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NHR in the News
2024
Freddy Fixer Dances Down Dixwell Avenue (Arts Council of Greater New Haven 06.03.24)
Wanted: 100 More Tutors (New Haven Independent 04.24.24)
New Haven students show improvements in math and literacy through tutoring program (WTNH 04.23.24)
Work Begins On Creating Next-Gen “Community Schools” (New Haven Independent 01.29.24)
New Haven Reads Buzzes Back Into Action (Arts Council Greater New Haven 10.24.23)
New Haven Tutoring Program Expanding (WTNH 10.18.23)
Greater New Haven Saint Patrick’s Day Parade Hosts Month Long Book Drive (09.27.23)
Rally Readies Students to Go Back to School (New Haven Independent 08.21.23)
Crossroads Magazine (08.13.23)
$3 Million Summer Literacy Initiative Take Off (Arts Council Greater New Haven 05.17.23)
This Summer: School’s Out, Reading’s In (New Haven Independent 05.15.23)
New Haven Reads Turns the Page on 20 Years (Arts Council Greater New Haven 04.28.23)
New Haven Reads for 20 Years and Counting (New Haven Independent 04.27.23)
Alders Advance $3M Reading, Math Plan (New Haven Independent 01.27.23)
East Rockers Back Reading, Nursing $ Plans (New Haven Independent 01.24.23)
2022
New Haven City Officials Work to Improve Academic Performance (NBC CT 12.19.22)
$3M Reading, Math Tutoring Plan Pitched (New Haven Independent 12.19.22)
Reading Experts Chart Path to Phonics (New Haven Independent 12.09.22)
New Tutoring Site Focuses on Phonics (New Haven Independent 11.14.22)
Rally Readies Families for to Return to School (New Haven Independent 08.19.22)
New Reading, Math Scores Dubbed “Crisis” (New Haven Independent 07.26.22)
New Haven Reads With Lamont at Book Bank Campaign Stop (Arts Council 07.23.22)
Hundreds Rally to Boost Reading (New Haven Independent 04.12.22)
Fernanda Franco Books New Gig at New Haven Reads (New Haven Independent 02.01.2022)
2020
New Haven Reads Buzzes Into Virtual Bee (Greater New Haven Arts Council 12.07.2020)
Choate Announces Choate Fund for Justice Recipients (Choate News 10.08.2020)
Backyard Bash Brings Black Triumphs Alive (New Haven Independent, 06.22.2020)
Nonprofit Gives Away Books, Continues Tutoring During Pandemic (NBC Connecticut, 06.08.2020)
Parents Get Books Along With Meals (New Haven Independent, 05.08.2020)
NHR Pivots To Online Tutoring (New Haven Independent, 04.17.2020)
New Haven Reads Fights State Budget Cuts (Arts Paper, 02.13.2020)
2019
Scenes from the 2019 New Haven Reads Spelling Bee (Yale News, 10.28.19)
Beeddikulus Spellers Bee-Muse And Bee-Dazzle (Arts Council Greater New Haven, 10.28.19)
Spellers buzz during 8th annual New Haven Reads Spelling Bee (WTNH, 10.25.19)
Cops and Cotton Candy (and NHR!) at National Night Out (New Haven Independent, 8.7.19)
Psychology Major Shares Love of Reading with New Haven Community (University of New Haven, 8.1.2019)
“Help Your Shelves” Grows Literacy in Dixwell (The Arts Paper, 7.24.2019)
Drill Torch Passed at Freddy Fixer (New Haven Independent, 6.3.2019)
“Help Your Shelves” Project Builds Literacy Access (New Haven Independent, 5.10.2019)
Watch New Haven Reads on NYBERG with Ann Nyberg (WTNH, 2.26.2019)
Houlihan, Keyes and Wang: Consider the Alternative (Yale Daily News, 1.29.2019)
“Help Your Shelves” Gets Ready To Grow Literacy (The Arts Paper, 1.18.2019)
2018
Melillo Students Take in 1,100 Books for New Haven Reads (Zip 06, 11.20.2018)
New Haven leaders celebrate caucus gala (Yale Daily News, 10.29.2018)
Politicos Celebrate An Interconnected City (New Haven Independent, 10.20.2018)
Yale Linguists Slay Latin Kings (The Arts Paper, 10.22.2018)
Scenes from the 2018 New Haven Reads Spelling Bee (YaleNews, 10.22.2018)
Freddy Puts “Neighbor” Back in “Neighborhood” (New Haven Independent, 6.4.2018)
Literacy Luminary Gets Her Corner (Arts Paper, 4.23.2018)
Christine Cornered (New Haven Independent, 4.23.2018)
New Haven Reads to celebrate late founder, Christine Alexander (YaleNews, 4.18.2018)
2017
Yale students join New Haven Reads for story time (YaleNews, 12.11.2017)
New Haven Reads Casts Its Spell (The Arts Paper, 10.30.2017)
Longtime New Haven Reads tutors develop bonds with students (New Haven Register, 10.18.2017)
The Pigeon lands at Beinecke, supports New Haven Reads (YaleNews, 6.28.2017)
Sewage Leak Hampers Book Giveaway (New Haven Independent, 5.9.2017)
New Haven Reads celebrates 15th anniversary (Yale Daily News, 3.31.2017)
A Reading Locomotive Turns 15 (New Haven Independent, 3.31.2017)
New Haven Reads: “The Happiest Place in the World” (Connecticut Magazine, 2.20.2017)
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