By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Christ Church Christ Church was established in 1723; records indicate that it is the second oldest Episcopal church in Connecticut. At first, members met in their homes for worship … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist The University of New Haven Part II See Part 1 The New Haven County Temporary Home For Dependent and Neglected Children Continuing the series on the University of New Haven, the story of … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist The University of New Haven Part I See Part 2https://westhavenvoice.com/historians-corner-206/ The University of New Haven has been a fixture on the West Haven landscape for as long as most of us … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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Christmas Shopping, Downtown December, 1957 The five-year-old could barely contain himself as he rode with his sister in the back seat of the 1951 Plymouth: their parents were taking them Christmas Shopping! … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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Loretta’s Christmas Memory, 1929 (As submitted by Valerie Forte Vitali) In her years as Librarian in WH, Loretta BonTempo Forte had a knack for selecting books that suited the avid readers who patronized the library. Her love of reading … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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Pilgrim or Puritan? We today often use the words Puritan and Pilgrim interchangeably, and yet the difference in the two is quite significant: those who came on the Mayflower to found the starving colony of Plymouth in 1620 were the … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist WHHS Football 1968 An Autumn to Remember Part II See part 1. See part 3. By the spring of 1968, all those kids who had learned to play football on the sandlots of West Haven had come together … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist WHHS Football 1968 An Autumn to Remember Part I See part 2. See part 3. Teamwork is the thorough conviction that nobody can get there unless everybody gets there. ~Virginia … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist The Rise of Campbell Avenue Part II See Part 1 Decades passed, and in 1867, George Kelsey—a force of great and positive change for West Haven--built a horse railroad which would extend from New Haven … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist The Rise of Campbell Avenue Part I See Part 2 Salt Grass: As the name implies, this knee-high grass grows in areas of high salinity. It is useful for reclaiming and stabilizing the … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner