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West Haven observing Pearl Harbor Day at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 7

WEST HAVEN, Dec. 6, 2023 — The city and the West Haven Veterans Council will observe Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day on the Veterans Walk of Honor in Bradley Point Park at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 7.

All veterans are invited to participate in the solemn serv...

West Haven Hanukkah menorah lighting on Green set for 4 p.m. Dec. 11

WEST HAVEN, Dec. 6, 2023 — The city’s annual Hanukkah menorah lighting on the Green is set for 4 p.m. Monday, Dec. 11.

The lighting will mark the fifth night of the Jewish Festival of Lights, an eight-day commemoration of rededication o...

Borer ushers in new era at City Hall

WEST HAVEN, Dec. 5, 2023 — (Pictured): Mayor Dorinda Borer opens the front door to City Hall on Main Street for fellow Westies Dalky Morfe and her daughter, Mia, 3, on Monday morning, Dec. 4.

Less than 24 hours earlier, Borer was administered the...

‘A Bridge Forward’: Borer sworn in as West Haven’s 13th and 2nd female mayor

PHOTO — Dorinda Borer, accompanied by son Drew Borer, 22, right, shakes hands with state Attorney General William Tong after being sworn in as West Haven’s second female mayor during an inauguration of elected city officials in the Wes...

Smoke testing, stormwater mapping underway in city areas

WEST HAVEN, Nov. 3, 2023 — CDM Smith of East Hartford and Martinez Couch & Associates LLC of Rocky Hill have been contracted by West Haven to conduct a sewer system study for locating sources of stormwater inflow to the city’s sani...

GEI Consultants chosen for Boardwalk Eco-Restoration

PHOTO — Members of the West Haven Shoreline Restoration Committee and officials of GEI Consultants Inc. of Glastonbury conduct a site visit at the West Haven Boardwalk Resilience and Eco-Restoration Project on Monday, Oct. 23. From left, project...

Energy assistance offered in West Haven

WEST HAVEN, Oct. 5, 2023 — The city is accepting applications for the federally funded Connecticut Energy Assistance Program.

Appointments for all heating sources can be made by calling 203-937-3572.

Applications will be processed via phone by app...

19-month poster display at City Hall chronicles Vietnam War

PHOTO — West Haven Vietnam Veterans and the city are presenting a 19-month poster display on the Vietnam War at City Hall, beginning this month. The poster series, “A Learning Experience,” will chronicle nearly every aspect o...

West Haven Vietnam vets sought for new area of memorial

WEST HAVEN, Aug. 21, 2023 — Current and former city residents who served in the Vietnam War are sought by the West Haven Vietnam Memorial Inc. Committee to have their names inscribed on a new section of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Bradley P...

Phase 1 of shoreline restoration project underway

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...