and kidney failure in the United States, and a major reason behind limb amputations,” he says. “No one would say this isn’t important.”

About 13% of American adults — 34 million people — have diabetes, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

But more than one in three (35%) have prediabetes, a condition in which blood sugar levels are higher than normal but haven’t yet irreversibly harmed the body’s ability to respond to insulin.

“We know that epidemiologically we see a spike in the prevalence of both diabetes and prediabetes around age 35,” Barry adds.

The new recommendation and the science behind it were published Aug. 24 in the Journal of the American Medical As-

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“New cases of diabetes continue to rise, and we know that approximately one-fourth of those with diabetes remain undiagnosed,” Dr. Robert Gabbay, the association’s chief scientific and medical officer says. “Lowering the age requirement down to 35 for those that are overweight or obese is a step in the right direction.”

Endocrinologist Dr. Emily Gallagher notes that the guidelines also say doctors should consider diabetes screening for people in higher-risk groups at an even earlier age.

That includes the following: Ethnic groups harder hit by diabetes, including American Indian/Alaska Natives,

Asians, Blacks, Hispanics and Pacific Islanders.

People who have a family history of diabetes.

People who had gestational diabetes during pregnancy.

People who have a history of ovarian cysts.

“It is critical to note these caveats to the recommendations, particularly when treating diverse populations where there are higher risks of diabetes in normalweight individuals,” Gallagher, of Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City says.

Some doctors feel the screening age could be even lower, given America’s ongoing obesity crisis.

“I personally think it probably would have been more beneficial to bring it further down, especially since the rate of obesity and incidence of type 2 diabetes in the younger population has also skyrocketed,” Cleveland Clinic endocrinologist Dr. Mary Vouyiouklis Kellis.

In addition to making lifestyle changes, such as eating healthier and exercising, you should take charge of your health by having conversations with your doctor. If you fall in the at-risk group, make sure your doctor is screening you even if you don’t meet the age requirement. If not, you can request them yourselves.

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Mayor Issues Vax-Or-Test Mandate THE INNER-CITY NEWS - September 01, 2021 - September 07, 2021

by PAUL BASS All city employees will either have to get a Covid-19 vaccine or undergo weekly testing for the coronavirus by the end of September, Mayor Justin Elicker announced Friday.

Elicker issued an executive order requiring employees to take one of those two actions as of Sept. 27.

The city’s approximately 4,000 education employees will already have to get vaccinated or receive medical or religious exemptions and then get tested, under an order issued last week by Gov. Ned Lamont.

Elicker’s new order affects the other approximately 2,000 city employees. Call it a “lite” version of the Lamont order: Anyone can opt out of the vaccine directive, without seeking a religious or medical exemption.

If employees still refuse to comply, they face discipline. What kind of discipline will be determined in upcoming talks between the administration and municipal unions.

“We are not looking to use this mandate as a means of disciplining employees,” city Corporation Counsel Patricia King said at a Friday afternoon press confer-

ence held behind City Hall to announce the policy. If someone is refusing to get tested or vaccinated, a supervisor will first work with them to discuss about where to get the test or any other concerns.

Ultimately, though, “We expect employees to abide by this policy,” Elicker said.

“We will hold people accountable.”

The city will set up a testing spot just for city employees in addition to existing places available to the general public.

The mayor said his administration took a little extra time to craft its policy, compared to some other communities, in order to get it right: To set up privacy-protected portals for collecting and monitoring individuals’ vaccination records, for instance.

About 68 percent of all New Haveners 12 years old and above have received at least one vaccine shot, and 61 percent are fully vaccinated, Health Director Maritza Bond reported. She said about 1,000 people a week are getting vaccines.

Elicker said he doesn’t know how many city government employees are vaccinated. About 50-60 percent of city police officers have gotten vaccinated, according to Interim Police Chief Renee Dominguez.

The heads of the city police and fire

Health Director Bond: Taking time to get it right.

unions attended the press conference, watching from the back.

Afterwards, police union President Florencio Cotto approached Elicker and accused him of being “disingenuous” with the new policy.

How so? Elicker asked. Cotto responded that he wasn’t going to elaborate in the presence of “the press.”

The administration crafted the policy without meeting in advance with union leaders. Elicker said his administration plans to meet with union leaders in coming weeks in advance of the start of the mandate — including a scheduled 3 p.m. meeting Friday with Cotto and fire union President Patrick Cannon. Cotto and Cannon declined comment at the scene of the press conference.

Bond also reported Friday that 58 New Haven residents were hospitalized because of Covid-19 as of Friday. An estimated 30 percent involved “breakthrough” cases involving vaccinated patients, most of whom were immunocompromised or recently traveled to areas with especially high rates of transmission, she said. Only one of the 58 patients is a pediatric case, contrary to rumors on social media.

Atlanta Man and others Face Prison for Fake Vaccination Cards

by Tarshua Carter Williamson, BlackDoctor.org

As the Delta variant pushes on and numbers are rising throughout the world, employers and businesses are encouraging and some are even requiring employees to get vaccinated. This is problematic for many who are opposed to the vaccine, which is spurring people to get bootleg or fake vaccination cards.

Offers to purchase fake COVID-19 vaccination cards are on apps like Telegram and WhatsApp according to Check Point Software Technologies. Reports are pouring in that fake COVID cards are selling for as low as $100 and upwards of $250.00 Maya Levine is an East Bay-based cybersecurity expert for the company.

“For those people who are adamant against being vaccinated they’re finding opportunities in not being limited in what they can do while still not getting vaccinated through buying these fake vaccination certificates,” said Levine.

Levine says the fakes look like the real thing.

“Especially in the U.S. where we only have a physical paper copy it’s not that hard to forge,” said Levine.

Another case involves a California naturopathic doctor who was arrested for her alleged scheme to sell homeoprophylaxis immunization pellets and to falsify COVID-19 vaccination cards by making it appear that customers had received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized Moderna vaccine.

Juli A. Mazi, 41, of Napa, is charged with one count of wire fraud and one count of false statements related to health care matters. The case is the first federal criminal fraud prosecution related to homeoprophylaxis immunizations and fraudulent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) COVID-19 vaccination record cards.

