Voice Profile

City residents get their one and only opportunity to critique Mayor Dorinda Borer’s second budget proposal as the city’s chief executive as the City Council will meet in special session on Thursday, April 3 at 6:30 p.m. in the Harriett North Meeting … [Read more...] about Budget hearing set for April 3

By Michael P. Walsh Special to the Voice Stephen D. “Steve” Dargan, who has devoted his life to public service and has worked tirelessly to improve his city, state and Irish community, has been named West Haven’s Irishman of the Year. … [Read more...] about Dargan named city’s Irishman of Year

The Greater New Haven St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee has named Cathleen Patricia Steinau as their 2025 Grand Marshal. Steinau will lead this year’s parade down Chapel Street in New Haven on Sunday, March 16. Cathleen Patricia Steinau was … [Read more...] about City resident Steinau to head parade

By Danny Atkinson Voice Writer The West Haven Black Coalition (WHBC) honored the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr (MLK) with its annual tribute to him at the First Congregational Church of West Haven (FCCWH) on Sunday, Jan. 12 in front … [Read more...] about Black Coalition marks 39th MLK tribute

Brian D. Nugent was a lifelong Westie who loved his city and his family, and, unfortunately, lost his life to cancer in 2014. Nugent was the youngest of five children. From a young age his time was divided between family, “school and church” … [Read more...] about ‘Campership’ memorializes Brian Nugent

By Michael P. Walsh Special to the Voice Mayor Dorinda Borer was joined by members of West Haven’s Veterans Council and Surfside Veterans to commemorate Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day on the Veterans Walk of Honor in Bradley Point Park on … [Read more...] about City remembers date of ‘infamy’

Members of Annawon Lodge 115 Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of West Haven, led by Worshipful Master Joseph F. McVety, Jr., joined with the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Connecticut, AF&AM, led by Most Worshipful Grand Master Edward Page at … [Read more...] about Masons dedicate school cornerstone

In the interest of transparency, Mayor Dorinda Borer pointed to several city projects funded by federal dollars are progressing toward their completion. … [Read more...] about Borer touts federally funded projects

The Land Trust of West Haven's Poetry Post has stood on the boardwalk near the bocce courts for the past 25 years. On it are poems, drawings, and photos submitted by residents that reflect the wonder of nature and concern for the environment. … [Read more...] about Poetry Post marks 25