Connecticut
Final debate for New Haven mayoral candidates
Voters have just two weeks to make up their minds in key races across the state. In New Haven, people will decide who leads their city.
“We have accomplished so much together,” said Justin Elicker, D – candidate for New Haven mayor.
Elicker says those successes include improving city finances and work on affordable housing.
On Tuesday, he faced his two challengers during the final debate of the mayor’s race at the Shubert Theatre.
“I want a city where we are creating jobs, where we are creating opportunities,” said Tom Goldenberg, R – candidate for New Haven mayor.
“If you want it done right, you have to do it yourself,” said Wendy Hamilton, petitioning candidate for New Haven mayor.
Among the areas that candidates tackled was violence in the city. So far this year, many crimes are down though murders are way up.
“We have increased the investment into our community because ultimately we will not solve gun violence through policing, even though we’re doing a lot on policing,” Elicker said.
“When it comes to things like drug dealing, illegal drug dealing, illegal drug use, street ATV takeovers, prostitution we need to enforce that quality of life. There needs to be consequences,” Goldenberg said.
“We have to make a dent in white collar crime in order to decrease street crime,” Hamilton said.
Another hot topic was priorities for education.
“Our absenteeism rates are dramatically down compared to last year,” Elicker said.
“My vision for education is one in which our kids can read at grade level,” Goldenberg said.
“I intend to pay the teachers starting at $100,000 a year,” Hamilton said.
Back in 2021, Elicker won a second term with almost 80% of the vote.
Police are investigating after finding human remains at a construction site in Greenwich last week.
The police department said that during a normal workday at a construction site in northern Greenwich, workers found what appeared to be human remains after soil was disturbed by an excavator.
The remains were carefully collected from the scene, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner took custody of the bones, police said.
Investigators said the remains appear to be of a considerable age.
Connecticut State Police is also assisting with the investigation.
A motorcyclist in Hebron has died after a crash along Burnt Hill Road and Cone Road, state police said.
The Connecticut State Police responded to the accident at approximately 5:25 p.m. after a dirt bike struck a rocky embankment.
According to authorities, the operator of the motorcycle failed to negotiate an “S” shaped curves in the roadway before loosing control.
The victim was originally transported via LifeStar to the hospital with reported serious injuries, authorities said.
The driver was then later pronounced dead at Marlborough Middlesex Clinic, state police said.
Anyone who may have witnessed this accident, or who may have information is asked to contact the Connecticut State Police.
A driver was rescued from a crash in Wolcott early Saturday morning and serious injuries have been reported.
Officers received a report of an accident on Beach Road around 3 a.m. Once there, police said they found a vehicle had hit a tree.
An occupant of the home where the vehicle crashed pulled the driver out of the car before the car caught on fire, according to police.
The driver was transported to the hospital to be treated for very serious injuries.
No other occupants were in the vehicle at the time of the crash.
The crash remains under investigation by the Naugatuck Valley Regional Collision Reconstruction Team.
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