A memorial celebration of the life of Vanessa Burns is scheduled for Oct. 4. Burns, a pathbreaking public-works chief first in New Haven and then other cities around the country, died on Aug. 10 at the age of 73. (Read more about that here.) The event will take place at the Canal Dock Boat Ho use on Long Wharf from 2 to 5 p.m., according to Burns’s brother, Dwayne Huggins. The post Vanessa Burns Memorial Event Set appeared first on New Haven Independent. ...read more read less