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NEW HAVEN >> A Silver Alert has been issued for Michael Pinchu, 16.Pinchu is a white male with black hair and brown eyes. He stands 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighs about 125 pounds.Pinchu was last seen Friday, wearing a white T-shirt, black pants and blue and white sneakers.No photo has been made available.

NEW HAVEN >> Yale University has hired a new dean for Pierson College to replace June Chu, who left after posting insulting remarks on a review site.Cultural anthropologist Riche Barnes, who has taught at Endicott College and Smith College for the past decade and currently is the assistant dean of social sciences at Endicott, will take over the position.

NEW HAVEN >> From removing foam pieces from a dummy in mock surgery to practicing crawling out of a burning building to safety, kids at the P.A.L. Camp New Haven were exposed to a full spectrum of health and safety activities this week.

The body of Guillermo Aillon, who was convicted of a 1972 triple murder in North Haven, has been removed from a veterans cemetery in Middletown, a state official confirmed.

WEST HAVEN >> Crammed into a University of New Haven-owned residence at 196 Rockdale Road, 36 high school students from across the country put their newly learned forensic skills to the test, trying to figure out what happened at various mock crime scenes.Crime Scene Investigation Academy is a week-long program that gives high schoolers the chance to gain hands-on experience in the field of criminal justice and forensic science.

HARTFORD, >> A convicted killer being sued by the mother of a teenage girl he stabbed to death at their Milford high school after she rejected his prom invitation plans to have a psychiatrist testify he was mentally ill and couldn't control himself, if the civil case goes to trial.

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NEW HAVEN >> The Careways shelter in New Haven's Hill neighborhood will be closing its doors as soon as all current residents have a place to go, said Kellyann Day, executive director of New Reach, the organization that runs the shelter."This was an extremely difficult decision," Day said. "We had to make a very difficult, but strategic, financial decision.

NEW HAVEN >> Police are investigating reported gunfire Friday morning.No one was shot, Officer David Hartman said. No further details have been released at this time.

NEW HAVEN >> Same project. Same questions. Same criticism.The Fair Haven community was back this week to respond specifically to whether a proposed developer who wants to remake the Strong School has the financials and track record to pull it off.The conclusion of a report given to the Select Review Committee for the Strong School by concerned citizens, who did their own vetting, was that David Lazarus of the Park Lane Group, in partnership with Maynard Road Corp.