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Tree lighting opens holiday season

December 11, 2024

By Michael P. Walsh Special to the Voice Santa and Mrs. Claus accompanied Mayor Dorinda Borer and her special guest, Carrigan Intermediate School fifth grader […]

Incident forces tweak of security protocol

December 11, 2024

By Danny Atkinson Voice Writer The staff and students at West Haven High School faced a crisis on the morning of Nov.15, when a student […]

60 WHHS kids had their own ‘Squanto’

December 11, 2024

By Stacy Sutton Asst. Principal, WHHS As a student, I remember learning about the story of the first Thanksgiving. It was a story I enjoyed, […]

Tree lighting begins holiday festivities

November 27, 2024

By Michael P. Walsh Special to the Voice The lighting of the West Haven Green Christmas Tree will signal the start of the holiday season […]

Happy Thanksgiving

November 27, 2024

Holiday Tradition Thanksgiving Day means a lot of things: giving thanks for the many blessings we have, enjoying family and friends, and, of course, football. […]

S&P boosts city’s credit rating

November 26, 2024

For the second time in 10 months, S&P Global on Thursday, Nov. 7, raised its long-term credit rating for West Haven, sending the city from […]

13th Thanksgiving Dinner plans underway

November 13, 2024

For the 13th year in its present format, the Community Thanksgiving Dinner Committee is gearing up for another successful event. The committee, made up of […]

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Holiday passport winner

Parker Simon, of West Haven, holds the prize basket for winning West Haven United’s holiday “passport” contest. Children had to complete five activities on the Green and get their passports stamped for a chance to win the stuffed basket.
Art Contest Winners

The Greater New Haven Italian American Heritage Committee has announced the winners of the 2024 Greater New Haven Italian American Heritage Festival Art Contest. The four winners are, from left, Bailey Middle School student Valeria Estrada, first place, “Venice”; Carrigan Intermediate School student Haley DeEll, tie for second place, “A Bowl of Spaghetti and Meatballs”; Carrigan student Jade Heath, tie for second place, “Pompeii Ruins”; and Carrigan student Ayden Parker, third place, “Italian Flag & Gelato.”
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Emergency Chargers

Emergency Management Director Rick Fontana shows Mayor Dorinda Borer how to charge a cellphone using the city’s new mobile multiunit charging station at City Hall on Friday. The city has purchased two state-of-the-art charging stations with accompanying GoSun solar tables and Honda generators for all residents to charge cellphones during power outages.
Civics lesson

Mayor Dorinda Borer discusses local government with fourth graders at Savin Rock Community School on Dec. 5. Looking on are Principal Thomas J. Hunt and teacher Kerry McQueeney. The inquisitive students engaged with Borer in the school cafeteria on the three branches of government — executive, legislative, judicial — and the importance of laws.
Tree lighting opens holiday season

An exuberant Mayor Dorinda Borer, holding microphone, reacts as Santa Claus helps Carrigan Intermediate School fifth grader Shyann Jones push down on a gift-wrapped plunger box to light the West Haven Green Christmas Tree at the city’s annual holiday kickoff Nov. 30. With them are, from left, West Haven United co-Chair Jaime Connellan and Mrs. Claus.
Tree lighting opens holiday season

Parents and children ride the Roaming Railroad around the 5-acre Green.
Tree lighting opens holiday season

West Haven’s Henninger siblings, Nicholas, 10, Luke, 7, and Viola, 7, are all smiles with Santa and Mrs. Claus in their workshop on the Green.
Tree lighting opens holiday season

Santa and Mrs. Claus arrive to the Green in the West Haven Fire Department’s 1935 Mack pump firetruck, driven by retired West Haven fire Inspector Robert Abate.
Tree lighting opens holiday season

West Haven’s Moore-Torres sisters, Ana, 5, and Lily, 8, show their stuffed animals while writing letters to Santa. The sisters received the stuffed animals from the West Haven Fire Department through a donation from PetSmart of Orange.
Tree lighting opens holiday season

City resident Cheyenne Salamacha helps her daughter, Hayden, 4, decorate an ornament.
City remembers date of ‘infamy’

West Haven Veterans Council member Howie Thomas, left, and Vice President Al Beck Sr. lay a wreath at the base of the William A. Soderman Memorial in remembrance of the 18 Connecticut servicemen who died in the Japanese bombing of the U.S. Navy base on Oahu, Hawaii.
City remembers date of ‘infamy’

The West Haven Fire Department Honor Guard, composed of members of the West Haven and West Shore fire departments, leads city and state leaders, including Mayor Dorinda Borer and Rep. Bill Heffernan, D-West Haven, while carrying the American flag to the William A. Soderman Memorial Flagpole for the ceremonial raising.
City remembers date of ‘infamy’

Mayor Dorinda Borer delivers poignant remarks commemorating Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day and the 83rd anniversary of Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor during an observance on the Veterans Walk of Honor in Bradley Point Park on Saturday.
Aiding the needy

Pastor Gloria McCalop (aka Cookie), a fallen Marine’s wife of Christian Love Ministries of New Haven, and members of Surfside Veterans of West Haven gave out blankets and food to the homeless on the New Haven Green, Saturday Nov 30.
Aiding the needy

Pastor Gloria McCalop (aka Cookie), a fallen Marine’s wife of Christian Love Ministries of New Haven, and members of Surfside Veterans of West Haven gave out blankets and food to the homeless on the New Haven Green, Saturday Nov 30.
ARPA grants buy instruments

Mayor Dorinda Borer, center, gets a front row showing of the West Haven High School Band’s new instruments by director Donata Lupacchino-Nelsen, back left, and band members and students of her Advanced Placement music theory class on Dec. 2.
Avangrid plants 2 trees on green

United Illuminating Key Account Manager Greg Milano and Mayor Dorinda Borer throw shovels of soil to dedicate the planting of an eastern redbud tree on the southwest corner of the Green on Nov. 19. With Milano and Borer are, from left, UI Vegetation Management Lead Eric McConnell, city Tree Warden Leo Kelly and Elizabeth Esposito, UI’s community and government relations specialist.
60 WHHS kids had their own ‘Squanto’

Some of the students who took part in the special Thanksgiving feast organized through WHHS Asst. Principal Stacy Sutton, Vertical Church’s Outreach Program.
60 WHHS kids had their own ‘Squanto’

Students took part in the special Thanksgiving feast organized through WHHS Asst. Principal Stacy Sutton, Vertical Church’s Outreach Program, and Deacon Dean Macchio (shown here) of St. John XXIII Parish.
WHHS Sports Roundup

Coryon Harris extends the ball for a first down against Fairfield Prep, Sunday afternoon at Fairfield University’s Rafferty Stadium.
WHHS Sports Roundup

Tamarion Lafortune pulls down a Nick Conlan pass for a touchdown versus Prep.
WHHS Sports Roundup

No. 0 Kadear Dembele brings down a Glastonbury runner in the backfield.
WHHS Sports Roundup

No. 1 Tamarion Lafortune goes up to pull down a Nick Conlan pass
WHHS Sports Roundup

Nick Conlan finds a hole for a touchdown in the Westies’ 42-7 victory over Fairfield Prep.
WHHS Sports Roundup

Joe Copela celebrates a fumble recovery for the Blue Devils int he 42-7 win over Prep, Sunday