Gather New Haven has since been able to lean on funding from a variety of sources including private donations as well as state and city aid.

For Hispanic Heritage Month, the Yale Peabody Museum hosts a full day of events centered around Latino culture and scientific research.

Reading is one of the few ways people in prison can connect to the outside world. But access to books is limited. A Connecticut-based nonprofit called Freedom Reads is trying to change that. The people who deliver the books are just as important as the books themselves.

Junta for Progressive Action and the Yale Peabody Museum are hosting free, family-friendly activities during the last weekend of September for Hispanic Heritage Month.

Canady says the club is more than just a place where boxers can launch professional careers. She emphasized the transformative powers of boxing, from giving young people in New Haven a creative outlet, to maybe going pro, offering her own experience in amateur boxing as an example.

The YIMBYTown conference, which stands for “Yes in my backyard,” runs from Sunday through Tuesday. More than 1,000 housing advocates, policy makers and state and local politicians gathered downtown to attend.

New Haven hosted a tasting with 4,525 people to achieve the Guinness World Record for the largest pizza party.

The district’s protocol says educators will not allow immigration officials into schools without a judicial warrant.

Esdrás Zabaleta-Ramirez was released on the lowest amount of bond possible after his classmates spent their summer break rallying for the high school junior.

New Haven is transforming a former landfill into a solar farm. And officials say it will provide enough solar energy to power hundreds of homes.