Posted on: May 22, 2023
PHOTO — West Haven Army veteran Mark Levine stands behind the granite U.S. Army insignia marker at the city’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Bradley Point Park on Thursday, May 11. Levine, who served in the Vietnam War in 1970-71, will l...
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Posted on: May 27, 2023
PHOTO — West Haven Vietnam Army veterans Mark Levine, left, and Al Beck Sr. lay a wreath at the base of the William A. Soderman Memorial in Bradley Point Park during the city’s Phase 15 dedication of the brick Veterans Walk of Honor on...
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Posted on: May 18, 2023
WEST HAVEN, May 18, 2023 — Mayor Nancy R. Rossi has released a statement on the Whittlesey assessment.
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Posted on: May 16, 2023
WEST HAVEN, May 16, 2023 — (Pictured): Mayor Nancy R. Rossi, center, presents a proclamation with City Clerk Patricia C. Horvath, center left, to staff members and residents of West Haven Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation declaring Nationa...
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Posted on: May 11, 2023
WEST HAVEN, May 11, 2023 — (Pictured): Mayor Nancy R. Rossi, left, presents a proclamation to Forest Elementary School fourth grader Nicholas Gorske declaring Apraxia Awareness Day in West Haven on Thursday, May 11.
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Posted on: May 10, 2023
WEST HAVEN, May 10, 2023 — The city has been named a HEARTSafe community by the state Department of Public Health and the American Heart Association, Mayor Nancy R. Rossi announced.
DPH Commissioner Manisha Juthani congratulated Rossi on West Haven’s desig...
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Posted on: May 3, 2023
WEST HAVEN, May 3, 2023 — The city is seeking craft, farm and food truck vendors to participate in the Tony Inzero Farmers Market, which will open its 2023 season July 6 in the Oak Street Beach parking lot off Captain Thomas Boulevard.
The market...
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Posted on: May 4, 2023
WEST HAVEN, May 4, 2023 — (Pictured, from left): Doug “the Rake” Ruickoldt and son Douglas J. Ruickoldt present a $10,000 check on behalf of the West Haven Breast Cancer Awareness Program to West Haven High School Principal D...
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Posted on: May 1, 2023
WEST HAVEN, May 1, 2023 — (Pictured): Mayor Nancy R. Rossi shakes hands with University of New Haven police Officer Michael J. Gallagher after swearing in the new officer at City Hall on Monday, May 1.
Gallagher, a former East Haven police officer, was acc...
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Posted on: April 27, 2023
WEST HAVEN, April 27, 2023 — Effective immediately, mattress drop-off at the city garage on Collis Street has been discontinued because of public safety concerns, Public Works Commissioner Tom J. McCarthy announced.
To dispose of mattresses movin...
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Posted on: April 26, 2023
WEST HAVEN, April 26, 2023 — Phase 2 of the long-anticipated raising of Beach Street is set to begin in May, Mayor Nancy R. Rossi announced.
Rossi said the project will raise a section of Beach Street up to 11 feet above sea level to protect the ...
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Posted on: April 15, 2023
WEST HAVEN, April 15, 2023 — (Pictured): Mayor Nancy R. Rossi, holding oversize scissors, cuts the ribbon with Christine’s Creations owner Christine Gonzalez, center right, on Saturday, April 15, to mark the flower shop’s gra...
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Posted on: April 13, 2023
WEST HAVEN, April 13, 2023 — (Pictured): Mayor Nancy R. Rossi, holding oversize scissors, cuts the ribbon with Ye Old Spirits owner Nick Conti, center left, on Wednesday, April 12, to celebrate the package store’s grand opening at 174 ...
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Posted on: April 6, 2023
WEST HAVEN, April 6, 2023 — Residents who are delinquent on their taxes are urged to pay their overdue taxes as soon as possible.
West Haven’s “boot” program resumes this month, and tax delinquents risk their vehicle...
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Posted on: March 27, 2023
WEST HAVEN, March 27, 2023 — (Pictured): Mayor Nancy R. Rossi, holding oversize scissors, cuts the ribbon with Frank Buffone, the director of operations at Take 5 Oil Change, center right, to mark the business’s grand opening at 1083 B...
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Posted on: March 17, 2023
PHOTO — West Haven Mayor Nancy R. Rossi, right, claps as Irishman of the Year Richard “Woody” Beirne, assisted by son Patrick Beirne, holding son Brayden, 1, and granddaughter Jillian Rossi, 3, pulls off the shroud revealing ...
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Posted on: March 13, 2023
WEST HAVEN, March 13, 2023 — (Pictured): Amanda Forst, left, and Mandy Hutchinson of Westies Nutrition at 153 Sawmill Road present a $234 check in support of the West Haven Breast Cancer Awareness Program on Monday, March 13.
The money will benefit the pro...
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West Haven News
Posted on: March 7, 2023
PHOTO — U.S. Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, joined by West Haven Mayor Nancy R. Rossi and West Haven Fire Department Chief James P. O’Brien, right, announces a $2.67 million federal grant to hire eight firefighters in the department during a ne...
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Posted on: February 28, 2023
WEST HAVEN, Feb. 28, 2023 — (Pictured): Holding oversize scissors, Mayor Nancy R. Rossi and State Farm agent Christopher Carucci, who owns the Christopher Carucci Agency, cut the ribbon to celebrate the Milford insurance company’s new ...
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Posted on: February 24, 2023
WEST HAVEN, Feb. 24, 2023 — In response to widespread speculation, Mayor Nancy R. Rossi and Finance Director Scott D. Jackson have released a joint statement.
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Posted on: February 22, 2023
WEST HAVEN, Feb. 22, 2023 — The state Department of Transportation is developing plans to replace traffic signal controllers and cabinets at select state-owned traffic signals in the city, along with installing communication equipment at several...
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Posted on: February 21, 2023
WEST HAVEN, Feb. 21, 2023 — (Pictured): At the Minor Park Station on Friday, Feb. 17, City of West Haven Fire Department Allingtown firefighter Vincent Del Vecchio shows Mayor Nancy R. Rossi how to install a car seat to ensure that it is properl...
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Posted on: February 16, 2023
PHOTO — West Haven 7th District Councilwoman Katherine Tucker, second from left, receives “African American Citizen of the Year” citations from, from left, West Haven state Rep. Treneé McGee, Mayor Nancy R. Rossi a...
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Posted on: February 14, 2023
PHOTO — West Haven Mayor Nancy R. Rossi, center, joins Robin and Gabe Alvandian during the city’s 33rd annual Valentine’s Day party at the West Haven Senior Center on Tuesday, Feb. 14. The Alvandians, who live on Oce...
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Posted on: February 10, 2023
PHOTO — Elm Diner at 111 Elm St. in West Haven is collecting monetary donations — as well as donations of blankets and clothes, including hats, gloves and scarves — for those affected by this week’s catastrophic ear...
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West Haven News
Posted on: February 3, 2023
PHOTO — Tropical Caribbean co-owner Juan Reyes, center left, and West Haven Mayor Nancy R. Rossi, holding oversize scissors, clap their hands after cutting the ribbon to celebrate the homestyle restaurant’s grand opening at 70...
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West Haven News
Posted on: January 31, 2023
WEST HAVEN, Jan. 31, 2023 — The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Friday, Jan. 27, awarded the City of West Haven Fire Department Allingtown a $927,333 grant for new radios, Mayor Nancy R. Rossi and Chief Michael R. Terenzio announced.
The f...
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Posted on: January 24, 2023
WEST HAVEN, Jan. 24, 2023 — In preparation for the second phase of this year’s road-raising project, the city is permanently removing the Beach Street Skatepark.
On Monday night, Jan. 23, the City Council unanimously approved funds to dismantle the shoreli...
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Posted on: January 20, 2023
PHOTO — West Haven Mayor Nancy R. Rossi welcomes more than 100 residents to a free recycling workshop in the Harriet C. North Community Room at City Hall on Thursday night, Jan. 19. (City Photo/Michael P. Walsh)
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Posted on: January 19, 2023
PHOTO — Holding a pair of oversize scissors, Ryan Trevethan, the owner of The Side Plate in West Haven, and Mayor Nancy R. Rossi cut the ribbon to celebrate the fast-casual restaurant’s grand opening at 1 Atwood Place in downtown Allin...
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Posted on: January 4, 2023
WEST HAVEN, Jan. 4, 2023 — The 2023 bulk trash pickup weeks are April 24-28 and Sept. 11-15.
West Haven residents are reminded to separate metals, recyclables and regular trash from bulk trash and put them out no more than 24 hours before pickup....
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Posted on: January 4, 2023
WEST HAVEN, Jan. 4, 2023 — The city reminds residents not to put Christmas trees in plastic bags or stands for curbside pickup.
Lights must also be removed from Christmas trees. Plastic bags and other items can become tangled in the machine that ...
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Posted on: November 14, 2022
PHOTO — Amid light rain, veterans, dignitaries and guests bow their heads as West Haven Fire Department paramedic Mike Alfano rings the department’s chrome bell 11 times at 11 a.m. in observance of Veterans Day in West Haven’...
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Posted on: November 1, 2022
WEST HAVEN, Nov. 1, 2022 — Mayor Nancy R. Rossi has released a statement on former city employee and Democratic state Rep. Michael A. DiMassa.
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Posted on: November 1, 2022
PHOTO — West Haven Mayor Nancy R. Rossi, center, cuts the ribbon to mark the grand opening of New England’s first 7-Eleven restaurant complex at 480 Sawmill Road in West Haven on Thursday, Oct. 27. With Rossi are, from left, city Plann...
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Posted on: October 21, 2022
Connecticut’s largest food scrap diversion program will help solve state’s waste disposal crisis
WEST HAVEN, Oct. 21, 2022 — The city is “excited” to launch the largest food scrap co-collection program in t...
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Posted on: October 17, 2022
PHOTO — The 100th anniversary of Fire Prevention Week is observed by West Haven’s three fire departments and the city at the second annual West Haven Fire/Police Service, Public Safety & Health Expo in Old Grove Park on Saturday, O...
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Posted on: September 8, 2022
PHOTO — U.S. Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, the chair of the House Appropriations Committee, is joined by, from right, state Transportation Deputy Commissioner Mark Rolfe and West Haven Mayor Nancy R. Rossi on Thursday, Sept. 8, to announce $105 million ...
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Posted on: September 2, 2022
IMAGE — A rendering of New England Brewing Co.’s $23 million, 46,165-square-foot building that would house a brewery, a taproom and event space at the waterfront site of the former Savin Rock Conference Center in West Haven. T...
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Posted on: August 1, 2022
PHOTO — The British Legends of Rock Show headlines Day Two of the Savin Rock Festival in West Haven’s Old Grove Park on Saturday night, July 30. The band delved into the pantheon of British rock royalty and played the crown je...
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Posted on: March 9, 2022
WEST HAVEN, March 9, 2022 — Mayor Nancy R. Rossi has released a comprehensive plan outlining how the city will spend about $29 million in federal coronavirus relief funding.
Rossi will present the ARPA Community Investment Plan to the City Council at 7 p.m...
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Posted on: October 7, 2021
WEST HAVEN, Oct. 7, 2021 — After consulting with the New Haven office of Save the Sound and the Land Trust of West Haven Inc., the city launched the first of a three-phase project Wednesday, Oct. 6, to restore the beachfront parcels along the bo...
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