Irish eyes to smile on O’Connor as city’s Irishman of the year
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WEST HAVEN, March 2, 2015 — The St. Patrick’s Day Committee will bestow its Irishman of the Year award on a public-spirited steward of West Haven’s Irish-American community during the city’s 24th annual St. Patrick’s Day Celebration. To the sound of Celtic music played by bagpipers and drummers, members of the Police Department and West Shore Fire Department emerald societies will escort former New Haven police Cmdr. and U.S. Marshal John R. O’Connor, a first-generation Irish-American, to the Campbell Avenue side of City Hall at noon Tuesday, March 17.
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WEST HAVEN, March 3, 2015 — Residents can drop off electronic recyclables — typically anything that plugs in or needs a battery — between 8 a.m. and noon Saturday, March 7, at the highway maintenance garage, 1 Collis St.
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WEST HAVEN, March 2, 2015 — Mayor Edward M. O’Brien presented an official citation to legendary bassist Doug Wimbish on Saturday, Feb. 28, at Z’s Corner Café, 407 Campbell Ave., in recognition of the latest installment of the WimBash Music Festival Series.
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WEST HAVEN, March 2, 2015 — Mayor Edward M. O’Brien cuts the ribbon with Louise Martone, center, on Friday, Feb. 27, to mark the ceremonial opening of Louise’s Homemade Food & Baked Goods in the Baybrook Plaza at 4 Ocean Ave.
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WEST HAVEN, March 2, 2015 — Mayor Edward M. O’Brien presented an official citation on Friday, Feb. 27, to Tony Balzano and Gary Acabbo, owners of Tony & Gary Hair Salon at 518 Derby Ave.
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WEST HAVEN, Feb. 26, 2015 — The city is holding a contest for the best decorated float in the Memorial Day parade and is seeking veterans, civic groups, fraternal organizations, service clubs and marching bands to participate in the annual procession, which steps off at 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 25.
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WEST HAVEN, Feb. 24, 2015 — From left, city Youth and Family Services Director Robert S. Morton presents the Season of Light Award to Mayor Edward M. O’Brien and Randy Brown, representing the Irish-American Club, on Monday, Feb. 23, at City Hall for their contributions to the agency’s annual toy drive.
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WEST HAVEN, Feb. 20, 2015 — Assessor Ann Marie Gradoia is accepting applications for tax relief programs for elderly and disabled homeowners.
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WEST HAVEN, Feb. 13, 2015 — Mayor Edward M. O’Brien presents a bouquet to Susan and Stuart Dupee during the city’s 25th annual Valentine’s Day party Friday, Feb. 13, at the Savin Rock Conference Center.
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WEST HAVEN, Feb. 12, 2015 — The West Haven High School cheerleaders show their medals and team trophy for placing third in the medium varsity game day event in the Universal Cheerleaders Association National High School Cheerleading Championship on Sunday, Feb. 8, at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla.
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WEST HAVEN, Feb. 6, 2015 — From left, Mayor Edward M. O’Brien looks on as asbestos and lead inspector Chris Hudacek and environmental field technician Mike DiFabio of Facility Support Services of Hamden monitor areas for asbestos and lead in the park maintenance building at 129 Bull Hill Lane on Thursday, Feb. 5.
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taking the plunge: 200 brave icy l.I. sound to raise money for breast cancer research
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WEST HAVEN, Jan. 20, 2015 — An estimated 200 participants, including Mayor Edward M. O’Brien, Westies T-shirt, and his 14-year-old son, David, dash into the 34-degree water in Long Island Sound during the 15th annual Icy Plunge for the Cure fundraiser Saturday morning, Jan. 17, at Savin Rock Beach.
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WEST HAVEN, Jan. 8, 2015 — The city is updating its five-year Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development for submission to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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WEST HAVEN, Dec. 24, 2014 — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery program is awarding the city two grants totaling $2.17 million for a pair of Beach Street projects to protect the area from future flooding events, Mayor Edward M. O’Brien announced.
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WEST HAVEN, Dec. 8, 2014 — Mayor Edward M. O’Brien, right, and his administrative secretary, Cathy Sherman, witness a white truffle being weighed by Sabatino Tartufi CEO Federico Balestra for the 2015 edition of Guinness World Records on Thursday, Dec. 4, at City Hall.
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WEST HAVEN, Oct. 29, 2014 — The city is working with a team of consultants on an open planning and design process that will create a vision plan to help guide future growth around the year-old West Haven train station.
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WEST HAVEN, Oct. 24, 2014 — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy stopped in the city Thursday, Oct. 23, to hail “The Haven.” On a chilly, blustery day, Malloy, Mayor Edward M. O’Brien and a delegation of federal and state leaders praised the proposed large-scale development of 100 high-end outlet shops and restaurants during a news conference at the waterfront site of the prospective $200 million project at 105 Water St.
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WEST HAVEN, Sept. 23, 2014 — An amended city ordinance now requires all nonresident property owners, or agents in charge of occupied or vacant rental real properties in West Haven, to register their residential address and contact information with the city or face a steep fine.
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WEST HAVEN, Aug. 28, 2014 — The city is receiving a $2 million state brownfield grant to clean up two contaminated parcels owned by the city and to prepare the sites for a large-scale development proposed by The Haven Group LLC. The funding was announced by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Wednesday, Aug. 27, in Bridgeport and was among several grants awarded to various communities by the Department of Economic and Community Development’s Office of Brownfield Remediation and Development.
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WEST HAVEN, June 11, 2014 — City officials have been in “very serious” discussions with renowned developers to launch perhaps the most ambitious and expansive development in West Haven’s storied 366-year history, Mayor Edward M. O’Brien announced Tuesday, June 10.
WEST HAVEN, June 16, 2014 — Hundreds of well-wishers gather at Sea Bluff Beach on Captain Thomas Boulevard Sunday, June 15, for the dedication of the pink “Where Angels Play” playground built by the New Jersey-based Sandy Ground Project in honor of 6-year-old Charlotte Bacon, one of the 26 shooting victims at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown being memorialized with 26 specialized playgrounds in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York.
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