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Proponents of Recreational Cannabis Say They Are Still Short Votes for Legalization

by Christine Stuart CT. Junkie News

HARTFORD, CT — Advocates of legalizing recreational marijuana use still believe it’s the right thing to do, which is why they held a press conference again Tuesday at the Legislative Office Building.

As lawmakers look to pass a two-year state budget, cannabis supporters are still fighting for a chance to be included.

But state Rep. Josh Elliott said they are still 17 votes shy of approval within the House Democratic caucus.

“It comes up virtually every caucus and not by the same people,” Elliott, a freshman Democrat from Hamden, said.

“And it’s hard to tell if there’s any movement on it.”

He said Democrats have been losing seats for six years and “you would think that people in our caucus would want to jump onto something that’s got 63 percent support.”

Nearly two-thirds of Connecticut voters, or 63 percent, support making pos-

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Rep. Robyn Porter of New Haven

session of small amounts of cannabis legal for adults, according to a March 2015 Quinnipiac University poll. The university has not done any polling on Connecticut issues

since June 2016.

A bill that would have legalized the drug was debated and then tabled by the House in June.

Eight states and Washington, D.C.

have legalized recreational pot.

For Rep. Robyn Porter, a New Haven Democrat, it’s a social issue.

“Yes, we have a budget problem in Connecticut that’s persistent,” Porter said. “But more importantly for me, it’s a social issue.”

She said black and brown people are being sent to jail for non-violent offenses and crimes that have only impacted themselves.

She said they were caught with marijuana for personal use and “were caught up in a system designed to decimate, as far as I’m concerned, people who look like me.”

But it’s not only Democrats who support legalization. issa Ziobron, a Republican from East Haddam, has been a vocal supporter of legalization. She watched the press conference Tuesday.

And while the social issues in favor of legalization have been articulated by proponents, the bigger motivator this year may be the revenue that regulating the drug could generate for the state.

Connecticut’s Office of Fiscal Analysis has determined that the Nutmeg state could bring in from $45.4 million to $104.6 million a year if the legislature legalizes marijuana in the same way it’s been done in Massachusetts or Colorado.

The June 28 Democratic budget proposal said it would bring in $60 million in 2018 and $100 million in 2019.

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has repeatedly stated that legalizing recreational use “isn’t a priority” for him, though he has added he would follow developments if and when a bill legalizing recreational pot makes it through the House and Senate.

In June he said that “so far it doesn’t appear to have support in the legislature so on this I’m not saying never, but it’s not something I’ve advocated.”

Elliott said that Democrats, more so than in past years, are giving the governor’s veto power a lot of deference.

“I’m seeing a lot less fight against this governor and a lot more respect of that veto power,” Elliott said.

Healthy Start Leader: Keep Up The Fight

by MARKESHIA RICKS New Haven Independent

The head of the National Healthy Start Association challenged child mortality advocates to persist in the fight to make sure that babies in this country don’t die prematurely.

Deborah Frazier, CEO of the association, delivered that challenge Thursday at the Omni Hotel during the 20thanniversary celebration of New Haven Healthy Start program of The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven.

The city’s infant mortality rate stands at 11.4 per 1,000 births, according to the director of New Healthy Start, Kenn Harris. That rate has dropped considerably since Healthy Start started in 1997, he said.

“To qualify for Healthy Start you have to be at least one-half times the national infant mortality rate,” Frazier said. “All those who go in, are at least one-half times the national rate, but after Health Start gets in there for a couple of years we are below the national rate.”

Frazier said though the national infant mortality rate is trending down for the United States as a whole, the Healthy Start infant mortality rate is even lower.

As of 2015, the national infant rate was nearly six infant deaths per 1,000; the Healthy Start rate is 5.2.

“If you plot the Healthy Start program trajectory next to the [national trajectory], it’s going to be 2023 before the nation catches up with the current Healthy Start mortality rate,” she said.

“So, we’re doing a good job,” Frazier added. “I don’t know why we don’t get more money. But we’re doing a good job. We’re doing a great job.”

She said if advocates and communities like New Haven want to keep seeing progress, they have to keep the same focus that they have had since the Children’s Bureau was created by law in 1912 and when the federal Healthy Start program was created in 1991.

Frazier said what is true about infant mortality today was true in 1991 and 1912: More babies die before their first birthday in communities where people are plagued by poverty, educational achievement is low, community and domestic violence persists, homelessness and lack of adequate housing are prevalent, and where people abuse substances and health problems go unchecked.

She said over the 26 years that the federal Healthy Start program has been in place, it has helped address a “constellation of social and health

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Frazier: “We’re doing a great job.”

problems” the impact infant mortality. The work must continue no matter who is in office, noting that infant mortality rates are directly impacted by policies. She said Reagan-era policies that cut direct services to women coincided with high infant mortality rates. Frazier pointed to the more

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recent actions by Texas lawmakers to avoid expanding Medicaid and to block Planned Parenthood precipitated a rise in maternal mortality that rivals that of Third World countries.

Frazier urged attendees to be vigilant about policies at the state and federal level that undermine the health

of women and ultimately the health of children.

“Nothing is too small or too great to save the lives of children in a community,” she said. “Children are our greatest resources. And remember: You cannot change what you are willing to tolerate.”

New Haven Healthy Start has worked with more than 13,000 pregnant women. “The Healthy Start babies do better than” other babies in town, Kenn Harris said this week during an interview on WNHH radio’s “Dateline New Haven” program. He said the current infant mortality rate for babies whose mothers is 4.5 percent. The big disparity is racial: African-American babies in New Haven die at 2.5 percent times the rate of white babies, a similar statistic to the national disparity. (The rate among Latino babies is approximately the same as that of white babies.)

Harris came from Boston to New Haven in 1997 to run the city’s program.

He also heads the board of the National Healthy Start Association, which represents 100 local programs across the country. New Haven’s is the only one run by a community foundation. It received a $5.7 million federal grant to support it from 2014 through 2019.

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90,000 Students Sign Up For New U-Pass

by MARKESHIA RICKS New Haven Independent

A new program that allows students at 16 state universities and community colleges to take unlimited train and bus rides for a small fee paid to their university could be a boon for transit riders throughout Connecticut.

The Connecticut State College and Universities have teamed up with the state Department of Transportation to offer students the U-Pass CT, which provides unlimited bus and train rides for a fee of $20 a semester. The fee is part of the tuition and fees students already pay to attend school. Students at participating campuses started paying the fee this August, whether they use their bus pass or not.

CSCU President Mark OJakian said during a press event at Gateway Community College Monday that over his two-year tenure at the helm of the state’s university system he has heard most consistently that the cost of books and the cost of transportation can thwart access to an advanced education.

He said the cost of books is being addressed with a new bookstore contract that will significantly lower the price of textbooks. He said the U-Pass responds to some of the transportation challenges that students face.

“They’re able to ride the bus or the train anywhere except into New York on Thursday night,” he said of the UPass.

Ojakian said so far 63,000 students at 11 campuses in the CSCU system

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Ojakian at Monday’s press conference.

Broadie.

have signed up for the U-Pass. Students are being encouraged to sign up

for the service. He said not all CSCU campuses are incurring the fee be-

cause they don’t yet have the bus or train access to justify it.

State DOT Commissioner Jim Redeker said that could change, and it would partly be because of the revenue that the fees will generate over time.

“It’s a bit of a miracle,” he said of the fee structure and its ripple effect for transit all over the state. “Each of the students pays something for transportation, even those who don’t use it in many ways. It generates resources that we can put back into services.”

Redeker said this is happening at the same time that the state is studying its current bus services with the goal of establishing a route within a half-mile of every urbanized area residences.

That means the fees that students pay will give them the benefit of low-cost transportation while simultaneously generating an income for the state’s transit system. That in turn allows that transportation to craft better bus routes.Those improvements wouldn’t benefit just students at far flung campuses that don’t currently get good service, but also riders in cities like New Haven that have been pushing for more efficient service, he said.

Redeker said he also sees the U-Pass program as an opportunity to cultivate millennials into “transit riders of the future.”

“It’s an opportunity to essentially provide transportation for people who needed it and education is a logical place for that,” he said. “There’s a huge need to create a new generation of transit riders of green riders who

don’t need to drive.”

In the first six weeks, 90,000 students subscribed to U-Pass across the 16 colleges and universities, that includes the 63,000 students at the 11 campuses of the CSCU system. A new bus route created to ferry University of Connecticut Storrs students to and from Hartford has seen an increase in ridership double from a couple hundred a day.

“It’s a terrific partnership,” Redeker said.

Paul Broadie, Gateway Community College’s president, said that the UPass will benefit the 7,000-plus students who attend the school, one-third of whom commute by bus or rail.

“Some of those students face barriers, barriers to access and barriers to being able to afford transportation to get to the college,” he said. “This program helps to overcome those obstacles in addressing the significant cost of transportation for our students and removes the barrier that transportation provides. This initiative is also impactful across the state of Connecticut and at the same time make us all a little greener.”

Joe Bertolino, president of Southern Connecticut State University, said that the U-Pass has been life-changing for his students because a number of them take the train to get back and forth to school as well as to internships.

“We hope that it will help increase the interest in Gateway and Southern,” he said.

A New Face In The Heights

Haywood, who in the past has helped other people run for office, had tears in her eyes after defeating Lee 275 votes to 171.

“I had a lot of people who helped me. I’m on dialysis. They supported me when I was weak.

I’m so grateful. [Alder Gerald] Antunes is fantastic. He told me about the job. He was a kind of mentor. [Alder] Ken Reveiz too,” she said. She promised, if elected in November, to make a priority of bringing speed bumps to Bella Vista, Eastern Parkway, and Quinnipiac Avenue. She also spoke of helping the senior center on Atwater Street and the larger one at Bella Vista need to exchange and share information better, about programs and activities.

All the losing candidates have the option of running as unaffiliated candidates in the Nov. 7 general election because they have submitted petitions qualifying them for ballot positions.

Robert Lee, a former alder who has unsuccessfully tried to regain a seat on the board several times, said after the polls closed that this will be his last year running for office. He said he hadn’t decided yet whether to see this campaign through to the general election.

“The people made a statement. The people made a choice. You got to respect it,” Lee said.

Thank you to all the community volunteers who helped the Independent collect voting results at the polls!

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Haywood celebrating with Alder Antunes at Bella Vista after the Ward 11 polls closed.

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Music, Early American Fun for all Ages: Friends and Family Day at Historic Pardee-Morris House, Sept. 24

New Haven, Conn. (September 2017)— Fall is nigh on the Connecticut coastline, which means it’s time to gather kith and kin and head to “Friends and Family Day” at the historic Pardee-Morris House, 325 Lighthouse Road, New Haven. The all-ages, free event will be held on Sunday, September 24, 2017, from noon to 4 p.m., rain or shine, and hosted by the New Haven Museum, which owns and operates the historic site. From live bluegrass music, to colonial crafts, to tin-punch lantern making, the event offers something for everyone.

Attendees will enjoy a variety of activities throughout the afternoon, including music by the Bait and Switch Bluegrass Plus Band, from 2 to 4 p.m. There will be guided tours of the c.1780 Pardee-Morris House, which replaced the original home burnt by raiding British redcoats in 1779.

Members of the 6th Connecticut Regiment, in full colonial dress, will portray Revolutionary War soldiers. Fort Nathan Hale Restoration Projects will exhibit artifacts recovered during an archeological dig at Fort Nathan Hale on New Haven Harbor, and Friends of Fort Wooster will discuss the history of New Haven’s Fort Wooster, the site of skirmishes during the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.

Participatory crafts for children will include tin-punch lantern making, cornhusk-doll making, pumpkin painting and face painting. Colonial crafters will be on hand to demonstrate their expertise, including Suzanne Schwarz, with colonial herbs; Jody Bishel, with plant-based wool dyeing, and wool spinning with Dawn Satir.

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la Family, Frank Pinto and Rosemary Spring, for supporting the 2017 summer season.

About the Pardee-Morris House One of the oldest surviving historic structures in Connecticut, the PardeeMorris House dates from about 1780 and is listed on the State and National Register of Historic Places. Built by Amos Morris circa 1750, the house was burned by the British during their raid on New Haven in 1779, and rebuilt and expanded by the Morris family. In 1918, William Pardee, a descendant of the Morris family, willed the property to the New Haven Colony Historical Society, which today is known as the New Haven Museum.

Band has been performing in New Haven for several years at festivals and fundraisers. Its members were brought together from other Connecticut bands to play Americana music, bluegrass, and blues. Band members include Justin Elicker on banjo, ; Dan Rausch, on bass;

award-winning musician and composer, Steve Nystrup on guitar; and vocalist and percussionist Maureen Wasik.

The Museum thanks the Knights of Columbus, Rodrigo Council #44, East Shore Management Team, and Morris Cove neighbors, including the DeCo-

About the New Haven Museum The New Haven Museum, founded in 1862 as the New Haven Colony Historical Society, is located in downtown New Haven at 114 Whitney Avenue. The Museum is currently celebrating 150 years of collecting, preserving and interpreting the history and heritage of Greater New Haven. Through its collections, exhibitions, programs and outreach, the Museum brings 375 years of New Haven history to life. For the latest news on events at the New Haven Museum and Pardee-Morris House visit newhavenmuseum.org, and like us on Facebook: facebook.com/ NewHavenMuseum. Sign up for eblasts at info@newhavenmuseum. org, or call the New Haven Museum at 203-562-4183.

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Harp Crushes Paca 3-1

by PAUL BASS,

New Haven Independent

New Haven Democrats gave an overwhelming vote of confidence Tuesday to Mayor Toni Harp, as she clobbered challenger Marcus Paca in a party primary in which she won all 30 wards in the city.

Final returns showed Harp with 74.5 percent of the vote to Paca’s 25.5 percent. Counting absentee ballots, Harp received 5,788 votes to Paca’s 1,977.

Both camps had anticipated a closer race because of Paca’s energetic campaigning, contrasted with Harp’s lower-key style. Both sides in effect made the primary election a referendum on Harp’s first two terms in office, from her leadership style and budgeting record to her housing and criminal-justice and pro-immigrant policies.

With no alder races in nine-tenths of the city, and with a badly outspent challenger facing an incumbent with 30 years in elected office, turnout was anemic citywide: Only 7,765 or 20 percent—of New Haven’s 38,341 registered Democrats cast ballots in the mayoral primary. By contrast, 13,397 Democrats voted in the 2011 mayoral primary, which featured four mayoral candidates and hotly contested alder races citywide. In 2013’s four-way primary for an open mayoral seat, 14,723 Democrats voted. Three Democratic primaries for open alder seats also

MARKESHIA RICKS PHOTO Harp

surrounded by family at Vanity after-party.

took place in the city Tuesday. Kim Edwards defeated Sarah Ofosu 373 to 151 (not counting machine votes) in Newhallville/Prospect Hill’s Ward 19.

Renee Haywood defeated Robert Lee in a primary in Fair Haven Heights’ Ward 11. Michelle Sepulveda topped Charlie Delgado and Tosha JamesGoldson in West Hills/West Rock’s Ward 30.

The two polling places with the highest turnout, at 45 percent (Bella Vista and Celentano School), also had alder elections.

Posted by New Haven Independent 1,046 Views LikeShareWatch Later At a raucous victory part at the new Vanity nightclub on Temple Street,

without naming Paca, Harp took a shot at what she characterized as her opponent’s relentlessly negative campaign.

She compared it to the divisive nature of national politics. Then she thanked the crowd for “reject[ing] the disparaging characterization of our great city and our people.”

“Division is exhausting and counterproductive,” Harp declared. “Frankly, I think we’re all just sick of it. It’s time to come together, to focus on what really matters, which is making sure that our communities are thriving.”

She also reaffirmed her support for New Haven’s sanctuary city policies.

“We will build bridges, not walls,” Harp declared to thunderous applause.

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Jury: Cops Didn’t Violate Rights THE INNER-CITY NEWS September 13, 2017 - September 19, 2017

by CHRISTOPHER PEAK New Haven Independent

A federal jury Tuesday unanimously decided that two New Haven cops did not violate an Edgewood man’s constitutional rights, after deliberating for four-and-a-half hours.

The eight-member panel, all out-oftowners, sided with Det. Daniel Conklin and Lt. Jason Rentkowicz, two cops who’d been accused of falsely arresting and maliciously prosecuting Dennis Serfilippi, a startup consultant from Edgewood.

During two days of trial testimony, the plaintiff tried to prove that Conklin had lashed out maliciously, by kicking and pushing the front door and then mistaking details in a police report, while the defendants tried to show that the officers acted professionally in responding to an irritated citizen.

Serfilippi’s attorney, Joseph Merly, noted that it’s tough to prosecute cops.

“In the Second Circuit and this district, the law is really in favor of the police, to even find a violation of constitutional rights,” he said. The jurors all came from out of town, three of them from the suburbs where the cops on trial live, Milford and Clinton.

Michael Wolak, the city attorney, meanwhile, said that the two officers were “doing a job, and doing it to the best of their ability.”

In their closing statements, both Merly, the plaintiff’s attorney, and Wolak, the corporation counsel defending the cops, highlighted the two legal con-

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Det. Daniel Conklin leaving federal court after the verdict.

cepts they’d been competing to establish throughout the case: probable cause and intent.

Did the police officers have good reason to believe that Serfilippi had created a dangerous traffic incident, interfered with an officer’s duties, and injured an cop’s hand?

More importantly, what was the intent on both sides? Serfillippi had to show that Conklin pursued the charges against him for some other reason than seeing justice served. On the flip side, the police needed to prove that Serfilippi intended to pester or harass the road crew (or had been so reckless that intent didn’t matter), intended to withhold information from Conklin, and intend to stop Conklin from doing his job when he pinched his finger in

the door.

In Merly’s narrative, Conklin unleashed malice to get back at Serfilippi for asking his badge number and threatening to call his supervisor.

But, first, the lawyer was quick to distinguish Conklin from other police officers. He began by thanking the jury for deciding such a difficult case. “It’s not easy to sit in judgement of anyone, let alone with a police officer,” Merly said. “You may want to say, ‘I wasn’t there; he’s a professional; he did what he had to do,’ and not second-guess him. It’s natural to feel that way. The difference in this case is that when a citizen is wronged by a police officer, what is he to do? He can’t go to the police; he goes to the jury. You are the police of the police officers.” He

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added, “This case is not against police officers; it’s about two specific people who were doing a job. We feel very strongly that, in doing that job, they violated the constitutional rights of Mr. Serfilippi.”

Then, channeling the cop, Merly enacted some of Conklin’s testimony, including the deescalation tactics he supposedly used, and repeatedly referred to his client as a “wise guy,” assigning Conklin an extrajudicial motive.

Wolak, afterwards, argued that the footage showed probable cause on every count. After nearly causing a collision in the roadway, he said, Serfilippi should have turned over his identification and then not slammed the door shut. “Who’s in control of this situation? Mr. Serfilippi could have ended it right then and there by providing his identification,” he said, of the conversation between Conklin and the homeowner through the closed front door.

“Det. Conklin asks again for a license, identification, date of birth. The plaintiff said he never refused, but he also never gave it, which is a refusal.”

The jury left to begin deliberations at 12:11 p.m.

Four hours later, at 4:04 p.m., around the time that they were usually dismissed for the day, the jury sent out a note with three handwritten questions for Meyer.

“Can we award punitive damages if there is no evidence of malicious prosecution or evidence of false arrest?”

(No.)

“If there is no evidence of false arrest, can we determine that the arresting officer acted with malice?” (Yes.) “Can you come into the room to field questions?” (No.) Shortly after, at 4:47 p.m., the jurors sent out another note, declaring that they had reached a verdict. The clerk read each line of the four-page verdict form aloud, stating that the plaintiff had not proven a single disputed fact needed to establish the false arrest and malicious prosecution claims. Each juror then individually said that they agreed with the verdict as read.

Outside the courthouse, Conklin declined to comment as he entered his vehicle, parked in a reserved spot for police.

Serfilippi, meanwhile, said on the courthouse steps that he didn’t consider the verdict a loss.

“I wanted to expose a rogue cop, and I did that. The citizens of New Haven got to see how these two police acted,” he said. “Even though the complaint read Serfilippi v. Conklin and Rentkowicz, I really brought it on behalf of all the citizens of New Haven, especially those people who don’t have the intellectual and financial wherewithal and community standing that I do. If this is the way that they act and speak and behave toward somebody like myself, I can only imagine how they’d treat someone without the means I have.”

He added, “I don’t think that the City of New Haven has heard the last from Det. Conklin. Today’s case is over; the people are not. I promise you that.”

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Alexion Takes The Money & Runs THE INNER-CITY NEWS September 13, 2017 - September 19, 2017

by PAUL BASS

New Haven Independent

It took a pharmaceutical company just over 18 months to move its headquarters into a new downtown New Haven tower with promises of up to $52 million of state help — then start packing for Boston.

The company, Alexion, announced Tuesday morning that it is moving its headquarters out of the 14-story, $100 million glass tower that opened at 100 College St. on Feb. 29, 2016. The move, expected to take place by mid-2018, is part of a companywide restructuring that will include a 20 percent reduction in its workforce worldwide.

The company, which produces drugs to treat rare diseases, will continue to do research in the building. But much of it will become vacant. And both the state’s and the city’s efforts to build a biomedical and tech economy here will take a black eye.

The company is still committed to maintaining a research “excellence” center in New Haven despite moving its HQ to Boston, CEO Ludwig Hantson stated in a release.

“Alexion’s 25 year history began in New Haven, and Connecticut remains a critical part of our future. We value our relationship with the state of Connecticut, and our New Haven-based research team is critical to growing and strengthening Alexion’s leadership in complement, which will allow us to fulfill our

mission of serving patients and families with rare and ultra-rare diseases,” the release quoted Hantson as saying.

The company stated that 450 jobs will remain here, “Including employees working in the research and process development laboratories, the clinical supply and quality teams, nurse case management and a number of important enterprise business services.”

U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro of New Haven called Alexion’s decision “shocking and shameful.”

State economic development chief Catherine Smith issued a statement Tuesday morning announcing that Connecticut will “require” Alexion to pay back a $20 million loan and $6 million grant “with interest and penalties.”

Alexion’s Hanston “acknowledged” in a letter to Smith Monday that it does have “repayment obligations” under the terms of its agreement with the state. Alexion “will be pleased to work with you regarding the repayment process and timing,” Hanston wrote.

“Setbacks like this, though unfortunate, do not deter the department from pursuing smart policies and ventures with growing companies in our state,” Smith stated.

Alexion was born in Science Park in 1992, moved to Cheshire in 2000, then relocated its headquarters into the new downtown building last year after Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s administration came through with over $50 million as

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part of its “First Five” program to entice growing companies to stay in the state. Now Alexion follows General Electric, which in 2016 announced its headquarters move to Boston, and Aetna, which announced a move to New York.

Meanwhile, the polls opened at 6 a.m.

Tuesday in New Haven for a Democratic primary in which Mayor Toni Harp is seeking to hold onto her seat against a spirited challenge by Marcus Paca in part by pointing to neweconomy job growth in town, with Alexion as Exhibit A. Her economic development administrator, Matthew Nemerson, pointed out that Alexion will continue to have a research presence at 100 College, which theoretically could grow;

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and that the building, constructed for Alexion by developer Carter Winstanley, will continue to pay $3.8 million a year in local property taxes after they’re fully phased in.

He also expressed confidence in the prospects of finding new tenants for the building’s state-of-the-art lab facilities.

“It’s one of the most spectacular research buildings in the country,” Nemerson said in an interview. “People have been coming and looking at the lab building from around the world. ...

“New Haven remains an exceptionally strong place for medical research and discovery.”

Asked if 100 College might be converted in part to market-rate housing, given downtown’s hot market, Ne-

merson said no, because of the specific nature of lab design.

Gov. Malloy returned triumphantly to 100 College St. in August 2016 to proclaim that the company was already exceeding its job-creation goal, adding 500 new positions in the first months after the move. Then troubles started at the company: It laid off 210 workers in March. More troubling, Bloomberg News revealed that Alexion was the focus of multiple investigations in the U.S. and abroad for allegedly shady sales and testing practices. Three top officials, including the CFO, left the company. The CEO left, too.

Suddenly New Haven’s showpiece new-economy employer was sounding a lot like the last shattered homegrown corporate star, Higher One. Gov. Malloy came for a ribboncutting of a new state-assisted New Haven headquarters for that company, too, in 2012, before government investigators started revealing alleged fraud; in 2016 the one-time “unicorn” was sold for $37 million. Higher One received more than $20 million in tax credits.

New Haven State Sen. Martin Looney Tuesday called the Alexion news “certainly disappointing.” He said in an interview that the state will need to reexamine the “First Five” agreement with Alexion to see if the state it can recover some of the money it received Com’t on page 10

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Temple St. Salon Nails Spa Market THE INNER-CITY NEWS September 13, 2017 - September 19, 2017

When they move out in a year or two, Jaynes plans to move the nail salon upstairs and make it bigger, while also expanding the spa part of the business to include a blow dry bar and massage therapy.

“I’m really excited about the blow bar concept,” she said. “I think that with being right on the Yale campus and all that hair running around here, I think that will be a great opportunity for us. Before I started the nail salon I did some research to find out what was happening in New Haven, what was coming and what they have planned is incredible. I think the growth has been slower than anticipated, but I can see it coming just from the time that I was introduced to New Haven to now.”

by MARKESHIA RICKS New Haven Independent

Pat Hall Jaynes has a knack for starting businesses. She’s started two and has been a partner in a third.

Now she’s hoping her new venture, a nail salon near Yale University’s campus, will be her next success story.

“I am first and foremost an entrepreneur,” Jaynes said. “I love starting businesses.”

Nearly a year ago, Jaynes transformed the commercial space on the second floor of the three-story, Temple Street brownstone that she owns with her husband into a fullservice salon called The Nail Spa that caters to Yale students.

Slowly but surely, non-Yalies are being drawn into the spa-like experience that Jaynes has created and plans to expand in a year or two.

The idea for the nail salon came to her after previous tenants, including a real estate agency and a psychologist’s practice, had moved on from the space. When they left, she began using as a New Haven office for her own business, but it was too much space for her.

For the last 22 years, Jaynes has been the CEO of a Maryland-based human resources staffing and consulting firm called The HR Source that she started as her answer to the question: What would I do if I got downsized or laid off?

Back then she was working in the human resources department of what was then Bell Atlantic (now Verizon), and that’s exactly what the company was doing. She was never laid off. But after 18 months of working for herself and holding down her day job, she said, she took a leap of faith that led her to be in business for herself full time.

She started making the trip back and forth to New Haven after she met her husband, Gerald, a professor of economics and African American studies at Yale. Jaynes said when she first started coming to New Haven she was not impressed but as the city has changed

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MARKESHIA RICKS PHOTO Jaynes

at her salon.

Cameron and Mendez with Jaynes (center).

and grown, so has her feelings about it.

“It is one of my favorite little cities,” she said, noting how she and her husband enjoy going to dinner and shows.

The nail salon idea occurred to her because of her own history as part owner of a hair salon and spa.

It solidified after she discovered that the city doesn’t have a lot of nail salons and that many of them had closed over poor business practices such as failing to pay

taxes and minimum wage.

With her business acumen and a location with an almost instant customer base — the brownstone at 413 Temple is across from Yale’s Helen Hadley Hall and practically next door to Yale’s Office of International Students & Scholars — Jaynes concluded the city could support another nail salon.

She wanted to make The Nail Spa distinct, a place where customers could relax with soft music, snacks, and fruit-infused water.

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“We’re not going to be rushing you in or rushing you out,” Jaynes said. “If you want to get in and out we will do that for you but we also wanted to have a very relaxing ambiance and people who are able to have a conversation with you. It’s nice, it’s relaxing and the ambiance is exactly what I was going for.”

Jaynes, who remains active in her business in Maryland, employs two nail technicians, Jasmin Cameron and Fredina Mendez, who also serves as the spa manager.

“We have an awesome team of ladies here who keep it together and really allow me to go back and forth like I do,” she said. “They are amazing.”

College students get 10 percent off when they show their university ID. Starting in late September, The Nail Spa will add an eyelash application to the regular rotation of services it offers beyond its vegan manicures and pedicures.

On Sept. 24 you can get $10 minimanis and pedis as part of a special event to kick off the new eyelash business.

Currently, tenants live on the third floor of the brownstone.

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for the New Haven move.

Looney was asked about deals like Alexion’s, in which government spends millions luring companies which subsequently pick up and leave.

“It’s unfortunately the way things are done,” he said. “States are so anxious for economic development, that companies play one incentive off another.

It’s not a healthy pattern.”

“This has nothing to do with the problems” Alexion has endured, Nemerson maintained about Tuesday’s news. “It has to do with [new] CEO living in Boston.”

He noted that GE and Aetna moved their headquarters for the same reasons: the CEOs wanted to base their companies in bigger cities amid more of a tech culture.

Indeed, Tuesday’s Alexion release explained the headquarters move this way: “Boston will provide access to a larger biopharmaceutical talent pool and a variety of life-sciences partners to further support future growth initiatives.”

There’s a lesson for Connecticut, Nemerson argued: To compete with those bigger cities, it must concentrate its tech sector in one or two cities rather than disperse through the state. Cities like New Haven

Harp Stands By Campaign THE INNER-CITY NEWS September 13, 2017 - September 19, 2017

by PAUL BASS

New Haven Independent

In the face of criticism over the hiring of a woman who admitted to committing petitioning fraud, Mayor Toni Harp stood by her campaign team.

Harp did that Friday when asked about her reelection campaign team’s decision to pay Priscilla Knox to work for it.

Her campaign had obtained a sworn affidavit from Knox stating that she had people falsely sign the names of relatives on petitions to get Marcus Paca’s name on the ballot for the Sept.

12 Democratic mayoral primary. At least one such signer confirmed that indeed happened. Knox said Paca told her to do that; Paca denied it.

Knox told the Harp campaign and, subsequently, the Independent that she came forward with the story in order to punish Paca over a payment dispute. She also told the campaign, when she made her statement, that she was hoping the Harp campaign would subsequently hire her. The campaign did; the assistant campaign manager,

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Mayor Toni Harp.

Rick Melita, denied that the hiring was a “quid pro quo” for having made the statement.

The decision to hire Knox came under criticism from readers posting

comments to a news story about the episode.

Harp told the Independent Friday that she had never met Knox before and, until reading an Independent story

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about the case, hadn’t known about her hiring.

“I guess it’s done now. She was hired,” Harp said of Knox. “I stand behind my team. I have to really discuss it with

them. I’m over doing the other job [as mayor], so I don’t know everything they do. I stand behind their decision to hire her.

“I haven’t met her or had a chance to talk to her to hear her side of the story. Obviously Marcus [Paca] thought there was some value she could bring to her campaign. I guess my campaign manager thought there was value she could bring to our campaign. I trust their judgment.”

Paca told the Independent that he had hired Knox, who had worked for him alder campaigns, in an effort to help someone who was struggling. (Knox is unemployed, has battled with drug addiction, and has an extensive criminal record.)

“She told me she was in dire need of money. I help people when they ask for help if I can. She was the only person who got paid for signatures. Everyone else was volunteers. The only reason she got paid was because I’m compassionate,” Paca said. “I care about people I wanted to help her. It goes to show: You can’t help everybody.”

