Tonight’s Rubber City concert in Grove postponed; date TBD
WEST HAVEN, July 9, 2021 — Tonight’s Rubber City concert in Old Grove Park has been postponed.
Because more rain is forecast for Monday, the band has agreed to perform at a later date.
Stay tuned for details.
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 Ralph A. Eberle. (Contributed Photo)
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West Haven dedicating Third Ave. Park in memory of Ralph Eberle
WEST HAVEN, July 9, 2021 — Mayor Nancy R. Rossi will dedicate Third Avenue Park in honor of the late Councilman Ralph A. Eberle.
Eberle, a lifelong resident of the neighborhood he represented on the City Council, served the Center’s 3rd District from Dec. 1, 2013, until his death on July 8, 2017, at age 52.
The dedication is set for 3 p.m. July 18 on the park grounds at Third Avenue and May Street.
According to city officials, the 2.1-acre park, also known as Chamber of Commerce Park, was recently renovated with a new playground and basketball court.
Rossi said Eberle, a Democrat, was a public-spirited member of the community who served West Haven well, including serving as president of the PTA Council.
Rossi will help members of the Eberle family reveal a wooden red, white and blue sign renaming the park “The Ralph Eberle Park.”
“I have such fond memories of Ralph,” said Rossi, who served with Eberle on the City Council. “He was a leader with a commitment to public service and an independence that reflected the concerns of his district.”
The ceremony will include remarks by Rossi and other city leaders.
Attendees will include Eberle’s wife, Lisa Pritts Eberle; his daughter, Victoria Eberle; and his mother, Connie Eberle.
The dedication will also include former and current City Council members who served with Eberle and members of West Haven’s General Assembly delegation.
Eberle loved to sail, according to loved ones, and worked as a manager at North Sails, an international sailmaker based in Milford. He graduated from Platt Technical High School in Milford.
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Sound Health publishes 15th edition
WEST HAVEN, July 9, 2021 — For the latest public health information and resources, stay connected and engaged during the pandemic with Sound Health, the Health Department’s newsletter.
Read about all things public health at Sound Health, Volume 15.
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Airborne playing Centennial Concert Series July 17 on Allingtown Green
WEST HAVEN, July 9, 2021 — The West Haven Centennial Concert Series will continue July 17 with contemporary jazz played by Airborne.
The two-hour concert is set for 7 p.m. on the Allingtown Green. The rain date is July 28.
On July 23, Simply Swing, a 10-piece orchestra featuring “swinging horns, a dynamic rhythm section and wonderful vocals,” will perform in the Grove at 7 p.m. The rain date is July 26.
The concert series will follow in the Grove with the Chicago blues of The Cobalt Rhythm Kings at 7 p.m. Aug. 13 and the R&B of Shaded Soul Band at 7 p.m. Aug. 27. The bands’ rain dates are Aug. 16 and Aug. 30, respectively.
On Sept. 5, the series will culminate in the Grove at 7 p.m. with a two-hour concert by What a Fool Believes, “a Doobie Brothers experience” celebrating the Doobies’ 50th anniversary. The rain date is Sept. 9.
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Centennial Coed Volleyball Tourney set for July 31 at Sea Bluff Beach
WEST HAVEN, July 9, 2021 — The Department of Parks and Recreation is registering six six-person teams for the West Haven Centennial Coed Volleyball Tournament.
The double-elimination tournament, for those 16 and older, is set for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 31 at the Sea Bluff Beach courts on Ocean Avenue. The rain date is Aug. 1.
The team entry fee is $100.
All participants will receive a centennial T-shirt, and the tournament winner will receive a prize.
Organizers require a minimum of two females and one male on the court during match play.
Register at Park-Rec’s Painter Park office, 190 Kelsey Ave., or download a waiver/roster at Park-Rec and return the completed form with the $100 fee — check or cash, no credit cards — to the office by July 26. Make checks payable to the City of West Haven — Centennial Account.
For tournament information, call 203-937-3651.
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 People gather in Old Grove Park to commemorate West Haven’s 100th birthday June 24 — 100 years to the day of West Haven’s incorporation by the General Assembly as Connecticut’s youngest town. The West Haven Centennial Celebration kicked off with a 1980s tribute concert performed by The Pop Rocks. (City Drone Photo/Alycia Sandella)
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West Haven marks 100th birthday; watch on YouTube
WEST HAVEN, June 25, 2021 — Westies young and old, many donning blue and white, gathered in Old Grove Park to help their beloved West Haven blow out the figurative candles on its 100th birthday June 24.
Amid a cool breeze and a spectacular strawberry sunset, The Pop Rocks, “Connecticut’s ultimate ’80s experience,” kick-started the West Haven Centennial Celebration by interacting with the audience while playing a two-hour set of totally awesome hits — 100 years to the day of West Haven’s incorporation by the General Assembly as Connecticut’s youngest municipality.
The showstopping performance, presented by the City of West Haven Centennial Celebration Committee, put the icing on the cake for a birthday bash 100 years in the making and left partygoers clamoring for more.
And there is more — much more, said committee Chairwoman Beth A. Sabo, the city’s commissioner of human resources.
Mayor Nancy R. Rossi, the committee’s honorary chairwoman, recently announced a six-month series of free concerts, historical exhibits and fireworks — headlined by the long-awaited return of the Savin Rock Festival in the Grove on July 30-31 — to commemorate West Haven’s 1921 birth.
Rossi, West Haven’s first female mayor, opened the centennial kickoff by welcoming concertgoers to the 151-year-old Grove and congratulating her fellow Westies on the community’s 100th anniversary.
The ceremony observed West Haven’s secession from Orange a century ago. West Haven and North Milford joined in 1822 to form the town of Orange. The rural and residential sections of Orange separated in 1921 when the residential part, West Haven, became the state’s youngest town.
After remarks by city Treasurer Michael P. Last, the master of ceremonies, The Pop Rocks hit the stage running — and sporting the era-defining fashion that was all the rage.
The five-piece band opened with a medley of Europe’s “The Final Countdown” and Loverboy’s “Working for the Weekend” and followed with an array of the best pop and rock from the decade of decadence, including Madonna’s “Material Girl,” Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ on a Prayer” and Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’.”
Men, women and children from all walks of life danced the night away, including forming an impromptu conga line with the band while performing Buster Poindexter’s “Hot Hot Hot.”
Rossi and other city leaders walked through the crowd, waving to and chatting with residents they serve. Around the historic Grove, decorative blue-and-white centennial banners blew in the wind.
It was a good night for West Haven — and a great night for families to come together as friends and neighbors for a sense of normalcy in an otherwise abnormal year.
West Haveners, like so many others nationwide, have been plagued with cabin fever caused by the coronavirus pandemic, and the musical entertainment provided a refreshing release from the uncertainty of the year.
The Westie pride on display demonstrated the best of the American spirit, reflecting the determination and resilience of a people who vowed to never lose hope — so much so they adopted “nil desperandum,” a Latin phrase meaning “never despair,” as West Haven’s official motto in 1935.
People showed their patriotic colors by purchasing centennial coins, lapel pins and lawn signs from Sabo and committee member Diane Dietman at the hospitality table.
Each person who bought a $10 lawn sign will get entered into a raffle for a chance to push a “start button” to help launch this year’s fireworks. The winner and up to three guests will also dine on burgers and hot dogs under the Savin Rock Fireworks Committee’s hospitality tent before and during the display.
All merchandise proceeds generated by the centennial committee will offset expenses and support the $50,000 centennial budget approved by the City Council, Sabo said.
Local vendor JOD Designs, a veteran-owned screen printing company, sold centennial T-shirts.
To coincide with the kickoff, the city clerk’s office started distributing centennial diaper bags to the first 100 West Haven babies born on or after June 24.
The yellow-and-brown diaper bags were made possible by the West Haven Child Development Center and the West Haven Community House through a donation from the Eder family.
Each bag of donated supplies contains essential provisions for parents of newborns. Call the city clerk’s office for details at 203-937-3535.
Although June 24 marked West Haven’s official incorporation, the committee earlier this month commenced the community’s anniversary festivities with a West Haven Historical Society exhibit, “From Village to Town,” followed by the Centennial Boat Parade and a Juneteenth event, called West Haven Celebrates Juneteenth.
The exhibit included maps chronicling the growth and development of West Haven, formerly known as West Farms, from a Colonial settlement in 1648 to its evolution as a separate town in 1921.
The Centennial Savin Rock Festival will showcase West Haven’s past 100 years and the “sights, sounds, smells and tastes” that made the 20th-century Savin Rock Park “the playground of New England.” Details are forthcoming.
The 2021 fireworks, billed as “They Will Be Heard on the 3rd,” will launch off Bradley Point Park at 8 p.m. Sept. 3, with a rain date of Sept. 4.
The display, moved from July 3 to Labor Day weekend to safely accommodate the many throngs expected, is sponsored by the centennial committee and the fireworks committee.
Before the fireworks, people of all ages can shake, rattle and roll to funk and rock music played by the Kathy Thompson Band in front of Savin Rock from 6-8 p.m.
For a complete list of centennial events, see the Schedule. For centennial merchandise, visit the official Online Store.
The store, hosted by West Haven vendor West Shore Associates, sells such centennial-branded merchandise as long- and short-sleeved T-shirts, hooded sweatshirts, stainless steel tumblers, stemless wine glasses, insulated beverage bottles, ceramic mugs, retro sunglasses, canvas and cotton tote bags, eco-performance face masks, and pigment-dyed twill and mesh trucker caps.
A portion of the vendors’ merchandise proceeds will support the centennial account, Sabo said.
Watch the West Haven Centennial Celebration kickoff concert on West Haven YouTube. |
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 The Pop Rocks with West Haven Mayor Nancy R. Rossi and city Treasurer Michael P. Last, the centennial kickoff event’s master of ceremonies. (City Photo/Michael P. Walsh)
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 Rossi welcomes people to the Grove and congratulates her fellow Westies on the community’s 100th anniversary. (City Photo/Michael P. Walsh)
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 An aerial view of concertgoers. (City Drone Photo/Alycia Sandella)
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 Partygoers form an impromptu conga line with members of The Pop Rocks, “Connecticut’s ultimate ’80s experience.” (City Photo/Michael P. Walsh)
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 Parents and children dance to the music. (City Photo/Michael P. Walsh)
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 The Pop Rocks hit a high note. (City Photo/Michael P. Walsh)
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 The band entertains the all-ages crowd. (City Photo/Michael P. Walsh)
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 The lead guitarist performs. (City Photo/Alycia Sandella)
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 Beth A. Sabo, the chairwoman of the City of West Haven Centennial Celebration Committee, flashes a smile while selling centennial coins, lapel pins and lawn signs. (City Photo/Alycia Sandella)
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 The drummer atop his kit, drumstick twirling in hand. (City Photo/Michael P. Walsh)
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 The lead singer dances with an audience member. (City Photo/Michael P. Walsh)
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 The frontman interacts with the crowd. (City Photo/Michael P. Walsh)
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 The lead singer performs with an audience member. (City Photo/Alycia Sandella)
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 A fan is brought onstage for some fun. (City Photo/Michael P. Walsh)
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 People hit the dance floor. (City Photo/Michael P. Walsh)
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 Night falls on the stage. (City Photo/Michael P. Walsh)
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 From left, City Clerk Patricia C. Horvath, Mayor Nancy R. Rossi and West Haven Child Development Center Executive Director Patrice Farquharson, with daughter Julia Farquharson, 22, reveal West Haven’s new centennial diaper bags at City Hall on June 23. The yellow-and-brown bags, which contain essential provisions for parents of newborns, were made possible by the Child Development Center and the West Haven Community House through a donation from the Eder family. (City Photo/Michael P. Walsh)
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Centennial diaper bags for babies born on, after June 24
WEST HAVEN, June 25, 2021 — Mayor Nancy R. Rossi, City Clerk Patricia C. Horvath and West Haven Child Development Center Executive Director Patrice Farquharson revealed West Haven’s new centennial diaper bags at City Hall on June 23.
The city clerk’s office started distributing the yellow-and-brown diaper bags the next day to the first 100 West Haven babies born on or after June 24, said Beth A. Sabo, the chairwoman of the City of West Haven Centennial Celebration Committee, who attended the unveiling along with Farquharson’s 22-year-old daughter, Julia.
Sabo said the distribution coincided with the centennial kickoff ceremony in Old Grove Park on Thursday — 100 years to the day of West Haven’s incorporation by the General Assembly as Connecticut’s youngest town.
The diaper bags were made possible by the Child Development Center and the West Haven Community House through a donation from the Eder family, said Sabo, the city’s commissioner of human resources.
The bags are emblazoned with the centennial’s dark blue “100” logo with “Celebrating Our Past” and “Inspiring Our Future” in dark blue lettering.
Each bag of donated supplies was assembled by Julia Farquharson and contains essential provisions for parents of newborns, including a centennial bib from the Community House, a children’s book from Read to Grow, a dental kit from the state Husky Health program and a first haircut gift card from Teddi and Archell, as well as a history of West Haven from the West Haven Historical Society.
Each bag also includes a Connecticut Early Learning and Development Standards Action Guide, an infant mental health development wheel, a United Way pen and an informational flyer on child care centers, along with diapers from The Diaper Bank of Connecticut.
For information on the diaper bags, call the city clerk’s office, located on the first floor of City Hall at 355 Main St., at 203-937-3535. |
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Join the Sustainability Team!
WEST HAVEN, June 15, 2021 — The city recognizes that diversity improves civic engagement, which strengthens communities by building more equitable outcomes. Therefore, the city is seeking volunteers to join the West Haven Sustainability Team.
Read the official Recruitment Letter. |
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Calendar benefits West Haven Veterans Museum
WEST HAVEN, June 15, 2021 — City artist and photographer Libby Earle is assembling a calendar of West Haven that covers the 2021-22 school year from this summer to next.
Calendar sales will benefit the West Haven Veterans Museum & Learning Center, one of the city’s biggest cultural assets, said ArtsWestCT organizer Elinor Slomba.
“The Veterans Museum does so much to honor those who served bravely so we can enjoy our lifestyle and the freedoms depicted in these photographs,” said Earle, a native of Canada. “This has come to be my home, and I feel very patriotic about it.”
The calendar will include a photo of The Lone Sailor. The statue, a replica of the original at the Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C., overlooks Long Island Sound from its position in Old Grove Park.
The Lone Sailor is an iconic symbol of the memorial’s mission to honor, recognize and celebrate the men and women of the sea services and pays tribute to West Haven's long seafaring history.
The statue was donated by city resident and Navy veteran Martin “Marty” DeGrand. Arlene Painter, the daughter of the late DeGrand, manages the museum.
The calendar will also include photos of West Haven’s seaside views and traditions.
Each calendar costs $20. All proceeds, excluding printing costs, will go to the museum at 30 Hood Terrace.
Preorders are available before June 18 at Calendar.
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Centennial includes fireworks, Savin Rock Festival
WEST HAVEN, June 10, 2021 — The City of West Haven Centennial Celebration Committee will toast the community’s 100th anniversary with a six-month series of free concerts, historical exhibits and fireworks — headlined by the long-awaited return of the Savin Rock Festival, Mayor Nancy R. Rossi announced.
The festival, last held in 2017 because of a $50,000 budget deficit under the previous administration, is coming home to the 151-year-old grounds of Old Grove Park on July 30-31.
According to Rossi, the committee’s honorary chairwoman, the Centennial Savin Rock Festival will showcase West Haven’s past 100 years and the “sights, sounds, smells and tastes” that made the 20th-century Savin Rock Park “the playground of New England.” More details are forthcoming.
Rossi said the committee is pulling out all the stops for the West Haven Centennial Celebration by throwing a birthday bash to remember — 100 years in the making.
The committee has hung decorative blue-and-white centennial banners around the community in observance of West Haven’s 1921 birth.
To mark the milestone, the committee has opened the centennial’s official Online Store.
The store, hosted by West Haven vendor West Shore Associates, sells such centennial-branded merchandise as long- and short-sleeved T-shirts, hooded sweatshirts, stainless steel tumblers, stemless wine glasses, insulated beverage bottles, ceramic mugs, retro sunglasses, canvas and cotton tote bags, eco-performance face masks, and pigment-dyed twill and mesh trucker caps.
Another local vendor, JOD Designs, a veteran-owned screen printing company, will sell centennial T-shirts at events.
A portion of the vendors’ merchandise proceeds will offset expenses and support the $50,000 centennial budget approved by the City Council, Rossi said.
In addition, the committee will sell a centennial coin, lapel pin and book, said Chairwoman Beth A. Sabo, the city’s commissioner of human resources.
According to Sabo, most of the book’s content was generously provided by Dan Shine, one of the foremost authorities on West Haven history.
The committee will also sell centennial lawn signs for $10, said Sabo, adding that each person who buys a sign will get entered into a raffle for a chance to push a “start button” to help launch this year’s fireworks. The winner and up to three guests will also dine on burgers and hot dogs under the Savin Rock Fireworks Committee’s hospitality tent before and during the display, she said.
All merchandise proceeds generated by the committee will support the centennial account, Sabo said.
Did we mention fireworks?
The 2021 fireworks, billed as “They Will Be Heard on the 3rd,” will launch off Bradley Point Park at 8 p.m. Sept. 3, with a rain date of Sept. 4.
The display, moved from July 3 to Labor Day weekend to safely accommodate the many throngs expected, is presented by the centennial committee and the fireworks committee.
Before the fireworks, people of all ages can shake, rattle and roll to funk and rock music performed by the Kathy Thompson Band on a portable stage in front of Savin Rock from 6-8 p.m.
“We don’t celebrate many historic events in West Haven, and I’m excited to mark our 100th anniversary with several concerts, events for children, the Centennial Savin Rock Festival and the September fireworks,” Rossi said. “And that’s just the summertime events. There will be more ways to celebrate West Haven’s past and its people through the end of the year.”
On June 12-13, the centennial festivities will commence with a West Haven Historical Society open house exhibit, “From Village to Town,” from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the society’s Poli House headquarters, 686 Savin Ave.
The exhibit will include maps chronicling the growth and development of West Haven, formerly known as West Farms, from a Colonial settlement in 1648 to its evolution as a separate town in 1921, society President Jon E. Purmont said.
“We are delighted to share with the public many artifacts, photographs and archival material that explain why West Haven became a separate town,” Purmont said.
Also on June 12, the Centennial Boat Parade will set sail across the West Haven seaboard at 1 p.m. The procession of more than 100 boats will pay homage to the community’s nautical heritage and 3 miles of publicly accessible beaches on Long Island Sound — the crown jewels of West Haven, Rossi said.
The parade will follow the city’s coastline from the jetty off Sandy Point in New Haven Harbor, known as the West Haven jetty, to the Oyster River in Baybrook, according to West Haven Harbor Master Robert Pimer, who has charted the course for the committee and will help steer the procession.
Rossi is encouraging city residents to descend on the beaches along Beach Street, Captain Thomas Boulevard and Ocean Avenue for a front-row view of the boating spectacle.
“I cannot wait for our residents to witness this one-of-a-kind boat parade along our very shore,” said Rossi, who will join Pimer at the helm aboard his harbor master boat. “This event is a tribute to the enduring history and legacy of West Haven as a true maritime community.”
Committee member John Biancur said he expects over 100 boats of varying sizes to participate in the free parade, including motorboats, personal watercraft, and sailboats from the Prospect Beach Fish & Game Club and the City Point, Pequonnock, Waucoma and West Haven yacht clubs. It will also include rescue boats from the West Haven, West Shore and City of West Haven Allingtown fire departments.
Biancur said the parade is open to all watercraft operators, provided they meet at the West Haven jetty at 1 p.m. and follow the Police Department’s patrol boat throughout the route. The rain date is June 13 at 2 p.m.
A Juneteenth event, “West Haven Celebrates Juneteenth,” will take place in Brent Watt Park on Tile Street in Allingtown from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 19 — the traditional commemoration date of the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States.
President Abraham Lincoln first issued the Emancipation Proclamation declaring all slaves free in Confederate territory on Sept. 22, 1862, but the news took time to travel. June 19, 1865, is the date when word of the proclamation reached African Americans in Texas.
West Haven’s Juneteenth activities, held rain or shine, will focus on performances by talented young people from the area, including cheerleaders, a poet, dancers, a saxophonist and singers, said Councilwoman Robbin Watt Hamilton, D-5, a committee member.
The community event will include remarks by dignitaries, a rendition of the Black national anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” and a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation, Watt Hamilton said.
It will also include a drum call by Rhythm From the Heart, a performance by the Village Drill Team and a concert by The Nu Groove Band, which specializes in R&B and classic rock.
Local artists and authors will show their works, and vendors will sell novelties and wares, including T-shirts, jewelry and soaps. The Cool Runnings food truck will serve the taste of Jamaica.
Watt Hamilton said the Health Department will offer the COVID-19 vaccine to those 18 and older.
The centennial kickoff ceremony is scheduled for Old Grove Park on June 24 — 100 years to the day of West Haven’s incorporation by the General Assembly as Connecticut’s youngest municipality.
The 7 p.m. event will include opening remarks by dignitaries and the recognition of West Haven centenarians, followed by a two-hour show by The Pop Rocks, “Connecticut’s ultimate ’80s experience,” as part of the West Haven Centennial Concert Series. The rain date is June 29.
To coincide with the June 24 kickoff, the West Haven Child Development Center and the West Haven Community House will start distributing centennial diaper bags to the first 100 West Haven babies born on or after June 24 through the city clerk’s office at City Hall, 355 Main St. Call the office for details at 203-937-3535.
The concert series will continue with Rubber City, “one of Connecticut’s premier concert, party and club bands,” in the Grove at 7 p.m. July 9. The rain date is July 12.
On July 10, the West Haven PTA Council will present “Chalk the Walk” from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the boardwalk behind the Savin Rock Conference Center, 6 Rock St., followed by its Sand Sculpture Contest from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 17 at Oak Street Beach. The rain dates are July 11 for the chalk event and July 18 for the contest.
The concert series will resume with Airborne, a contemporary jazz group, on the Allingtown Green at 7 p.m. July 17 and Simply Swing, a 10-piece orchestra featuring “swinging horns, a dynamic rhythm section and wonderful vocals,” in the Grove at 7 p.m. July 23. The rain dates are July 26 for Simply Swing and July 28 for Airborne.
On July 31, the Centennial Coed Beach Volleyball Tournament is set for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Sea Bluff Beach courts. The rain date is Aug. 1.
The concert series will follow with the Chicago blues of The Cobalt Rhythm Kings at 7 p.m. Aug. 13 and the R&B of Shaded Soul Band at 7 p.m. Aug. 27, both in the Grove. The rain dates are Aug. 16 for Cobalt Rhythm Kings and Aug. 30 for Shaded Soul.
On Sept. 5, the series will culminate in the Grove at 7 p.m. with a two-hour concert by What a Fool Believes, “a Doobie Brothers experience” celebrating the Doobies’ 50th anniversary. The rain date is Sept. 9.
WestFest, a festival sponsored by the University of New Haven Mayor’s Advisory Commission, is slated for the downtown Green from noon-8 p.m. Sept. 18. The rain date is Sept. 19.
On Sept. 25, a “Hubbard Farms” exhibit, presented by Hubbard family member Steven Johnstone, will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Hubbard Farms Park, a wooded 7.6-acre park with walking trails in West Shore’s Hubbard Road neighborhood. The rain date is Sept. 26.
The West Haven Veterans Museum, 30 Hood Terrace, will hold an exhibit, “A Salute to Veterans of the Last 100 Years,” at 10 a.m. Nov. 9.
Other commemorative events will include walking tours of Allingtown and a fire muster in front of Savin Rock with members of West Haven’s three fire departments and the Orange Volunteer Fire Department.
Also planned is a reenactment of a spirited town meeting discussing West Haven’s separation from Orange in 1921 and starring leaders from both communities.
More details on those events are forthcoming. |
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Every Friday is #FunFactFriday on W. Haven centennial Facebook page
WEST HAVEN, June 2, 2021 — The City of West Haven Centennial Celebration Committee has launched a new series called #FunFactFriday to promote the community’s 100th anniversary this year.
Every Friday, the committee will post tidbits celebrating historical events, people and places in West Haven from the past 100 years on its official Facebook page, City of West Haven Centennial Celebration - 1921-2021.
The page is administered by the city and edited by Dan Shine, one of the foremost authorities on West Haven history. Like the page on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/CityofWestHavenCentennialCelebrationCommittee.
The historical facts are compiled from various West Haven Library references by staff members Taylor Cordova and Kiana Arevalo under the supervision of Executive Director Colleen Bailie.
The committee is planning a number of commemorative events, starting this month, to observe the 1921 birth of Connecticut’s youngest town.
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