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NEW HAVEN >> They have a plan.Just in time for a vote next week, there was consensus Wednesday on a way to increase participation in democracy and use of the downtown library with little loss of parking revenue.A working group on parking and transit took up the request by seven alders led by Alder Jeanette Morrison, D-22, to provide free parking from 6 to 9 p.

A statewide undocumented youth advocacy group will hold meetings next week focused on informing the public on an Obama-era immigrant deferment program primarily used by young people that could be removed by the Trump administration. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, was a program

NEW HAVEN >> Running and beer: It's a satisfying combination, within limits.The national running-and-beer series Craft Brew Races returns to New Haven Saturday at Edgewood Park, consisting of a 5K run followed by a beer festival featuring local and regional breweries among 45 pouring samples.

NEW HAVEN >> After publicizing their hangover supplement this spring shortly before graduating from Yale University, Liam McClintock and Margaret Morse came face to face with their first real-world business lesson. A company wasn't too thrilled after seeing McClintock's and Morse's name for their product.

NEW HAVEN >> Former University of New Haven President Lawrence DeNardis, while standing before about 3,000 people in Liverpool Cathedral receiving an honorary fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University last month, said he was thinking of his friendship of 35 years."It was one of the most exciting things I've been a part of in a life where I've been able to enjoy a number of different high points," said DeNardis, also a former member of the U.

NEW HAVEN >> Two city men are in custody after police officers approached an idling car on Exchange Street Tuesday night and allegedly found a bag containing a mixture of cocaine, fentanyl and PCP in the vehicle.Johnny Serrano, 29, of Maltby Place, and Luiz Ortiz, 28, of West Street, were both charged with possession of less than half an ounce of marijuana, possession of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance within 1,500 feet of a school, possession with intent to sell, possession with intent to sell within 1,500 feet of a school, according to police.

It was back in the Vietnam era at a packed Yale Bowl, Bulldogs vs. the (then) Dartmouth Indians. The speed and size of the players was not what it is today, but if the physicality was a bit less lethal, the rules (or lack thereof) were more so. Spearing, etc., happened a lot.To this day, I remember the sight and particularly the sound of a particular play.

NEW HAVEN >> A 25-year-old city man was arrested after fleeing police Monday night after attempting to break into a home on Dewitt Street, police said Wednesday.Davon Rakil Hailey, of Oak Ridge Drive, is charged with second-degree burglary, eight counts of third-degree trespassing, stalking, and interfering with an officer, police said.

NEW HAVEN >> A New Haven man was charged with possession of a weapon on school property after police chased him when he fled a U-Haul truck on Ella T. Grasso Boulevard, police said Wednesday.Treyvon Lamar Battle, 27, of Cedar Street, was also charged with risk of injury to a minor, criminal possession of a firearm, first-degree reckless endangerment and second-degree breach of peace, police said.

HARTFORD >> Insurance companies and Connecticut officials are watching Republican President Donald Trump's Twitter feed for any indication that he will end Obamacare subsidies to insurers participating in the exchanges.After repeal efforts failed, Trump's party seems to be torn about whether to help destroy the Affordable Care Act's individual marketplace by eliminating the cost-sharing reductions that go to insurance companies to help them offset the premium payments for lower income individuals.