Join West Haven Fire Department Historian William Heffernan for “Coffee with the Historian,” Saturday, July 1, at the West Haven Elks Lodge, 265 Main St, at 10 a.m. The event, a fundraiser for the WHFD’s Historical Library, will feature anecdotes about the department, and the recent finding of a scale model of a Ladder Wagon built by the members of the James Graham Hook & Ladder Company, and hear their story. The special guest is Danny the Fire Dog. The event offers free admission, and coffee mugs will be on sale for $10.