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Mayor Nancy N. Rossi’s just-released $173.4 million budget package for Fiscal Year 2024 will come under public scrutiny April 3 ( see FY-2024 budget online). That is the night the City Council has set the annual public hearing on the budget. The … [Read more...] about Rossi unveils $173.4m plan

By Michael P. Walsh  Special to the Voice  Mayor Nancy R. Rossi presented retired West Shore fire Capt. Richard “Woody” Beirne with a navy blue jacket embroidered with his new distinction, “Irishman of the Year 2023,” as part of … [Read more...] about Woody gets his day

By Michael P. Walsh Special to the Voice U.S. Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, Mayor Nancy R. Rossi and West Haven Fire Department Chief James P. O’Brien on March 7 announced a $2.67 million federal grant to hire eight firefighters in the … [Read more...] about Grant to fund new WHFD personnel

At West Haven High School, teacher Carissa Anastasio is helping juniors and seniors work on life skills that prepare them to become independent and a contributing member of society. Learning practical skills, the students are taking away abilities … [Read more...] about ‘Lifeskills’ classes teach teens tasks they will need later

Contributed Photo By Michael P. Walsh Special to the Voice Retired West Shore fire Capt. Richard “Woody” Beirne, one of the hardest working volunteers on the West Haven St. Patrick’s Day Committee and in the Irish American community, … [Read more...] about Beirne named city’s ‘Irishman of the Year’

The “Food Scrap to Energy” program is pacing well ahead of expectations, according to the official charged with its implementation. Doug Colter, Grants Coordinator for the city, who is overseeing the implementation of the state grant funding the food … [Read more...] about Trash program’s stats exceed expections

Heffernan points out the James Grahams’ lavish meeting room which was upstairs in their fire house on Washington Avenue just north of Elm. West Haven Fire Department Historian Bill Heffernan presented at a recent Rotary meeting at … [Read more...] about WHFD Historian explains ‘Graham Hook & Ladder’

West Haven Public Schools hosted its inaugural ‘Districtwide Faculty Spelling Bee’ on Thursday, March 2 in the West Haven High School Auditorium. Lucille Portley, a speech therapist at Pagels Elementary School, spelled ‘Formaldehyde’ correctly to win … [Read more...] about Speech specialist wins spelling bee

By Steven R. Mullins, Past Master, Annawon Lodge  The West Haven Rotary Club marked the end of “Read Across America Week” last Saturday at Annawon Lodge. The program commemorates the life of Dr. Theodor Seuss Geisel, who … [Read more...] about Rotary, businesses join up to celebrate the joys of reading

By Michael P Walsh Special to the Voice Sporting a pair of oversize scissors, Mayor Nancy R. Rossi cut a blue ribbon with Tropical Caribbean co-owner Juan Reyes on Feb. 2 to celebrate the homestyle restaurant’s grand opening at 703 … [Read more...] about Tropical Caribbean opens on Campbell