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Summers are moderately warm and humid, though cooler than inland. Precipitation is evenly spread throughout the year. East Haven enjoys a fairly long growing season with the last frost occurring in mid April and the first frost occurring in mid October. On average, East Haven has sunny days and cloud or rainy days. Severe weather does occur in East Haven. The area has been hit by several hurricanes, most recently in August when Hurricane Irene severely damaged numerous shore areas, destroying houses along Cosey Beach.

The area was without electricity, telephone and cable TV service for 7 days. Tornadoes sometimes occur in Connecticut. As of the census [15] of , there were 29, people and 11, households residing in the town. The population density was 2, The total gender makeup of the town is 13, Age distribution of the estimated population of the town is as follows:. The racial makeup of the town is The median age of a house is The town is primarily considered a Democratic town, though it has elected a Republican mayor in the last 6 of 7 elections.

There are 15, registered voters in East Haven. Situated in the East Haven is traversed by U. East Haven has a labor force of 16, East Haven has an unemployment rate of 9. There are work units in East Haven, employing 6, staff members. There were 25 registered sex offenders living in East Haven as of December Beginning in the late s, Republican Joe Maturo, Jr. Maturo was defeated on November 6, by Democratic challenger, April Capone Almon , by an apparent 21 votes. The slim margin of victory forced an automatic recount, and two were required.

On November 14, , Capone Almon was certified as the winner over Maturo by 25 votes. She was the first female mayor of East Haven and the youngest at age After receiving a preliminary report in of a Department of Justice investigation of police department mistreatment of Latino residents, she put Police Chief Gallo on administrative leave pending completion of the investigation.

Former mayor Joe Maturo had defeated incumbent mayor Almon on November 8, , by an apparent 31 votes. The slim margin of victory forced an automatic recount. On November 12, , Maturo was certified as the winner over Almon by 34 votes. By winning a sixth term, Maturo became the longest-serving mayor in the town's history.

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DOJ submitted its final report to the city in December , detailing a pattern of harassment against Latinos. Four officers were arrested on January 24, under the Department of Justice criminal investigation, charged with harassing Latinos. Police Chief Gallo was allowed to resign in late January In , Maturo defeated Jack Stacey to earn a seventh term. The city "will no longer detain undocumented people for immigration authorities unless they have a judge-signed criminal warrant.

The Mill Rate was Moody's Bond rating for the town was Baa1. The East Haven Police Department employs over 50 uniformed officers. Since the late 20th century, the department has been the center of incidents related to racial harassment and profiling of minorities.

In , an East Haven police officer, Sergeant Robert Flodquist, was accused of using excessive force in a police action which killed Malik Jones, an African-American suspect. Subsequently state and federal prosecutors failed to find enough evidence for criminal charges against Flodquist. His shooting of Jones was ruled justified; Flodquist testified in the investigation that Jones tried to run him over.

Neither the family nor civil rights activists were satisfied with the failure by the state and federal government to prosecute in the Jones case.

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Activists have used the case "to argue successfully for new state legislation aimed at limiting racial profiling" by local and state police departments. The East Haven city attorney said the town intended to appeal this decision. Separately, in September , the U. Department of Justice DOJ began investigating the East Haven Police for racial profiling and harassment of Latinos following the "unwarranted arrest" of Father Paul Manship, a Catholic priest who was trying to study complaints by Latino parishioners that they were victims of police discrimination.

The DOJ investigation later reported having found that records related to Capone Almon's arrest and that of Manship had been altered numerous times.


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With civil and criminal investigations underway, DOJ issued a preliminary report to the city in , saying that the police appeared to have a pattern of discrimination and harassment against Latinos. Mayor April Capone Almon put Police Chief Leonard Gallo in office since on administrative leave until the investigation was concluded.

On his first day, the police chief barred police commission members, who were investigating an officer about whom they had received complaints, from police headquarters and the parking lot without his permission. A few days later, the commission established a policy requiring its members be given free access to the police headquarters and any members of the department.

The Department of Justice submitted its "scathing" final report of the civil investigation to the city in December , saying the police department had shown a pattern of discrimination against Latinos, and Gallo had "resisted efforts to root out problems. On January 24, , Sergeant John Miller and three officers were arrested by the FBI on a ten-count indictment, on charges of conspiracy, false arrest, and excessive force and obstruction of justice in connection with the investigation.

A local businessman had complained to the mayor's office that the officers stopped his employees to check their documentation as they entered and left his place of business. Numerous other charges were detailed in the indictment. Several other East Haven officers attended the arraignment to show support. Mayor Joseph Maturo and the police union also stood by the officers pending results of prosecution. The government asked that Officer Dennis Spaulding be barred from entering the town for fear he would intimidate possible witnesses; officer Zullo was also barred from the town until the cases were resolved.

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In September , Miller pleaded guilty to having struck a handcuffed person. In October , Officer Jason Zullo pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice under a deal that will require him to serve one or two years in jail. David Cari continued to fight the charges. Maturo replaced police chief Gallo with Brent Larrabee, formerly the police chief of Stamford.

Convicted at trial in October , on January 23, , Officer Dennis Spaulding was sentenced to five years in prison. At his sentencing, he insisted he had done nothing wrong. Cari was also convicted at trial; in January he was sentenced to two and a half years in prison. Statistics are published yearly by the FBI. The East Haven Fire Department was established in It was started as an all volunteer fire department with one engine company.

The town is covered by four fire stations: In total there are 3 active Engines, 1 Quint, 2 Squads, and 4 Rescues. There are both career and volunteer firefighters within the department. East Haven has two industrial parks on land adjacent to Tweed New Haven Airport which house many manufacturing and distribution companies. There are approximately companies that employ 6, employees in East Haven.

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East Haven Labor Force those of working age is 16, residents. Education in the New Haven Colony was important. The colony had required that each parish provide a common school. Prior to , the parish education was being provided by the Congregational Church. The town voted in to build the first public school. The school was located around what is now Hemingway Avenue. In the town established a school board to oversee the education system. By East Haven had split their system into 4 school districts.

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The first town high school was opened on September 28, , in the "Center" of town. Prior to the building of the high school, students had to apply to local town high schools for acceptance into their school system. A new junior high school complex was built in In , a new high school campus was built in the Foxon section of town. Today the school system operates 9 schools. The East Haven Library was established in The library occupied several locations in the center of town before a gift from Isaac Hagaman allowed for a permanent building to be built.

On September 22, , the East Haven Library was opened. During the years of and , the library added a two story addition to the complex. Today the Hagaman Memorial Library, named to honor of Isaac Hagaman, holds approximately 65, books, 2, Audio Materials, 4, Video Materials and 90 serial subscriptions. The library has an extensive children's library, and facilities are available for community meetings. A VA medical center is located in West Haven.

Though East Haven does not have a train station, there are two stations within close driving distance. Both offer commuter railroad service to New York and to coastal Connecticut towns, and New Haven's Union Station has Amtrak train service to Boston and many other cities. Interstate 95 runs from east to west through the central portion of East Haven. Interstate 91 , which is located west of the town, connects with State Route 80 which passes through the town in Foxon, running east to west.

State Route connects Foxon with the town center, running north to south. Millington Fire Department - Maryland. Foxborough Fire Department - Ma. Long Meadow Fire Department - Ma.


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