By Dan Shine Voice Columnist West Haven Veterans Museum Part II See part 1 In anticipation of these changes, history buff and Korean War Veteran Frank A. Carrano, sought to locate and move the New Haven Grays’ artifacts to a new … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist West Haven Veterans Museum Part I See part 2 Every story begins somewhere: This one begins in 1639 with the earliest organization of what would become the 102nd Infantry Regiment. Its … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist City Point Yacht Club 130 Years Young Ever since the first settlers arrived in their “new haven” in 1637, our greater community has been closely linked to the waters of the Harbor and Long Island … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist When the Flying Horses Came to West Haven Part II See part 1 West Haven’s George Cameron was already a wealthy businessman by the time he met the Murphy brothers when they took rooms at Cameron’s … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist When The Flying Horses Came To West Haven Part One See part 2 When most people mention Savin Rock -- Giuliano’s Savin Rock Arcade on Beach Street comes to mind. That’s where THE carousel … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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The Oak Hill Ladies Seminary On April 3, 1843, Reverend Edward Wright became the pastor of First Church. He was newly graduated from the Yale Divinity School at the age of twenty-eight, and had recently married to Miss Susan Ames of … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist A Most Unlikely Hero Our West Haven city seal shows young Thomas Painter looking out to sea through a pocket telescope—what he was looking at was the approach of a massive force of British infantry, as they … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Days of the Nickel Hot Dog Noted This week we will reprise the words of West Haven’s beloved Historian Harriet C. North, as offered on Oct. 13, 1988: Images courtesy of Marc Friedland. In our … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Winter Recess My, how times have changed! February, 1959 The boy leaned over the back of the sofa and steamed up the living room window with his breath; then he traced a big “D” on the glass with … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Boy Scout Troop 16 (As written by Bob Shine in 2002. Since that time, the troop has been disbanded and no longer exists.) It was in October 1913 that Troop 16 of the Boy scouts of America was … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner