By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Ora Mason Why on earth would a librarian be vacationing on a tramp steamer?? Well, it’s like this: Born in 1904, Ora Mason began work at the West Haven Public Library in 1924 as the children’s … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Part VII “Today—West Haven a town—tomorrow, a city.” --From the Town Crier, 1961 It seems that the best way to conclude this series on West Haven’s centennial as an entity unto itself … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist West Haven’s Centennial Part VI See: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 Since the arrival of European settlers to this area in 1638, the development of West Haven has moved along through what … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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West Haven’s Centennial Part V See: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 6 At the close of the Revolutionary War, many Connecticut communities sought to achieve town privileges, and West Haven was no exception: in 1781, Amity, … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist West Haven’s Centennial Part IV See: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 5 | Part 6 The story of West Haven’s early growth and development cannot be told without focusing some attention on the … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist West Haven’s Centennial Part III See: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 Anyone who visits the Post Office on Campbell Avenue can look up and see there in the lobby a mural painting—an … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist West Haven’s Centennial Part II See: Part 1 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 To tell the story of West Haven, we first have to start with the story of New Haven, the first planned city in the New … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist West Haven’s Centennial Part I See: Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 This year 2021, West Haven celebrates one hundred years since it became Connecticut’s youngest town. In observance … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist The Flushing Remonstrance “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…” We all recognize these words from the U.S. Constitution’s … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist The 1920s Here we are, still in the early stages of the 2020s, and perhaps this is a good time to look back upon the American way of life one hundred years ago: The population of the United States … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner