West Haven News

West Haven is among those communities lighting-up the town for the holidays, but with tight budgets and rising energy costs some residents may be dimming their displays.

The city will light its holiday tree Saturday on the Green. The event will begin at 5 p.m. with holiday carols led by Council on the Arts President Paul Scanlon, followed by the ceremonial lighting of the tree, ...

Trees of West Haven, sponsored by The Ward-Heitmann House Museum, will be held on Saturday, December 6 from 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. with Santa visiting from noon to 2 p.m. and on Sunday, Dec.

Veteran teacher Anthony Amato was probably best known for his involvement in theater, which he taught along with English at West Haven High School.

City officials were on hand as a longtime city business opened its expanded headquarters.

I just need some clarification. Is it illegal to push the leaves into the street? I see this more and more around West Haven.

With the flip of a switch, 8-year-old Keegan Carew brought his birthday celebration on Saturday to a bright finish.

Radius, the successful professional artist development program presented by The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum and the Ridgefield Guild of Artists, has been instrumental in jump-starting the careers of many ...

Two police officers were hit by a car at a DUI checkpoint in Meriden this morning.

A West Haven woman faces charges of assault with a motor vehicle after police say she struck two local detectives near a DUI checkpoint early Saturday morning.

Like her fictional namesake, Tinkerbell the toy poodle seems to think she can fly.

Police busted a former alderman among an alleged drug ring growing almost 1,000 marijuana plants in two apartments.

Former mayoral candidate Dorinda Borer will face a state fine for an election violation stemming from the contentious race for Democratic registrar of voters last summer.

Families whose grief was compounded by the poor treatment they say they've received at Hamden Plains Cemetery expressed thanks Thursday that a lawsuit was filed against the former cemetery superintendent.

A 23-year-old New Haven man who admitted to fueling his drug addiction by committing a string of armed robberies at convenience stores in Orange and West Haven received a 10-year prison sentence Wednesday.

The dolls are causing quite a stir on the Internet and there's even an effort to get them off the shelves.

The Police Department got the green light this week to replace an aging piece of computer equipment that is at risk of failing and putting emergency communication within the city in jeopardy.

A little more green and lots of shade is slated for Allingtown and a stretch of road in the center of town, thanks to two tree planting grants the city was awarded this month.

Gov. M. Jodi Rell has proposed a series of small-bore measures to help cities balance their budgets that she wants the legislature to approve when it meets Nov.

We must be doing something right. Business Week Magazine and BusinessWeek.com has rated West Haven as one of the country's top communities to raise children.