It’s the middle o’ September, and fall is jest days away, hon. It’s hard to believe the way the year is going, but we should be used to it by now. Before we know it, the snow will be flying, and we’ll be wondering about the new year. In fack, a … [Read more...] about Dear Felicia
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Historian’s Corner
By Dan Shine Voice Columnist The Armstrong Rubber Company Part III By 1950, James Walsh, Jr. was the manager of the West Haven Plant, one of three Armstrong facilities. He had grown up across the street from the … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
Dear Felicia
Hard to believe it, but September it is, honey chile, and Labor Day is upon us. It seems like only yesterday – even in Covidtide – that we were lookin’ forward to the summer and all that it brings. Truth to tell, it’s been an usual summer in an … [Read more...] about Dear Felicia
Gripevine
Dear Eleanore Turkington: I have been asking for help to the mayor’s office and to the traffic division as well as speaking to Council Woman and Officer D’Amato to make a change to Second Avenue as there is too much traffic to be safe to our … [Read more...] about Gripevine
Historian’s Corner
By Dan Shine Voice Columnist The Armstrong Rubber Company Part II See part 1 Walsh and Machlin had taken a very risky gamble in purchasing Armstrong Rubber just as the Great Depression hit bottom. And yet the … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
Dear Felicia
Howdy do, honey bunch. Here we are in the last weeks of August. I’d like to say things fly by when yore havin’ fun, but let’s face it, with the COVID situation, there’s not a whole lotta fun around the berg, or anywhere else for that matter. … [Read more...] about Dear Felicia
Dear Felicia
As Iyam scribing this week’s missive to yew, honey bunch, the forecast if for the foist tropical storm of the season, and by the time yew git this it’ll be over. But what a storm they are expecting. I guess we’ll have some big winds, a lotta rain, … [Read more...] about Dear Felicia
Gripevine
Gripe Vine Readers: Back in early June, Gripe Vine published a complaint from a reader who witnessed a pedestrian frightened by a dog while walking on Thomas Street and Captain Thomas Boulevard. Apparently the dog was on an extending leash, … [Read more...] about Gripevine
Historian’s Corner
By Dan Carlin Voice Columnist The Armstrong Rubber Company (From 2009) Part I See part 2 The year was 1912. Woodrow Wilson was elected president, the R.M.S. Titanic struck an iceberg and sank—and the Armstrong … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
Gripevine
Dear Eleanore Turkington: I’ve lived across the West Haven Beach for the last five years. I can’t tell you how many times I have called the mayor complaining about people driving and seeing people trying to cross the street. It’s a law that … [Read more...] about Gripevine