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At least 100 backpacks were distributed days before school opened, part of a community outreach by a local union chapter. Each containing a pencil bag with a ruler and a pencil sharpener, were donated by Laborers Local Union 455’s … [Read more...] about Starting off right

By Michael P. Walsh Special to the Voice City employees attended mandatory training on the state Freedom of Information Act at City Hall on Aug. 22. Mayor Dorinda Borer required all West Haven employees, including public safety … [Read more...] about City employees learn FOIA’s ins and outs

The fun and sun of the summer will be a fond memory for the city’s school children as the end of the month means the beginning of the new school term. Classes for the West Haven Public Schools 2024-2025 school year will begin on Wednesday, … [Read more...] about School year set to open Aug. 28 with full session

A longtime member of the Republican Town Committee and four-time mayoral candidate has decided to exit the party just weeks after attending the GOP’s national convention. Former West Haven Republican Mayoral nominee Steven R. Mullins has left the … [Read more...] about Mullins exits GOP, goes Independent

Emergency Management Director Rick Fontana, joined by Mayor Dorinda Borer, right, and chief of staff Rick Spreyer, leads a hurricane readiness exercise for city and public safety officials in the Emergency Operations Center at City Hall on July … [Read more...] about Hurricane readiness topic of city session

The two-plus-year struggle to put a popular brewery on the site of an abandoned Savinn Rock building has come to an end. New England Brewing Company (NEBCO) has decided to vacate its plans for a facility at the former Savin Rock Conference Center … [Read more...] about NEBCO abandons Savin Rock project

By Michael P. Walsh Special to the Voice Broadway star and “American Idol” winner Nick Fradiani will headline the Savin Rock Festival on July 27 in Old Grove Park, 1 Palace St. On July 26, the festival’s opening night will feature … [Read more...] about Broadway star, Fradiani, heads 2024 Savin Rock Festival’s bill

West Haven was ahead of its time in the early 1970s when it was one of the state’s first municipalities to establish a fair rent commission. After two decades of service, however, the commission became defunct in the early 1990s. In 2022, the … [Read more...] about Borer jump starts Fair Rent Commission

By Michael P. Walsh Special to the Voice A state-contracted archaeologist and his two-person team used a ground-penetrating radar on July 2 to determine if the centuries-old remains of British Adjutant William Campbell are buried in a … [Read more...] about Campbell’s remains sought at gravesight