Long Wharf We speak of it, we hear of it, but what do we actually know about it? Today when we drive along the I-95 corridor, we see signs referring to a place called Long Wharf, but we see no such structure projecting out into New … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
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West Haven Little League Part II See Part 1. Thus, it came to pass that on June 2, 1951, West Haven Little League held its first season opener at Painter Park, with four teams of sixteen boys each. The first teams were … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
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West Haven Little League Part I See part 2. Morse Park, Aug. 21, 1988 Dusty and sweating, 11-year-old Danny Shine stood tensely in the batter’s box; the stitches in his right forearm hurt every time he swung the … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
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Kenneth E. Duncan We wait outside of Ken Duncan’s apartment at the Masonic Home’s Ashlar Village in Wallingford. Beside the door is a framed photo of Ken as Grand Marshall in Wallingford’s Memorial Day Parade a couple of years ago. Next to … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
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First Church is 300 Years Old! This year, the longest-standing organization in West Haven will be 300 years old! That’s right—First Congregational Church of West Haven, founded in 1719, is having a birthday! In 1638, … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
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This week, your Historian defers to the words of beloved West Haven Historian Harriet North; the following article originally appeared on Jan. 12, 1984: When I was a young girl, my mother would tell me to do something, and if I didn’t … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
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Okinawa Beach For The Boy, the summer of 1957 seemed to go on and on forever. Every day brought new adventures and new opportunities to explore—sometimes in the woods behind their house on Kelsey Avenue—sometimes elsewhere. But on one of … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
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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 his finger. Outside the window, the … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
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Judy Rettig June, 1995 It was any mother’s dread: her babies were gone and she couldn’t find them anywhere. She ran frantically from yard to yard along Fairfax Avenue, searching in vain for them—for they were just little--and if they … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
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The Old Post Road Part III, The Stagecoaches See part 1 here. See part 2 here. By 1825, the business of travel by stagecoach was coming into full flower. A traveler could cover the distance from Boston to New York in a … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner