Well sweets, January is now in its second half – jest like the tax bills that people hafta pay this time o’ year – and the “Winter of our discontent” seems to be running apace. Needless to say, effen there is a way this burg can tick the populace off … [Read more...] about Dear Felicia
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Historian’s Corner
By Dan Shine Voice Columnist The University of New Haven Part I See Part 2https://westhavenvoice.com/historians-corner-206/ The University of New Haven has been a fixture on the West Haven landscape for as long as most of us … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
Around Town
Seniors plan Aqua Turf trip The West Haven Senior Center will offer a bus trip to the Aqua Turf Club in Southington on March 14 to see the award-winning McClean Avenue Band and Irish step dancers perform. The trip costs $120 and … [Read more...] about Around Town
Gripevine
Dear Gripe Vine Reader: It’s another year! Can you believe it? In West Haven we have current pressing issues not quite solved yet and new problems awaiting answers. This gripe came in last week: Dear Eleanore Turkington: I have been … [Read more...] about Gripevine
Dear Felicia
Happy New Year, sweets. Here we are turning but another page on the calendar and entering yet another year of you and me reviewing the high jinx of the ruling classes here in the Asylum by the Sea, or as we like to call it, God’s Li’l Acre. Though, … [Read more...] about Dear Felicia
Historian’s Corner
Christmas Shopping, Downtown December, 1957 The five-year-old could barely contain himself as he rode with his sister in the back seat of the 1951 Plymouth: their parents were taking them Christmas Shopping! … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
Obituaries
Lynne Ann LaRock, age 69 of Leland, NC passed away Saturday, December 17, 2022 after a courageous battle with cancer. Daughter of William and Dorothy (Behrendt) Riccio, Lynne was born November 20th, 1953, in New Haven, CT and lived in West Haven the … [Read more...] about Obituaries
Gripevine
Dear Gripe Vine Readers: Its’ been quite a year hasn’t it with all the traumatic happenings in our lives, including Covid 19, booster shots, school closings, high grocery prices and national and worldwide occurrences? Readers living in … [Read more...] about Gripevine
Dear Felicia
Here we are, again, sweets. It’s the last isshew of the year, and when next we correspond it’ll be the turning of the New Year. Here in the office, we have a set of book cases that hold a few of each of the issues, and we cull out older ones every so … [Read more...] about Dear Felicia
Historian’s Corner
Loretta’s Christmas Memory, 1929 (As submitted by Valerie Forte Vitali) In her years as Librarian in WH, Loretta BonTempo Forte had a knack for selecting books that suited the avid readers who patronized the library. Her love of reading … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner