Yes. You are correct. They tried for a long time to keep it that way too. Offline I could tell u some stories. I have a lot of friends in east haven and i play softball at memorial park in eh on Sunday mornings the past ten years

A lot of wise guys live there. But it's not like the old days. Everything has changed. No social clubs and things like that. Those days are gone

But yes. Very heavily Italian. U hear the east haven Christmas song? I'll see if I can find it