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The Orlando Morning Sentinel Hasn’t Changed Much

by William Spivey, Noted Blogger and ICN At-large Correspondent

In 1920, the major newspaper of record in Orange County, Florida was the Orlando Morning Sentinel. On November 20, 1920, Ocoee, FL (within Orange County) was part of the “single bloodiest day in modern U.S. political history.” In several Florida counties, the Klan surrounded courthouses to keep Blacks from voting. It was a statewide effort involving the Democratic Party, the KKK, local law enforcement and the media that looked the other way. In Ocoee, over 50 Black citizens were killed, the rest of its Black citizens were either burned out, driven out or bought out at an unfair price. By November 23rd, there were no more Black residents in Ocoee. It remained that way for the next 61 years until 1981. The Orlando Morning Sentinel covered the Ocoee event to be sure. The headline referred to a “Race Riot in Ocoee” and “Two Whites Killed.” The Black families and lives didn’t matter then to the Orlando Morning Sentinel.

I’m not so sure how much they do today?

The newspaper has changed ownership and names over the years.

In 1965 the newspaper was sold to the large Tribune Company of Chicago (now TRONC). The paper became the Sentinel-Star in

1974 and in 1982 became the Orlando Sentinel. Typically a conservative newspaper over the years, they have endorsed Democrats in three of the last four Presidential Elections. In 1920, Democrats were different but was the Orlando Morning Sentinel?

Recently, an 11-year-old Black girl was abducted. An Amber alert was made and the girl’s name and picture were widely circulated.

Every cell phone in the area received a message with information regarding the girl. Within a relatively short time, the girl was found, thankfully alive, and her kidnapper arrested. The information and description sent out to the community proved essential to her being discovered and freed. Someone who’d heard about the kidnapping spotted the abductor and child and reported their location.

When the girl was found. The Orlando Sentinel reported in great detail what had happened to her while in captivity. They described what had happened and more than one sexual act. The initial On-Line article even included the girl’s name in the URL although it’s, “No longer available.” One of the subsequent Sentinel articles quoted the girl’s father, “who the Orlando Sentinel is not naming to protect the victim’s identity.”

Too late Orlando Sentinel. Not only did you already directly provide the girl’s identity. You continue to provide enough information

William Spivey blogs at www.EnigmaInBlack.wordpress.com and Medium.com He can be reached at spiveywilliamf@gmail.com

to make it possible to identify the victim. You identified her abductor including the exact familial relationship. You identified the small subdivision where she lived. You all but placed her photo alongside his.

In 1920 the newspaper didn’t care about Black lives and apparently little has changed in 2017.

I’m certain the newspaper has a policy about naming children who are victims of sexual assault. They disregarded that policy in order to report all the lurid details and

proved that in this case, the Black girl’s life didn’t matter.

The girl will eventually return to a school. Will it be the same one she previously attended where everyone will no doubt know what occurred thanks to the Sentinel?

Will the Sentinel be there to provide therapy to help the young girl get through the situation? It’s not enough to have taken down several of the articles you’ve already printed. What are you going to do to make this right?

In 1920, the Sentinel did noth-

ing to make it right although it has run a couple articles over the past several years to document some of what they failed to do then. What will you do to make this right? You may have debated how much the public had a right to know. You may have wrestled with your decision. What you did was decide you cared nothing for the future of an 11-year-old girl. Was it easier or harder because she was Black?

What are you going to do to make this right?

8 Black Celebrities That Own Restaurants, Fast Food Chains, and Sports Bars

8 Black Celebrities That Own Restaurants, Fast Food Chains, and Sports Bars The Black Business News Blog Unless a restaurant bears the celebrity’s name, most people would never know that it is owned by a celebrity.

Here are 8 well-known black celebrities and the restaurants, fast food chains, and sports bars that they own: 1. Rick Ross: this rapper is the owner of nine Wingstop locations and also announced that he’s investing in Checkers fast food chain.

2. Venus Williams: this famous tennis player owns four Jamba Juice locations, and also has a fitness apparel

line.

3. ordan’s The Steak House in New York City’s Grand Central terminal back in 1998. The restaurant now has locations in Chicago, Connecticut and Washington.

4. Jay Z: this rapper/businessman opened a luxury sports bar and lounge, 40/40, in New York City in 2003.

5. Shaquille O’Neal: this former NBA star owns 155 Five Guys Burgers franchises, 17 Auntie Anne’s Pretzels franchises and just recently purchased a historic Krispy Kreme store in Atlanta.

6. Lebron James: the NBA star invested a 10 percent stake in casual piz-

zeria Blaze Pizza when they only had two locations, and now it’s the fastestgrowing restaurant chain ever.

7. Ludacris: this rapper opened his first restaurant, Straits, in Atlanta in 2008. Although it closed in 2012, last year Ludacris opened his second restaurant, Chicken-n-Beer restaurant in Concourse D at Atlanta’s HartsfieldJackson International Airport.

8. Hines Ward: this former NFL player opened Table 86 in 2015. The number 86 was Ward’s jersey number while he played for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Ward also opened an adjacent wine bar in Pittsburgh.

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Sounds Like Liberation THE INNER-CITY NEWS September 13, 2017 - September 19, 2017

by LUCY GELLMAN

New Haven Independent

In a white-walled room at the New Haven Correctional Center (NHCC), Daniel Watts was preparing a month early for his first City-Wide Open Studios. In one hand, he held a small microphone to his mouth, checking his p’s to make sure that they weren’t popping too hard. Seated inches away, artist Maria Gaspar clutched a recorder.

“Puh, puh, puh,” Watts started. “That sounds good. Oh, that sounds really good.”

Then, after a breath, “I want to talk about liberation. We gon’ talk about liberation, and we gon’ have some fun.”

Watts, 34, hasn’t worked before with CityWide Open Studios (CWOS), the annual weeks-long local artists’ blow-out. Born and raised in New Haven, he’d heard rumblings of it, but never investigated further, or considered exhibiting. But he’s a close fit for this year’s festival: A passionate musician and DJ, and lifelong family guy in the community. He’s also an inmate at NHCC, where he landed after violating his probation on a gun charge earlier this year.

With nine other inmates some of whom will have been released by the time this story runs Watts is a member of “Sounds of Liberation New Haven,” an audio commission from Artspace and Chicago-based Gaspar. A mix of prison radio, oral history, and public art installation, the piece will premiere during CWOS’ Armory Weekend, held Oct. 14 and 15 at the city’s Goffe Street Armory.

The project dovetails with this year’s theme of fRact/fiction, based on the “too tidy distinctions we make between ‘reality’ and ‘illusion,’ ‘fact’ and ‘fiction,’ and ‘history’ and myth.” Meant to be played on loop and in multiple locations, it comprises recordings from ten inmates at the NHCC, and from 11 students from James Hillhouse High School, Metropolitan Business Academy, New Haven Academy, Wilbur Cross High School, and the Educational Center for the Arts (ECA).

In late August, Gaspar worked onsite with both groups to solidify her understanding of the area around the Armory, from sprawling De Gale Field to the nearby Saint Martin Townhouses to the NHCC itself. To each group, she posed the same question: What does liberation in New Haven sound like? What does liberation to you sound like? And what do those sounds even mean?

For Gaspar, opening those questions up to the community is at the heart of the project.

Born and raised in Cook County, Ill., Gaspar said she grew up aware that her neighborhood wasn’t seen as a luxe tourist destination, but as the site of a major prison.

Several years ago, she began interviewing inmates at the Cook County Jail, asking them to record their own “sounds of liberation” in song, spoken word, poetry, letters, and rap. After meeting Artspace Director

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is at Bethel AME.

Unique Jones interviews Catherine Moore, whose senior group

Hillhouse student-teacher duo Devon Smith and Alex Jones.

Helen Kauder at an “Arresting Patterns” conference in New Haven in 2015, she signed on to take the project to New Haven.

In the lead-up to Armory Weekend, she has done three site visits to the Elm City, meeting students, residents, inmates and community management team members in the Whalley-Edgewood-Beaver Hills (WEB) neighborhood. She has also been working with the state’s Department of Correction for the better part of two years, to ensure the project’s wellbeing in the NHCC. “We’ve spent quite a bit of time really thinking through not only the art project, but all of the various elements of making a strong project that is relevant and meaningful to the community that it’ll be taking place in,” she said via phone in August, just before her trip to New Haven.

“Because it’s gonna be public, because it’s gonna take place during an open studio … it was really key to identify: What are the communities that exist in and around that space? Who is the audience, and maybe even … who do we want the audience to be? Who is missing and who do we want to

draw to the conversation?”

It is also an earnest attempt to regain the neighborhood’s trust and the city’s after a chain of CWOS missteps last year. In 2016, the organization selected Gordon Skinner’s painting and collage “Cops” as one of its commissioned works, mounting it outside the Goffe Street Armory without consulting any city employees. In the work, a fat, grinning pig bats its lashes, cocking its bright pink head just slightly to the side. On top of that head sits a blue, black and yellow police hat. Around that head are various collage elements: glossy, disassembled photographs of Marilyn Manson and an unspooled cassette tape, all attached to a milk crate.

It didn’t take long for the work to draw attention. After a cop complained about it to Parks, Recreation and Trees Director Rebecca Bombero, the piece came down and was moved back to Artspace’s 50 Orange St. gallery for viewing. From October to December, the organization held a number of public discussions around the decision, drawing hundreds of artists, organizers,

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and city officials to its downtown offices to discuss what exactly had gone wrong.

The verdict: all parties involved had been reactionary, but Artspace also hadn’t taken the requisite steps to alert the neighborhood, or the New Haven cops that patrol it by foot, bike and car each day. Nor had the organization talked to the NHCC, which the piece faced from Hudson Street.

“We’ve done a lot this year to kind of make the process more community-based,” said Kauder in an August interview, noting that there’s been renewed attention toward diverse neighborhood involvement. “I think we need to be in close communication with the city. The Goffe Street Armory is a city property, and I think Gordon’s project which certainly responded to current, keenly felt issues was maybe one of the projects that didn’t go through the same process as some of the other commissioned pieces.”

“I think the city felt a little blindsided by that project,” she added. “This year, all the projects are getting an early screen with the city.”

“I think it’s important to recognize that we’re a partner with the city in the CityWide Open Studios festival,” added Artspace Curator Sarah Fritchey. “I mean, the city is in the title itself. We really share a set of interests in supporting multiculturalism in New Haven, and giving voice to people that aren’t necessarily celebrated as leaders in their community.”

Voices like those at the NHCC, which primarily houses prisoners awaiting trial and finishing their sentences. On a sticky Wednesday in August, Gaspar arrived at the building with a tote on one arm and Trader Joe’s bag filled with recorders and microphones in the other. Four sliding doors and a tote bag deposit later, she entered a small white room, the walls lined with sturdy chairs and old computer monitors. Nine faces (one of the participants was sick for the session) greeted her with wide smiles and widened eyes.

“How’s everybody feeling today?” she asked. It was the final day of the “Sounds of Liberation New Haven” recording.

The room came alive. “Optimistic,” bubbled up from one corner. “Disappointed,” from another. “Anxious.” “Grateful.”

“I’m feeling mixed,” said Joseph Paris. He brought a bound notebook over to Gaspar, opening its black and white cover with a flourish. Inside, careful handwriting filled each page in blue ink, words dancing even in the marginalia. In his three weeks at the center, he had written an entire album on those pages, titling it Render. He wasn’t planning to read it because he wanted to record the whole thing when he gets out, he said.

Others had already made their recordings, and were reflecting on the week they’d had with Gaspar. On one side of the room, Watts was deep in conversation with 27-year-old Omari Jones, recounting an interview that the two had done with each other the day before.

Jones came to the NHCC after violating his probation on a 2014 gun charge. Living at Blake Street and Osborn Avenue, he had purchased a firearm illegally to feel “safer in that neighborhood” a few years ago. He carried it in his backpack. Which did make him feel safer, until he was arrested for it.

“First off, there’s a lot of intelligent and talented people here,” said Jones. “She’s [Gaspar] opened our eyes to that and made us hopeful again. There are things that go on in the hearts and minds of inmates, especially guys — and you see that there are other people in the world that do care.”

“The fact that she would show up, that the news would show up, shows that somebody other than our family cares. I’ve been - I am - grateful,” Watts added. Born in the Quinnipiac Terrace housing projects, Watts said he has lived “just about everywhere in New Haven,” including close to the Armory on Orchard Street.

Of the interview he and Jones had done as their signature “sound” of liberation, he said it had helped him think about how he would address larger audiences about crime, recidivism, and the prison industrial complex.

The two weren’t alone. “It’s pretty amazing to me that nine of us could come together and create these,” said Tobias Wise, a 21 year old who violated his probation on an armed robbery charge and is now serving a five and a half year sentence. He paused for a moment, his eyes saucer-like and soft as he spoke. “I’ve really enjoyed it, I see things different.”

Originally from Fayetteville, Wise moved to New Haven in 2009 to be closer to family. Last year, he was arrested for an armed robbery in the Willow Street area of East Rock, a crime for which he said officials “got the wrong guy.” In recording his own sounds of liberation, he said his thoughts have drifted to his kids: Malchi, who is 5, and Torryn, who is 4 months.

“I shouldn’t be in jail right now,” he said. “I should be with them.”

Earlier that same day, Gaspar’s team of high school students had worked hard to collect narratives from the surrounding neighborhood. After a “Sounds of Liberation” boot camp at Stetson Library, the 11 headed out in the Armory’s general direction, fanning out over Goffe, Hudson, and Orchard Streets and Sherman Avenue.

Just outside of Bethel AME Church on Goffe, Hillhouse student Unique Jones approached Catherine Moore, whose senior committee meetings are held at the church.

“Hello,” she said. “I’m a student with Artspace and we’re doing a project about this neighborhood.”

As Moore spoke to Jones about the Armory’s past life, Hillhouse junior Devon Smith trekked across De Gale Field, chasing down Hilhouse teacher Alex Sinclair for an interview about the neighborhood’s young people.

Others in the group chose to write poems,

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Sloane Stephens: Here To Stay THE INNER-CITY NEWS September 13, 2017 - September 19, 2017

Gemma Greene, BDO Staff Writer

This year’s semi-finals of tennis’ U.S. Open there is a lot of “black girl magic.” Madison Keys, Sloane Stephens and Venus Williams, who, along with CoCo Vandeweghe, are the four American women to reach the 2017 US Open quarterfinals. This is the first time in US Open history that three African-American women have reached the quarterfinals of the last Grand Slam event of the season.

Twenty-four year old Stephens started to get major buzz in 2013, when at 19 she beat Serena Williams to reach the semifinals of the Australian Open and made a run to the Wimbledon quarterfinals during the summer. Stephens has beaten Venus Williams in their only encounter to date, 7-6(5), 6-1 in the first round of Roland Garros in 2015. Stephens would go on to reach the fourth round. And just now, she won against Venus Williams in the 2017 U.S. Open semi-finals and will go on to face Madison Keys in the Finals.

Sloane comes from a very athletic family. Her mother, Sybil Smith, was an All-American swimmer at Boston University; her father, NFL running back, John Stephens. Sloane took up tennis at age nine, just to occupy herself while her mother played tennis with friends. After turning pro in 2009, Sloane capped a successful junior tennis career, ultimately winning the junior French, Wimbledon and US Open

doubles titles in 2010. A year later (at the age of 18) she became the youngest player in the Top 100. Known for her powerful forehand, Sloane has had successful runs in the Grand Slams— reaching the semifinals at Australia (2013), the quarters at Wimbledon (2013) and the fourth round of the French and US Opens and she has won three professional tournaments.

After all the initial fame, life happened. Stephens’ 86-year-old grandmother (who she calls her best friend) took ill, was dying but eventually pulled through, leaving Stephens with time away from her matches and stress. After that ordeal, Sloane suffered a stress fracture in her left foot near the ankle, an injury that kept her out for 11 months of healing after surgery and rehabilitation.

“It was hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel,” she said. “But I think once I kind of bought into that light, it’s been good since then.”

Stephens began to grow into her own and seemed to have found her rhythm that she carried on tour with her every match. “I keep everything simple and low-key. I keep the routines the same, keep family the same, life the same, home the same. Once you have that consistent process, it helps a lot.”

After losing the first two matches when she returned from her injury, she has played the best tennis of her career, winning 13 of her last 15 matches, all against top-50 opponents.

“There’s so many good things that can

come out of life, and I think once you realize that, life’s good. It just takes away all the stress.”

What keeps Stephens fueled away from home is to have familiar treats and snacks everywhere she goes.

Here’s what she likes the most.

Jem Superberry Maqui Camo and Cinnamon Red Maca Cinnamon Red Maca is a nice treat

mixed in my favorite smoothie or with yogurt and fruit.

Blue Diamond Almonds “Almonds are great in the airport, in the hotel, in a taxi…anywhere you need a healthy snack.”

USANA Nutrimeal “USANA Nutrimeal is a great supplement at any time of the day. You never know when you’ll need something to

tide you over. Nutrimeal is gentle and filling.”

Fresh Pineapple “For me, pineapple goes with everything. You can’t eat too much but it’s the perfect addition to a smoothie or as a quick fruity snack.”

Greek Yogurt with Honey and Granola “One of my favorite go-to snacks all day long.”

Police arrest black NFL player because he was “acting suspicious”

By Frederick H. Lowe

A Las Vegas police officer pointed a gun at Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett’s head and threatened to kill him if he moved after arresting him for no reason on Saturday, August 26. Bennett posted his experience on twitter.

Bennett was walking to his hotel after attending the Mayweather-McGregor fight when he and other members of a crowd heard what they believed were gunshots.

“Like many people in the area, I ran away from the sound, looking for safety,” Bennett said.

Police, however, singled him out, placing a gun near his head, warning him not to move and if he did, he would blow “ ‘my fucking head off,’ ” Bennett charged.

The cop ignored Bennett’s pleas that “he had not done nothing.”

Bennett was lying on his stomach and a second cop came over and put a knee in his back, making it difficult for Bennett to breathe. The cop handcuffed Bennett, cinching the handcuffs so tightly his fingers went numb.

What was going through Bennett’s mind is that the cops would murder him for being a black man in the wrong place at the wrong time. “My life flashed through my eyes as I thought of my girls.

Would I ever play with them again? Or watch them have kids? Or kiss my wife again and tell her I love her.”

When police learned that Bennett played for the Seahawks, they took the handcuffs off and released him without an explanation or an apology.

The Las Vegas police said the officer

Michael Bennett

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arrested Bennett because he was acting suspiciously, two words black men often hear from the police. The cops said Bennett was hiding behind a gaming machine before he jumped over a fence.

As it turned out, there were no gunshots.

The police union, however, wants the NFL to investigate Bennett’s allegations that he was arrested after being racially profiled.

Roger Goodell, commissioner of the NFL, supported Bennett who he said represents the best of the NFL— “a leader on his team and in his community.”

Goodell said there will be no investigation.

Bennett has hired a lawyer and intends to sue the police department.

Are You Ready For Some Football?

THE INNER-CITY NEWS September 13, 2017 - September 19, 2017

by Anthony Scott, ICN Sports

The NFL season has finally started, so I and the rest of the men in America are happy again. There were a bunch of interesting storylines from week one, a few of which will be covered here.

Impressive rookie debuts: Many were surprised when Leonard Fournette was drafted fourth overall this year, but he did not disappoint.

The former LSU back had 26 carries for 100 yards, a TD, and three receptions for 24 yards. His longest run was only 17 yards, but he was constantly making forward progress. He showed himself to be the every down power back Jacksonville hoped for when they drafted him.

T.J. Watt had seven tackles, two sacks, and an interception in his debut with the Steelers. As the brother of J.J. Watt, T.J. did not disappoint.

The outside linebacker flourished as a pass rusher and in coverage, finishing with seven tackles, two sacks, and an interception. He may be the spark this somewhat aging Steeler defense needs. Christian McCaffrey, the eighth overall pick of the Carolina Panthers, also had a solid debut. He ran for 47 yards on 13 carries, and had five catches for 38. He even had a 21 yard punt return that was negated for holding call. At one point, he caught a swing pass and gained 16 yards to convert a 3rd and 15. Kareem Hunt was also in that category, which will be covered next.

The Chiefs’ dominance: Possibly the most impressive/surprising week 1 performance was the Chiefs winning 42-27 against the New England Patriots on opening night.

RB Kareem Hunt had arguably the best rookie debut ever, racking up 148 rushing yards, 98 passing yards, and three touchdowns. Tyreek Hill had a great game as well, catching seven balls for 133 yards, as well as a 75yard touchdown. Not to mention he did this in three quarters of play, having left in the fourth with cramps. The Chiefs’ offense was clicking on all cylinders against the defending champions. It’s not like they were playing a bad team like the 49ers or something (random side note: I like the Niners).

But anyway, if this game is a sign of things to come, the Chiefs will be extremely dangerous this year. They already have an elite defense, and these newfound weapons should make up

Leonard Fournette for the deficiencies of QB Alex Smith.

Unfortunately Eric Berry got hurt, but everything else went right for Kansas City.

Seattle has big problems on offense: It is bad enough that Russell Wilson took a step back last year, but Seattle’s offense looked even worse in week 1.

Their o-line and their running game looked awful. This may not cause for panic, since they are implementing a lot of new pieces. They have three new starting o-linemen, and a new running back in Eddie Lacy. Clearly they have not found their chemistry yet. With that said, the defense looked stellar as expected. Aaron Rodgers had one of his worst halves ever in the first, and only played slightly better in the second. This game was much more of a defensive struggle than people imagined, but both offenses will look far better as the season progresses as they play lesser teams.

Cowboys/Giants:

The Cowboys and Giants have local/ national relevance, so they are always a big story here. With that said, the biggest story was how impressive Dallas looked in their 19-3 win against the Giants. The pass rush for New York was very effective early on, but Dallas showed why they may have the best o-line in the league. New RT La’el Collins looked very strong against JPP. The Giants showed why they spent so much on defense last year and looked extremely effective, but that is not enough when the offense only produces three points. Almost all of Dallas’ offensive production early was due to Ezekiel Elliott (who theoretically should not be playing right now). Although it took some time, Dak Prescott and the rest of the offense found itself clicking. Although Prescott did not have dominant stats (24-39, 268 yards), he did enough to win. His biggest asset may be his mobility, considering that he is masterful

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at dodging pressure. He did not complete a pass longer than 17 yards, but his moderate completions added up.

Considering how good the o-line is as well, getting pressure against Dallas is virtually impossible. Ultimately, Dallas took an early lead and sat on in. I expect them to dominate teams with lesser defenses.

The Giants had an interesting game plan, featuring reverses and misdirection plays. Coach McAdoo showed his west coast offense prowess. Although the offense did not play well, it’s tough considering they have a below average o-line and running game. McAdoo did what he had to to try to manufacture a ground game. They had little to no offense in the end of the day, but Odell Beckham Jr. did not play either. They will presumably look better as the season progresses.

Miscellaneous storylines: Houston’s offense looked inept, only tallying 203 yards of total offense.

Coach O’Brien pulled Tom Savage for Deshaun Watson. Watson is the future of the franchise anyway, but it seemed overly impulsive to pull Savage.

O’Brien has a history of this, having yanked Brian Hoyer for Ryan Mallett in the 2015 opener, merely to return to Mallett later in the year. Watson may be the better option, but he may be getting thrust into action too soon.

Sam Bradford had an amazing game for the Vikings week 1 against New Orleans, making the Teddy Bridgewater injury more palatable for fans.

He went 27 for 32 with 346 yards, and three touchdowns. He effectively utilized Stefon Diggs, and rookie RB Dalvin Cook. The offense appeared to be in a better rhythm with Bradford than it ever was last year, which bodes well for them moving forward. There was panic in Minnesota, but dare I imply that Bradford may be better?

THE INNER-CITY NEWS September 13, 2017 - September 19, 2017

On Chapel, Fairytales Regain Their Power

by Lucy Gellman, Editor, The Arts Paper

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It’s the cutout of the tidily dressed black woman that snags your attention. Floating in the lower right of a large, silkily black canvas, she bends at the waist, a corset pulling in her stomach as two hands rest squarely on her hips. She watches two copper pots, the red of her dress reflected in their shiny sides. In the doorway above, a figure looms ominously, walking through a mesh of thick moss to the open front door.

Even before you’ve fully digested the work, there are so many questions.

Is she a homeowner? A servant? Perhaps Red Riding Hood all grown up?

Does she want to eat the food or is she preparing it for someone else? Does she notice the visitor at the door, and is he expected? What is he going to do when he reaches the doorway, anxd comes right in?

So unfolds Clymenza Hawkins’ eye-grabbing Qetello, one of several works now on view in The Plot Thickens at the Institute Library (IL) on Chapel Street. Intended to both herald and expand dialogue around myths, foktales, and fairytales, the exhibition opens this week in the IL’s upstairs gallery space and second-floor reading room. It runs from Sept. 9 to Oct. 31.

The sinister magic, vagary and violence of fairy tales—and their extensive rewritings— drew IL CuratorIn-Residence Martha Lewis to the project. She grew up reading fairy tales and myths, mapping onto multiple characters as she read.

From childhood to graduate school, works by C.S. Lewis, Margaret Atwood, Anthony Burgess, Carl Jung and others—many, many others— were a revelation to her, expanding her world with each page.

“It’s a way of talking about sex, domesticity, the inside world, the outside world, family,” she said last Thursday, bobbing around the IL’s gallery space.

“It allows you to have a conversation about these things, but in a way that’s more appealing.”

Little did she know that artists around the region were doing the same thing in their work. Like Hawkins with Qetello, which means “fate” in the South African Sesotho language. Inspired in part by by Angela Carter’s The Erl-King, Hawkins said the work reimagines multiple fairy tales, includ-

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Lewis during the final stages of the install. Lucy Gellman photo.

Clinard's boats. Lucy Gellman Photo.

ing Goldilocks and the Three Bears (specifically the domestic invasion, Lewis noted).

It’s part of her multimedia oeuvre, a series of painting-collages that engage writings including The Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault, Jack Zipes, Zora Neale Hurston, Octavia Butler, Shirley Jackson, and Clarissa Pinkola Estés.

“My work is transformation…I always like to mix in other cultures,” she said Thursday, hanging the work in the Institute Library’s upstairs gallery space on Chapel Street.

“Fairy folktales—they’re very universal.”

In the light-flooded upstairs gallery, Qetello has good company.

From two new display cases, Christopher Manning’s polaroid collages (pictured above) pull viewers in with almost cosmic force, strange and majestic as they sit flat under glass. In one, a nest of painted white rope nearly obscures a face, smiling and winking out from below it.

In another, a long nose and set pair of lips peek out, sturdy and unmoving. A circle of paint hides the rest of the face, leaving the viewer to wonder if they are looking at skin or stone.

Nearby, an extraordinary series of Susan Clinard’s clay boats glides across glass, marooned in the middle of the gallery. As a female figure leads them to the edge of a glass vitrine, she looks upwards, her eyes fixed on something in the distance that we cannot see. Here I am, a supplicant, she seems to say, propping up herself up on her knees with arms glued to her sides. It is a ges-

ture of both devotion and defeat, her exhaustion rising from the hardened clay and into the gallery.

So too is Lani Asuncion’s 3 Sisters: SustainABLE, three digital prints of handmade dresses that Asuncion has made. Based on the “three sisters” of the Indian harvest (corn, beans, and squash), Asuncion’s work—flooded with natural light from its place by the gallery’s window—brings together not only family interconnectedness, but land grabbing, use, and colonialism. Just to their right, two miniature figures appear to look on, stranded by a fried telephone pole in Margaret Ann Withers’ quirky and post-Apocalyptic work.

In this way The Plot Thickens is darkly whimsical, but also deeply timely. Clinard, Chris Barnard (the Root Rot series) and Nathan Lewis weave together a moving narrative on water, migration, displacement and death. A loop of Maya Deren’s 1943 film Meshes of the Afternoon brings in suicide and drpression, also on bright display in one of Lewis’ lush Ophelia-like figures.

Lewis said she couldn’t have anticipated that the show’s opening would coincide with hurricanes Harvey and Irma, but finds a somber connection between the works, collective histories, and the myths that inspired them. She can’t unsee the coincidence, she said -- and is just waiting to see how the ending will be written.

The Institute Library is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

Closed Sundays

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS September 13, 2017 - September 19, 2017

BP Appoints It's First Ever Black Female CEO

BP has announced the appointment of Priscillah Mabelane as its new CEO. She is the first Black woman in the history of the country’s oil industry to head an international company - marking a significant milestone in the organization and industry’s transformation journey.

She officially took the helm of BP’s South African (BPSA) division on September 1, 2017, exactly six years after joining the organization in 2011 as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Her background With over 20 years of service in a number of key leadership positions, Priscillah brings a wealth of worldclass experience and expertise to her new role as CEO for BPSA. She most recently served as Operations Director for BP’s UK retail business, where she is credited with maintaining a strong safety record whilst delivering record

levels of financial performance and progress on key strategic milestones.

Prior to joining BP, Priscillah held various executive roles in a number of large South African companies including Airports Company where she was the CFO; Ernst & Young where she was a tax director and Eskom Holdings Limited where she held various roles in finance, tax and general management. Priscillah is a qualified chartered accountant and has a Bcom Honours in accounting.

“Given her proven track record in her previous executive roles, we are confident that Priscillah will be a strong leader for our business, especially as we continue to explore new areas of growth and development,” says BPSA Board Chairperson, Adv. Thandi Orleyn.

Joining other woman with high positions

Priscillah’s appointment follows closely on the heels of two recent female senior executive appointments to the BPSA leadership team: Kelebogile Tseladimitlwa as Human Resources Director Southern Africa and Prinisha Khoosal as Commercial Integration Manager, Southern Africa during the latter part of 2016.

“Priscillah’s appointment reinforces BPSA’s pioneering role and strength of commitment to cultivating a diverse and inclusive workforce that will breed creativity and ensure we meet, even exceed customer expectations,” says Orleyn.

BPSA currently boasts the highest number (6) of women in leadership positions, which is over 50% of the executive team. The organization’s board chairperson position is also currently held by a woman, Adv. Thandi Orleyn, since 2011.

Morehouse School of Medicine Increases Class Size and Welcomes 100 New M.D. Students

ATLANTA, September 13, 2017 – Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) has long been paving the Road to 100, and now the seemingly lofty goal has been realized. On Friday, September 15, MSM will welcome 100 new Doctor of Medicine degree candidates as part of the inaugural Road to 100 class. The Class of 2021 brings MSM closer to its goal of providing quality healthcare to underserved communities and advancing health equity.

MSM officially kicks off the new academic year with their 33rd Fall Convocation & White Coat and Pinning Ceremony. The Road to 100 M.D. class will receive their traditional white coats, MPH will receive navy blue blazers, while students in five other graduate programs will be pinned.

Road to 100 is an MSM initiative that began in 2012 to increase the number of students enrolled in the M.D. program to 100 by 2017, while also increasing enrollment in other degree granting programs by 20 percent before 2020.

The majority of the Road to 100 students are either Georgia natives or received their undergraduate degrees from a Georgia college or university.

•63 students are from Georgia, with the majority hailing from Gwinnett County (17), followed by Fulton County (12) •56 students are female and 44 are male •Nearly $1 million in scholarships were given out to the Class of 2021 Additionally, 32 students will begin the Master of Public Health (MPH) program, 21 are seeking their Master of Science in Medical Sciences, 15 are pursuing a Master of Science in Clinical Research, four are entering the Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Science, another four students are enrolled in the Master of Science in Neuroscience program, and two students are enrolled in the Master of Science in Biomedical Research program.

Founded in 1975, Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) is among the nation’s leading educators of primary care physicians, biomedical scientists, and public health professionals. In 2011, MSM was recognized by Annals of Internal Medicine as the nation’s No. 1 medical school in fulfilling a social mission. MSM faculty and alumni are noted for excellence in teaching, research and public policy, as well as exceptional patient care.

Morehouse School of Medicine is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award doctoral and master’s degrees. To learn more about programs and donate today, please visit www.msm.edu or call 404-752-1500.

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS September 13, 2017 - September 19, 2017

Help Wanted: Immediate opening for construction laborer for

Heavy and Highway Construction. Please call PJF Construction Corp.@ 860-888-9998. We are an equal opportunity employer M/F Help Wanted: Immediate opening for Dump Truck Driver for Heavy and Highway Construction. CDL A license and clean driving record required.

Please call PJF Construction Corp. @ 860-888-9998. We are an equal opportunity employer M/F.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT - Portland Administrative Assistant for reception, phones, filing, and corporate staff support. Working knowledge of Haz. Waste Regs., Manifests, AP & billing. OSHA certification a +. Forward resumes to RED Technologies, LLC Fax 860-218-2433; or Email to HR@redtechllc. com RED Technologies, LLC is an EOE. VNA Community Healthcare is searching for Certified Home Health Aides (HHA). Must have 6 months – one year of experience as a HHA. Several opportunities for full and parttime flexible schedules. Submit resume and cover letter to jobs@vna-commh.org. Visit our website www.connecticuthomecare.org for other opportunities. EOE/M/F

TRANSFER STATION LABORER

Off load trailers, reload for trans/disp. Lift 50 lbs., operate industrial powered trucks and forklift. Asbestos Worker Handler Training a +. Resumes to RED Technologies, LLC, 173 Pickering St., Portland, CT 06480; Fax 860-342-1022; or Email to lkelly@redtransfer.comRED Technologies, LLC is an EOE.

Office or General Help:

Immediate opening in the Contract Department, in a fast-paced petroleum environment.

Strong computer skills (ie: Excel, Microsoft Office) and analytical skills a must. Candidate must possess a high level of accuracy, attention to detail and be able to research and work independently. Petroleum and energy industry knowledge experience a plus. Send resume to: Human Resource Dept., P O Box 388, Guilford CT 06437.

**An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer**

ELECTRIC

Distribution Technician- the Town of Wallingford Electric Utility is seeking highly skilled candidates for Distribution Technician. Applicants must be a H.S. graduate and be fully qualified as a Journeyman Lineman or First Class Lineman.

Hourly rate: $38.16 to $43.22, plus an excellent fringe benefits package. The closing date for applications is September 22, 2017 Apply: Personnel Department, Town of Wallingford, 45 South Main Street, Wallingford, CT 06492, (203) 2942080, Fax: (203) 294-2084. EOE.

NOTICE OF INVITATION FOR BID HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF DANBURY BOILER PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SERVICES IFB NO. B17003

CONTACT PERSON

Ms. Devin Marra, Director of Procurement Telephone: 203-744-2500 x141 E-Mail: dmarra@hacdct.org

HOW TO OBTAIN THE IFB DOCUMENTS:

Contact Ms. Devin Marra, via phone or email.

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Housing Authority of the City of Danbury 2 Mill Ridge Rd, Danbury, CT 06811 Envelope Must be Marked: IFB No. B17003 Boiler Services

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September15, 2017 at 10:00am (EST)

[Minority- and/or women-owned businesses are encouraged to respond]

Field Engineer

BA/BS in Civil Engineering or Construction Management.

2-5 yrs. experience. OSHA Certified.

Proficient in reading contract plans and specifications.

Resumes to RED Technologies, LLC, 10 Northwood Dr., Bloomfield, CT 06002; Fax 860.218.2433; Email resumes to info@redtechllc.com. RED Technologies, LLC is an EOE.

Project Manager Environmental Remediation Division 3-5 years exp. and Bachelor’s Degree, 40-Hr. Hazwoper Training Req. Forward resumes to RED Technologies, LLC, 10 Northwood Dr., Bloomfield, CT 06002;

Fax 860.218.2433; or Email to HR@redtechllc.com

RED Technologies, LLC is an EOE.

Class A CDL Driver

with 3 years min. exp. HAZMAT Endorsed. (Tractor/Triaxle/Roll-off) Some overnights may be required. FAX resumes to RED Technologies, at 860.342-1042; Email: HR@redtechllc.com Mail or in person: 173 Pickering Street, Portland, CT 06480. RED Technologies, LLC is An EOE.

Common Ground High School

has a part time opening (29 hours per week) for a Math Teaching Assistant (TA). The Math TA is responsible for supporting Math teachers in the classroom during the school day, providing targeted supports in academic labs both during and after school, and assisting with a four week summer school in 2018. For a complete job description, please visit http://commongroundct.org/2017/07/ common-ground-seeks-part-time-math-teaching-assistant/ for a complete job description. Common Ground is particularly eager for candidates who help us fulfill our commitment to building a racially and culturally diverse faculty and staff.

KMK Insulation Inc. 1907 Hartford Turnpike North Haven, CT 06473

Mechanical Insulator position.

Insulation company offering good pay and benefits.

Please mail resume to above address.. MAIL ONLY This company is an Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer.

Account Associate – Town of Manchester

37.50 hrs. - $41,651.58 CLOSING DATE: August 25, 2017 Call HR Recruitment Line at (860) 647-3170 for info or visit: www.townofmanchester.org.

Town of Bloomfield

Tax Clerk II Salary $27.76 For Details go to www.bloomfieldct.org Deadline to apply 8/29/17

The Housing Authority of the City of Norwalk, CT

is requesting qualifications from experienced firms for Internet, Internet Voice Bundle and Hosted Voice service. RFQ documents can be viewed and printed at www.norwalkha.org under the business tab, RFPs/RFQs. Norwalk Housing Authority is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Curtis O. Law, Executive Director

Truck Mechanic

Immediate opening for a truck mechanic. Maintenance “hands on” to be done on petroleum trucks and trailers. Must have commercial truck repair experience. Send resume to: Attn: HR Dept, P O Box 388, Guilford, CT 06437. **An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer**

TRANSFER STATION LABORER Off load trailers, reload for trans/disp. Lift 50 lbs., operate industrial powered trucks and forklift. Asbestos Worker Handler Training a +. Resumes to RED Technologies, LLC, 173 Pickering St., Portland, CT 06480; Fax 860-342-1022; or Email to lkelly@redtransfer.com

Listing: Receptionist/Office Assistant

Petroleum Company has an immediate full time opening. Previous experience in a very busy office handling multiple telephone lines and dealing with customers required. Excellent customer service skills a must. Previous petroleum experience a plus. Applicant to also perform administrative/clerical tasks as assigned. Please send resume to: H.R. Manager, Confidential, P O Box 388, Guilford CT 06437.

********An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer**********

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ELM CITY COMMUNITIES

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Location: Bloomfield CT THE INNER-CITY NEWS September 13, Burke 2017 - September 19, 2017 Contact: James Phone: 860243-2300 email: jim.burke@garrityasphalt.com Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to apply Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer We offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits The Town of East Haven is currently accepting

Invitation for Bids 162 South Genesee Street Rehabilitation The Housing Authority of the City of New Haven d/b/a Elm City Communities is currently seeking Bids for 162 South Genesee Street Rehabilitation. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Elm City’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on Monday, August 28, 2017 at 3:00PM.

The Glendower Group, Inc

Request for Qualifications Co Developer for Valley Townhouses The Glendower Group, Inc an affiliate of Housing Authority City of New Haven d/b/a Elm city Communities is currently seeking Qualification Proposals for Co Developer of Valley Townhouses. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Elm City’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on Monday, August 28, 2017 at 3:00PM

The Glendower Group, Inc Request for Qualifications

CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK FOR ROCKVIEW PHASE II

The Glendower Group, Inc an affiliate of Housing Authority City of New Haven d/b/a Elm city Communities is currently seeking Proposals for Construction Manager at Risk for Rockview Phase II. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Elm City’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on Monday, August 21, 2017 at 3:00PM

The Glendower Group, Inc Request for Qualifications Co Developer for Valley Townhouses The Glendower Group, Inc an affiliate of Housing Authority City of New Haven d/b/a Elm city Communities is currently seeking Qualification Proposals for Co Developer of Valley Townhouses. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Elm City’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on Monday, August 28, 2017 at 3:00PM

applications for the following positions:

Firefighter D/Paramedic-Lateral Transfer: Salary- $48,972/year Firefighter/Paramedic-New Recruit: $48,972/year Requirements for both positions and the application is available online at www.FirefighterApp.com/EastHavenFD. East Haven is committed to building a workforce of diverse individuals. Minorities, Females, Handicapped and Veterans are encouraged to apply.

The Town of East Haven is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Union Company seeks: Tractor Trailer Driver for Heavy & Highway Construction Truck and EquipmentConstruction Head Mechanic

Equipment. have a CDL License, Large CT based Fence andMust Guard Rail contractor looking for experienced, self-motivated, responsible Head Mechanic.

Responsibilities will include clean driving record, capable of operating maintaining and repairing all company heavy equipment; beequipment willingand tovehicles, travelupdating asset lists and assuring all rolling stock is in compliance with state and throughout the Northeast & engine, NY. We offer federal regulations. Must have extensive diesel electrical wiring excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits and hydraulic systems experience.

Contact: Dana Top wages paid, company truck and Briere benefits.

Phone: 860-243-2300 Email: AA/EOE dana.briere@garrityasphalt.com Please send resume to Mpicard@atlasoutdoor.com Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to apply Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer

KMK Insulation Inc. 1907 Hartford Turnpike North Haven, CT 06473

Mechanical Insulator position.

Insulation company offering good pay and benefits.

Please mail resume to above address.. MAIL ONLY This company is an Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer.

Garrity Asphalt Reclaiming, Inc seeks: Reclaimer Operators and Milling Operators with current licensing and clean driving record.

We offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits Contact: Rick Tousignant Phone: 860243-2300 Email: rick.tousignant@garrityasphalt.com Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to apply Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer

KMK Insulation Inc. !

Invitation to Bid: Washington Park Apartments E. Washington, Barnum& Noble Ave and Kossuth St Bridgeport, CT Renovation of (10 Buildings, 36Units) Bid Due Date: Monday, September 25, 2017 at 5:00pm Project documents available via ftp link below:

http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=washingtonparkapts

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

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

1907 Hartford Turnpike North Haven, CT 06473

Mechanical Insulator position.

Insulation company offering good pay and benefits.

Please mail resume to above address.. MAIL ONLY This company is an Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer.

Diesel Mechanic 3-5 years min. exp. 40-Hr. Hazwoper Repair/maintain triaxles, roll offs, heavy equipment.

Kenworth, Mack, John Deere, Cat. FAX resumes: 860.218.2433; or Email: Info@redtechllc.com.

RED Technologies, LLC is An EOE.

