Happy New Year! Nineteen years ago one of my first columns appeared in the West Haven Voice. I offered assistance to residents of this city. Cracked sidewalks, apartments with various irregularities, litter on the beaches, traffic violators … [Read more...] about Gripevine
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Dear Felicia
Happy New Year, honeybunch. Here we are jest days since the calendar changed from 2024 to 2025. It seems like jest yesterday, we were all worried about Y2K, and whether all the computers in captivity were gonna go belly up. A quarter of a century has … [Read more...] about Dear Felicia
Hot rod craze topic of local’s research
In the world of teen fads and fashion, none took the nation more than the hotrod craze of the 1950s and 60s. Revved up antiques, junkers, and just put-together jalopies were given new looks and shown off to friends and family. In West Haven, … [Read more...] about Hot rod craze topic of local’s research
Historian’s Corner
By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Shore Haven Junior Baseball League Part II See part 1 As a boy, Mike Freda had a serious case of Baseball Fever: If he wasn’t playing sandlot ball with his friends, he was practicing by … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
Dear Felicia
Well, it’s that time o’ year, again, honeybunch! Tho’ we have jest a bit short o’ two weeks before the guy in the red suit comes down the chimney, it is the time that Cobina puts together her annual list o’ gifts she would like to see under the trees … [Read more...] about Dear Felicia
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Dear Eleanore Turkington: We just received our early Christmas gift from the City of West Haven! If you are a regular television viewer or newspaper reader, then you know what I mean. Yes, our houses have been reassessed and I mean … [Read more...] about Gripevine
Historian’s Corner
By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Shore Haven Junior Baseball League Part I See part 2 The year 1950 was a year of new growth for West Haven. Large numbers of men and women were still returning to the States from various World … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
Gripevine
Gripe Vine Readers: Recently I received a complaint. “I want to put a fence on my property, one that would offer privacy for me and our family in my back yard. After talking with a few buddies of mine I I began to get the impression that there … [Read more...] about Gripevine
Dear Felicia
Here we are, sweets, another Thanksgiving Day to check off. The Mystick Maidens of the Marsh are having their annual Turkey Day festivities in a different place this year, gathering at the head of the Cove River for a traditional dinner. The MMMs are … [Read more...] about Dear Felicia
Historian’s Corner
By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Pilgrim or Puritan? We today often use the words Puritan and Pilgrim interchangeably, and yet the difference in the two is quite significant: those who came on the Mayflower to found the starving colony of … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner