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The week in photos – November 21, 2019
Around Town
Christmas celebration
New Life Church located at 255 Jones Hill Road. invite you and your children (ages 5-10) to its first Christmas Celebration on Dec. 14, from 10-1:15.The Christmas Celebration will include: Decorating of gingerbread houses, 10:15-10:55; Reading of Christmas story, 11:00-11:15; Candy Cane Craft, 11:20-11:40; Snack time of Christmas cookies and juice, 11:45-12:10; Story of the Birth of Jesus & a gift for the Children, 12:15-1:15.Please RSVP, (203) 934-3022. Please leave your name, phone, and the number of children. A confirmation reply will be made. An adult must be present with the child during the festivities. An adult area with coffee, tea and cookies will be available during the activities, but adults are welcome to stay with the children.
Holiday Bazaar
The West Haven Garden Club will have its Holiday Bazaar on Thursday, Dec. 5 from 9-2. It will take place at the West Haven City Hall, 355 Main St. The bazaar will have handcraft items, Christmas tree raffle, plants, and bake sale plus so much more. This is to include money, which is being raised for a bench for a child shot in Newtown. The bench will be put at the pink playground on the beach.
Holiday Fair
The annual Holiday Fair, sponsored by the West Haven Historical Society, is set for Saturday, Nov. 23 from 10- 4. The Fair will be held at the Poli House 686 Savin Ave., opposite the West Haven Green.
The event will include various local crafters, home-baked goods, prints, cards, books, jewelry , and a special Tree Raffle, which offers surprise gifts for a contribution to the Historical Society.
There will be an array of gift ideas for everyone looking for unusual items to include on their gift giving list this year. Admission is free.
Casino trip
The West Haven Italian-American Club will conduct a bus trip to the Mohican Sun Casino on Monday, Nov. 25. Cost is $25 per person, gratuity included. Casino vouchers included are buffet and slot plays. Bus leaves club grounds at 3 p.m. Returns approximately 10:30. Call Mickey at (203) 606-0925.
$5 Sale
Beacon on the Hill, a shop sponsored by Our Lady of Victory Church at 634 Jones Hill Road, is sponsoring a $5 Sale on Saturday, Nov. 23, from 2-4 p.m. New items with price tags attached – clothing, handbags and shoes will all go for $5. Cash only, no large bills.
Harvest Fair
First Lutheran Church, 52 George St., will hold its annual Harvest Fair on Saturday, Nov. 23 from 9-2. There will be vendors, baked goods, white elephant sale, raffles and refreshments.
Atlantic City trip
F. Seniors and Friends are running a trip to Atlantic City on Jan. 6-8, at Resorts Casino. Cost of the trip is doubles, $235; triples, $229, single, $319. Four meals, two shows and slot play included. Reservation must be with a deposit is $50 person with final payment due Nov. 29. Call Fred Morgillo, (203) 389-5808, or (203) 927-4249.
I-A Seniors
The West Haven Italian-American Civic Association Senior Center is seeking new members to join its Tuesday senior gathering. Join a group of friendly seniors in an afternoon of good company, with Bingo, cards, trips to casinos and conversations with like-minded people and more. We meet at the club, 85 Chase Lane, each Tuesday from noon to 3. The cost is just $3 per week to cover expenses. We offer refreshments at no additional cost. Call Sherri Torre, (203) 932-2893 for further information.
Senior Center trips
Join the West Haven Seniors on the following scheduled trip: All trips leave from Savin Rock Conference Center:
Monday, Dec. 9 — The Westchester Broadway Theatre – “The Edwards Twins” New Holiday Themed Show! Direct from Las Vegas identical twins Anthony and Edward make musical legends come alive for this holiday performance. Sonny & Cher, Neil Diamond, Johnny Mathis and Barbara Streisand just to name a few of the acts re-created by the talented twins. Enjoy lunch at the theatre before the show. Cost $90 due by Nov. 1. Bus leaves Savin Rock Conference Center 9:30. Departs Westchester approximately at 3:45.
A flyer with further details is available at the office at the West Haven Senior Center 201 Noble St. or you can call the Senior Center (203) 937-3507.
Coin Show
The Liberty Coin Club of West Haven, organized in1962, will host a Coin Show on Sunday, Dec. 15, at the Elks Club, 265 Main St., from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission is free. Anyone with an interest in buying, selling or collecting coins, or with questions about coins, is welcome to attend. Expert dealers and collectors will be on hand.
Al-Anon group
An Al-Anon meeting group invites new members to attend its weekly meetings on Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. in the First Lutheran Church, 52 George St. For information and details, call (203) 506-1464.
Student Loans
The Seth Haley Memorial Loan Fund of West Haven provides eligible college students with loans of up to $2500 to help students finish their post high school education.
Applicants must be West Haven residents who have completed two or more years of college or post-secondary work or be in their final two years of advanced work. Any West Haven resident attending college or a post high school professional, technical or trade school can be eligible for a loan. Repayments do not begin, and no interest will be charged until one year after graduation. If you are interested in making an application for a loan, please call Ralph Lawson, (203) 934-6442.
Squirt A sextet tops RiverHawks, 8-3
The West Haven Squirt A travel hockey team beat the Connecticut RiverHawks, 8-3, at The Rinks at Shelton on Sunday to notch its eighth win of the season.
Forward Cameren Lipford scored five goals and tallied an assist and goaltender Alex Werle saved 15 shots to lead the way for the Blue Devils.
Just 33 seconds into the game, Lipford put the Westies up 1-0 with forward Aedan Guarino assisting on the goal. The RiverHawaks tied it at 7:23 of the first before Lipford made it 2-1 at 2:47 of the period.
Bolstered by strong efforts offensively and defensively, the Blue Devils never looked back. Center Grady Schulte made it 3-1 at 10:10 of the second with Lipford assisting on the play. Lipford and Aedan Guarino then scored three minutes apart to give the Westies a four-goal lead. The RiverHawks cut it to 5-2 at 1:18 of the period.
Lipford opened the third with a goal assisted by forward Ryan Walsh, followed by a goal set up by Aedan Guarino. The RiverHawks cut it to 7-3 before Schulte netted his second goal of the contest at 1:23 of the period to seal the victory for the Blue Devils.
On Saturday, West Haven fell, 7-4, to Yale A in a tough game at Bennett Rink.
The Blue Devils struck first, with Lipford scoring 41 seconds into the game on a pass from center Tyler Silva. Lipford made it to 2-0 on a wrist shot from downtown at 9:16 of the first. Aedan Guarino assisted on the goal.
Werle, who stopped 38 shots during the game, made a pair of showstopping glove saves at 7:59 and 2:39 of the first to keep the Westies in the contest. Yale cut it to 2-1 at 1:55 of the period.
In the second, Yale tied the game on a power-play goal before scoring at 7:37 of the period to go up 3-2. Yale then scored twice in two minutes to make it 5-2. Lipford cut it to 5-3 on a rebound from Aedan Guarino at 2:00 of the second. Silva also assisted on the play.
At 5:40 of the third, Schulte made it a one-shot game, firing a wrister from inside the right faceoff circle that sailed off the Yale goaltender’s glove. The Blue Devils could not keep up the momentum, however, as Yale sunk two straight goals to close out the contest.
The West Haven Peewee AA travel hockey team has won 16 consecutive contests. The Westies opened the weekend in CHC action playing third-ranked Southeastern in the first of two games on Saturday.
Riding a 13-game win streak. The Westies increased the run to 14 games with an 8-0 victory. Nick Eberhart made sure the streak would not end at 13 as he beat the goalie with a wrister, assisted from Nicky Stevens and Thomas Porto with 3:42 left in the first period.
The Devils piled on seven more tallies. The goals were scored by Eberhart (2), Nick Salzano (2), Billy Mascari, John Donohue, Tim Donohue, and Brody DiNuzzo. Assists went to DiNuzzo (3), Thomas Porto (2), Zach Goetze, Gabe Locklear, Stevens, Tim Donohue and Jack Aloi. Nate Kempton started and finished in net as he turned aside everything Southeastern threw at him while earning another shutout.
West Haven then topped Hamden 10-1. To open the second contest of the day, DiNuzzo found a loose puck in the neutral zone and went the rest of the way, before beating the Hamden goaltender on his backhand with 8:07 remaining in the first.
The Westies tacked on seven more goals, before Hamden found the back of the net. West Haven added two more goals late as the team defeated Hamden, 10-1, behind another strong performance in net from Tyler Donroe.
Goals were scored by DiNuzzo (2), Locklear (2), Stevens, Eberhart, Connor Benz, Tim Donohue, and Porto. Collecting assists were DiNuzzo (2), John Donohue, Aloi, Eberhart, Drew Kauffman, Stevens and Mascari. Goetze and Beckett Stenz played well.
West Haven capped the weekend with a 2-0 victory over Whalers Black. Stevens scored the opening goal and DiNuzzo added an empty net goal. Kempton played well in a complete game shutout.
The West Haven Peewee A travel hockey team split a pair of games this weekend and now stand at 9-12-1 overall and 8-8-0 in CHC league play. The Blue Devils defeated Watertown A, 10-4, and fell to highly-ranked Avon A, 8-3.
On Saturday night at The Rinks at Shelton against Watertown, the Westies shook off a slow start when Ronnie Mastroni got them on the scoreboard 6:21 into the first period. Brady Price’s slap shot bounced off the boards and Mastroni knocked in the loose puck. Dylan Bosworth made it 2-0 with a wrist shot before the Red Wings cut the lead in half before the break.
West Haven came out flying in the second period. Connor Moriarty won a face off and Mastroni took the puck to the net to make it 3-1. Alex Bowery then jammed home a wraparound. Price roofed a back hand making it 5-1. Zach Melchiore then fed Mastroni for a breakaway goal. After a Red Wings score, Chris Consorte found Sean Studley in the slot for a wrist shot. Price then redirected Bosworth’s point shot just before the second period ended.
In the third period, Studley converted another Consorte pass before Watertown scored a pair of goals. Mike Page wrapped things up with a goal from Bosworth and Bowery giving West Haven the 10-4 victory. Greg Galasso made six saves in net.
On Sunday morning at Edward L. Bennett Rink, the Westies and Avon were locked in a battle for the first half of the game. Avon scored in the opening minute, but the teams skated evenly into the second period.
Avon scored on a power play for a 2-0 lead, before the Westies got on the board. Bowery gathered a loose puck and found Studley cutting in front for a one-timer to make it 2-1. Avon responded immediately though and scored three goals in the next three minutes to take control.
West Haven opened the third with a short-handed goal when Price took it to the net and Bowery fired in the loose puck. Avon responded again, before Page completed the scoring with an unassisted goal. Jacob Silva was strong in goal at times for West Haven and finished with 32 saves.
Devils fall to Knights
Throw away the records when the West Haven and Notre Dame football teams meet. Friday night was no exception.
Using a late score, Notre Dame rallied to defeat the Westies 41-35 in the Soderman Bowl at Veterans Field.
With the game even at 35, Notre Dame quarterback Jackson Zelinsky hit Aiden Stankiewicz for a 32-yard touchdown. Zalinsky threw for 288 yards and four touchdowns in the contest.
In the high-scoring affair, West Haven got on the scoreboard first when Andre Rentas scored from 1-yard out with 7:14 left in the opening quarter. The Green Knights responded with 11 ticks left in the quarter to take a 7-6 lead as Zalinsky hit Austin Pieck from six yards out.
Rentas hit Justin Medina for a 33-yard scoring strike 2:09 into the second for a 14-7 advantage, but the Green Knights evened the game with 5:57 left in the first half on a 9-yard touchdown run by Damian Blount.
The game continued its fast pace in the third quarter as Zalinsky hit Robbie Oliverio from six yards out, but the Westies took a 27-21 lead to the fourth quarter after Rentas scored on a 53-yard run 1:19 later, then ran in from 56 yards with 1:27 to go in the quarter.
Bliount ran in from 26 yards out 47 seconds into the fourth for a 28-27 Notre Dame lead, before the Green Knights increased their lead to 35-27 when Zalinsky hit Tommy Candelora from 51 yards out with 7:20 to go.
When Jaden Grant ran in from nine yards out and Rentas and Jordan Berrios connected on the conversion, West Haven evened the game at 35,
Rentas ran for 147 yards in the contest.
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Knights top Westies for Soderman Trophy
Football — It took until the second-to-last play of the game for the football version of the city rivalry to be decided. Notre Dame took a 41-35 lead on a 32-yard scoring strike from Jackson Zalinsky to Aiden Stankiewicz with 48 seconds left in the game to provide the winning margin.
The game was finally decided on a Michael Consorte interception with 15 seconds left. Zalinsky threw four touchdown passes to four different receivers in a back-and-forth affair that saw seven lead changes. Neither team led by more than eight points. West Haven quarterback Andre Rentas ran for three touchdowns, including 53 and 56 yard runs. The Blue Devils tied the game with three minutes left on a Jaden Grant nine-yard run and ensuing two-point conversion.
Damian Blount had two touchdown runs for the Green Knights, who also had Robbie Oliverio, Austin Pieck, and Tommy Candelora catch touchdown passes. Notre Dame, which now stands at 5-4 on the year, will look to end the year with a win in the annual Green Bowl game on Thanksgiving morning against Hamden.
Soccer — Head coach Chris Ciuca’s soccer team rebounded from a slow start to post a seven-game unbeaten streak heading into the postseason. Unfortunately for Notre Dame, that run ended in a 2-0 loss at Wethersfield in the second round of the CIAC Class L soccer tournament on Wednesday, Nov. 13.
The Green Knights used two early goals to post an opening-round win at Bassick on Veterans Day. An own goal and a great strike by Thomas Ellis sparked Notre Dame to an eventual 2-1 win. Both of Notre Dame’s goals came in the first 12 minutes of the game.
Bassick finally tallied with less than three minutes left but the Green Knights didn’t allow another Lion scoring chance in the win. Ellis earned all-SCC First Team honors, while fellow senior and captain Christian Lombardo was named to the all-SCC Second Team. Notre Dame’s final record was 8-7-1 in 2019.
Post-Graduate Basketball — Notre Dame Prep, the Green Knights post-graduate basketball team, had a busy and successful week. They went 3-1 to improve their overall record to 4-1 on the season. Coach Nick Defeo’s squad opened the week with a pair of home wins over the Mitchell College JV team (82-73) and Commonwealth Regional (95-80).
They then participated in the Power Five Tipoff Invitational, splitting a pair of games, over the weekend of Nov. 15-16. They fell to Woodstock Academy Blue before rebounding the next day to post a season-high 102 points in a win over RockTop Academy. Kerwin Prince scored a season-high 29 points in the win over RockTop Academy.
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8U Seahawks champs!
The West Haven Seahawks 8U football team (11-0) won the Connecticut state championship with a convincing 30-0 win over the Northern Connecticut Pop Warner champion Pomperaug Warriors.
Seahawk running back Tristian Crawford took over the game and accounted for all the scoring with four offensive touchdowns and a fumble recovery for a score on defense. The offensive line provided great blocking and big holes that was led by CJ Schlauder, Jaden Potter and Kayden Loyola. The defense held the Warriors at bay all day with excellent play from William Pastore, Jacari Harris, Jayden Spell, Brody Coe, Kaedyn Desruisseaux and Mason Booker.
The Seahawks will now advance to the New England regional semi-final game and face the Rhode Island Champion, Mount Hope Cowboys from Providence. The game will be played on Saturday at 10:30 at LaSalle Academy in Providence.
ND hosts 4th annual ‘Hunger Relief’ effort
Notre Dame High School of West Haven is hosting the Fourth Annual Hunger Relief for Haiti service project. This event, in partnership with Harvest Pack, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that addresses food insecurity, is scheduled for today from 3-7 p.m. in Collins Auditorium at Notre Dame High School.
Since 2016, Notre Dame’s Harvest Pack event has impacted the lives of children and families in Haiti. This year, the Notre Dame community is striving to reach its 2019 goal of packing 100,000 meals for the poorest country in the western hemisphere. This makes Thursday’s event the largest meal-packing project in the region.
“We’ve set another ambitious goal for ourselves this year, shooting for 100,000 meals. We were delighted when last year’s event produced almost 84,000 meals — with enthusiasm building, our fundraising efforts this year have broadened and deepened, which will propel us to our fourth successive higher total,” said James S. Zoldy Jr., President of Halsey Associates (New Haven).
Notre Dame is grateful for the generous financial support of Halsey Associates, Washington Trust Co., the West Haven and New Haven Rotary Clubs, and Notre Dame students who together raised a total of $13,000 to cover the cost of food, packaging, and transportation.
“This event wouldn’t be possible without the volunteers associated with the Connecticut chapter of Harvest Pack under the dedicated and steadfast leadership of Dick Dill. Once the meals are prepared and boxed, Dick and his crew arrange the logistics to transport the meals to St. Therese School and Orphanage in Carrefour, Haiti,” said Zoldy.
When the goal of 100,000 meals is achieved, the volunteers of Notre Dame’s Harvest Pack events will have packed over a quarter of a million meals for St. Therese School and Orphanage. Sign up at https://forms.gle/D6YkzCiEXoT6D4o68 or email Mrs. Kathy Wielk, Vice President for Community Relations and Leadership Giving, at kwielk@notredamehs.com to volunteer.
“Harvest Pack has become a signature event and rally point for our community,” said Robert F. Curis, President of Notre Dame High School. “It is a wonderful way for the Notre Dame community, friends and neighbors to roll up our collective sleeves and set our minds and hearts into action to serve others in need.”
Liscio lives out faith in action
By Josh LaBella
Voice Reporter
With his Christian faith and a sense of community, Phil Liscio has worked over the past decade to help others and give back through a group he founded called Westies Care.
Liscio, who was born in Buffalo, NY, was raised in Milford. He and his wife Janet moved to West Haven about 30 years ago.
“We got married and bought a house here a couple months later,” he said.
Liscio said before he met his wife, he was very involved in doing work with the Catholic Church. He said his volunteer work in West Haven started when he and Janet had children.
“I was a stay at home dad,” said Liscio. “I would do things like take them to the park. Or I would take them to recreation department [events] like ‘Mommy and Me’ which they changed to ‘Mommy, Daddy and Me’ because of me. You start meeting people.”
He said Patty Horvath told him he should get involved in Edith E. Mackrille Elementary School’s PTA. Through his work in the PTA and coaching his daughter’s sports teams, Liscio began to get more involved in the community.
“With that, and coming to church here, you start to wonder what else you can do to help people,” said Liscio. “It evolved into the things we do now.”
Liscio said the creation of Westies Care was a result of starting a scholarship in the name of his son, Danny, who died at the age of 20. He said everything the group does is to give back.
“Everything we do is steeped in our Christian faith,” said Liscio. “The Bible tells you to do those things.”
In addition to the scholarship, the Liscios hosted a blood drive at the First Congregational Church, of which Phil and his family are members. He said another driving factor in the growth of Westies Care came when he was bringing food to the West Haven Emergency Action Taskforce.
“I was in total shock when I actually saw people I knew going there for help,” said Liscio. “This is when the economy was bottomed out – 2008 or 2009. Everybody was really struggling. I was struck by that. That people I know, who are good, hard working, taxpaying, income earning people, needed help.”
After talking to Rose Majestic, the Director of WHEAT, Liscio decided to have a food drive that summer because Majestic told him people are less likely to donate food at that time of year. They hosted a food drive called the Westies Care Food Fight: Red Sox vs. Yankees.
“We weighed the food, and that counted as points,” he said. “We raised more money, and brought in more food, in one weekend than Rose said she had ever seen in a summer food drive.”
Westies Care started with just Phil, Janet, their daughters and a number of volunteers. In order to start to grow, as well as raise money, Liscio said they need to become an official non-profit organization. He said his friends helped them with that.
“Colene and Peter MacDonald came to me and said they had a lawyer friend who may do it [help them apply for 501c3 status] pro bono,” said Liscio. “We got the paperwork together. They did all the work. We became a 501c3. We got an executive board and that core group still works together on everything.”
Liscio made a point to say that Westies Care does not do all their work alone. He said they work with other community partners such as their church, the Rotary Club and the Vertical Church.
“It’s not difficult,” he said. “You know what’s difficult? It’s not being able to help everybody who needs it.”
Westies Care has held a yearly banquet for the past decade where they honor members of the community and give out scholarships to students going on to higher education. He said last year they gave out $12,000 in scholarships.
The group has grown over time to hold many events including a Care and Share program at the Apple Festival and a Christmas dinner at the First Congregational Church. They also hold a dinner, with the help of other groups, at the church every Tuesday for those who need it.
“We [also] do a lot of small stuff,” said Liscio. “Every time we give a gift card or give a basket of food, we don’t document that stuff. That’s just the right Christian thing. We do that year-round.”
Liscio said he feels blessed when he, his family, and his friends can help others. He said if they were not giving back, they would not feel they were living up to what to what they are expected to be.
Historian’s Corner
By Dan Shine
Voice Columnist
Members of the West Haven Police Dept. show off the new fleet of 1929 cruisers purchased for the town. The police are shown in front of the old Town Hall, which stood in the same spot as the current City Hall. Demolished to make way for the new structure, the building was originally a borough hall until 1921, when West Haven split from Orange.
West Haven Green, 1920s
Part VII
See Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6 or Part 8
Katherine Held was born in 1915; today she is 104 years old, and still has a sharp and lucid memory. She has lived in the same house on Church Street for nearly her whole life, and this column would not be possible without the efforts of Katherine, as well as Steve Hildrich, present Historian of First Church, which this year is celebrating its 300th Birthday.
West Haven, Borough of Orange, became a town of its own right in 1921. The West Haven of Katherine Held’s childhood is remembered as a time when most people took the trolley or walked in order to get to work or to shop.
Indoor plumbing and telephone service were both fairly new, and gas lights were still in the process of being replaced by electric lights, both in homes and along the streets, and radio sets were just finding their way into many homes. And it was during the 1920s, that automobile would begin to change the culture and structure of America.
Katherine’s memories recall the homes and businesses which surround the Green, and those will be discussed here.
At the northeast corner of Savin Avenue and Main Street was the home of George Peck. That home would be razed in 1958 and in its place would be Williston apartments. Steve Hildrich saw the wrecking ball take it down; he lived on Center near Savin at that time. The stately house had worn paint outside, but beautiful woodwork inside. Even at 13, he was very sad to see it go. As a child, Katherine Held recalls many happy days spent playing with Attorney Peck’s children.
Two doors to the east was the home of Dr. Bevan; when young Katherine was out sick for more than three days, she would need a note from the doctor before returning to her classroom at Washington School. The next house belonged to well-known Savin Rock entrepreneur Frank Wilcox, who had opened his restaurant in 1900. Wilcox’s was built on pilings, and was famous up and down the coast for their shore dinners and its unsurpassed vistas of Long Island Sound.
Two doors further to the east was Seth Taylor Funeral home, named for its owner, who had founded it in 1917. Katherine Held spent many days at play with the Taylor’s daughter and recalls being told to be quiet especially during funerals. At the corner of Campbell Avenue and Main Street stood West Haven Town Hall, which had been built in 1893; it housed the police department, the fire department and the young town’s administrative offices. Every building on that block was beautiful—sadly, today every one of them is gone–or so changed as to be unrecognizable.
On the northeast corner of Campbell Avenue and Main Street stood Silver’s Drug Shop, run by its young new owner William Silver, who had purchased the business when he was twenty years old.
Thanks to Steve Hildrich for his help with this part of the story.
Gripevine
Dear Eleanore Turkington:
Back at the beginning of October I wrote that there are holes and crevices on Knox Street. Perhaps we are being forgotten because this is a dead end street. This complaint is specifically located at the entrance to 12 Knox St. Winter is coming and we hope that they can redo this street and fix the holes.
JE Knox Street Resident
Dear JE:
I notified Councilwoman Robbin Watt Hamilton of the condition on Knox Street. It is now the end of November and GripeVine hasn’t heard from Councilwoman Hamilton. Hopefully she will respond to Gripe Vine with an update of this road’s condition. Meanwhile, drop me a note and let me know if any improvement has taken place.
Gripe Vine Readers:
I am very adamant when it comes to children’s safety and each time Gripe Vine receives emails and letters from readers alerting me to roads and intersections that post STOP SIGNS that are ignored, especially at streets where children travel or wait to board school buses, I really get highly annoyed. Thus, the reason for the letter that arrived on my desk back on Oct. 5 calling my attention to motorists disregarding STOP SIGNS at Hubbard and Benham Avenue.
I notified outgoing Councilwoman Louise Martone Oct. 5 of this hazardous area. To date I have not received a reply. I am hopeful that members of the police department read this column and make sincere efforts from the Traffic Department to pass some tickets to law-breaking motorist at this site. Meanwhile, I am hopeful Councilwoman Hamilton will follow up on this complaint and make some dedicated efforts to remedy this situation.
Dear Eleanore Turkington:
Someone has removed the STOP Sign at Seaview and Ocean Avenue. Can we have it replaced?
IM Motorist
Dear IM:
I am happy to say that following correspondence with State Representative Dorinda Borer, a reply arrived regarding this “missing” STOP SIGN. Here is what Rep. Borer had to say:
“I am sorry it took a few weeks since your article appeared in The Voice regarding the STOP SIGN at Seaview. In order to provide you and your readers to reach me, here is my contact information:
My official State Rep email is Dorinda. Borer@cga.ct.gov
My personal email is DorindaBorer@gmail.com
My cell number is 203-887-6359
Please feel free and pass it along to readers as I strive to be as responsive as possible.
With respect to the STOP SIGN at Seaview, I only remember a cross walk being there and don’t remember there being a stop sign there in the past, but I will inquire to DOT (Department of Transportation) as it certainty warrants one. I will bring Rep. Charlie Ferraro into the loop as this intersection is located within his district and we try to work with each other on these issues.”
Dear Eleanore Turkington:
As you may know, I will be the new councilman for the 10th District, effective Dec. 1. Should there be any pending concerns, questions or assistance pertaining to my district, please don’t hesitate to contact me now or moving forward.
Barry Lee Cohen
Councilman Elect, 10th District
232 Morgan Lane
West Haven, CT 06516
barry4westhaven@gmail.com
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