By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Historian’s Corner Campbell Avenue, Fifty Years Later Part I See part 2 | part 3 (This story was originally written and presented to the public in the summer of 2010. Since then, the story—and … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Sergeant Stubby, War Dog On July 18, 1914, World War I, also known as “The Great War” began. The warring parties consisted of The Central Powers (Germany, Austria, Hungary, Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria) … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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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." Rand Paul George W. Lyons, Sr., was born in New … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan ShineVoice Columnist Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Society In 1945, the officers of a new local organization, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Society, Inc. bought from Mr. J.W. Wilbur, on behalf of St. Paul’s Church, a plot of land and a … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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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
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist West Haven Veterans Museum Part II See part 1 In anticipation of these changes, history buff and Korean War Veteran Frank A. Carrano, sought to locate and move the New Haven Grays’ artifacts to a new … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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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
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist City Point Yacht Club 130 Years Young Ever since the first settlers arrived in their “new haven” in 1637, our greater community has been closely linked to the waters of the Harbor and Long Island … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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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
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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