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The city’s Enterprise Zone along the be off ered. The state, meanwhile, reim- Front Avenue corridor and extending burses the city for revenue lost due to to composting site along the West River the lower assessments. received an important imprimatur and The Front Avenue/Spring Street cor- is moving toward att racting new fi rms ridor was designated because it came into the area. The announcement of under the criteria needed for the des- the zone was made in early December, ignation: and city offi cials received the go-ahead ~ The area must include at least 25 from Commissioner of Economic and percent of the population living below Community Development, one of the the poverty line, and on public assis- major hurdles in the process. tance; and be twice the state average in Mayor Nancy Rossi said the state has unemployment of residents in the pro- not only given its OK, but is helping in posed district the process. ~ The designation must be fi rst ap- “Commissioner Lehman’s Offi ce proved by the city’s legislative body, has confi rmed the State of Connecti- in West Haven’s case the City Council. cut has accepted the city’s Enterprise Once the designation is given by the Zone designation and is working with DECD, the city can solicit businesses the city where appropriate to identify for the zone and those businesses de- Photo courtesy of WHCDC opportunities for business/industrial rive certain benefi ts: entities looking to expand or establish ~ The businesses get a fi ve-year 80% ‘D’ is for…. a home in Connecticut,” she said this tax abatement on real and personal week. property that are new to the grand list, Kaylani Foster, age 4, a student at the West Haven Child Development Cen- The Enterprise Zone has excited city the state reimbursing the city for the ter, Inc. uses a smartboard to practice the lett er “D.” The center received the offi cials as an innovative way to bring lost revenue; smart board as part of winning the NBC/Telemundo Innovation in Technology new businesses into the city and allow ~ A 10-year, 25% or 50% credit on Award, funding from the University of New Haven and the Community Foun- for tax breaks that could not otherwise See Enterprise, page 8 dation for Greater New Haven.
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Rink upgrades
The Edward L. Bennett Rink has received a few up- grades recently. This includes brand new bleachers, an up- grade to the boys varsity lock- er rooms, and currently work- ing on additional add-ons. The 52-year-old facility has had many major upgrades in the last few years, making it one of the top venues in the state.
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| A Partner in the Community Page 4 - Thursday, February 4, 2021 WEST HAVEN VOICE Dear Felicia Well, honey bunch, erable snow day. It is a thing Ole Party might determine a Centennial Committ ee is actually the kebosh on any correspondence February is here and as I scribe o’ the past in these parts, never run. Right now, what’s being two separate groups. Cummings betwixt the department heads this note, there is talk of snow to be seen again. determined if whether said set up his own organization foist, and the councilors without the and ice and all the things that Meanwhile Sammy had possible candidate has the and then the Actors Colony set up imprimatur of the thoid fl oor with make this time of year what some info about the local GOP support of members of the its own – using the same name. cc’s to herself and Louey Esposito. it is: exciting in a strange sort and what may happen come party. Can we get the collective ack So, what must be queried is o’ way, and for folks like you the fall municipal elections. Last time, the party together and jest come up with a whether the council is gett ing and me, a bit on the scary side. Word is that a section of the experienced its foist primary unifi ed committ ee, or are egos that the info it needs and having No one wants to end up on party wants to see Michele in many a moon over whom fragile? One is justifi ed in posing the give-and-take that these their backside. But this month Gregorio take a second stab at would carry the standard the question. Things should not processes usually have? Whilst is always the coldest, so it the thoid fl oor to run against into November. One wonders have got this far, but what else the chairman and herroner were should be interestin’ to see herroner as she did two years eff en the same could happen is new? Last we hoid Cummings trying to put the best face on the how things turn out. ago. Gregorio did bett er than this time, with Gregorio trying sent a “cease and desist” missive diktat that came out last month, One of the things we learnt some expected, and as with to go for another bite of the to the thoid fl oor, but that’s all one would think that some of the here is that the “snow day” is many things political in these apple, and another candidate that’s happened. It would be a interpersonal chat that would defi nitely a thing o’ the past. parts, the bloom kind o’ falls looking for a fi rst bite. waste of time and money to get help people along is being missed. Sammy Bluejay fl utt ered by off the rose after the second We shall see, but the fack that together a lawsuit. What would Still, no one knows what’s go- with some info about this and term – and defi nitely in the we’re even talking about the be benefi cial is that everybody ing to happen until the mayor that, and mentioned that in thoid. Herroner will be going minority party this early in the play nice in the sandbox. But, like puts out her budge message in last week’s snow “event” as for number three. going is a good thing. Usually, we asked before, is that asking too four weeks. they like to call it, the kiddies Now, whether MG deter- we don’t start mentioning much? The only thing that is certain is were not given the day off , but mines she wants to go through the inevitable loss of the ~~~ it will include a tax increase. As were to “distance learn.” Now another campaign is a ques- candidate until the summer. Believe it or not – and this we all hafta remember, the Mu- that the Wuhan Virus or China tion, but Sammy sez that some Who knows, maybe people was pernted out to me by nicipal Accountability Review Virus (jest to make the Wash- others in the party are lookin’ will be tired of the one-party Nelly Nuthatch – the new Board (MARB) has mandated the ingtonians upset) has changed elsewhere. Iyam told that an- rule that has held us back, and Enterprise Zone in the Front city up the mill rate over the term much, it has changed the ven- other member o’ the Grand in this centennial year they Avenue area was announced of the fi ve-year plan passed four will throw off the shackles of two months ago already. It years ago. So, this is the fourth the majority organization. One was in early December and increase, I reckon. The goal is to could hope… here we are two moons later. put the mill rate to 40 by the end ~~~ The question before the house of the plan. Whilst we’re talking about it, is what exactly has been Sooooo, everything is up in the one wonders eff en the litt le prob- accomplished in the last litt le air as it always is. The only thing lem that exists betwixt the Actors while? really wanted to know is how Colony and Daryl Cummings Of course, we posed those much the mill increase will be committ ee can be fi xed to the very queries to the mayor, the this time ‘round heading toward general benefi t of the city – not City Council chairman, and the magic number of 40. that setch a consideration is ever the state rep behind the idea, ~~~ in the cards. As is stated in this and yew can see those results. With the year now a month week’s editorial, the West Haven It was supposed to be a slam- old and things sett ling in, Iva dunk when it was announced, Lootey came by and wondered and we understand with the what is gonna happen with holidays and all things kind of the Allingtown Library. The come to a halt, but we still are branch was closed indefi nitely waiting to hear what exactly in October when The Acorn the status is. Group purchased the former Remember too, the city said 1 Forest Road site, where the it was already gett ing inquiries library was housed for three- about the possibilities, what plus decades. with the tax benefi ts the plan There is a murmur here or gives to those who locate there that there is an outside within the EZ’s environs. The possibility it might actually state will reimburse the city return to that site in the base- for the taxes lost, accordingly ment if a rental agreement can – at least for the time being. be hammered out, according The state has a habit on to Iva. occasion to put things together That poses one query: does and then take them away, that mean the new owners are depending on how much it has being magnanimous, or is it overspent or over-estimated they can’t rent the basement? its own budget/tax plan for It’s a fair question. a given year. Over the last So, the opening of the Louis few “budget cycles” the state Piantino branch might be in hasn’t exactly been hitt ing its the same building but diff er- own revenue projections. So, ent place. That would be the there is always the possibility perfect ending to this silly sce- that a renege can take place. nario. It’ll be interesting to fi nd out Iva mentioned that a few how things are progressing places have been looked at, and whether this new entity some inquiries were made, but will be the catalyst of a new the rents requested kind o’ put and brighter future for our things off the table. community. Yeah, I’m layin’ it We shall see what transpires on thick. in the interim, and eff en the ~~~ people of the Allingtown And whilst we’re on the subject borough will get back their of budgets, it would seem with the branch library. Iva will keep month turning a page, the FY’22 Cobina posted. budget-making process should be ~~~ in full swing. We know the City With that bit o’ chatt er, I’ll Council has been looking at the close this time till next, mitt luff current budget and some cost und kizzez, overruns in departments. We also know that herroner put Cobina WEST HAVEN VOICE Thursday, February 4, 2021 - Page 5
Dear Eleanore Turkington: Street and one on Bellvue a decayed tree located on Cen- times the rumbling will shake I inquired once before, in the Avenue that has been in their tral Avenue. As a follow up, the house. Its just aggravating 9th District, why there are ve- driveway for three to four I notifi ed Councilman Robert that they cut through our litt le hicles illegally parked that are years. Bruneau on this issue. neighborhood to save a small in residential neighborhoods I would like the 9th Dis- His reply, “As a follow up I amount of time going around re: Connecticut Motor Vehicle trict Representative to inquire checked for the tree situation to Sawmill to get to the rail- Department: any ¾ ton trucks about these areas and other and that problem has been re- road station. and any six wheels that is con- problems. solved.” BB Tired sidered a commercial vehicle Irrritated Resident Thank you, Councilman Dear Tired: are not allowed permanently Dear Irritated: Bruneau. Councilwoman Chrystal to be parked on residential I have contacted Council- Dear Eleanore Turkington: Fanelli received Gripe Vine’s property in West Haven. An man of the 9th District, Robert Why can’t the dead trees inquiry relating to huge trucks example a dump truck on Bruneau who replied to your on the Green be removed be- travelling through your neigh- Colonial Place, a box truck complaints with, “The storage fore the limbs fall on dogs and borhood. Councilwoman on Jones Hill Road opposite container on Bellvue will be ELEANORE TURKINGTON people? Fanelli’s reply, “I will see what Bellvue Avenue, two dump out of there no later than June. Tired of Waste can be done about this.” trucks plus a utility trailer on The people had a fl ood situa- in the summer. The neighbor Dear Tired of Waste: Coming up: lighting on Jones Hill Road opposite View tion in their basement which on Florence Street cut up a I asked your Councilwoman Captain Blvd’s shopping area.. Street, a ladder truck on Jones has now been resolved and fallen tree branch and put it in Bridgett e Hoskie for assistance Painter Drive and Noble Av- Hill Road, a rain maker box their furniture is in the stor- back of their shed which faces with your complaint. She re- enue sidewalk…decaying tree truck on Hillside Avenue and age container. They have as- a neighbor’s back yard. This plied, The trees will be inspect- on Simos lane and much more. a box truck (paint co.)on Hill- sured the city it will be out of is an ugly pile of brush where ed and reviewed as deemed as ~~~ side Avenue with Massachu- there no later than June. I will animals can easily hide in it. necessary by the tree warden.” Send your gripes, comments sett s license plates. get back to you on Howard as How can the neighborhood Dear Eleanore Turkington: and issues to gripevine4wh@ Also, does anyone inspect soon as I have an update.” get rid of it? I have complained in the past aol.com or mail them c/o West why new owners or rental Dear Councilman Bruneau, Disgruntled Neighbor about trucks on Voss Road. Haven Voice 840 Boston Post owners are not required to get thank you for your prompt Dear Disgruntled Neighbor: An 18-wheeler was making its Road, West Haven 06516. Connecticut license plates and reply. My readers will be I passed your information on way toward Sawmill Road. I Please be sure to include your pay taxes in West Haven? I see looking forward to the results to Councilman Peter Massaro happened to be outside taking name, address and phone lots of cars with out of state ve- of your investigation on this and he suggested you contact pictures and captured a photo number kept in strict confi - hicles. Also, is there a limit on reader’s complaints. the Blight Offi ce at City Hall depicting this problem. Some- dence with me. why there are so many trash Dear Eleanore Turkington: at (203) 937-3590. Their offi ce compactors parked in a drive- There is a huge pile of tree hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. way for so long? brush near my home that has Gripe Vine Readers: There is one on Howard been there since the storm back I have received inquiries on Obituary !" #$%#& Ernesto G. Cipolli III and sister-in-law, John R. ! Ernesto G. Cipolli III, 32, and Valerie (Plunske) Cipolli; ""#!$$ of Wallingford, formerly of his nephew who he adored, West Haven, died Saturday, Jay Cipolli; his aunt, Kathe %&' !" (! Wynne (Jack); his uncles, Bob January 16, 2021. )#*%! He was born in New Haven, Poppendieck (Donna), and September 13, 1988, a son Ricky Averill; and several of Ernest G. Cipolli, Jr. and cousins. Karen (Poppendieck) Cipolli He was predeceased by of Wallingford. He was a his aunt, Linda Averill; his graduate of Mark T. Sheehan paternal grandparents, Ernest '( ) * ( + H.S. where he was a member and Patricia Cipolli; and his ) ( & , ) + - . ) / "- * of the football team. dog, Tilly. Most of his recent maternal grandparents, John ! & , 0 * * )1 & ( He went onto attend Lincoln years were spent looking after and Margaret Poppendieck. ) & * & Technical Institute and was his nephew, JJ, whom he lived The Wallingford Funeral employed as an electrician for for. Home, 809 N. Main St. Ext., Rogers Electric. Spending days playing was in charge of arrangements. Ernesto loved all, and held video games together, fishing, A Mass of Christian Burial his loved ones close to his playing sports and watching was celebrated at Our Lady heart. He grew up spending movies. Ernesto worked as of Fatima Church, 382 Hope countless hours with friends a talented electrician and Hill Rd., Yalesville. Interment skateboarding, riding bikes, traveled often, but always followed in All Saints racing dirtbikes, and playing made it a point to speak to Cemetery. A celebration of life Yalesville Little League his nephew and see him any will be held in safer times. Baseball. He never wasted chance he had. Ernesto loved COVID precautions will be a moment and lived every his family and friends, always followed at all services and * + ,% % second to the fullest. showing how large his heart masks required. Ernesto was adventurous truly was. Gifts in his memory may and never turned down any Ernesto will be missed by his be sent to St. Jude Children’s * % challenge. He loved being parents, Ernest and Karen; his Research Hospital - www. home with his family and his sister, Katie Lynn; his brother stjude.org
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Editor Bill Riccio, Jr Opinion Sales Director Thursday, February 4, 2021 Page 6 Alan Olenick Living up to caricatures Sometimes we in West Haven live up to the carica- tures sometimes foisted upon us by outsiders. They will say we are argumentative, overly political, and hard-headed, with a single-minded drive that pre- cludes rational discussion. In other words, we’re stubborn. West Haven is much more nuanced than the lazy caricatures imposed upon us, but there are times we seem to play right into them. Take for example the kerfuffl e concerning the city’s centennial celebration for 2021. For those who do not know, West Haven became an independent mu- nicipality one hundred years ago, severing from the Town of Orange. Once a borough of that town, it had quasi-municipal status in much it did before fi nally making a break. The corporate documents had the new “Town of West Haven” imitate its former partner in Orange with a selectman form of government, along with rep- resentative town meetings. It wasn’t until the 1960s the selectmen gave way to the mayor-council form of government we have today. West Haven was considered the “blue collar” section of Orange, and continued that trait as it morphed into its own municipality. The fact the Savin Rock amusement park was along the shore only enhanced the “blue collar” designation. Today, the centennial celebration should be a way of bringing together the various sections and neigh- borhoods, not to mention the three major districts in the city: Center, Allingtown and West Shore. But such is not the case. Free speech for me..... When the announcement of the celebration was made, an independent panel was formed by resident By Rich Lowry this concept.” ton Post columnist Max Boot Syndicated Columnist One would think so. drew a direct line between Daryl Cummings. He called his group the “West Ha- Long a stalwart defender Yet, now journalists have how we deal with foreign ter- ven Centennial Committee.” Within weeks the city of the First Amendment, the lurched from fi nding a threat ror groups and how we should announced its own “offi cial” group, and called itself American media is now hav- to freedom to the press in ev- treat right-wing media organi- – you guessed it – “The West Haven Centennial Com- ing second thoughts. ery criticism of reporters and zations. “We need,” he wrote, mittee.” For decades, it was a com- news outlets by former Presi- “to shut down the infl uencers Let us understand, fi rstly, nothing in this city is a monplace sentiment among dent Donald Trump to them- who radicalize people and set coincidence or happenstance when it has the patina journalists that freedom of the selves calling for unwelcome them on the path toward vio- of politics attached. With the announcement of the press was one of the glories of media organizations to be lence and sedition.” city’s committee a “Cease and Desist” letter was sent our system. It helped to make shut down. Boot noted, approvingly, by Cummings, claiming the poaching of his organi- the government accountable They’ve become the thing that the U.K. doesn’t have the zation’s name. He threatened a lawsuit. To date, no and to air diverse points of they profess to hate -- closed- equivalent of Fox News be- lawsuit is pending that we are aware. view -- even unpopular ones -- minded censors who want cause regulators won’t allow to be tested in the marketplace to stifl e free expression, First it. The U.K. also doesn’t have But it points to our original statement. Sometimes of ideas. Amendment be damned. a First Amendment, a small we just have controversy where none – NONE – Media organizations were Perversely, the TV program detail that might be worth should exist. But as with many things, this has a at the forefront of the fi ght to and email newslett er of the considering if the point is to whiff of politics attached to it. vindicate First Amendment top media analyst at CNN, protect our freedoms rather Mr. Cummings is a Democrat, but has not enam- rights, with The New York Brian Stelter, has been a clear- than destroy them in a fi t of ored himself with the current administration. He is Times involved in two land- inghouse for such advocacy, ideological vengeance. an “outsider” in the parochial attitudes that govern mark Supreme Court deci- whether it is demands to get A writer at the progressive city politics among the majority party. sions (New York Times Co. v. right-wingers removed from publication Mother Jones ar- Cummings, it seems, came up with the idea. Sullivan and the Pentagon Pa- social media or -- more as- gued for an advertiser boycott Formed a committee, and used the name before City pers case) and tended to rise tonishingly -- to keep conser- instead of regulatory action in Hall made its own announcement. One could make as one against any perceived vative cable networks off the a post called, charmingly, “It’s a good case the politicos co-opted the name in defi - threat to their prerogatives airwaves. Time to Crush Fox News.” and freedoms. Stelter’s colleague, media A boycott wouldn’t violate ance of citizens committee. Further, the city politi- This advocacy has been sin- reporter Oliver Darcy, tweet- the First Amendment like a cians, seeing a group was interested in getting in- cere, although, if nothing else, ed about his eff ort to get cable direct crackdown on Fox and volved, should have brought them into the process. journalists should be First companies to answer why others. Still, it would be pri- Instead of “Us v. Them,” a “We” dynamic could have Amendment purists out of a they carry pro-Trump chan- vate action undertaken in the been attempted and a coalition of people and ideas sense of self-interest. In a 2018 nels like Newsmax and One service of a profoundly illib- could have been established. But that’s not the way essay in The Atlantic repre- America News Network. “Do eral goal, running counter to things work. Politicians hate to share the spotlight, senting the bygone conven- they have any second thoughts the country’s culture of free and this is a prime example. tional wisdom, titled “Why a about distributing these chan- speech. It didn’t have to be a controversy, but little in this Free Press Matt ers,” the long- nels given their election deni- All of this would be bad city comes without controversy. We hope things can time newscaster Dan Rather alism content?” he asked on enough if it weren’t people resolved amicably, but we aren’t – as the saying goes noted, “As a working journal- Twitt er. “They won’t say.” who write and comment on – holding our breath. ist, I know I have a stake in In the same vein, Washing- See Lowry, page 7 WEST HAVEN VOICE Thursday,February 4, 2021 - Page 7 Sewer pipe repairs continue this month
By Michael P. Walsh Special to the Voice The city will perform sanitary sewer repairs and pipe lining in West Shore starting in mid-February. City Engineer Abdul Quadir said the work will be done from Feb. 15-July 24 on Hillside Avenue, Bellevue Avenue, Milton Av- enue, Howard Street, Grand Street, Lake Street, Connecticut Av- !"#!$ %!"# &!'() *+'$,- enue, Colonial Boulevard, Colonial Circle, Baycrest Drive and Honor Road. During the roadwork, residential wastewater operations will be interrupted for about four hours, Quadir said. Residents will be notifi ed by lett er one week in advance and 24 hours before the work begins, he said. The project contractors are Missouri-based Insituform Tech- nologies Inc., a subsidiary of Aegion Corp., and Inland Waters Inc. of Rhode Island. 9+-( :/ ;-""!+- Lowry: Hindering speech ! 7#2 8! .#1 $/ Continued from page 7 TV for a living advocating it. But journalists have been moving in this direction for a while now, as Armin Rosen catalogues in a disturbing report for Tablet magazine. The author, Steve Coll, who is no less than the dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University, said last December, “Those of us in journalism have to come to terms with the fact that free speech, a principle that we hold sacred, is being weaponized against the principles of journalism.” !"#$% &'' ()*! + ,' The former managing editor of Time magazine, Richard Sten- gel, has writt en: “All speech is not equal. And where truth can- not drive out lies, we must add new guardrails.” -./,/ 0 1. #$2 34456 And so its erstwhile champions are ready to retreat from strict adherence to the First Amendment to a new rule of “free speech for me, but not for thee.” ~~~ Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review. 3+-(45!67+!7/5!8 (c) 2021 by King Features Synd., Inc. ./011/201
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Continued from page 1 mize the potential opportuni- state corporate business taxes, ties for investment. Moreover, the state reimbursing the city there is overwhelming interest for lost revenue; in solar development of the ~ Newly formed corpora- former landfi ll space. We plan tions that locate in the zone to name the solar developer get a 100% exemption from within the next 30 days,” she state corporate taxes for the said. fi rst three years and 50% in the The city has looked at land succeeding seven years; and has made some designa- ~ Exemption from the state tions, parceling out land, and conveyance tax on purchase of looking at those sites that are the properties in the zone. not able to sustain construc- Once the business purchases tion. space in the zone and derives “As of now the City has ex- the benefi t the major require- amined the parcels and appro- ment is the business hire from priately mapped out some of the city in question, and par- the unbuildable land for bio/ ticularly the residents in the solar projects and has begun enterprise zone. accepting proposals on a case According to the mayor, no by case bases for other devel- zoning changes or variances opments within the Zone. We are necessary as thearea is are not discouraging any in- zoned for industrial develop- terested investor at this time,” ment. Also, she said no other she said.. modifi cations, like a special The fact the city is currently taxation district, are necessary without its own Economic The enterprise region is along Front Avenue and the West River and extends to the city’s in the future. Development Director is not composting site. Since the announcement, inhibiting the process, ac- Rossi said the reaction of the cording to Rossi. She said she business community has been believes projects like this are positive. team eff orts and the absense “The business communi- of a economic director isn’t an ty has been thrilled to learn obstacle. of the potential benefi ts of “The process has not been the Enterprise Zone. Many hampered at all. Develop- well-known companies have ment in the city has always reached out about acquiring required a team approach and properties, and local busi- my administration has lever- nesses along Front Avenue aged many individuals and are seeking to expand their resources for successful devel- footprint. At this time the City opment in the city,” she said. Council has accepted propos- Currently she has a team of als to allow business expan- people working on the devel- sion along Front Avenue and opment area plan that includes on Feb. 8 will consider a pro- Executive Assistant Louis posal from Laydon Industries Esposito, State Rep Michael for a development within the DiMassa (D-116), various city zone,” she said. “ Today we offi cials, college interns and received a proposal for busi- outside consultants. ness expansion and expect to Rossi said the new zone is receive additional proposals. seeing benefi ts, and is a way State offi cials are also receiv- for the city expand its tax base ing inquiries.” and att ract new employment She said the city will reach opportunities. out to current property hold- “Make no mistake, the pur- ers to make sure they under- pose is to use government stand the opportunity the new incentives to restore demand designation give. and business activity geared “We will, in the next 30 days, more to free enterprise and reach out to every landowner less to government support- in the district to ensure they ed measures. The results are know about the opportunities fairly immediate. Every city- of the Investment Zone and owned vacant acre sold in- we will partner with appropri- creases tax revenue,” sje saod ate fi nancing entities to maxi- fi nally. WEST HAVEN VOICE Thursday, February 4, 2021 - Page 9 Westie Barzee tapped for Hall Player, coach, scout, owner nominated A former WHHS hockey Barzee would go on to found Bobcats when the Hawks head coach in United States talent and potential that was player, and carrying the name the Dubuque Fighting Saints were on hiatus from the USHL Hockey League history. available to the professional of one of the most infl uential in 1980, leading that organiza- in 1969/70 and to Kusnacht, “During his time with NHL hockey ranks from the United hockey families in the city, for- tion to three Clark Cups, two Switz erland, in 1972/73. Central Scouting, Jack was States,” said Dan Marr, Direc- mer scout, coach and player Anderson Cups, and two USA His return to Waterloo pro- a key catalyst in having the tor of NHL Central Scouting, Jack Barzee has been nomi- Hockey National Junior Gold vided his fi rst administrative USHL being recognized in the in 2016..Barzee’s nomination nated for induction into the Cup championships in just role, when he became Public- scouting world as the top ju- will be considered and an an- United States Hockey Hall of fi ve seasons. His Saints also ity Director and President of nior league in the United States nouncement is expected by Fame. produced the most prominent Black Hawks Enterprises, the and he proudly promoted the the end of the month. Barzee’s long and varied ca- NHL player developed in the publicly-owned company op- reer in hockey covered parts USHL during the league’s erating the team throughout of six decades and included fi rst decade of all-junior com- much of the 1970s. many formative experiences petition: future Calder Tro- Other Notable Honors and with the Waterloo (IA) Black phy winner and Stanley Cup Achievements from Jack Bar- Hawks of the United States champion Gary Suter. zee’s Resume include Hockey League, a junior Barzee originally hailed –Three-time USHL Coach of league that has developed from West Haven. At age 6 he the Year (’78, ’81, & ’83) many future NHL stars. played Peewee Hockey at the –USHL Treasurer, 1981- The Black Hawks an- New Haven Arena and played 1983; nounced that the organiza- West Haven High School –Coached the U.S. entry tion will nominate Barzee for Hockey then on to the US Na- during the 1979, 1980, and the United States Hockey Hall tional Team, Pitt sburgh, Mus- 1981 Beard Cup tournaments of Fame before the selection kegeon, Nova Scotia Maritime in Switz erland; committ ee begins to consider Hockey League and then onto –Recognized in 2005 with its 2021 candidates near the the Waterloo BlackHawks. The the USHL’s Distinguished Ser- end of February. Barzee family is well known vice Award; “He was a pioneer of where in hockey circles in Connecti- –Former member of USA we are today, and why we are cut, his dad, Bud Barzee, was Hockey’s Board of Directors. here today with the amount a player, coach and offi cial in “You look at Gino Gaspa- of Americans that have the the early days of the sport in rini, you look at Herb Brooks, opportunity they have,” said the area, was a supporter of you look at Jack Barzee...they Black Hawks President and the building of the Edward got with a bunch of owners Head Coach P.K. O’Handley. L. Bennett Rink in 1969, and and said what this [the USHL] Retiring from NHL Central a founder of the West Haven could be. Quite frankly, they Scouting in 2012, Barzee had Youth Hockey Association. had a crystal ball that it could spent 23 years working for After skating for several mi- be a large feeder for the Na- the National Hockey League nor league and senior teams tional Hockey League…he in addition to four years as in the northeast, he joined the was a driver in this and really a scout for the Washington Black Hawks in 1965/66. He set forth the vision of what Capitals. During that period, was a member of three Wa- this has become,” said P.K. players born and developed terloo USHL championship O’Handley, President and in the United States became squads. The game also took Head Coach of the Waterloo increasingly prominent at the him briefl y to the Green Bay Black Hawks and winningest JACK BARZEE, 1972 highest levels of professional hockey. At the time Barzee began scouting, approximate- ly 75 percent of NHL’ers were Canadian, while U.S. players shared the balance of opportu- nities with their counterparts of various European nationali- ties. Today, Americans make up nearly 30 percent of NHL rosters. Before Barzee had the op- portunity to infl uence the perception of U.S. skaters, he took a hand in directly devel- oping many as a coach and junior hockey team owner. Be- ginning in the 1976/77 sea- son, Barzee became the Black Hawks’ head coach during the team’s fi nal season with a roster of all senior play- ers. That off season, he was an infl uential voice as the USHL merged with the Midwest Ju- nior Hockey League. The two years which fol- lowed included hybrid rosters of junior and senior players skating together, and Barzee’s Black Hawks won the league’s playoff title in both 1978 and 1979. Skating with an all-ju- nior club in 1979/80, Waterloo won the league’s South Divi- sion and reached the Clark Cup Championship series. Page 10 - Thursday, February 4, 2021 WEST HAVEN VOICE
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Kaedon Maebry age 4, a student at the West Haven Child Development Center, Inc. works on a shaving creme and glue tooth creation for February’s Dental Month.
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A little bit of the old West was captured for just a few years in a short-lived tourist center called, “Cowboy Val- ley” in Killingworth. The new Interstate 95 construc- tion was seen as a way of get- ting families to the site. Fi- nally, after only three years, it closed, and was finally de- molished.
Cowboy Valley Roy Rogers, Zorro, Bonanza, ford to Killingworth along the Daniel Boone, Sugarfoot and old Route 9. In addition, the I grew up a-dreamin’ of bein’ a more. The country was crazy crew of Cowboy Valley was cowboy about cowboys back then, and featured one day on the Hap- And lovin’ the cowboy ways children dressed in vests and py the Clown show, which Pursuin’ the life of my hard- chaps and carried cap guns in aired on Channel 8. ridin’ heroes holsters strapped to their hips. And the children loved I burned up my childhood days Recognizing this fascination Cowboy Valley. They took -Willie Nelson as a business opportunity, a with them many warm, life- In the years around 1960, Newington man named Art long memories of their visits: The Boy’s imagination was DuBois created Cowboy Val- Being deputized and catch- fi lled with cowboys: those fair- ley. In 1957, Interstate 95 had ing bank robbers with the minded romantic heroes who not yet opened in Connecticut, help of the sheriff . Or riding wore Stetson hats and rode so his idea was to capitalize on in a stagecoach that was held handsome horses past cactus the “shore crowd,” those who up by armed villains. They and sagebrush as they crossed were traveling along Route 1 thought that this fantasyland the wide prairies of the Old through Connecticut on their would never end. West. way to the beaches of Rhode But it did, and for a variety A child’s life during that pe- Island and Cape Cod. of reasons beyond the control riod was very diff erent from He purchased twenty acres of Cowboy Valley. And at the what it is today: with it came of land along Route 81 in Kill- end of its third season in 1959, abundant freedom to come ingworth and built a Wild Cowboy Valley was heading and go at will. Mothers were West town complete with a for the last roundup. home all day to handle child- main street that included a Cowboy Valley’s main street care and household chores. bank, a gunsmith, a Wells and all of its buildings sat !"#$ %&"!'()"* Children often played ball Fargo Express offi ce, a hotel, abandoned for years before ! " # $ % & ' ( ) in the street because fewer a barbershop, a bootmaker, a being demolished. Today a people owned cars, and many doctor’s offi ce, an outfi tt er and church and a few houses sit family chores could be accom- a saloon. There were also wig- on the twenty acres where so * ( + , - . / 0 "*.1# 123* plished on foot. Their toys and wams with a real Narragansett many childhood memories 40 5 6 / diversions were simple, and Indian in residence. Mean- were shaped and formed. children would often gather to while, stables for the livestock play in groups. Television—as were kept out of sight of visi- simple and limited as it was in tors. the beginning--was taking the The grand opening took place of radio as a medium for place in the summer of 1957. news and entertainment. To promote the new venture, And everyone it seems had a real stagecoach was drawn a fascination for the Old West, by a team of horses from Hart- and those hardy souls who sett led it. Families watched television programs together, and there were a multitude >`iÃ>`V«>ðV of Western-themed TV shows i V>Ài LÞ Ƃ`ià >` «>à V> Li > Ü VÃÌ >ÌiÀ>ÌÛi Ì Ài to choose from: The Lone iÝ«iÃÛi >ÃÃÃÌi` Û} «À}À>ð 7i ÜÀ Ì iÃÕÀi ÕÀ ViÌà ÃÌ>Þ Ã>vi >` Ranger, Rawhide, The Rifl e- i>Ì Þ >Ì i° 7i V> i« Ì `iÌvÞ ii`à LivÀi Ì iÞ LiVi `vwVÕÌ >` man, Wagon Train, Have Gun iÝ«iÃÛi Ì ÀiÃÛi° Will Travel, Cheyenne, Mav- erick, Laramie, Wyatt Earp, 1i ÃÌ i V>Ài >}iViÃ] Ƃ`ià >` «>à V>Ài}ÛiÀà >Ài > iÀÌwi` ÕÀÃià Ƃ`ià À i i>Ì Ƃ`ið Ƃ >Ài }À>`Õ>Ìià v ÃÌ>ÌiViÀÌwi` «À}À>à >` ÀiViÛiÃ Ì Þ ºÃiÀÛVi» ÌÀ>} Ì ii« Ì iÀ Ãà i`° 174 5'48+%'5 Ûi >Ài >Þ À 7iiÞ 6ÃÌà "ÛiÀ} Ì >Ài >Ài}ÛiÀ -iÀÛVià Ó{ÉÇ >Ài /À>ëÀÌ>Ì -iÀÛVià ,iëÌi >Ài
Dan Shine is a columnist for the West Haven Voice, Èx -Ì] 7iÃÌ >Ûi vJ>`iÃ>`V«>ðV and former historian of the ÜÜÜ°>`iÃ>`V«>ðV First Congregational Church. Óäή ÇÇÇ£ÓÎ{ Sports Thursday, February 4, 2021 Page 12 Westie squads look to openers So much has changed since of Yousaf Ullah, Alling and captains Jianna Cohrs, Mia man Geena Montano. Junior team, Vendrella takes part in the West Haven boys hockey Axelrod will be looked to for Celentano, and Hailey Alfano. Caitlin Welch, DeGrand and the 55 meter hurdles. team last left the ice in Dan- quality minutes. Gardner, a two-year starter, freshman Ashley Welch will Boys swimming bury a year ago. Following a The key for the Westies may will anchor the team at the also form another solid off en- The West Haven boys swim- win over Immaculate in the be in goal where senior Charlie blue line. The senior had 20 sive line. ming team will be looking to regular season fi nale, the Wes- Miller takes over the helm be- blocked shots and put up 17 The Westie Sharks open make strides as the 2021 sea- ties were prepared to travel tween the pipes for his senior points a season ago. Junior the year Tuesday, Feb. 9, at son unfolds. With a young south down I-95 to face