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MEDIA COVERAGE: Six Lakes Coalition Tours the Perimeter
On Sunday afternoon a crowd of nearly 100 people, from citizens to activists to numerous elected officials, converged on the parking lot of ACES Whitney High School North on Leeder Hill Drive in…
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MEDIA COVERAGE: Powder Farm Takes First Step Toward Remediation
After decades of stasis, the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) and the Olin Corporation have taken the first steps toward remediating the Powder Farm in southern Hamden,…
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OPINION: What is “Powder Farm” Can Be “Six Lakes”
Since I was a small child, I have thought about the lack of access to open space in the Newhall community. Southern Hamden is, for the most part, overdeveloped with the exception of…
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OPINION: A Chance to Save Valuable Open Space
June 22, 2023 Hidden in the town of Hamden between Dixwell Avenue (more exactly the Farmington Canal Trail), Putnam Avenue, Leeder Hill Drive and Treadwell Street are 102.5 acres of…
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BLOG POST: Three Opportunities, Six Lakes
Justin Farmer has lived 24 of his 28 years on the same block in Hamden’s Newhall neighborhood. For the past six years, he’s also served as its councilperson on the…