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Dancin' on the deck
Dancers of all ages cut a rug – or a plank -- at Oak Street Sunday evening. The week- end tradition at the Captain Tony Deck has been going on for more than 30 years. Volunteer DJs and others with boom boxes provide the music, while hoofers with a beat while the night away with various steps.
Dancin' on the deck
Dancers of all ages cut a rug – or a plank -- at Oak Street Sunday evening. The week- end tradition at the Captain Tony Deck has been going on for more than 30 years. Volunteer DJs and others with boom boxes provide the music, while hoofers with a beat while the night away with various steps.
Dancin' on the deck
Dancers of all ages cut a rug – or a plank -- at Oak Street Sunday evening. The week- end tradition at the Captain Tony Deck has been going on for more than 30 years. Volunteer DJs and others with boom boxes provide the music, while hoofers with a beat while the night away with various steps.
Editorial Cartoon
Historian's Corner
“Washington’s Black-Robed Regiment”
'Christmas in July' Toy Drive extended
Painter Park Day Camp participant Amelie Choiniere, 7, of West Haven, drops off a donation Friday for the Department of Parks and Recreation’s “Christmas in July” toy drive. The department is now accepting donations through Aug. 9. Park-Rec is co- sponsoring the toy drive with the Connecticut Recreation & Parks Association and Christmas Wish CT, a charity committed to sharing the spirit of Christmas year-round. The department aims to collect 1,200 new, unwrapped toys at its Painter Park office, 190 Kelsey Ave., as well as at its camp and playground programs and swimming pool venues. Park-Rec will donate a portion of the collected toys to Christmas toy drives held by West Haven Professional Fire Fighters Local 1198 and the West Haven High School Peer Advocacy Program for residents in need. The rest of the toys will benefit Christmas Wish’s Annual Christmas Party. The volunteer charitable organization will distribute the toys to local children and families.
Federal grant aids cyber scholars
The University’s Scholarship for Service program will prepare students to work for government entities to help prevent cyberattacks
State Farm opens Allingtown office
Mayor Nancy R. Rossi, holding oversize scissors, cuts the ribbon July 23 with State Farm agent Derwin A. Griffith, third from right, to celebrate the ceremonial opening of the insurance company’s new Allingtown office at 444 Forest Road. Also marking the event are, from left, State Farm account managers Cyndal Golbeck and Shakira Rodriguez; City Council Minority Leader Richard DePalma, R-at large; Griffith’s friend and mentor, Leroy Addison; Rossi’s executive assistant, Lou Esposito; and State Farm account manager Ashley G. Sanchez. The independently owned office, based in the Oronoque Forest Centre, specializes in a full range of insurance, including policies for auto, home and property, life, health, disability, small business, liability, and identity restoration. It also provides financial services, such as banking and investment options.
Celebrating moon landing
Children from Community House’s summer program enjoyed a space-themed field day, facilitated by Amanda Amtmantis, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of NASA’s Apollo moon landing.
The way it was..
Where now there are condominiums and an abbreviated Beach Street, there was once a midway. This postcard from the 1950s shows the Savin Rock midway, which once was a playland for hundreds of thousands each summer. The street was blocked off and ended on Washington Avenue, and is now the pathway that stretches from Old Grove Park to Washington along the Westwalk Condominiums.