Green- campaign. Miller has looked Meghan Dupre will also be a the Edward L. Bennett Rink team, head coach Robin Viani wich in the opening round of impressive early and will need key player on defense for the against Masuk-Barlow at 5:15 will be looking for continual the CIAC state tournament. to be on his game through- Westie Sharks as she recorded p.m. Details regarding fan at- improvement in what will be After an abbreviated fall out if the Westies are going to 17 blocked shots a season ago. tendance will be announced a shortened season due to the season, the winter sports have a solid season. Freshman Dupre looks to play along- soon. pandemic. teams will follow suit, play- Javed Ullah will also be learn- side freshman Julianna Mon- Track The season will also present ing 12 games and a conference ing under Miller. tano, while Gardner will play The West Haven boys and another challenge as the meets tournament afterwards. A 12-game season will be alongside another strong girls indoor track season will will be virtual. Viani and the For West Haven, plenty has something new for all teams. freshman in Taylor Alfano. have a diff erent template in squad are up to the challenge. changed. Nine seniors gradu- Each team will make the Sophomores Emilee DeGrand 2021. With the pandemic, Leading the way in 2021 ated, leaving plenty of holes to Southern Connecticut Confer- and Anne Plunkett will also West Haven coach Modestine will be junior captains Brian fi ll, especially in goal with the ence tournament for a chance see time on the defensive side. Vaughn will be looking at a Carew and Mustansir Jamalee. departure of Jared Pliszka, on to win the title. Hunt. Cohrs and Celentano diff erent type of season as she Jamalee will lead the way in defense with the graduations The league has also an- will be the go-to players on of- embarks on her 15th campaign the freestyle and butterfly of Robbie Forleo, Sean Dupre nounced an early exit in the fense for Blake, forming one at the helm of the Westies. events, while sophomore and Colin Hines, and on of- tournament will also allow for of the best scoring trios in the Vaughn will turn to some Anthony Castillo will swim in fense with Kaden Morgillo, extra games to give the play- area. Hunt had 44 points last key participants to lead the the freestyle events. Richie Greene, Kevin Moriarty ers at least 14 or 15 games on season, Cohrs had 33, and way in this very diff erent sea- West Haven opens the and Nick Carfora also gone by the year. Celentano contributed 23 as a son. Senior captains James We- season Thursday, Feb. 1, way of graduation. West Haven opens the regu- junior. Cohrs was a 2019 All- ber, Neil Chen, and Tomalyn against Sheehan at West Much may have been lost, lar season Monday, February SCC Second Team selection. Williams will lead the way. Haven High at 2 p.m. Details but the Westies return several 8 when it plays host to Ham- With plenty of depth, Blake A four-year player and sec- regarding fan attendance will top players from an 11-8-1 den at 6 p.m. at the Edward L. and her staff have the abil- ond-year team captain, Weber be announced soon. squad of a season ago. Se- Bennett Rink. Details regard- ity to move players around. runs in the 600 meters and is a Girls Basketball niors (captain) Nick Boanno, ing fan att endance will be an- Blake will also have the abil- member of the Southern Con- After returning to the post- Michael Kelly, and Conner nounced soon. ity to have players play junior necticut Conference 4 x 800 season last year for the fi rst Fowler, juniors Ryan Bernardi, Girls Hockey varsity and varsity. Looking to championship team. time since 2017, the West Ha- Nico Bruneau, and Mike Al- Less than a minute. That was create balance on the off ensive A three-year player on the ven girls basketball team was fano, and brothers Ben (soph- all the time left, 33 seconds to side, Blake may be moving team, Williams runs the 55 eliminated in the fi rst round omore) and D.J. (junior) Car- be exact, for the West Haven- girls to fi nd the right fi t. meters and is a part of the 4 of the CIAC Class LL state fora return to lead what could Sacred Heart Academy girls Celentano and Cohrs will x 200 team. She is a two-time tournament by Trumbull. The be a top off ensive unit. hockey team to force overtime likely team up with junior state athlete for Vaughn. world was then aff ected by the West Haven Coach Steve in the opening round of the Maya Boyhen to form a solid Senior Anthony Vendrella current pandemic. Harris will also have a strong state tournament last season trio, while Hunt will have a will also be a key piece to the With time to prepare for the group of seven freshmen to at East Catholic. nice compliment of players, team. Also a member of the future, West Haven head build around with defen- A late goal by East Catholic including Plunkett and fresh- SCC 4 x 800 championship See Westies, page 13 semen Yousaf Ullah, Jason foiled the season for the Westie Alling and Haygen Axelrod, Sharks right before the global and forwards Marcus Bur- pandemic hit. With winter rows, Jayden Spreyer, and Mi- sports back on the schedule, chael Madera. Javed Ullah will sixth-year coach Erin Blake serve as the team’s backup in and her squad are ready to get goal. going once again. While nothing is set in stone Despite the loss to gradua- as far as off ensive lines early tion of all-everything players in camp, look for the Carfora Taylor Nowak (over 100 career brothers, Boanno and Bru- goals), Brooke McNabola and neau to anchor the top two Megan Froehlich (over 100 ca- lines with Alfano, Kelly and reer points), the Westie Sharks Bernardi. Fowler will be in have plenty to like about the the mix and Harris will have upcoming season. a freshmen group to plug in With starting goaltender as well with Burrows, Spreyer and now junior Grace Nowak and Madera. out with a knee injury last Defensively, the Westies year, Blake and her staff were return a solid trio at the blue able to develop junior Han- line in senior assistant cap- nah Davey and senior Hailey tain Ryan Smith and juniors Alfano in goal. Both played Joe D’Aurio and Anthony well and now Blake can use Peschell. Sophomore Zach any of the three between the Forbes will also be in the mix pipes this year in what is now for a bulk of playing time on a loaded position. the defensive side. The Westie Sharks will be Photo by Miguelina Felix Harris again will also have led this year by senior captains The new high school offers a state-of-the-art weight room for athletes. The new facility has to turn to youth on the defen- Mackenzie Gardner and Jenna been open for a few months, and with the winter schedule beginning next week, Blue Devils’ sive side as the freshmen trio Hunt, and senior alternate team members have and will be availing themselves of the various stations and apparatus. WEST HAVEN VOICE Thursday, February 4, 2021 - Page 13 Westies: Squads get ready for openers Continued from page 12 and Kassidy Carrano to form ference tournament, but no global pandemic. Along with the dynamic trio coach Jessica Moriarty knows a powerful scoring trio. Abu- state tournament. Add in the With a solid group of re- of Duncanson, Calhoun and she has a handful of key play- hatab came on the scene as new rules with the wearing of turning players and an infl ux Belcher, Sullivan will have ers returning from the eight- a freshman and averaged 14 masks, and everyone is in for a of transfers, West Haven starts 6’-0” junior guard Kyle Ke- win team of a year ago. Add points and 10 rebounds per season of adjustments. the season as one of the teams arson and 5’-8” senior guard in a key freshman piece and game, and was an All-South- West Haven opens the to beat in the SCC. Eli Blackwell to complicate the Westies will have a strong ern Connecticut Conference season Wednesday, Feb. 10 Leading the way for West matt ers for opposing teams. team entering the 2021 cam- and All-Area selection. against Lauralton Hall at Haven in the 2021 season will Blackwell is a transfer from paign, the eighth with Mori- Carrano was equally im- home at 6 p.m. Details regard- be tri-captains senior Mal- Amistad and adds an immedi- arty at the helm. pressive as a freshman, av- ing fan att endance will be an- colm Duncanson, and juniors ate scoring threat for Sullivan. Moriarty enters the season eraging eight points and 4.5 nounced soon. Javaun Calhoun and Manny West Haven will also get with senior guard and captain rebounds a game. Also return- Boys Basketball Belcher. another solid senior player Sarah Evangelista leading the ing from last year’s squad are Following a tough loss in Duncanson, an All-League in Notre Dame transfer Cai- way. According to Moriarty, juniors Tenique Gates and Da- the quarterfi nals of the South- and All-State selection in 2020, ron Hooks. Hooks is a senior Evangelista, a four-year start- vina Mendez who will be re- ern Connecticut Conference is a 6-foot senior guard who guard who will be counted on er who averaged six points lied upon for quality minutes tournament against Hamden, averaged 17 points, 8 rebounds to put points on the board. and fi ve assists as a junior, and points as well. the West Haven boys basket- and 4 assists per game a sea- West Haven opens the sea- already looks like a totally dif- Guard Isabella Fiorillo. Fio- ball team was ready to make son ago. Calhoun is a 6’-6” for- son Tuesday, Feb. 9. at Fair- ferent player from a year ago rillo will look to run the of- a deep run in the state tourna- ward who averaged 6 points, fi eld Prep at 6 p.m. The Westies and may be the team’s best fense from the point in her ini- ment last season. 7 rebounds and 4 blocks per open the home season Friday, shooter. tial campaign. That run never happened game, while Belcher is a 6’-3” Feb. 12, against Hillhouse at 7 Moriarty can then add The season will also see a when the winter sports sea- guard who averaged 10 points p.m. Details regarding fan at- sophomores Amani Abuhatab Southern Connecticut Con- son was shut down due to the and 4 rebounds per game. tendance will be announced . Grassy Hill Auctions $ CASH $ For Your Items!! 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Courtesy of Miguelina Felix WHHS enters ‘Challenge’
West Haven High School has entered the state-sponsored Cap off Your Senior Year Challenge. Seniors who submit their FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) will have their names entered into a raffle to win a $100 visa gift card and will receive their cap and gown completely free of charge. This is a challenge involving all seniors in the state.
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