By Dan Shine Voice Columnist West Haven Girls’ Hockey League 1972-1980 Part II See part 1 | part 3 Bennett Rink, 1980: Maryellen DiBianco spotted the puck speeding toward the goal: Immediately, she leaped into its … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist West Haven Girls’ Hockey League 1972-1980 Part I See part 2 | part 3 Every story begins somewhere: This story begins on the frozen surface of Lake Phipps; And it begins along a dammed-up … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Oystering Part II See part 1 This week, we continue Lorraine Wood Rockefeller’s narrative of oystering in New Haven Harbor, as written in 1960: Those living on the shore and regularly … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Oystering See part 2 In 1960, past Historian Lorraine Wood Rockefeller wrote extensively on the subject of oystering for the Town Crier. We are fortunate that this information is still … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist The Rev. Phillips Brooks A Most American Christmas Carol Of all the Christmas Carols, there is one that is very American, very unique, and possessed of an interesting backstory. The tale is still told of … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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Christmas, 1917 By Seth G. Haley As written, 1955 It was Christmas, 1917; the occasion World War I; the place a tiny village in France, a village with one little shop, a few houses, a beaten chateau. Stationed there … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Cranberries: “The Rubies of the Pines” It has been 402 years since the autumn of 1621, when that struggling band of English Puritans sat down with their Indian friends to celebrate their friendship, … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist St. Lawrence School, (This was written in 2017; St. Lawrence School is still doing well!) In May, 1895, the Reverend Jeremiah Curtin was named the first resident pastor of St. Lawrence Church. It … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist The Old Burial Ground (As written by Bob Shine, September, 2003.) In about 1700, the Old Burial Ground was established, and was located at the intersection of what is today Campbell Avenue and Church … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Bringing Clockmaking to New Haven Chauncey Jerome, founder of the Jerome Manufacturing Company, started his career in 1816, working in Plymouth, Connecticut for Eli Terry. At this time, Terry … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner