By Dan Shine Voice Columnist West Haven’s Centennial Part I See: Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 This year 2021, West Haven celebrates one hundred years since it became Connecticut’s youngest town. In observance … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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Dear Eleanore Turkington: I love your paper and I love West Haven. The people on Farm Hill Road have a flagpole. They have an American flag and beneath it another American flag but at the bottom is another American flag but at the bottom it says … [Read more...] about Gripevine
Dear Felicia
Whattsup, honeybunch? Here we are at the beginning of March already, and, judgin’ by the forecasts given by the people who do setch things for a living, March is coming in like a lamb, not that ferocious feline we have seen. That don’t mean that … [Read more...] about Dear Felicia
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist The Flushing Remonstrance “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…” We all recognize these words from the U.S. Constitution’s … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
Gripevine
Dear Eleanore Turkington: I can’t believe it! I just can’t believe the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles has finally stepped up to the plate! They are catching up with the many possibilities of the internet! I have been a … [Read more...] about Gripevine
Dear Felicia
Howdy do, dearie, another fine week in what is becomin’ the winter of our discontent. Actually, the “discontent” comes in the form of precipitation that seems to be barrelin/ outta the west at a somewhat record rate. Here in the Asylum by the Sea, … [Read more...] about Dear Felicia
Obituary
Ernesto G. Cipolli III Ernesto G. Cipolli III, 32, of Wallingford, formerly of West Haven, died Saturday, January 16, 2021. He was born in New Haven, September 13, 1988, a son of Ernest G. Cipolli, Jr. and Karen (Poppendieck) Cipolli … [Read more...] about Obituary
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Dear Eleanore Turkington: I inquired once before, in the 9th District, why there are vehicles illegally parked that are in residential neighborhoods re: Connecticut Motor Vehicle Department: any ¾ ton trucks and any six wheels that is … [Read more...] about Gripevine
Dear Felicia
Well, honey bunch, February is here and as I scribe this note, there is talk of snow and ice and all the things that make this time of year what it is: exciting in a strange sort o’ way, and for folks like you and me, a bit on the scary side. No one … [Read more...] about Dear Felicia
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist The 1920s Here we are, still in the early stages of the 2020s, and perhaps this is a good time to look back upon the American way of life one hundred years ago: The population of the United States … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner