Gripe Vine Readers: Yes, it’s a new year and many of us have celebrated this event in various ways including both looking back and anticipating the future. I sincerely hope you and your family, friends and neighbors anticipate 2024 as a year … [Read more...] about Gripevine
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Hidden Gems
You may have seen a window sign in avocado green on Platt Avenue in the Woodlawn Shopping Plaza, with a matching delivery truck parked just around the corner from Randall’s, near CVS. Together, they mark the home base for Edibolic Kitchen, West … [Read more...] about Hidden Gems
Dear Felicia
It’s that festive time of the year, sweetie, and as has been our custom for low these many decades, we come up with the gifts we’d like to see under the trees of all the good and great in our little corner of the universe…all said in jest…mostly. … [Read more...] about Dear Felicia
Six tips to make the New Year a better one
The start of a new year is an opportunity to redefine habits, especially in health and wellness. Eric Walsh, MD, medical director of Hartford Healthcare-GoHealth Urgent Care encourages patients to use the New Year motivation to build a feel-good … [Read more...] about Six tips to make the New Year a better one
Historian’s Corner
By Dan Shine Voice Columnist The Rev. Phillips Brooks A Most American Christmas Carol Of all the Christmas Carols, there is one that is very American, very unique, and possessed of an interesting backstory. The tale is still told of … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
Dear Felicia
Well honey bunch, by the time yew git this missive, a new administration will be ensconced in the Actors Colony, and we will see if “change” is really about to happen. The biennial festivities took place at the high school on Sunday and all the newly … [Read more...] about Dear Felicia
Gripevine
Gripe Vine Readers who will remember this infamous date will no doubt have difficulty reading he large headlines in newspapers declaring Japan Bombed Pearl Harbor!! Lest we forget! I remember black shades on windows, squatting in the basement … [Read more...] about Gripevine
Historian’s Corner
Christmas, 1917 By Seth G. Haley As written, 1955 It was Christmas, 1917; the occasion World War I; the place a tiny village in France, a village with one little shop, a few houses, a beaten chateau. Stationed there … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
Dear Felicia
Tempus does fugit, sweets, and here we are, gettin’ ready for Turkey Day and the short jog toward the holiday season that’s jest around the corner. As is our custom, we offer the politicos and ruling classes of our fair community our own version of … [Read more...] about Dear Felicia
Obituaries
Ruth Tietjen Ruth Tietjen, age 93, of West Haven passed away peacefully at home on November 6, 2023. She was the wife of the late Henry L. Tietjen. Ruth was born in Terryville, CT, daughter of the late Robert and Emily Jabs Haupt. She is … [Read more...] about Obituaries