“This defendant allegedly defrauded and endangered the public by preying on fears and spreading misinformation about FDA-authorized vaccinations, while also peddling fake treatments that put people’s lives at risk. Even worse, the defendant allegedly created counterfeit COVID-19 vaccination cards and instructed her customers to falsely mark that they had received a vaccine, allowing them to circumvent efforts to contain the spread of the disease,” said Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco. “The Department of Justice and its law enforcement partners are committed to protecting the American people from fraudsters during this national emergency. This commitment is evident in this prosecution as well as in the

ongoing work of the Department and our agency partners in the COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force established by the Attorney General earlier this year.

On the other side of the vaccination game, an Atlanta man faces 3 years in prison and nearly $200,000 in fines after submitting a fake COVID-19 test to his employer saying that he was COVID positive.

Santwon Antonio Davis, 35, reportedly submitted a fraudulent positive COV-

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ID-19 test in May 2020, according to the Justice Department.

As a result, his employer — an unidentified Fortune 500 company — shut down, causing a loss of more than $100,000, the department said.

“The defendant caused unnecessary economic loss to his employer and distress to his coworkers and their families,” U.S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay” Pak said in a statement. “We will take quick action through the Georgia COVID-19 Task

Force to put a stop to Coronavirus-related fraud schemes.”

The investigation uncovered other crimes, including fraudulent documentation from Davis to get benefits from his employer. In the fall of 2019, he submitted false paperwork to support paid bereavement leave for the death of his child — a child who never existed.

“Davis’ streak of lies ended when he took advantage of a pandemic to cause undue harm to the company he worked for and their employees,” Chris Hacker, special agent in charge of FBI Atlanta, said in the statement. “The FBI and our federal and state partners remain vigilant in detecting, investigating and prosecuting any fraud related to this crisis we are all facing.”

Davis pleaded guilty in December to a wire fraud charge related to a scheme to defraud his employer as well as to a charge related to mortgage fraud. He also admitted to submitting a fake COVID-19 test, and to other fraud offenses that were uncovered during the investigation.

Davis’s case is just one example of COVID-related fraud seen nationwide.

More than 20 people nationwide have reportedly been charged in connection with an $11 million fraud scheme to exploit the COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program, using the money to buy luxury items like cars and jewelry. Davis’s case is being investigated by the FBI.

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COVID-19 Pandemic Leads to Drop of Maternal Health Care in Africa, Raising Fears of Increased Mortality

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent While almost every country has experienced disruption to its health services since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, several countries in Africa have been severely impacted, leading to the suspension of maternal, neonatal, and child health care.

Project HOPE, the nonprofit that has worked to save women and babies’ lives worldwide since 1985, issued a news release warning that decades of progress made to prevent maternal complications and deaths across the continent could be reversed.

The organization calls on countries to develop public health responses that ensure women’s health services during times of emergency.

“Globally, and in many African countries, women have borne the brunt of the harmful effects of the pandemic. They have had limited to no access to essential maternal and child health services for a significant time period as a result of COVID-19 restrictions and scarce resources in already overstretched hospitals and health centers,” Eden Ahmed Mdluli, Senior Technical Officer for Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health at Project HOPE, wrote in the release.

In 2020, the United Nations announced that about 10,000 health workers would receive training to support mothers and newborns in Africa.

The training would occur through a partnership between the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, and Laerdal Global Health, the nonprofit arm of a Norwegian company that provides innovative training, educational and therapy solutions for emergency medical care and patient safety.

The five-year program aims to improve maternal and newborn health in some communities with the highest mortality rates in Eastern and Southern Africa.

UN officials said it would start the program in Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Kenya and later expand to other countries in the region.

According to UNICEF, despite recent and promising progress in maternal and neonatal health over the past decades, maternal and newborn mortality rates in the Eastern and Southern Africa region remain alarming.

In 2017, roughly 70,000 women in those regions died due to complications during pregnancy and birth, while in 2019, more than 440,000 newborns died in the first 28 days after delivery, UNICEF officials noted.

Project HOPE officials noted that while more data is needed to fully document the extent of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on women and children across Africa, some preliminary numbers have shown a drop in utilization of essential reproductive, maternal, and neonatal health services.

According to findings by the Global Financing Facility, the number of women who attended the recommended medical visits during pregnancy dropped by 18 percent in Liberia, and the initiation of women seeking medical care during pregnancy fell by 16 percent in Nigeria.

Additionally, a recent modeling study

across 118 of the world’s countries estimated that between 8.3 percent and 38.6 percent more pregnant women could die each month.

In countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria, this would add 1,280 and 6,700 maternal deaths to the already staggering 16,000 and 67,000 respective maternal deaths each year, Project HOPE officials noted.

“These numbers echo a recent warning from the World Health Organization in Africa, which reported a rise in maternal deaths in 10 countries with the highest increases recorded in Comoros, Mali, Senegal, and South Africa,” the officials

wrote in the release.

They reported that in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, curfews imposed in certain African countries made it difficult for pregnant women to reach clinics and/or hospitals after curfew time.

Many health centers, which offer free or low-cost services, also closed during the pandemic, especially if the virus had infected one staff or more.

Many hospitals also had to rearrange their units to accommodate COVID-19 patients. In many cases, it meant diverting resources for existing medical needs to COVID-19 needs, leaving pregnant women and new mothers without access to adequate care.

“People are extremely vulnerable during a pandemic. That’s why it is even more critical to ensure the continuation of quality and safe women’s health services during times of emergency. Countries must develop a public health response that ensures maternal and child health services in such critical times. Pandemics should not present either-or propositions,” Ahmed Mdluli stated.

Project HOPE also calls on countries to strengthen qualitative data collection to identify the exact cause(s) of death during pregnancy and childbirth recorded during the pandemic.

The organization noted that such action would help ensure the proper steps are taken to prevent similar deaths in the future.

“Before the pandemic, significant strides were made in ensuring healthy lives and reducing some of the common killers associated with maternal and child mortality,” Ahmed Mdluli continued.

“Today, the world’s ability to meet the important Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 requires taking stock of the challenges faced during the pandemic and ensuring equitable health care access for the most vulnerable populations.”

United Nations Issues ‘Code Red’ for Humanity in Climate Crisis Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent

Celebrities like Brad Pitt and Jake Gyllenhall have made recent headlines in regards admitting how often, or seldom, they take showers.

This recent surge of washing information started with Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher on the Armchair Expert podcast discussing their frequency of washing their kids.

They said that they only wash their kids when they see dirt on their bodies. They don’t seem to see the need to wash everyday.

When speaking to Vanity Fair, actor Jake Gyllenhaal said that he finds bathing less and less necessary. He thinks that not bathing will help with skin maintenance and

will help your body clean itself naturally. t first, Gyllenhaal was unsure of his bathing frequency. But dermatology professor at NYU Langone Medical Center, Mary Stevenson reaffirmed his beliefs in skin maintenance.

In a Vogue piece, Stevenson said that showering too long or using too much soap could get rid of the skin’s natural layer of protection and strip its natural oils.

“Generally speaking, our skin and body is a remarkable system that does regulate and take care of itself,” Stevenson said.

“A daily rinse is fine, but for dry and irritated skin- it may mean less soap time in the shower.”

This has made people a little uncomfortable with how celebrities have made known that they don’t shower or bathe everyday.

Alexis Durham, 21, from Rising Sun, Maryland has been caught off-guard with the recent news. She showers on a daily basis, and thinks that these celebrities are unhygienic.

“I’ve heard that some people wait for their bodies to stink. What! That’s disgusting,” Durham said.

Samuel Leonard, 21, from Chicago finds it ironic that celebrities like Pitt, and Gyllenhaal are deemed “attractive” by beauty standards, yet they don’t take showers everyday like regular people.

“Women find these guys attractive and call normal guys dusty, but it seems like these guys are just as dusty as the rest of us. Irony at its finest,” Leonard said.

It seems as though showering daily is not as common as many think.

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To Labor Day and Labor Days Ahead THE INNER-CITY NEWS - September 01, 2021 - September 07 , 2021

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hicle built by America’s best workers at the iconic Rouge facility in Dearborn, Michigan.

By UAW President Ray Curry

In 1882, a union man, Peter J. McGuire, founder of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and an early supporter of the creation of the American Federation of Labor, suggested setting aside a day for a “general holiday for the laboring classes.”

Almost 130 years later, Labor Day continues to celebrate those who did the work and the magnificent job they have done in building what I will always believe to be, the greatest nation on Earth. One hundred and thirty years later, America will again thank those who figured it out; those who pitched in; those who rolled up their sleeves and made this country work. But if this day is a statement about achievement, it is perhaps most importantly a testament to the U.S. worker’s ability to meet change, to adapt to its challenges, and to embrace that change and forge a better America.

Moving it forward So, with the holiday upon us, this is what I would like to hold up in these complicated times: America is retooling. Climate change and a pandemic have rerouted directions and pathways. But America’s workers — union workers — are ready to meet these new directions and traverse those roads. America’s Labor Day thanks workers for the job they have done. At the same time, we must thank workers for the job they are about to do.

This is a time of tremendous evolution in our industries. We are on the cusp of a

complete transition in mobility. A transition to clean energy and clean vehicles. At the UAW, we have been heavily involved in the national discussion on how we can successfully navigate this transition.

It can be done. We know that our workers are the best in the world and as we transition to electric and hybrid vehicles, we must protect our American workforce.

These vehicles and components must be built here by American workers and these jobs must be good paying union jobs.

And we all know that it is the working men and women of this nation that are the

engine that drives our economy. And any momentous change in our industry must not lose sight of that undeniable truth.

America’s strength I can tell you that there are no greater consumers of what gets built here than by hard working Americans who put their work into building these products. Let me pause a bit to share some of the comments of President Joe Biden at a recent White House event on clean energy and the clean vehicles that will power us responsibly forward in the decades to come.

Biden, who has always been a friend to labor and to the UAW since his earliest days in government, put it this way.

“Whether or not the jobs to build these vehicles and batteries are good-paying union jobs — jobs with benefits, jobs that are going to sustain continued growth of the middle class. They have to be. They have to be made here in America.”

My brothers and sisters in the UAW are more than ready to build America’s future. This past May we saw the amazing rollout of the all-electric Ford F-150 Lightning — America’s best-selling ve-

This is how it must be.

To this end, I want to make mention of Senator Debbie Stabenow’s measure that works to tie key consumer rebates for EVs to union auto jobs made here. The Stabenow Made in America Provision included in the Clean for America Act, would continue a $7,500 consumer credit for EVs and add for the next five years, a $2,500 bonus for autos assembled in the United States and another $2,500 for meeting certain worker focused labor standards.

What’s more, after five years, a vehicle must be assembled in the U.S. for consumers to be eligible to receive a $10,000 base credit and an additional $2,500 bonus credit for vehicles that are union made or apply worker focused labor standards. We at the UAW are committed to passing these provisions into law.

So, I’d like to ask that as you celebrate this Labor Day, take a moment to remember all those generations of Americans that this day was created to recognize.

All those workers who have delved into and carved out a country that remains a beacon of accomplishments and as importantly, all those ready for the next big job as we move America forward. As Joe Biden has said, “I believe that the middle class built America, but I know who built the middle class; unions. Unions built the middle class.”

Yes, they did. And yes, the work goes on.

HBCUs use millions in federal aid to pay off student balances

By Joshua Moore Special to the AFRO

So far, over 20 HBCUs have announced they will use the $5 billion debt relief fund to cancel student debts in recent months.

Wilberforce University, South Carolina State University, Delaware State University and Clark Atlanta University are among the schools leading the charge to eliminate student balances, tuition costs and loan debt for some of their students.

Delaware State University cancelled almost $1 million in student loan debt for over 220 graduates in the classes of 2020 and 2021. Trinity Washington erased the balances of 400 students, for a total of $1.8 million and South Carolina State University cancelled $9.8 million of student debt for 2,500 students.

The cancellation of debt in any form is a relief in the Black community. According to a Brookings study in 2016, Black college graduates owe $7,400 more on average than their white colleagues. This will create a chance for black graduates

to not have to worry about a chip on their shoulders when it comes to paying back so much money.

Not only that, but students also drop out because of outstanding bills. According to an analysis from OneClass, about 57% of students who take on debt in college won’t graduate. So, to decrease the amount of money owed in loans will, in return, increase graduation rates across the board.

While some students have been fortunate in having their debts cancelled, or decreased at the least, others have not.

From Vineland, N.J., Jordan Martinez, 21, is a Multimedia Journalism major at Morgan State University. She doesn’t understand why more schools aren’t putting more emphasis on providing financial relief for their students.

“These past two years have been very hard for some people,” Martinez said.

“This is a time where they should be helping the alumni and current students entering their schools today.”

The impact on Martinez’s life would be monumental if she was able to get her

loans cancelled or paid off by the school.

She said that she would be extremely grateful.

“I feel like the majority of us are in so much debt,” Martinez said. “I would actually be able to start my life after college.”

From West Orange, N.J., Austin Jackson, 21, is a senior at Morgan State University. He said that more HBCUs should be making an effort to pay off student debt for their students. If he was given that chance, he said that it would mean a lot to him.

“I would be able to work and live debt free,” Jackson said. “Instead of spending five to ten years paying off my debt.”

Edmond Harrison, 21, from Baltimore, Md. is a senior at Towson University.

He believes that many graduates won’t always find a career in their major. With that in mind, it’s hard and nearly impossible to repay the huge amount of student debt.

Harrison said that the impact of his school paying some of his loans would impact him tremendously.

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“An enormous weight would be lifted off my shoulders,” Harrison said. “It would give me time and money to put towards my career as a content creator.”

Overall, it’s important that HBCUs are creating ways that the gap in wealth is shortened between black and white people. This is a big step not only for black

graduates, but graduates across the country when it comes to settling student loan debt.

Wilberforce University, the first private HBCU, was among the first colleges to announce that they will pay off the debt of their 2020 and 2021 graduates. (Courtesy of Wilberforce University)

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Request for Proposals

A pre-bid conference will be held at the Housing Authority Office 28 Smith Street Seymour, CT at 10:00 am, on Wednesday, July 20, 2016.

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full-time position.

Bid Extended, Due Date: August 5, 2016 Go to www.portlandct.

Anticipated Start: August 15, 2016 org for details.

Project documents available via ftp link below:

RED TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (RED)

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is accepting applications/resumes for the following positions DRIVER CDL CLASS A in our Portland, CT location: Fax or Email Questions & Bids to: Dawn Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com HCC encourages the participation of all Veteran, S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified Businesses

CDL Drivers – Class A & B Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 Full TimeHaynes – All Shifts AA/EEO EMPLOYER Senior Project Manager – Environmental Division

Top Pay-Full Benefits EOE Please apply in person: 1425 Honeyspot Rd. Ext.Stratford, CT 06615

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Health & Safety / Compliance Manager Technical Services Representative Diesel Mechanic

Please submit questions/inquiries and resumes to HR@redtechllc.com

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - September , 2021 - September 07 , 2021 INNER-CITY NEWS July 27,01 2016 - August 02, 2016

Garrity Asphalt Reclaiming, Inc seeks:

Listing: HVAC Technician

Construction Equipment Mechanic preferably experienced in Reclaiming and Road Milling Equipment. We offer factory Fast paced Petroleum Company is hiring for a full time, CT training on equipment we operate. Location: Bloomfield CT HVAC Technician. License required – S-10,S-2 or S-1. ApWe offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits plicant must have experience in oil, propane, natural gas and Contact: Tom Dunay VALENTINA MACRI RENTAL HOUSING PRE- APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE A/C. Competitive wage, 401(k), sign on bonus and benefits.

Send resume to: Attn: HR Manager, Confidential, PO Box 388, Phone: 860- 243-2300 HOME INC, on behalf of Columbus House and the New Haven Housing Guilford,Authority, CT 06437.

Email: tom.dunay@garrityasphalt.com is accepting pre-applications for studio and one-bedroom Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to applyapartments at this develAffirmative opment locatedAction/ at 108 Frank New Haven.

Maximum income**An limitations ap- Action/Equal Opportunity Employer** Affirmative EqualStreet, Opportunity Employer ply. Pre-applications will be available from 9AM TO 5PM beginning Monday Ju;y 25, 2016 and ending when sufficient pre-applications (approximately 100) have been received at the offices of HOME INC. Applications will be mailied upon reGarrity Asphalt Incduring seeks: CT Fence quest by calling HOMEReclaiming, INC at 203-562-4663 those hours.Large Completed pre- Company looking for an individual for our Reclaimer Operators and Milling Operators with current licensing PVCStreet, Fence Third Production Shop. Experience preferred but will applications must be returned to HOME INC’s offices at 171 Orange and clean driving record, be willing to travel throughout the Northtrain the right person. Must be familiar with carpentry hand Floor, New Haven, CT 06510. east & NY. We offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits & power tools and be able to read a CAD drawing and tape measure. Use of CNC Router machine a plus but not required, will train the right person. This is an in-shop production poContact: Rick Tousignant Phone: 860- 243-2300 sition. Duties include building fence panels, posts, gates and Email: rick.touMust have a valid CT driver’s license & be able to obtain VALENTINAsignant@garrityasphalt.com MACRI VIVIENDAS DE ALQUILER PRE-SOLICITUDESmore.

DISPONIBLES a Drivers Medical Card. Must be able to pass a physical and Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to apply drug test. Please email resume to pboucher@atlasoutdoor.com.

Affirmative Action/deEqual Opportunity HOME INC, en nombre la Columbus House y Employer de la New Haven Housing Authority, está AA/EOE-MF aceptando pre-solicitudes para estudios y apartamentos de un dormitorio en este desarrollo ubicado en la calle 109 Frank Street, New Haven. Se aplican limitaciones de ingresos máximos. Las pre-solicitudes estarán disponibles 09 a.m.-5 p.m. comenzando Martes 25 Tractor Trailer Driver for Heavy & Highway Construction Equipjulio,Must 2016have hastaacuando se han recibido suficientes pre-solicitudes ment.

CDL License, clean driving record, capable of (aproximadamente 100) en las oficinas HOME INC. Las pre-solicitudes serán enviadas porSeeking correo atopetición operating heavyde equipment; be willing to travel throughout the employ experienced individuals in the labor, foreman, llamando HOME INC alexcellent 203-562-4663 horas.Pre-solicitudes deberánand remitirse Northeast &aNY. We offer hourlydurante rate &esas excellent benefits operator teamster trades for a heavy outside work statewide. a las oficinas de HOME INC en 171 Orange Street, tercer piso, New Haven , CT personal 06510 . transportation and a valid drivers license reReliable

NOTICE

360 MANAGEMENT GROUP COMPANY Request for Proposals Payroll Services including HRMS 360 Management Group Co. is currently seeking proposals for payroll services including HRMS. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from 360 Management Group Co.’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on

PVC FENCE PRODUCTION

NOTICIA

Union Company seeks:

Contact Dana at 860-243-2300

Email: dana.briere@garrityasphalt.com Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to apply Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer

NEW HAVEN

Construction

quired. To apply please call (860) 621-1720 or send resume to: Personnel Department, P.O. Box 368, Cheshire, CT06410.

Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/V

242-258 Fairmont Ave 2BR Townhouse, 1.5 BA, 3BR, 1 level , 1BA All new apartments, new appliances, new carpet, close to I-91 & I-95 highways, near bus stop & shopping center Pet under 40lb allowed. Interested parties contact Maria @ 860-985-8258

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DREAMS.

Drug Free Workforce

Wednesday, August 25, 2021 at 3:00PM.

SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER/DESIGNER FHI Studio is actively seeking an innovative and self-motivated full-time Senior Environmental Planner/Designer to manage projects in our environmental service line.

As a project manager, you are vital to helping clients meet regulatory requirements and identify and achieve their project goals. You focus on projects that are resilient and adaptable to meet existing and future community needs. Being a highly organized senior environmental planner, you efficiently prepare NEPA, MEPA, CEPA, SEQRA, and CEQR documentation. Excellent time management is your specialty that is used to lead project teams, provide excellent client service, and conduct business development.

You gain great enjoyment from engaging in the community with various meetings, public workshops, and public hearings.

Candidates will hold a degree in urban planning, environmental planning, environmental science, or related field with a minimum of 7 years of experience in environmental consulting or related field. Candidates will also demonstrate experience in leading environmental planning and compliance projects. Our ideal candidate preferably has experience with a variety of stakeholders, presenting public presentations, and can travel for projects. If you feel you’ll be perfect as our Senior Environmental Planner/ Designer, apply now using our initial 3-minute, mobile-friendly application at https:// fhistudio.com/join.

Custodian:

Invitation to Bid:

State of Connecticut 2nd Notice Office of Policy The Town of East Haven is currently seeking qualified applicants to participate in and Management the Civil Service Examination for the position of Custodian. Graduation from High

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Old Saybrook, SchoolCTor 1 year employment in building care and cleaning operations required. The rate pay is $22.23/hour; 40 hours/week.

(4 Buildings, 17 of Units) The State of Connecticut, Office of Account Policy and Management is recruiting Tax Exempt & Not Prevailing WageClerk-Payroll: Rate Project The Town of East Haven is currently accepting applications

to participate in the examination for Account Clerk-Payroll. The current vacancy is in the Finance Department of the Board of Education but this list may be used to fill New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, Castother Account Clerk positions within the Town of East Haven. The starting salary is Further information regarding the duties, eligibility requirements and application $54,325/year, 40 hours per week. in-place Concrete, Asphalt Shingles, Vinyl Siding, instructions for this position is available Applications participate Casework, in the examination are available online at www.townofeFlooring, Painting, Appliances,toResidential at: Division 10 Specialties, asthavenct.org/civil-service-commission/pages/job-notices-and-tests<http://www.

Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection. https://www.jobapscloud.com/ townofeasthavenct.org/civil-service-commission/pages/job-notices-and-tests> or the ThisCT/sup/bulpreview.asp?R1= contract is subject to state set-asideCivil and contract compliance requirements.

Service Offi ce, 250 Main Street, East Haven CT and must be returned by Septem210506&R2=1581MP&R3=001 ber 10, 2021. The Town of East Haven is committed to building a workforce of diverse individuals. Minorities, Females, Handicapped and Veterans are encouraged to apply.

The State of Connecticut is an equal for a Policy Development Coordinator position.

CT. Unified Deacon’s Association is pleased to offer a Deacon’s Certificate Program. This is a 10 month program designed to assist in the intellectual formation of Candidates in response to the Church’s Ministry needs. The cost is $125. Classes start Saturday, August 20, 2016 1:303:30 Contact: Chairman, Deacon Joe J. Davis, M.S., B.S. (203) 996-4517 Host, General Bishop Elijah Davis, D.D. Pastor of Pitts Chapel U.F.W.B. Church 64 Brewster

Let Job Corps help you achieve yours.

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St. New Haven, CT

Sealed bids are invited by the Housing Authority of the Town of Seymour Now enrolling! until 3:00 pm on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 Tuition-free at its officecareer at 28training Smith Street, High school diploma programs Seymour, CT 06483 for Concrete Sidewalk Repairs and Replacement at the College credit opportunities Smithfield Gardens Assisted Living Facility,Housing, 26 Smith Street Seymour. meals and medical care provided

A pre-bid conference will be held at the Housing Authority Office 28 Smith For more information, visit jobcorps.gov or call (800) 733-JOBS [5627] Street Seymour, CT at 10:00 am, on Wednesday, July 20, 2016.

New Haven County - Jesselica Rodriguez – Rodriguez.Jesselica@JobCorps.org !"#$%&'(")*+,$*-+#".&/$*0(1,)2*3*4&//2*0(,,&"*5*Conner.Kelly@JobCorps.org Waterbury and Surrounding Areas – Abdul Shabazz – Shabazz.Abdul@JobCorps.org

Bidding documents are available from the Seymour Housing Authority OfCAREERS BEGIN HERE fice, 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 (203) 888-4579.

Job Corps is a U.S. Department of Labor Equal Opportunity Employer Program. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities. TDD/TTY telephone number is (877) 889-5627.

The Housing Authority reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids, to reduce the scope of the project to reflect available funding, and to waive any

Bid Extended, opportunity/affirmative action employer Due Date: August 5, 2016 and strongly encourages theAnticipated applications Start: August 15, 2016 of women, minorities, and persons Project documents available via ftp link below: with disabilities.

THE GLENDOWER GROUP

http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage QSR STEEL CORPORATION Invitation for Bids

APPLY NOW!

