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The Pepe family was recognized Friday for making it a century serving apizza, or “abeetz.”

After 100 years in business, there’s now a street corner named after Frank and Filomena Pepe, right across from the iconic Frank Pepe’s Pizzeria Napolitana, a pizza spot that draws both locals and tourists from all over. “My family is from Florida visiting and we just decided, ‘hey we gotta try the best pizza in Connecticut,’” said Connecticut native...

To help address a $16 million deficit, NHPS is looking at the Brennan-Rogers School as a potential place to close.

The superintendent of schools in New Haven said there is a possibility of closing the Brennan Rogers School as part of an effort to deal with a budget gap. Dr. Madeline Negrón, the superintendent of schools in New Haven, notified parents and guardians in a letter on Tuesday. She said she is looking to close a projected $16.5 million budget…

Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana is celebrating their 100th anniversary by closing their New Haven location on Saturday. The pizzeria posted on social media saying this year marks 100 years since Frank and Filomena Pepe opened a humble bakery on Wooster Street. “We never imagined that their dream would grow into something so meaningful to so many,” they said on Facebook….

A man wanted for allegedly killing a person in Ecuador over a decade ago has been found in Connecticut. U.S. Marshals said Richard Cabrera, also known as Ricardo Dionicio Cabrera-Erreyes, 50, is accused of fatally stabbing a woman in Loja, Ecuador, on Nov. 24, 2011. Ecuadoran authorities charged Cabrera with femicide, which is the intentional murder of women or girls…

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A New Haven resident was grazed by a bullet when someone fired gunshots outside the person’s home on Monday night and one entered the residence, according to police. They said the resident was in their home when gunshots were fired in the area of Elder Street and Hubinger Street. NHPD is out with a shooting victim in the area...

New Haven celebrated the addition of dozens of new affordable apartments on Monday. They come at a time that some see as a housing crisis in the state.

New Haven celebrated the addition of dozens of new affordable apartments on Monday. They come at a time that some see as a housing crisis in the state. Latasha McClain is one of the first to have a home at the Rev. Curtis M. Cofield II Estates. “I just think that this is like a lotto ticket, Powerball, you know….

An 18-year-old Stratford man was shot and killed in New Haven over the weekend. Police said they found Jhavare Smith lying on the sidewalk in the area of Tilton Street and Mansfield Street early Sunday morning. Neighbors told NBC Connecticut on Sunday morning that they heard gunshots. Smith was shot around 3 a.m. and taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital where…

Protests occurred in Hartford, New Haven and many other towns across Connecticut as a counter to the president’s plans in D.C.

A project to convert one of New Haven’s major roadways hit a slight speed bump. Chapel Street will soon go from one-way to two-way traffic, but only after a few more questions are answered.

A theatre company in the Elm City is dedicated to putting on great performances, and leaving the city with renovated spaces along the way.

The New Haven Public Library was evacuated and several roads in the area were closed as police conducted an investigation into a reported bomb threat Friday evening. The police department said they received an anonymous report of a bomb threat at the main campus of the public library. The library was evacuated as a precaution, according to police, and the…

New video appears to show a mother being detained by ICE in front of her kids in New Haven.

Immigration advocates and family rallied for a New Haven mother who was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, officers in front of her children on Monday.

Immigration advocates and family rallied for a New Haven mother who was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, officers in front of her children on Monday. The rally drew a crowd outside the federal building on Orange Street. Monse, the 13-year-old daughter of the woman who was detained, spoke about the arrest. “You don’t know the...

People took to the streets to protest after a mother was taken into custody by ICE in front of her kids in New Haven.

Fair Haven Community Health Care, along with community, local, and state partners, celebrated a ribbon-cutting for its brand new facility.  The health clinic has offered services, oftentimes at low to no cost, to the community for over 50 years. Fair Haven Community Health Care CEO Dr. Suzanne Lagarde said Wednesday’s ribbon-cutting celebrated the clinic’s first-ever major capital expansion since...