Welcome back to Behind the Stacks and Happy New Year, Westies. As we dive head-first into 2026, the West Haven Library has plenty of exciting events coming up to help you get your New Year started off right. New to the Main Library this … [Read more...] about Behind the stacks
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Historian’s Corner
By Dan Shine Voice Columnist The Hubbard Farm Part I See part 2 | part 3 | part 4 Prequel As tradition has it, the people called Quinnipiac arrived in the Long Island Sound region about 10,000 years ago, during the closing … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
Dear Felicia
Well, sweetie pie, here we are at the end of another calendar year. This isshew is the last of the year. No sense coming out a couple o’ days before Santa makes his trek from the Nawth Pole, advertisers are perty much done, and readers have lots more … [Read more...] about Dear Felicia
Behind the Stacks
Welcome back to Behind the Stacks! We sincerely hope that everyone who celebrated Thanksgiving had wonderful food and a family-filled holiday. Staff here at the library joined in on the fun with our own “Staffsgiving” food frenzy that week, too. Many … [Read more...] about Behind the Stacks
Historian’s Corner
By Dan Shine Voice Columnist The Gifts of Christmas The holly in the windy hedgeAnd round the Manor House the yewWill soon be stripped to deck the ledge,The altar, font and arch and pew,So that the villagers can say'The church looks nice' … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
Dear Felicia
Happy Turkey Day, honeybunch! ‘Tis hard to believe that we are here once again, getting the vittles ready for another big holiday. Of course, we shouldn’t be surprised, once the Halloween decorations came down, the Christmas ornaments made their … [Read more...] about Dear Felicia
Behind the Stacks
Welcome back to Behind the Stacks! December is bringing some exciting things for our library’s volunteer organization, the Friends of West Haven Public Library. In addition to their usual spring and fall book sales, this year they will be hosting a … [Read more...] about Behind the Stacks
Historian’s Corner
Is there somehow a link between the battle of Gettysburg and our most American of holidays? Indeed there is! “How so?” you might ask. Well, it’s like this… In the midst of all the terrible strife of the Civil War, Abraham … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
Dear Felicia
Here we are barrelin’ toward Thanksgiving and the Christmas season, honeybunch. I always tell you once we git by May the year seems to fly, and jest like that we are into Eastern Standard Time, the leaves are falling offen the trees, and the sweet … [Read more...] about Dear Felicia
Behind the Stacks
Welcome back to Behind the Stacks! We would like to first and foremost thank our amazing community for the outpouring of love and support for the WHEAT Food Drive the library hosted last week. In addition to the impressive quantity of food donations … [Read more...] about Behind the Stacks