Fax or Email Questions & Bids to: Dawn Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com Contractor HCC encourages the participation of all Veteran,General S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified Businessesfor Valley Street Townhomes Haynes Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 The Glendower Group is currently seeking Bids for a general contractor for Valley Steel Fabricators, Erectors & Welders AA/EEO EMPLOYER Street Townhomes. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from GlenTop pay for top performers. Health dower’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.

Benefits, 401K, Vacation Pay. com/gateway beginning on Email Resume: Rose@qsrsteel.com Hartford, CT AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

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Wednesday, July 28, 2021 at 3:00PM.

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360 MANAGEMENT GROUP COMPANY

NOTICE

Request for Proposals Payroll Services including HRMS AVAILABLE VALENTINA MACRI RENTAL HOUSING PRE- APPLICATIONS 360 Management is currently seeking for payroll services includHOME INC, on Group behalf Co. of Columbus House andproposals the New Haven Housing Authority, ingisHRMS. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from 360 Manageaccepting pre-applications for studio and one-bedroom apartments at this develment Group Co.’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestoneopment located at 108 Frank Street, New Haven. Maximum income limitations apsystems.com/gateway beginning on

ply. Pre-applications will be available from 9AM TO 5PM beginning Monday Ju;y 25, 2016 and ending when sufficient pre-applications (approximately 100) have Wednesday, 25,Applications 2021 at 3:00PM. been received at the offices ofAugust HOME INC. will be mailied upon request by calling HOME INC at 203-562-4663 during those hours. Completed preapplications must be returned to HOME INC’s offices at 171 Orange Street, Third Floor, New Haven, CT 06510.

LAND USE PLANNER/DESIGNER NOTICIA

FHI Studio is actively seeking an innovative and self-motivated full-time Land Use Planner/Designer to work on projects focused on improving the quality of life in communities. As a land use planner/designer, you are vital to enhancing and building FHI VALENTINA VIVIENDAS DEpractice.

ALQUILER PRE-SOLICITUDES Studio’s land useMACRI planning and design You focus on projectsDISPONIBLES throughout New England that include local streetscape plans, complete streets projects, green infraHOME INC, en nombre de la space Columbus House y deplans la New Haven Housing Authority, está structure, and park and open plans.

Your and designs are innovative and aceptando rich pre-solicitudes para estudios y apartamentos de un dormitorio desarrollo graphically and are focused on implementation.

Your attention en to este detail and unubicado enofla diversity, calle 109 Frank New Haven. Se limitaciones de foster ingresos derstanding equity,Street, and inclusiveness in aplican planning and design an máximos.

Lascollaborative pre-solicitudes estarán disponibles 09 a.m.-5 p.m. comenzando Martestime 25 engaging and environment for a variety of stakeholders.

Excellent julio, 2016 hasta cuando se hanthat recibido suficientes 100) management is your specialty is used to leadpre-solicitudes project teams,(aproximadamente provide excellent clilas oficinas de HOME INC. Las pre-solicitudes por correofor a petición entenservice, and conduct business development.

Youserán gainenviadas great enjoyment creating community engaging others in esas a collaborative process.deberán remitirse llamando aspaces HOMEthrough INC al 203-562-4663 durante horas.Pre-solicitudes Candidates willdehold a degree urban planning/design, landscape architecture, a las oficinas HOME INC enin171 Orange Street, tercer piso, New Haven , CT 06510or. a related field with a minimum of 5 years of experience in consulting, land use planning, zoning, urban design or master planning. Candidates will also demonstrate experience in leading projects and fostering a strong team environment. Our ideal candidate preferably has experience with a variety of stakeholders, presenting public presentations, and can travel for projects. If you feel you'll be perfect as our full-time Land Use Planner/Designer, apply now using our initial 3-minute, mobile-friendly application at https://fhistudio.com/join.

NEW HAVEN

242-258 Fairmont Ave 2BR Townhouse, 1.5 BA, 3BR, 1 level , 1BA

All new apartments, new appliances, new carpet, close to I-91 & I-95 highways, near bus stop & shopping center Pet under 40lb allowed. Interested parties contact Maria @ 860-985-8258 CT. Unified Deacon’s Association is pleased to offer a Deacon’s Certificate Program. This is a 10 month program designed to assist in the intellectual formation of Candidates in response to the Church’s Ministry needs. The cost is $125. Classes start Saturday, August 20, 2016 1:303:30 Contact: Chairman, Deacon Joe J. Davis, M.S., B.S. (203) 996-4517 Host, General Bishop Elijah Davis, D.D. Pastor of Pitts Chapel U.F.W.B. Church 64 Brewster St. New Haven, CT

SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY Sealed bids are invited by the Housing Authority of the Town of Seymour until 3:00 pm on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at its office at 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 for Concrete Sidewalk Repairs and Replacement at the Smithfield Gardens Assisted Living Facility, 26 Smith Street Seymour.

A pre-bid conference will be held at the Housing Authority Office 28 Smith Street Seymour, CT at 10:00 am, on Wednesday, July 20, 2016.

Bidding documents are available from the Seymour Housing Authority Office, 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 (203) 888-4579.

The Housing Authority reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids, to reduce the scope of the project to reflect available funding, and to waive any

Listing: HVAC Technician

DELIVERY PERSON

NEEDED

Fast paced Petroleum Company is hiring for a full time, CT HVAC Technician. License required – S-10,S-2 or S-1. Applicant must have experience in oil, propane, natural gas and A/C. Competitive wage, 401(k), sign on bonus and benefits. Send resume to: Attn: HR Manager, Confidential, PO Box 388, Guilford, CT 06437. **An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer**

Must Have your Own Vehicle If Interested call

Truck Mechanic

Part Time Delivery Needed One/Two Day a Week,

(203) 435-1387 QSR STEEL CORPORATION

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Immediate opening for a full time truck mechanic. Commercial truck experience required. Work to be performed on trucks and trailers. Send resume to: Attn: HR Dept, P O Box 388, Guilford, CT 06437. **An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer**

Steel Fabricators, Erectors & Welders Top pay for top performers. Health Benefits, 401K, Vacation Pay. Email Resume: Rose@qsrsteel.com Hartford, CT AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Town of Bloomfield

State of Connecticut Office of Policy and Management The State of Connecticut, Office of Policy and Management is recruiting for a Principal Budget Specialist and a Geographic Information Officer (state program manager) position.

Assistant Town Clerk

Further information regarding the duties, eligibility requirements and application instructions are available at:

Salary $32.78 hourly Deadline to apply 9/9/21

https://www.jobapscloud.com/CT/sup/bulpreview.asp?R1= 210818&R2=6335MP&R3=001

Pre-employment drug testing. AA/EOE. For Details go to www.bloomfieldct.org

https://www.jobapscloud.com/CT/sup/bulpreview.asp?R1= 210817&R2=4799MP&R3=001

and

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

to Bid: MECHANIC Invitation 2 Notice TRACTOR TRAILER SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE nd

Heavy Cleaner Duties and Responsibilities Full Time, Benefits, Old Saybrook, CT Units) Management Company is looking for qualified Heavy Cleaner.

Top Pay (4 Buildings, 17Fusco

Tax Exempt & Not Prevailing Wage Rate Project experience required and good communication skills.

One year custodial Apply:Pace, 1425 Honeyspot

Rd. Ext., Stratford, CT EOE offices, cell block, hallways, stairways, windows and doors. Will pick up trash New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing,Cleans Selective Demolition, Site-work, Castaround exterior of buildings and maintain cleanliness of restrooms and elevators. Will in-place Concrete, Asphaltchange Shingles, Vinyl Siding, light bulbs and other small maintenance tasks as directed by Building SuperDRIVER CDL Division CLASS A intendent.

Flooring, Painting, 10 Specialties, Appliances, Casework, MayResidential open or close building as needed. Vacuums, spot cleans and shampoos carpets, using commercial type vacuum cleaners and shampooing equipMechanical, Electrical, Plumbing andand Firefurniture Protection. ment.

Makescompliance small repairsrequirements. to bathroom fixtures, may snake drains to remove blockages.

Full Time – All to Shifts This contract is subject state set-aside and contract May order stock. Move furniture, equipment, or fixtures as required. Operates pressure Top Pay-Full Benefits washing equipment as needed. May shovel and remove snow and ice from sidewalks, EOE Please apply person: Bidin Extended, Due Date: August and 5, 2016 entryways, roofs.

Medical15, and dental benefits, 401k. Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action 1425 HoneyspotAnticipated Rd. Ext.Start: August 2016 Employer. Please submit resumes to openjobs.group@fusco.com. Phone calls will not Stratford, Project CT 06615 documents available via ftp link below: be accepted. http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage

Town ofQuestions Bloomfi eld Fax or Email & Bids to: Dawn Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com general contractor Heavy/Highway

HCCEnforcement encourages the participation all Veteran, S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified Businesses Zoning Offiofcer Haynes Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483

is looking to hire a skilled Carpenter with willingness and eagerness to become a AA/EEO EMPLOYER Foreman. Training will be provided. Prefer candidate to be familiar with Salary $38.03 hourly Carpenter ConnDOT procedures, bridge, and road construction work. Must communicate effecDeadline to apply 9/30/21 tively with clients, be well organized and safety conscious, and must be able to read Pre-employment drug testing. plans. This is hands-on field leadership position. Top compensation and benefits are AA/EOE. available. Full time position. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourage For Details go to www.bloomfieldct.org qualified woman and minorities to apply. Email resume to jobs@rothacontracting.com

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS - September , 2021 - September 07 , 2021 INNER-CITY NEWS July 27, 01 2016 - August 02, 2016

The Town NOTICE of East Haven

is currently accepting applications for the following positions:

VALENTINA MACRI RENTAL HOUSING PRE- APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE

Public Safety Dispatcher: $54,953.60/year HOME INC, onPolice behalf of Columbus and the New Haven Housing Authority, OfficerHouse C: $59,025/year

is accepting pre-applications for studio and one-bedroom apartments at this develApply online at www.policeapp.com/ opment located at 108 Frank Street, New Haven. Maximum income limitations apEastHavenCT<http://www.policeapp.com/EastHavenCT>. ply. Pre-applications will be available from 9AM TO 5PM beginning Monday Ju;y 25,Assessor: 2016 and$98,377/ ending year whenFor sufficient pre-applications (approximately 100) have Tax application information please visit https://www. townofeasthavenct.org/civil-service-commission/pages/job-notices-and-tests been received at the offices of HOME INC. Applications will be mailied upon reThe Town East HOME Haven INC is committed to building a workforce of Completed diverse individquest by of calling at 203-562-4663 during those hours. preuals.

Minorities, Handicapped and Veterans to apply. applications mustFemales, be returned to HOME INC’s offices atare 171encouraged Orange Street, Third Floor, New Haven, CT 06510.

ELM CITYNOTICIA COMMUNITIES

Invitation for Bids VALENTINA MACRI VIVIENDAS DE ALQUILER PRE-SOLICITUDES DISPONIBLES VDI Equipment

QSR STEEL CORPORATION

APPLY NOW!

Steel Fabricators, Erectors & Welders Top pay for top performers. Health Benefits, 401K, Vacation Pay. Email Resume: Rose@qsrsteel.com Hartford, CT AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

DELIVERY PERSON

NEEDED

Part Time Delivery Needed One/Two Day a Week, Must Have your Own Vehicle If Interested call

HOME INC, en nombre de la Columbus House y de la New Haven Housing Authority, está aceptando pre-solicitudes para y apartamentos de un dormitorio en este desarrollo The Housing Authority ofestudios the City of New Haven d/b/a Elm City Comubicado en la calle 109 Frank Street, New Haven. Se aplican limitaciones de ingresos munities is currently seeking Bids for VDI equipment. A complete copy máximos. Las pre-solicitudes estarán disponibles 09 a.m.-5 p.m. comenzando Martes 25 ofjulio, the 2016 requirement may be obtained from Elm City Communities’ Venhasta cuando se han recibido suficientes pre-solicitudes (aproximadamente 100) dor Collaboration Portal en las oficinas de HOME INC.https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.

Las pre-solicitudes serán enviadas por correo a petición com/gateway beginning on llamando a HOME INC al 203-562-4663 durante esas horas.Pre-solicitudes deberán remitirse a las oficinas de HOME INC en 171 Orange Street, tercer piso, New Haven , CT 06510 .

Town of Bloomfield

REQUEST FOR BIDS

Pre-employment drug testing. AA/EOE. For Details go to www.bloomfieldct.gov

Wednesday, June 23, 2021 at 3:00PM.

NEW HAVEN

Repair to Damaged Concrete Parapet at the Temple Street Parking Garage

New Haven, Connecticut 242-258 Fairmont Ave New Haven Parking Authority Project #20-028

2BR Townhouse, 1.5 BA, 3BR, 1 level , 1BA

Bids due September 23, 2021 at 3:00 P.M. All new apartments, new appliances, new carpet, close to I-91 & I-95

highways, near bus stop & shopping center

Bid Documents will be available beginning September 1, 2021 at no cost by downunder 40lb allowed. Interested contact Maria @ 860-985-8258 loading Pet from the BuildingConnnected FTPparties system website.

Contact Maryann Bigda of Turner Construction Company at 203-712-6070 for BuildingConnnected FTP system access information.

CT. Unified Deacon’s Association is pleased to offer a Deacon’s Certificate Program. This is a 10 month program designed to assist in the intellectual formation of Candidates in response to the Church’s Ministry needs. Theand costdisposal is $125. Classes start Saturday, 20, 2016 1:30The work mainly includes demolition of damaged area,August scaffolding, con3:30 Contact: Chairman, Deacon Joe J. Davis, M.S., B.S. crete (including color andElijah texture timber bumper guard instal(203)repair 996-4517 Host, General Bishop Davis,matching), D.D. Pastor ofwood Pitts Chapel U.F.W.B. Church 64 Brewster

lation, metal railing installation, and temporary traffic control devices, together with all St. New Haven, CT incidental work thereto and in accordance with Bid Documents.

Bidders must submit with their Bid on forms provided a list of their Intended Subcontractors, including:

SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY

a. the set-aside of DAS-certifi ed SmallAuthority Business Enterprises (“SBE”) for a reSealed bids areuse invited by the Housing of the Town of Seymour quirement of at of theAugust Bidder’s 2, entire contract until 3:00 pmleast on 30% Tuesday, 2016 at its value; office at 28 Smith Street,

Seymour, CT 06483 for Concrete Sidewalk Repairs and Replacement at the a. the set-aside use of DAS-certified Minority owned Business Enterprises (“MBE”), Smithfield Living Facility, 26Disabled Smith Street Women ownedGardens BusinessAssisted Enterprises (“WBE”) and/or ownedSeymour.

Business Enter-

prises (“DisBE”) for a requirement of at least 25% of the Bidder’s entire contract value.

Please note that the MBE,will WBE, are part of the SBE;Office and 28 Smith A pre-bid conference beand/or held atDisBE the Housing Authority

Street Seymour,ofCT 10:00 am, on Wednesday, July 20,herein, 2016. a minimum of c. Independent the at SBE/MBE/WBE/DisBE requirements

10% of the Bidder’s entire contract value must include businesses having a place of business within the City are of New Havenfrom limits.the Seymour Housing Authority OfBidding documents available

(203) 435-1387 Custodian

The Town of Wallingford Electric Division is seeking qualified candidates for the position of System Operator/Dispatcher for a municipal electric utility serving 25,000 customers. Coordinates electric system switching and places equipment in and out of service during routine and emergency operations. Requires HS diploma/GED with 2 years experience in the operation of Distribution SCADA equipment and/or switchboards used in the distribution of electricity or other qualifying experience in a related field. Experience and training may be substituted on a year for year basis. Must maintain valid system operation certification from Connecticut Valley Exchange (CONVEX) or other approved agency or be able to obtain the same within 90 days of hire.

Must posses and maintain a valid State of CT Driver’s License. $34.63 - $41.15 hourly plus an excellent fringe benefits package to include a defined benefit pension plan. Apply to: Department of Human Resources, Town of Wallingford, 45 South Main Street, Wallingford, CT 06492. Application materials can be emailed to wlfdhr@wallingfordct.gov. Application forms will be mailed upon request by calling the Department of Human Resources, (203) 294-2080 or may be downloaded from the Department of Human Resources Web Page. Fax #: (203) 294-2084. Closing date will be September 10, 2021. EOE.

Large CT Fence Company

looking for a full-time individual for our Wood Fence Production Shop. Experience preferred but will train the right person. Must be familiar with carpentry hand & power tools and be able to read a CAD drawing and tape measure. This is an in-shop production position. Duties include mortising & drilling wood posts for fence panels, building fence panels, gates & more. Use of table saws, routers, miter saws, nail guns and other woodworking equipment is required. Some pickup and delivery of materials will be required. Must have a valid CT driver’s license and be able to obtain a Drivers Medical Card. Must be able to pass a physical and drug test. Please email resume to pboucher@atlasoutdoor.com. AA/EOE-MF

$23.40/hourly (benefited)

Invitation to Bid: CITY OF MILFORD 2 Notice nd

Seeking qualified condidates to fill SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE numerous vacancies to include, Old Saybrook, CT Deputy Assessor, Mechanic Buildings, 17 Units) Sewer Line, Public Health (4 Nurse Exempt & Not and more. For Tax information andPrevailing Wage Rate Project detailed application instructions, New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, Castvisit www.ci.milford.ct.us Click on SERVICES, JOBS and in-place Concrete, Asphalt Shingles, Vinyl Siding, JOB TITLE. Flooring, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, Residential Casework,

Portland

Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection.

This contract is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements.

Bid Extended, Due Date: August 5, 2016 Youth Services Administrator Anticipated Start: August 15, 2016 full-time Project position. documents available via ftp link below: Go http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage to www.portlandct.

org for details.

Fax or Email Questions & Bids to: Dawn Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com HCC encourages the participation of all Veteran, S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified Businesses Haynes Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 AA/EEO EMPLOYER

Town of Bloomfield

Assistant Director of IT

New Haven Parking Authority is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

Salary $77,655 to $119,861 Deadline to apply 8/24/21 Pre-employment drug testing. AA/EOE.

The Housing Authority reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids, to reduce the scope of the project to reflect available funding, and to waive any

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fice, 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 (203) 888-4579.

Control Room Operations/Dispatching

For Details go to www.bloomfieldct.org

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New Haven kids run FREE in the Kids Fun Run courtesy of Town Fair Tire

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