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It was not his original plan, but a West Haven native-turned-entrepreneur has done the next best thing for an iconic city building. James McMahon a city businessman and now Guilford resident is turning the former Hughson-Miller American Legion Post … [Read more...] about McMahon hoped to preserve icon

By Michael P. Walsh Special to the Voice An array of veterans and their families, together with city and state leaders and members of West Haven’s Veterans Council and Surfside Veterans, gathered on the Veterans Walk of Honor to pay … [Read more...] about City salutes its veterans

By Michael P. Walsh Special to the Voice The city and the West Haven Veterans Council will hold a Veterans Day tribute on the Veterans Walk of Honor in Bradley Point Park at 10:45 a.m. Nov. 11. All veterans are invited to … [Read more...] about Annual Veterans Day ceremonies slated

By Michael P. Walsh Special to the Voice The New Haven Symphony Orchestra is performing a special “Holiday Extravaganza: Joy to the World!” concert at West Haven High School on Dec. 13, Mayor Dorinda Borer announced. The 7 p.m. … [Read more...] about NHSO slates ‘Holiday Extravaganza,’ Dec. 13

By Michael P. Walsh Special to the Voice Yale University’s Whiffenpoofs, the nation’s best-known collegiate a cappella group, are performing a concert at the West Haven Veterans Museum on Nov. 16, Mayor Dorinda Borer announced. The … [Read more...] about Whiffenpoofs perform at Veterans Museum

Last month, Hurricane Helene struck the Big Bend region of Florida and proceeded through the southeastern United States, where it brought rains and winds to the Carolinas and eastern Tennessee.  It was the deadliest hurricane to strike the … [Read more...] about Mullins relates situation in North Carolina

By Steven R. Mullins Past Master Annawon Lodge of Ancient, Free & Accepted Masons of West Haven Worshipful Master Joseph F. McVety, Jr presented awards and charitable monetary donations at the Lodge's annual awards night recently. … [Read more...] about Annawon celebrates annual Awards Night

By Michael P. Walsh Special to the Voice The state Community Investment Fund 2030 Board on Sept. 24 approved a $250,000 grant for development planning in the city’s downtown Village Improvement District, Mayor Dorinda Borer … [Read more...] about $250k grant to prime downtown plans

By Michael P. Walsh Special to the Voice Jeffrey Moreno received the city’s Hispanic American of the Year award at the sixth annual Hispanic Heritage Celebration on Friday. During a midday ceremony on the steps of City Hall, Mayor … [Read more...] about Moreno is Hispanic of the Year

By Michael P. Walsh Special to the Voice Mark Consorte was feted as West Haven’s Italian American of the Year at the Greater New Haven Italian American Heritage Festival on the city’s historic Green on Saturday. Consorte, a longtime … [Read more...] about Consorte is city’s primo Italiano