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Dear Gripe Vine Readers:: Just a reminder, this column now has a new email address. If you have been sending your gripes, questions and comments to the previous address and have not received a reply from me or a solution has not appeared in … [Read more...] about Gripevine

Dear Eleanore Turkington: What does the Public Works Department have against patching potholes? We still have potholes from last winter that have never been repaved yet on Fairfax Street and Ardale Street, Its pathetic. West Haven is the … [Read more...] about Gripevine

Dear Eleanore Turkington: Here’s a gripe -- the Orange and Green Program! With all the apartments in town who will not be participating, and as you stated, only 1600 homes so far will, will it make a difference? I compost and refuse to use … [Read more...] about Gripevine

Dear Eleanore Turkington The stalling of every project that is proposed in West Haven is frustrating enough, the Havens, Hello the brewery.. Funny, housing seems to get approved quickly enough. Aren’t our resources, spread thinly enough now? … [Read more...] about Gripevine

Dear Eleanore Turkington: I am responding to a gripe posted in the West Haven Voice edition dated Jan. 5 about "save the food scrap" and the article of Mayor Rossi responding in the edition dated Jan. 19. Mayor Rossi's response is … [Read more...] about Gripevine

Dear Gripevine Readers: I will begin today's column with an apology. There was a glitch in Gripevine's email address, and a new address had to be created to facilitate receipt of your email messages to Gripe Vine. Gripe Vine's new email … [Read more...] about Gripevine

Dear Gripe Vine Reader: It’s another year! Can you believe it? In West Haven we have current pressing issues not quite solved yet and new problems awaiting answers. This gripe came in last week: Dear Eleanore Turkington: I have been … [Read more...] about Gripevine

Dear Gripe Vine Readers: Its’ been quite a year hasn’t it with all the traumatic happenings in our lives, including Covid 19, booster shots, school closings, high grocery prices and national and worldwide occurrences? Readers living in … [Read more...] about Gripevine

Dear Eleanore Turkington: Would you please look into the gauntlet at Gilbert Street? Everyday , people constantly run the light here as well as Font Street. PH Observer Dear Observer: I wrote to Councilman Peter Massaro seeking … [Read more...] about Gripevine

Dear Eleanore Turkington: The fire hydrant at 69-73 Kelsey Street was replaced a few months ago. It is now a bright yellow and no longer commemorates the 911 tragedy. Can this be repainted to do so? Does the Elm Street Firehouse have the … [Read more...] about Gripevine