By Dan Shine Voice Columnist The Lucinda Sutton In past Historian’s Corners, we have touched very briefly upon the history of the four-masted schooner Lucinda Sutton. Thanks to some special help from Bill Lang, we are able to more … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist H.H. Richards Lumber Company For many years, Water Street was a place where shipwrights, merchants, warehousemen and factory workers labored, and of course it was closely tied to the sea. By … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist The Powder Puff Derby Thanks to Jeanne Insalaco and Dolly Alfonso for their assistance in preparing this story- August, 1965 Antonette “Dolly” Cambino was only nineteen years … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Frank Belbusti Summer, 1952 Twenty-Four-year-old Frank Belbusti sat behind the wheel of the race car as it slowly circled the track at Savin Rock’s Donovan Field. How had he gotten … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist West Haven Speedway It is hard for anyone who visits Savin Rock today to imagine that an entire amusement park and a place called “Hot Dog Alley” were packed into those few grassy acres—and it is … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist What is a Father? Father’s Day originated as local celebration in 1910 in Spokane, Washington. In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge supported the establishment of a national Father’s Day. … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist 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 … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Mining in West Haven The 19th Century was a period when movement, exploration and adventure sent many New Americans off in search of the fortunes they had come to the New World to collect. … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Mother’s Day This week as we honor Motherhood, your Historian defers to the thoughts of others: From a speech given by President Theodore Roosevelt in Washington on March 13, 1905, before the … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist West Haven’s Maritime Heritage Part VII See Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 The Quinnipiac Oystering Community When the first white settlers arrived at their “new … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner