By Dan Shine Voice Columnist This week, we are fortunate to have a story as set down by Loretta Bon Tempo Forte, and submitted by her daughter Valerie Forte. Loretta grew up in Allingtown, just downhill from the intersection of Forest … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist George BelbustiRamey Air Force BaseAguadilla, Puerto RicoCold War, Autumn, 1953 Ed Note: With the passing of George Belbusti, this tribute was published in 2020. Air Force Crew Chief George Belbusti watched … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Jim Spina’s Savin Rock Part Two See part 1 “The Rock” Creativity in Action New legislation outlawing the spinning wheels in the stands on the waterside of West Haven was a strong motivator driving … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist This week we are pleased to present the first-hand recollections of Jim Spina, who spent decades as an educator in West Haven, and whose family labored at old Savin Rock from 1910 until the amusement park’s demise … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Part IV See part 1 | part 2 | part 3 Hubbard Family’s Social Life Attending Church: Most of the Hubbard Family attended the First Congregational Church on the Green in West Haven, beginning around 1817. … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist The Hubbard Farm Part III See part 1 | part 2 | part 4 Early Life on Hubbard Farm Being "land poor" means owning a lot of land, often valuable, but lacking the cash or income to develop, … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist The Hubbard Farm Part II See part 1 | part 3 | part 4 Acquisition and Establishment Miles Merwin came to the fledgling Colonies as a seven year old boy in 1630. Upon his arrival, he and his … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist The Hubbard Farm Part I See part 2 | part 3 | part 4 Prequel As tradition has it, the people called Quinnipiac arrived in the Long Island Sound region about 10,000 years ago, during the closing … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist The Gifts of Christmas The holly in the windy hedgeAnd round the Manor House the yewWill soon be stripped to deck the ledge,The altar, font and arch and pew,So that the villagers can say'The church looks nice' … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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Is there somehow a link between the battle of Gettysburg and our most American of holidays? Indeed there is! “How so?” you might ask. Well, it’s like this… In the midst of all the terrible strife of the Civil War, Abraham … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner