New Haven Register

Cca Expects Greater Demand for Food?

By William Kaempffer Register Staff NEW HAVEN -- Christian Community Action made Thanksgiving dinner more bountiful for 1,600 families last year.

City Weighs Ot Tab After State Ruling On Police Recruit Pay

By William Kaempffer Register Staff NEW HAVEN -- The city violated the state wage and hour law by paying police recruits for a flat 40 hours per week regardless of how many hours they actually worked, according to the state Department of Labor.

School Bomb Threats Often Carry Heavy Price ?

By Abbe Smith Register Staff It starts out as a prank orchestrated to get out of class on a warm day, or a way to postpone a dreaded exam.

Youth Program Gets Boost From Police ?

By William Kaempffer Register Staff NEW HAVEN -- Budget constraints kept the YMCA closed on Saturdays and threatened an adult basketball league until police, an anonymous donor and cash seized from drug dealers helped plug the funding gap.

City Needs More Money to Defend Lawsuit

By Mary E. O'Leary Register Topics Editor NEW HAVEN -- The corporation counsel's office is looking for more money to support its defense of a lawsuit brought by the Stamford Wrecking Co. over demolition of the former Macy's department store.

Yale Study Will Be First to Look at Effects of War On Women?

By Ed Stannard Register Metro Editor In the first study of its kind, Women's Health Research at Yale will examine whether women soldiers have more trouble adjusting to post-war life than men.

Unity Boys Choir to Perform at Veterans Day Program

NEW HAVEN -- Center Church on the Green will hold a Veterans Day program Wednesday beginning at 11 a.m. and featuring Unity Boys Choir. Following the service of about an hour, a reception will be held at the Elks Club on the corner of State and Elm streets. All are welcome to attend the service. SCSU holding evening forum on becoming a university prof

Gift Boxes Packed for Kids Worldwide?

By James Tinley Register Staff NEW HAVEN -- A banquet table brimming with brightly colored toys inside the central corridor of Trinity Lutheran Church was cleared within two hours, with each toy carefully boxed up and bound for children far away.

Nobel Committee Takes On Role of Wizard of Oz?

With the Nobel Peace Prize, we get further evidence of how well- known institutions have been taken over by ideologues. It is simply undeniable that we are now living in a liberal land of Oz: Pay no attention to the frauds behind the awards. Perhaps the Nobel committee can come up with a heart, a diploma and a medal for the president, too, so that we can be assured of his empathy, intelligence and courage to lead our nation.

Health Care Reform Bills Fleece Young?

AS I was talking recently with the founder of a large American corporation, the conversation turned, inevitably, to health care reform. His employees in their 20s, on average, cost the company about $1,500 a year in health bills. Those in their 50s cost at least 10 times more. The effect of proposed health care reform, which limits the ability of insurers to charge higher premiums for older adults, would be, he said, a large shift of America's health care burden to the young. This is not an u...

State Making Hunting, Fishing Too Expensive

The state has doubled all fees for hunters and fishermen. I can understand raising them a dollar or two, but double is ridiculous. Every item we buy for our sports has a 6 percent sales tax on it. And we purchase quite a lot of stuff. Just take a look at Cabelas and Dicks sporting goods. Where does all that tax revenue go?

Bomb Threat Handled Well?

I am a senior at West Haven High School and I am greatly disappointed in the way the Register portrayed the Oct. 26 bomb threat. While the response was not necessarily the most effective, school administration and police believed it was the best course. Students were efficiently escorted out of the building immediately. Though a few rowdy boys decided to misbehave, running across the football field and climbing a fence as a practical joke, the majority of the crowd was well-behaved and read, ...

The Godzilla Who Only Scares Opposing Teams?

By Tom Plate A lot of Hollywood pros believe almost religiously that "Bull Durham," released in 1988, offers one of the best opening lines in American movies. First you see a parade of images of past baseball greats and not so greats, as if a promenade of saints. Then you hear the sweet voice of Annie Savoy (played by Susan Sarandon) saying, "I believe in the church of baseball." Nice, eh? Permit me to extend this ecclesiastical metaphor further.

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Car-Motorcycle Crash Kills Woman in Cheshire

CHESHIRE -- A woman was killed Sunday evening after the motorcycle she was riding on collided with a car, police said. The accident happened at 4:53 p.m. on Route 322 near Birch Drive and the Southington line. The female passenger who died and the male driver of the motorcycle were both ejected as a result of the accident, police said. Both were rushed to St. Mary's Hospital in Waterbury for serious injuries. The woman died at the hospital. The driver's condition was not immediately known Sun...

Feeling Life Dealt a Bum Hand? Take Look at True Young Hero

I read with admiration about John Tartaglio Jr. and his accomplishments without legs or left bicep. Through no fault of his own he had a bacterial infection that took something so precious to someone so young, both legs. He is a true hero, to admire and learn from. Another hero, Derek Jeter, took the time to inspire him when he came to meet Tartaglio at his school. So many so-called heroes are not. Football, baseball and movie stars have been given an opportunity, because of publicity they re...

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