By Michael P. Walsh
Special to the Voice
The City of West Haven Centennial Celebration Committee has launched a Facebook page to mark and promote the community’s 100th anniversary this year, Mayor Nancy R. Rossi announced.
The newly published page, called “City of West Haven Centennial Celebration – 1921-2021,” is the centennial’s official Facebook page. It is administered by the city and edited by Dan Shine, one of the foremost authorities on West Haven history.
The committee is planning a series of commemorative events, starting in late June, to observe the 1921 birth of Connecticut’s youngest town, said Rossi, the honorary chairwoman.
In the coming weeks and months, Shine and other notable authors will post a wide range of articles and photos on the page to celebrate historical events, people and places in West Haven from the past 100 years. Other posts will include announcements of centennial fundraisers and festivities.
Like the page on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/CityofWestHavenCentennialCelebrationCommittee.
As part of the community’s 100th anniversary festivities later this year, the City of West Haven Centennial Celebration Committee is honoring residents 100 and older and is looking for centenarians to recognize.
All centenarians who live in West Haven are invited to participate by calling committee member Beth A. Sabo at 203-937-3558.
The committee is planning a series of commemorative events, starting in late June, to celebrate the 1921 birth of Connecticut’s youngest town.
Would like to be informed of Centennial Events.
By the time you tell anyone about the planned events they will already have other plans. This has always been a problem in West Haven. You need to keep the public more informed. I would like to participate; but you never hear anything until a few days before.
The good news is they are putting together the entire schedule for our next issue…maybe our complaint hit a nerve.