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The week in photos – June 25, 2020

June 25, 2020 By whvoice

  • Work continues in Allingtown
    Work continues in Allingtown
    Work continues on the rehabilitation of the Allingtown Green last week in this photo, submitted by Gary Letendre. Workmen have been constructing a concrete and stone memorial site that will anchor the site with a walking path and trees. Ken Carney, head of the city’s Building Committee is overseeing the work and praised the construction. “The quality of work is outstanding. John Colonna of Colonna Concrete has taken great pride in his work. I believe the residents of Allingtown and all residents of West Haven will be proud of the final product.”
  • WHHS students take prizes for essays
    WHHS students take prizes for essays
    Alana Orecchio and Yarid Tyran took prizes in the 2020 Connecticut Foundation for Open Government’s Forrest Palmer High School Statewide Essay Contest.
  • Hand sanitizer donated to WHCH
    Hand sanitizer donated to WHCH
    Councilwoman Elizabeth Johnston (D-3), WHCH Executive Director Patricia Stevens, WHCH Board of Directors President, William Heffernan III, and Councilman Barry Lee Cohen (R-10) all show off the hand sanitizers donated to the nonprofit organization last week.
  • Historian's Corner
    Historian's Corner
    Pfaff and Weiss was a landmark in the Town of West Haven. The Pfaff brothers and staff, shown here, and the outside of the store, show a common theme in the turn of the 20th Century: immigrants coming into the country and making a living and prospering, even in difficult times.
  • Historian's Corner
    Historian's Corner
    Pfaff and Weiss was a landmark in the Town of West Haven. The Pfaff brothers and staff and the outside of the store, shown here, show a common theme in the turn of the 20th Century: immigrants coming into the country and making a living and prospering, even in difficult times.
  • Editorial Cartoon
    Editorial Cartoon
  • Suggs sworn in
    Suggs sworn in
    Mayor Nancy R. Rossi swears in Christopher M. Suggs to the Board of Police Commissioners during a ceremony attended by dozens of colleagues, friends and loved ones June 10 at The John C. Ireland Bandstand on the Green. Suggs and Rossi were joined by state Rep. Michael A. DiMassa (D-116); City Clerk Patricia C. Horvath; city Treasurer Michael P. Last; Planning and Zoning Commission Chairwoman Kathleen Hendricks; and City Council members Bridgette J. Hoskie (D-1), Elizabeth Johnston (D-3), Robbin Watt Hamilton (D-5), Peter V. Massaro (D-6), Treneé McGee (D-7), Chrystal Fanelli (D-8), Robert Bruneau (D-9), Barry Lee Cohen (R-10), and Gary Donovan (D-at-large). Suggs, a longtime member of the Planning and Zoning Commission and the Democratic Town Committee, succeeds Commissioner Peter BonTempo, a former deputy chief of the Police Department who retired in 2000 after a career of nearly 23 years. A lifelong Westie, Suggs represented the 5th District on the City Council from 2007 to 2011.
  • Promotion Day 2020
    Promotion Day 2020
    Mackrille School conducted a Promotion Day ceremony for its children in the fourth grade. The outdoor event kept children socially distant, but allowed them to see their classmates one more time. Shown here -- Alivia Reilly with Parents.
  • Promotion Day 2020
    Promotion Day 2020
    Mackrille School conducted a Promotion Day ceremony for its children in the fourth grade. The outdoor event kept children socially distant, but allowed them to see their classmates one more time. Shown here-- Mrs. Jodi Memmott ’s 4th Grade Class Promotion Ceremony.
  • Promotion Day 2020
    Promotion Day 2020
    Mackrille School conducted a Promotion Day ceremony for its children in the fourth grade. The outdoor event kept children socially distant, but allowed them to see their classmates one more time. Shown here -- Nathan Gagne’s pictured with mom, Kristen Palm.
  • Promotion Day 2020
    Promotion Day 2020
    Bailey Middle School was decked out to honor its graduates on the day the school year ended.
  • Community project
    Community project
    West Haven Girl Scout Brownie Troop 67020, which included a few alumnae, chose the West Haven Child Development Center for their “Take Action Project.” They planted natural mosquito repelling plants, flowers and vegetables for the children. Pictured are: Front row -- Finn McLaughlin (WHCDC Preschooler), Molly Kennedy (alumna). Back row -- Zanii Smith, Sunnie McLaughlin (alumna), Selma CorreiaFreire (alumna).

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