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Town of Bloomfield

Deputy Town Engineer Salary $72,606 - $112,067 For Details go to www.bloomfieldct.org Deadline to apply 9/05/17

Electric

GENERAL MANAGER

-The Town of Wallingford is seeking a highly experienced leader to manage the Town’s, Electric Utility. This is very responsible public utility executive work involving directing the daily, short term, and long term operations and activities of the Wallingford Electric Division. Work involves responsibility for planning, directing, coordinating all of the activities needed for the effective and efficient operation of the Wallingford Electric Division (WED). The General Manager should possess A bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related field such as mechanical, civil, or environmental engineering or business or public administration from a recognized college or university, plus twelve (12) years of progressively responsible experience in the electric utility field including at least five (5) years in a management position, or an equivalent combination of education and qualifying experience substituting on a year-for-year basis. The Town offers a competitive salary range of $122,942 - $157,308 per year plus an excellent fringe benefit package. Applications or resumes will be accepted until August 28, 2017 at the following address: Personnel Department, Town of Wallingford, 45 South Main St., Wallingford, CT 06492, (203) 294-2080. Fax: (203) 294-2084. EOE.

Diesel Mechanic 3-5 years min.

exp. 40-Hr. Hazwoper Repair/maintain triaxles, roll offs, heavy equipment.

Kenworth, Mack, John Deere, Cat.

Garrity Asphalt Reclaiming Inc

seeks: Construction Mechanic FAX resumes: 860.218.2433; orEquipment Email: Info@redtechllc.com.

RED Technologies, LLC is An EOE. preferably experienced in Reclaiming and Road Milling Equipment. We offer factory trainingAsphalt on equipment we operate.

Garrity Reclaiming Inc Location: Bloomfield CT seeks: Construction Equipment Mechanic Contact:experienced James Burke Phone: 860preferably in Reclaiming and 243-2300 Road Milling Equipment.

We offer factory email: jim.burke@garrityasphalt.com training on equipment we operate.

Location: Bloomfield CT Women & Minority Applicants are Contact:encouraged James Burke Phone: 860to apply 243-2300 Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity email: jim.burke@garrityasphalt.com Employer We offer excellent hourly rate & Women & Minoritybenefits Applicants are excellent encouraged to apply Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer We offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits

Union Company seeks: Tractor Trailer Driver for Heavy & Highway Construction Equipment. Must have a CDL License, clean driving record, capable of operating Union seeks: Tractor Trailer heavyCompany equipment; be willing to travel Driver for Heavy & Highway throughout the Northeast & Construction NY. We offer Equipment.

Must have a CDL License, excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits clean driving record, capable of operating Contact: Dana Briere Phone: heavy equipment; be willing to travel 860-243-2300 Email: throughout the Northeast & NY. We offer dana.briere@garrityasphalt.com excellent hourly rate & excellent Women & Minority Applicantsbenefits are Contact: Dana Briere Phone: encouraged to apply 860-243-2300 Email: Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity dana.briere@garrityasphalt.com Employer Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to apply Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer

THE INNER-CITY NEWS September 13, 2017 - September 19, 2017

200,000 People Downloaded Her App Within Two Weeks, and Forbes Magazine is Calling Her "The Next Steve Jobs" In time, other major financial companies like NASDAQ, J.P. Morgan & Chase, Wells Fargo, and more will likely want to get on board as well.

by Business.org Angel Rich, from Washington, DC, has developed a very innovative app called Credit Stacker that teaches students about personal finance, credit management, and entrepreneurship in a fun and engaging way. The app is so popular that 200,000 people downloaded it to their smart phones and tablets within just two weeks of it’s launch. Even more, Forbes has named her “The Next Steve Jobs”.

Remarkably, the app has been named the “best financial literacy product in the country” by the Office of Michelle Obama, the “best learning game in the country” by the Department of Education, and the “best solution in the world for reducing poverty” by JP Morgan Chase. It has won first place in several business competitions including the Industrial Bank Small Business Regional Competition and the Black Enterprise Elevator Pitch Competition.

All in all, Angel has won more than $50,000 in business grants.

Her background Angel was raised in Washington, DC, and graduated from Hampton University. She also studied at the University

of International Business and Economics in Beijing, China.

After winning Prudential’s annual National Case competition for her marketing plan to reach millennials, she worked briefly as a global market research analyst for Prudential, where she conducted over 70 financial behavior modification studies.

She says that during her time there, she helped the company generate more than $6 billion in revenue. She resigned, however in 2013, to start her

own company, The Wealth Factory.

Reaching her company goals Angel’s ultimate goal with her company is (and has always been) to develop financial literacy edtech games that empower and educate both students and adults. And she has been very successful at doing this! In fact, her company has been so impressive that the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools named it the ninth best ed-tech company of 2015.

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Her company’s Credit Stacker app is available in four languages and in 40 countries, and is quickly approaching 1 million downloads.

Although the app is free for users to download, the revenue model is to generate money on the back-end from advertisers in addition to contracts, including one that she already has with the Dept. of Health and Human Services. She also already has a partnership with the D.C. Dept of Insurance, Securities, and Banking.

The challenge A major challenge for Angel has been that women are still heavily discriminated against in the business and techhnology sectors, and their companies are not equally funded. In fact, less than 20% of venture capital dollars go to women-owned companies.

And, for Black women, the numbers are even lower.

According to a report by #ProjectDiane, Black women represent only 4% of all women-led tech startups in the United States.

Angel told Forbes during an interview, “My competitor raised $75 million. I won best financial product and best learning game. My company raised only $200,000.”

But she is not giving up; She’s determined to make it work regardless, and so far, she’s come very, very far!

You can download the Credit Stacker app from the iTunes App store and from the Google Play app store.

THE INNER-CITY NEWS September 13, 2017 - September 19, 2017

Even with Advanced Degrees, Black Women Earn Less than White Men

By Bria Nicole Stone, NNPA Newswire Contributor

Black women have to work seven extra months to earn what White men were paid in 2016. On average, Black women make 67 cents on the dollar compared to White men.

In a recent blog post to mark Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, researchers at the Economic Policy Institute analyzed and debunked myths concerning the reasons why Black women earn less than White men.

Some people mistakenly believe that if Black women simply worked harder, they would earn higher wages.

However, according to EPI, the truth is that, “Black women work more hours than White women. They have increased work hours 18.4 percent since 1979, yet the wage gap relative to White men has grown.”

The EPI blog post said that the growth in annual hours is “larger for Black women than for White women and men” who work in low-paying jobs and that, “both Black and White workers have increased their number of annual hours in response to slow wage growth” and “working moms are significant contributors to this trend.”

Half of Black women who have jobs are working moms compared to 44.5 percent of White women.

Another common myth associated with the pay gap between Black women and White men is that Black women would earn higher wages, if they were more educated.

“Two-thirds of Black women in the

workforce have some postsecondary education, 29.4 percent have a bachelor’s degree or higher,” the blog post said. “Black women are paid less than White men at every level of education.”

According to EPI, Black women with less than a high school diploma make $10.62 on average compared to White men who make $15.16. Black women with advanced degrees earn $31.57 compared to White men, who make $48.27.

The racial wage gap persists in jobs dominated by Black women and jobs dominated by White men, according to EPI, dispelling the myth that Black women earn less due to their career choices.

“While White male physicians and surgeons earn, on average, $18 per hour more than Black women doing the same job, the gap for retail salespersons is also shocking, at more than $9 an hour,” according to EPI researchers.

Valerie Wilson, the director of race, ethnicity, and the economy at EPI said that career choice and education have little to do with the pay gap between Black women and White men.

“Black women, whether they make the same career choice [as White men] or not, will still earn less than White men,” said Wilson. “This can be in any career choice whether it is a maledominated or a female-dominated career. We have seen that even in fields that are more common for women, men still make more than Black women in that career field.”

Wilson said that even though wages are growing faster for women than men, Black women still don’t see much benefit.

“While White women do make less than White men, they still earn quite a bit more than Black women,” said Wilson. “Women’s Equal Pay Day was held sometime in April while Black Women’s Equal Pay day is held in July.”

While the wage gap for Black women is caused by both gender and racial disparities, there are still ways to help minimize and close the pay gap between Black women and their counterparts.

Wilson said that economic policy in the U.S. can play a much larger role in minimizing the pay gap.

“We have anti-discrimination laws, but we must enforce those laws and

ensure they are effective. There also has to be greater pay transparency,” said Wilson. “Other things that can help raise wages is collective bargaining. Also, Black women are known to be in lower-paying occupations, so raising the minimum wage would be very helpful.”

Wilson continued: “We need to make sure that Black women are fighting and being paid what they’re worth.”

Saint Aedan School

School Readiness/Pre-Kindergarten Program 351 McKinley Ave., New Haven, CT 06515

Now accepting applications for both 3 and 4 year old programs starting in September Accepting New Haven and Out Of District Students The Saint Aedan Readiness Program, based on Creative Curriculum allows children to learn based on the uniqueness of each child. Building self esteem, friendships and a sense of community, Saint Aedan School is committed to providing a safe and nurturing environment.

Full Year/Full day (7:30-5:30) Parent Fees-sliding scale Care4kids Available

NAEYC Accredited

For enrollment information, contact Dr. James Acabbo, Director drashsp@yahoo.com Mr. Michael Votto, Principal mvotto@staedan-brendanschool.org Call the school at 203-387-5693 or visit us at: www.staedan-brendanschool.org

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS September 13, 2017 - September 19, 2017

VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE HOSTED BY

THE ELM CITY YOUTH CLUB

VISIT OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE TABLE AT THESE LOCATIONS:

Saturday, September 16, 2017 College Woods East Rock Park

41 Cold Spring Street, New Haven, CT 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Tuesday, September 26, 2017 Lobby Area ~ Bow Tie Criterion Cinemas 86 Temple Street, New Haven, CT 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Sunday, October 15, 2017 Lighthouse Point Park

2 Lighthouse Road, New Haven, CT 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Thursday, October 19, 2017 (TGI) Fridays Restaurant

2335 Dixwell Avenue, Hamden, CT 6:00 p.m.to 9:00 p.m.

For more information on how you can register or help Get Out The Vote, contact us at elmcityyouthclub@gmail.com

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS September 13, 2017 - September 19, 2017

501 Cresent St., New Haven, CT 06515

“All they did was win.”

Inspired by the 1939 Harlem Rens basketball team.

From the Writer/Director of the hit play

Black Angels Over Tuskegee

The Harlem Rens an African American basketball team amazed fans with their innovative and unique style of play. Competing against black and white teams they complied the most impressive winning streak in basketball history by winning 112 games in one season and losing seven. In 1963, the Rens were inducted in the Professional Basketball Hall of Fame.

October 6, 2017 7:30 PM Friday, September 15, 2017 - 8:00pm Mattie Kelly Arts Center, Mainstage NWF State College, 100 College Blvd. E., Niceville, FL

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Yale Center for Clinical Investigation

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