Rum Runners headline concert series at 7 p.m. today; Eight to the Bar headlines series at 7 p.m. Saturday

WEST HAVEN, Aug. 16, 2024 — The West Haven Summer Concert Series has saved the best for last: a grand finale of four shows in two nights this weekend in Old Grove Park, 1 Palace St.

Today, the Rock House School of Music’s TKM All Star Band will play a set of rockers from 5:30-6:30 p.m., followed by party rock hits performed by the Rum Runners from 7-9 p.m.

On Saturday, Sweeter Than Wine will play acoustic rock favorites from 5:30-6:30 p.m., followed by swing and Motown classics performed by Eight to the Bar from 7-9 p.m.

The free concerts will include food trucks and are presented by the Department of Parks and Recreation.

Mayor Dorinda Borer launches new marketing video showcase, ‘Summers in West Haven — Feel the Vibe!’

WEST HAVEN, Aug. 16, 2024 — Mayor Dorinda Borer has launched “Summers in West Haven — Feel the Vibe!”, the latest video showcase in the city’s new promotional series, “Discover West Haven.”

Check out the video.

Beach lifeguards receive lifesaving Narcan training

WEST HAVEN, Aug. 15, 2024 — (Pictured): Beach lifeguards of the Department of Parks and Recreation show their new Narcan emergency overdose kits with Emergency Management Director Rick Fontana, right, and Pool and Waterfront Coordinator Margaret Ruggiero, second from right, on the city’s shoreline boardwalk Aug. 7.

From left, lifeguards Geffen Waterman, Brandon Sihaphong, Jeffery Flores-Copa, Chris Holt, Molly Wilson, Daniela Velez, Isaiah Correia, Haley Lippard, Brooke Nebor, Caly Nyack, Amber Militrano and Anglin Hebert.

Ruggiero, who supervises Park-Rec’s beach lifeguards, said her staff received “knowledge, training and expertise” from Fontana in administering Narcan, a brand name for a device that delivers the opioid-overdose antidote naloxone.

“This is so vital for our lifeguards to be knowledgeable and trained in how to identify possible overdose situations, as they are the first responders on the shoreline,” Ruggiero said. “Thanks so very much to Mr. Fontana for providing Narcan that these lifeguards now carry in case of an emergency situation should occur on our guarded beaches.”

Each Narcan overdose kit contains two 4-milligram nasal sprays.

Fontana has been installing the grant-funded kits in many municipal buildings and public places around West Haven.

(City Photo/Angelina Morales)

Park-Rec campers learn cooking, grilling skills

WEST HAVEN, Aug. 13, 2024 — (Pictured): Armed with cooking utensils, campers of the Department of Parks and Recreation’s Summer Camp learn cooking and grilling skills from culinary expert Meg Kingston, left, at a camp cookout Aug. 8.

Kingston, the food service director of West Haven Public Schools, taught a weekly cooking class during the camp’s two-week session in Painter Park, where campers made smoothies, chicken quesadillas, chocolate chip cookies and meatballs.

(City Photo/Margaret Longo)