For his commitment, Chris Ozyck named 2020 New Haven Register Person of the Year
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Long time environmental advocate Chris Ozyck stands by the ongoing restoration of the Grand Avenue bridge on the Quinnipiac River in New Haven, Conn. on Dec. 31, 2020. Ozyck has been named the Register s 2020 Person of the Year.Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut Media
NEW HAVEN For decades, Chris Ozyck has worked to make New Haven a more verdant and carefully tended home, helping tie the city and its residents together into a community.
Across the city he is known for his advocacy for the environment as well as for people and communities.
Tired of burying my friends : Young people rally against violence in New Haven
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Members of Ice the Beef, a youth organization working against gun violence, and community members came together for a rally on Stevens Street Dec. 23, 2020, days after a 14-year-old boy and 16-year-old girl were wounded while walking there. Here, Assistant Police Chief Karl Jacobson speaks.Ben Lambert / Hearst Connecticut Media /Show MoreShow Less
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Members of Ice the Beef, a youth organization working against gun violence, and community members came together for a rally on Stevens Street Dec. 23, 2020, days after a 14-year-old boy and 16-year-old girl were wounded while walking there. Here, Mayor Justin Elicker speaks.Ben Lambert / Hearst Connecticut Media /Show MoreShow Less
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A model for the nation: Mothers hope in-progress brick garden will show gravity of gun violence loss
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Marlene Miller-Pratt speaks the New Haven Botanical Garden of Healing Dedicated to Victims of Gun Violence in November. Celeste Robinson-Fulcher is to the left.Ben Lambert / Hearst Connecticut Media /
NEW HAVEN There will be more than 600 bricks in the garden, each representing a life cut short by gun violence in New Haven since 1976, many of them by people wielding illegal and gray market guns.
Each will mark the end of a person’s life and a family’s pain.