The week in photos – August 3, 2023

Zoey Yedynak and son Jaxson Watcke, 3, enjoy the teacup ride by Marenna Amusements on Friday evening.

Shaded Soul Band headlines opening night of the Savin Rock Festival in Old Grove Park on Friday. The band performed R&B favorites and pop gems, including The Temptation’s “My Girl,” The O’Jays’ “Love Train” and Earth, Wind & Fire’s “Let’s Groove.” City officials ended the two-day festival, sponsored by the University of New Haven, Yale University and Frankson Fence Co., at 5:30 p.m. Saturday because of an impending storm.

The Old Grove Park was a popular place to relax in 1908, the time this Savin Rock post card was made, as it is today. This print shows one of the entrances. Gett ing down to the shore for some sun and fun was a summertime respite that meant taking a trolley from any point in the greater New Haven area and being dropped off at Savin Rock for the day. Picnics, band concerts and the emergence of rides and attractions brought families to the borough of West Haven on a regular basis.

Lions Club members used this special camera at the West Haven Community House this summer during Head Start registration last week. The initiative is to help parents, child-care providers and educators to find and treat juvenile vision problems. Lions Club members used this special camera at the West Haven Community House this summer during Head Start registration last week. The program is funded by the Connecticut Lions Eye Research Foundation. “The West Haven Lions Club will be HIPPA compliant and will have trained members dedicated to solving the critical issues of vision problems in children.” said club Vice-President Steven R. Mullins. The West Haven Club meets the last Thursday of every month at Physician Physical Therapy at 6:30pm. For more information, call Mullins at 203-824-4262.

West Haven Housing Authority Executive Director John Counter, center, shows Mayor Nancy R. Rossi and Public Works Commissioner Tom J. McCarthy the dilapidated roof of the Surfside public housing complex at 200 Oak St. on July 24. Counter led Rossi and McCarthy on a half-hour tour to show the complex’s outdated roof and efficiency apartment units before long-overdue renovations are completed over the next 20 months. The 254-unit complex is composed of efficiency and one- and two-bedroom units. In early 2020, the 12-story complex was designated as obsolete by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Counter recently announced that Savin Rock Communities Inc., which manages Surfside and other public housing properties across the city, is borrowing up to $29.29 million for a multiphase plan to improve the authority’s housing stock, including a new roof, boiler, generator and fire sprinkler at Surfside. Along with new windows and remodeled units, the complex will also receive an exterior facelift and electrical and mechanical upgrades. The extensive project kicked off July 20. Also touring Surfside were Housing Authority Assistant Executive Director Meagan Golde and Board of Commissioners Chair Wayne Orio and Vice Chair John R. O’Connor. They were joined by Eric Stokes, the director of facilities and modernization at Savin Rock Communities, and Karen Kravetz, Savin Rock’s general counsel. Rossi, Counter and Savin Rock Communities have been working to enhance affordable living opportunities for West Haven residents with the greatest housing needs, including older and disabled people with fixed incomes, homeless veterans and families with low incomes.

Michelle Lorenzo-Caprio is shown with brother, John and daughters, Michaela and Chloe. The sister is hoping to establish a sustaining scholarship for students at the siblings’ alma mater, St. Lawrence School.

Savin Rock Festival Bocce Tournament coordinator Olivia Quagliani, center, presents a $50 gift certificate to The Breakwall restaurant to defending bocce champions Dave Maltese, left, and Pete Fields in Old Grove Park on Saturday. Maltese and Fields won the shoreline tournament, held by the Department of Parks and Recreation, for the second year in a row.

The West Haven Historical Society sponsored its annual Christmas in July fundraiser at its headquarters in the Poli Mansion, 686 Savin Ave. Desptie the heat and ongoing humidity hundreds of shoppers and history buffs checked out the various tents and tables, offering many gifts and accessories that would look well under the tree in December.

The West Haven Historical Society sponsored its annual Christmas in July fundraiser at its headquarters in the Poli Mansion, 686 Savin Ave. Desptie the heat and ongoing humidity hundreds of shoppers and history buffs checked out the various tents and tables, offering many gifts and accessories that would look well under the tree in December.

The West Haven Historical Society sponsored its annual Christmas in July fundraiser at its headquarters in the Poli Mansion, 686 Savin Ave. Desptie the heat and ongoing humidity hundreds of shoppers and history buffs checked out the various tents and tables, offering many gifts and accessories that would look well under the tree in December.

The West Haven Historical Society sponsored its annual Christmas in July fundraiser at its headquarters in the Poli Mansion, 686 Savin Ave. Desptie the heat and ongoing humidity hundreds of shoppers and history buffs checked out the various tents and tables, offering many gifts and accessories that would look well under the tree in December.

League play continued in the post-war years, with teams from all over the Town of West Haven. This 1946 photo shows the Prospect Beach squad, one of the top teams in the sunset circuit.

The Breakwall has 15 employees and serves food from 4-10 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, noon-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and noon-9 p.m. Sunday. Otherwise, the bar is open late on those days.Mayor Nancy R. Rossi, center right, cuts the ribbon with The Breakwall owners Brendan and Katrina Snow, center left, to celebrate the restaurant’s grand opening at 305 Captain Thomas Blvd. on July 19. With them are, from left, Milford Regional Chamber of Commerce Director of Membership and Marketing Simon McDonald, City Clerk Patricia C. Horvath, Councilwoman Colleen O’Connor, R-at large, and City of West Haven Fire Department Allingtown Commissioner Frederick Brown.

Field Turf is working on laying down a new artificial surface at Ken Strong Stadium in time for the fall sports season.

Field TurfThe remnanst were then bagged for shipment to a recycling facility. is working on laying down a new artificial surface at Ken Strong Stadium in time for the fall sports season.

The old carpet is shown rolled up for recycling.