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04/13/2026

National Donate a Book Day was announced for the first time by Book-of-the-Month Club, a book subscription service founded in 1926, on April 14, 2011, during National Library Week. It was held in celebration of Book of the Month’s anniversary of 85 years and was facilitated by a partnership with the A.L.T.A.F.F., a division of the American Library Association (A.L.A.). Ever since that day, readers in the U.S. have been encouraged to donate new or gently used books to their local public libraries to “share the joy of reading.”

It’s National Donate a Book Day. Donate a book to your local library to celebrate the day.

04/13/2026

Jack grew up in the Hill section of New Haven. He was the former owner of Pickering General Food Store and the innovative Pickering’s Door to Door General Store, a business where he went door to door selling his products.

A member of the International Brick Layers and Allied Craftworkers Local 1, Jack was well known throughout the area for his skill as a mason and as owner of Pickering & Sons Construction, and by many friends in the Waucoma Yacht Club and Bayshore Manor.

Jack lived life to the fullest, enjoyed woodworking, camping, his masonry, but most of all his family and friends.

Celebrate the life of John Pickering, Sr. and join others in sharing memories, stories, and condolences.

04/13/2026

Chris was a long-time employee of the Stop and Shop Supermarket and loved his network of coworkers and customers, with whom he’d always share a warm greeting, entertaining story, or a witty joke.

Chris’s most passionate work was done on behalf of Donate Life, a nonprofit organization that promotes organ, eye and tissue donation and transplantation. In 2008, Chris received a liver transplant as a result of the rare disease Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC). Chris would often speak at assemblies and schools to share his story and promote organ donation. In 2018, Donate Life Connecticut recognized Chris as their Outstanding Volunteer of the year. Chris was an active member of the PSC support community and frequently attended annual conferences and gatherings around the country.

Chris navigated through life with kindness, generosity, grace and humor and will be sadly missed by all who knew him.

Celebrate the life of Christopher Elgee and join others in sharing memories, stories, and condolences.

04/11/2026

Greek Orthodox Easter (Pascha) in 2026 is on Sunday, April 12, 2026. It falls one week after Western Easter (April 5). The celebration features Holy Saturday midnight services, red-dyed eggs, and Sunday feasts, marking the most significant religious holiday in Greece.

Why are they different and how is the date of Easter determined?

04/09/2026

The Donate Life Blue and Green Day, observed on the second Friday in April each year, is a holiday that was largely pioneered by the Donate Life America organization to encourage people to welcome the idea of donating organs to individuals in need.

Donate Life Blue and Green Day is usually observed by the hundreds of thousands of individuals waiting to receive organ donations and comprises people wearing the blue and green colors to raise awareness.

Blue and Green Day takes place each April during National Donate Life Month and gives the public actionable ways to promote the need for organ donors.

04/08/2026

West Haven Community Garden (WHCG) is dedicated to helping residents grow their own organic produce. It is located behind Molloy School at 225 Meloy Road and has 50 individual plots. WHCG is open from May 1 to October 31. It is a multicultural and multigenerational program that provides West Haven residents with the opportunity to meet people and create community, get exercise through gardening, learn new skills, enrich the environment, and grow healthy food for themselves, food banks, and local charitable organizations.

Registration for returning gardeners will start on Wednesday, April 8th through Monday, April 20th. Registration for new gardeners will start on Tuesday, April 21st.

To register for your own 10' by 10' garden plot in the West Haven Community Garden at Molloy or Terrace Ave, you must register in person at West Haven Parks and Recreation Department, 190 Kelsey Avenue or online at https://www.rec.us/sections/f72d3270-7000-4685-9e5c-8309ad060bc7

Please contact West Haven Parks and Rec weekdays, 8 AM-4 PM with questions, 203-937-3651.

04/07/2026

As one of the oldest professions in the history of humankind, lawyers are much maligned with the perception that they are a necessary evil, and they collectively charge obscenely high fees for their services. It is easy to forget how much work goes into mastering the law in order to represent just about all of us at one time or another.

This little-known observance attempts to remind society of the helpful and important role lawyers play in the pursuit of justice and a smooth functioning society. How to celebrate Be Kind to Lawyers Day? Send a thank you note to the lawyer in your life, treat them to lunch, or add some glowing reviews on their website. Flowers and candy are nice too!

We appreciate how lawyers get into sticky situations so we can get out of them!

04/05/2026

National Tw***ie Day is celebrated annually on April 6th to mark the invention of the iconic snack cake on that day in 1930. Created by Baker James Dewar in Schiller Park, Illinois, for the Continental Baking Company, the "Tw***ie" was originally filled with banana cream and named after a "Twinkle Toe Shoes" billboard.

Celebrate Hostess Tw***ie Day with nostalgic treats, creative recipes, parties, and trivia honoring the iconic golden sponge cake and its sweet pop culture legacy.

04/04/2026

Christmas has a set day – Dec. 25. Independence Day is always July 4. Some holidays are locked on the calendar.

Easter isn't. Yes, Easter is always on a Sunday, but it can be in late March or mid-April.

So why does the holiday float around the calendar? Here's what you know about Easter's date, when we celebrate and why we celebrate.

Easter 2026 falls on April 5. Learn why Easter’s date changes every year, how the Moon and Paschal Full Moon determine Easter Sunday, and where the holiday began.

04/03/2026

Nelida Ramos Lopez, 66, of West Haven entered into rest on March 30, 2026. Born August 24, 1959, in Hatillo, PR to the late Pedro Lopez Nieves and Rosa Lopez Echevarria. Devoted wife to Angel Ramos for 27 years.
Nellie retired from a bookkeeping career in the healthcare field which spanned many decades. After retirement she worked at Patti and Sons for Dominic Broccoli, who is a dear family friend.
She enjoyed crocheting, puzzles, and spending time with family. Especially back home in Puerto Rico.

Celebrate the life of Nelida "Nellie" Ramos Lopez and join others in sharing memories, stories, and condolences.

04/02/2026

Every year, on April 3rd, the world celebrates the National Find a Rainbow Day.
Rainbows are considered magical in many cultures - the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow in Ireland - and people across the globe appreciate these natural phenomena for their beauty. On National Find a Rainbow Day, people also study the science behind a rainbow. This day is popular among researchers who want to find out more about these beautiful natural phenomena.

Artists also look for rainbows during the National Find a Rainbow Day. Those who find rainbows then try to recreate their beauty on the canvas. Others create poetry and music after being inspired by rainbows.

NATIONAL FIND A RAINBOW DAY Each year on April 3rd, National Find a Rainbow Day challenges us to look to the sky and find a colorful ray of hope cast across it.

04/01/2026

Beginning at sundown on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, Passover (Pesach) is observed. Passover commemorates the story of the Israelites’ exodus from ancient Egypt. This story appears in the Torah in the Books of Exodus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. It celebrates freedom and redemption, highlighted by the "passing over" of Hebrew homes during the plague of the firstborn. The festival lasts seven or eight days, featuring the Seder meal, the removal of leavened bread (chametz), and the eating of matzah

More widely observed than any other holiday, Passover celebrates the biblical account of the Israelites’ redemption and escape from 400 years of Egyptian slavery.