Historian's Corner

By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Bradley Point and The Barnacle Restaurant The Barnacle Restaurant and its cottages are remembered as “those red buildings out on the end of Bradley Point.”  In the early 1900s the outer half facing the … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner

By Dan Shine Voice Columnist West Haven Veterans Museum Part I See part 2 Every story begins somewhere:  This one begins in 1639 with the earliest organization of what would become the 102nd Infantry Regiment.  Its … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner

  By Dan Shine Voice Columnist When the Flying Horses Came to West Haven Part II See part 1 West Haven’s George Cameron was already a wealthy businessman by the time he met the Murphy brothers when they took rooms at Cameron’s … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner

By Dan Shine Voice Columnist When The Flying Horses Came To West Haven Part One See part 2 When most people mention Savin Rock -- Giuliano’s Savin Rock Arcade on Beach Street comes to mind.  That’s where THE carousel … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner

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 married to Miss Susan Ames of … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner

By Dan Shine Voice Columnist A Most Unlikely Hero Our West Haven city seal shows young Thomas Painter looking out to sea through a pocket telescope—what he was looking at was the approach of a massive force of British infantry, as they … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner

By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Days of the Nickel Hot Dog Noted This week we will reprise the words of West Haven’s beloved Historian Harriet C. North, as offered on Oct. 13, 1988: Images courtesy of Marc Friedland. In our … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner