Dear Gripe Vine Readers:: Just a reminder, this column now has a new email address. If you have been sending your gripes, questions and comments to the previous address and have not received a reply from me or a solution has not appeared in … [Read more...] about Gripevine
Dear Felicia
Well, hon, as we slip into April things around the burg are really starting to percolate. The trees are budding, the flowers are starting to come up, the showers are falling, and things in our corner of the universe are kicking into high gear. … [Read more...] about Dear Felicia
A new library in Allingtown still in works
Since it was closed in the fall of 2020, residents of the area of the city seeing the most dynamic renewal are still without a library branch. The Louis Piantino Library closed in 2020 after the former Allingtown Community Center, a section of the … [Read more...] about A new library in Allingtown still in works
The week in photos – March 23, 2023
Rossi unveils $173.4m plan
Mayor Nancy N. Rossi’s just-released $173.4 million budget package for Fiscal Year 2024 will come under public scrutiny April 3 ( see FY-2024 budget online). That is the night the City Council has set the annual public hearing on the budget. The … [Read more...] about Rossi unveils $173.4m plan
Woody gets his day
By Michael P. Walsh Special to the Voice Mayor Nancy R. Rossi presented retired West Shore fire Capt. Richard “Woody” Beirne with a navy blue jacket embroidered with his new distinction, “Irishman of the Year 2023,” as part of … [Read more...] about Woody gets his day
At A Glance
DOT to replace signal controllers The state Department of Transportation is developing plans to replace traffic signal controllers and cabinets at select state-owned traffic signals in the city, along with installing communication equipment at … [Read more...] about At A Glance
Grant to fund new WHFD personnel
By Michael P. Walsh Special to the Voice U.S. Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, Mayor Nancy R. Rossi and West Haven Fire Department Chief James P. O’Brien on March 7 announced a $2.67 million federal grant to hire eight firefighters in the … [Read more...] about Grant to fund new WHFD personnel
Dear Felicia
By the time yew git this missive, hon, spring will have sprung, and we’re headed toward warmer weather – excep’ in this burg it’ll stay cold and damp for the next few weeks, at least. Yup, “cooler by the shore” will be the phrase of the day for most … [Read more...] about Dear Felicia
Gripevine
Dear Eleanore Turkington: What does the Public Works Department have against patching potholes? We still have potholes from last winter that have never been repaved yet on Fairfax Street and Ardale Street, Its pathetic. West Haven is the … [Read more...] about Gripevine