By Dan Shine Voice Columnist The Bilco Company "American inventiveness, and the desire to build developed because we were guaranteed the right to own our success." R. Paul George W. Lyons, Sr. was born … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist In The News, 1971 By 1971, West Haven had entered its fiftieth year as an entity unto itself. In August, a sixteen day celebration took place throughout the city, including a parade with floats, a … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Richard S. Gabrielle 9/11/01 Tuesday, 9/11/01: We all remember where we were on that terrible morning. For The Boy, it began as an ordinary day at work. At 9:00 he was in a conference room in Orange, … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist To Savin Rock in a Packard This week we present a young girl’s memories of a long-ago summer day, spent at Savin Rock. Our thanks to Valerie Forte for this story, written by her mother, the late … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Fater’s Drug Store Our thanks to Valerie Forte Vitali, who submitted these memories; Fater’s was located on Orange Avenue in Allingtown: Fater’s smelled of vanilla, strawberry, and tobacco. I remember … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist The Settling of Kelsey Hill Part II See Part 1 Painter Park In 1959, The Boy lived on Kelsey Avenue: On summer nights, he was allowed to ride his bicycle up to Painter Park each night after dinner, … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist The Settling of Kelsey Hill Part I See Part 2 When the first white settlers arrived in the area presently known as West Haven, they found broad marshes that were bordered by what the mariners of … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist The Rivoli Theater Back in 1959, the boy could spend all of a Saturday afternoon watching black-and-white television—for there were two wonderful channels available, 3 and 8! And on … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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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