Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Valley Courier Person of the Week
Harbor News
Martineau Takes the Lead for Westbrook Schools
Published Jan. 27, 2021 08:30 a.m.As a child, Kristina Martineau loved to play school but, perhaps counterintuitively, preferred the role of student.
Harbor News
Thriving In—and Adding to—the Creative Community
Published Jan. 20, 2021 08:30 a.m.During this holiday season did you take time to drive by the light show at Frederick Place in Clinton?
Valley Courier
Thayer Talbott: It’s All About Community
Published Jan. 13, 2021 08:30 a.m.Thayer Talbott gets to do something special at work: Give away money.
Harbor News
Bonnie Penders: A Wise Yet Modest Gardener
Published Jan. 06, 2021 08:30 a.m.Old Saybrook Historical Society’s celebrated gardener Bonnie Penders is an advanced master gardener, a certified Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut (FGCC) landscape design consultant, and the 2020 recipient of the FGCC’s prestigious Ellen Carder Memorial Award for noteworthy horticulture achievement.
Harbor News
Creative an Active Community—Through Rocks
Published Dec. 23, 2020 08:30 a.m.“There was a big sense of fear and rightfully so, because we didn’t know a lot when it started,” Ivette Medina recalls about the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in the shoreline area.
Harbor News
Planning a Safe Celebration for the Class of 2021
Published Dec. 16, 2020 08:30 a.m.In the midst of all the school activities that were canceled as a result of COVID-19 such as prom, sports games, and school itself, one event might have been overlooked: Clinton’s Project Graduation.
Harbor News
Bill Fish: A Bright Light in Westbrook
Published Dec. 09, 2020 08:30 a.m.When retiring from an eight-year stint on a town committee, it’s nice to be able to say your work will save the town a million dollars.
Harbor News
Finding Ways to Make a Difference
Published Dec. 02, 2020 08:30 a.m.From a recent political campaign to working with the town’s Economic Development Commission (EDC), John May is a name that people in Clinton are getting used to hearing regularly. How John got to Clinton is anything but a typical story.
Harbor News
Dee Tully: The Drive Behind the Food Drive
Published Nov. 25, 2020 08:30 a.m.Every year since 2008, the Clinton Rotary Club and Liberty Bank have partnered for the Rotary/Liberty Bank Thanksgiving Dinner Drive to raise money for the Shoreline Soup Kitchens & Pantry. Each year, Dee Tully has been instrumental in making that drive run smoothly.
Harbor News
Laura Parker Gray: Using Her Voice for the Voiceless
Published Nov. 18, 2020 08:30 a.m.Asked how she has time for everything she does, Laura Parker Gray explains that she doesn’t watch television.
Harbor News
Christine Baker: ‘It’s About the Neighborhood’
Published Nov. 11, 2020 08:30 a.m.About two months ago, Christine Baker was watching Channel 3 news when a story about something in Windsor called a Little Free Pantry caught her eye.
Harbor News
For Geraldine Brown Giomblanco, It’s About the Journey
Published Nov. 04, 2020 08:30 a.m.Geraldine Brown Giomblanco may be a relatively new resident of Clinton, but pretty soon her story will be well known. Geraldine wrote an award-winning book published in 2019 that is in the process of being turned into a film by a production company.
Harbor News
Jonathan Good: Building for the Good of Community
Published Oct. 28, 2020 08:30 a.m.Habitat for Humanity works from the premise that affordable housing is the foundation on which stable families and communities are built.
Harbor News
Helping his Hometown Thrive
Published Oct. 21, 2020 08:30 a.m.Justin Teague has long appreciated Clinton’s natural beauty, in particular the marshes and bird sanctuaries by the rivers.
Harbor News
Stephanie Quarato is Making the Grade and More
Published Oct. 14, 2020 08:30 a.m.Stephanie Quarato wasn’t a big fan of math class when she was a middle school student. In fact, it was one she struggled with.
Harbor News
Michael Hornyak: A Newcomer at the Center of the Action
Published Oct. 07, 2020 08:30 a.m.Though he has only lived in Clinton for six years, Michael Hornyak has quickly made a name for himself in Clinton.
Harbor News
Becky Cuevas: A Focus on Family
Published Sep. 30, 2020 08:30 a.m.Becky Cuevas’s concern for struggling families has deep roots. A native of New Haven, Becky was around 15 years old when she became an advocate for members of her own large and close-knit family, many of whom had come to Connecticut from Puerto Rico and weren’t fluent speakers of English.
Harbor News
Kevin Joyce: Paddle Tennis Anyone?
Published Sep. 23, 2020 08:30 a.m.Do what your physician recommends: exercise. But how to do it in the era of COVID-19, especially with warm weather dissolving into fall and winter? Old Saybrook native Kevin Joyce has a suggestion. Play paddle tennis.
Harbor News
Deborah Gilbert is Celebrating the Local Arts Scene
Published Sep. 16, 2020 08:30 a.m.Deborah Gilbert developed a love of the performing arts at an early age. During a recent chat, Deborah recalls the feeling of excitement she got when she would get on stage in elementary school plays or singing in the chorus.
Harbor News
Mark Kimball Moulton: Embracing New Challenges
Published Sep. 09, 2020 08:30 a.m.For those inclined to believe in reincarnation, Mark Kimball Moulton seems to have lived many lives in one.
Harbor News
Catherine Zamecnik Works Toward a More Connected and Stable Environment
Published Sep. 02, 2020 08:30 a.m.Catherine Zamecnik has always been interested in the outdoors. Growing up in West Haven, Catherine has fond memories of her childhood running around on the beach with her friends. That love of the outdoors continues in her current role as the chair of Clinton’s Conservation Commission.
Harbor News
Heather Moore: Leading Through a Time of Uncertainty
Published Aug. 26, 2020 08:30 a.m.As the new school year gets ready to start, big changes are also coming to the Clinton PTA.
Harbor News
Timothy Kellogg: Respecting the Past, Embracing the Future
Published Aug. 19, 2020 08:30 a.m.What’s it like to step into the directorship of a public library in the middle of an international pandemic and after the retirement of the former director, who served a community that adored him for 40 years?
Harbor News
Tim Guerra: Helping the Town Move Forward
Published Aug. 12, 2020 08:30 a.m.Whether through coaching their kids in Little League, going for walks around town, or serving on the town’s boards and commissions, Tim Guerra is a familiar face to many in Clinton.
Harbor News
Living the Dream as a Children’s Book Author
Published Aug. 05, 2020 08:30 a.m.Most people can remember the first career they seriously wanted to pursue when they were a teenager, but how many people can say they actually gave that career a shot, let alone decades later?
Harbor News
McCracken Knows the Need to Be Ready
Published July 29, 2020 08:30 a.m.After Tropical Storm Irene whipped across Connecticut on the last Sunday in August in 2011, followed that autumn by the bizarre “Snowtober,” a nor’easter that downed power lines, dumped as much as 24 inches of snow in various towns, and canceled Halloween celebrations, Doug McCracken started a new position: director of emergency preparedness for Connecticut Light & Power (CL&P).
Valley Courier
Samantha Steinmacher: Did You Say Stress?
Published July 22, 2020 08:30 a.m.Samantha Steinmacher knows stress. In fact, stress is her business and with all the complications of COVID-19, stress has not been in short supply.
Harbor News
Still Dancing with Wood—and More
Published July 15, 2020 08:30 a.m.“I always tell people the worst compliment you can give me is to call me perfect,” says video storyteller Pat Lore.
Harbor News
Wendy Mill: A Sense of Community, Support for Youth
Published July 08, 2020 08:30 a.m.For Wendy Mill, her 13 years at Old Saybrook’s Youth & Family Services (YFS) brings together many threads of her life and weaves them together.
Harbor News
June Hansen Brings ‘People Person’ Skills to Registrars’ Office
Published July 01, 2020 08:30 a.m.Every time there’s an election or referendum in Clinton, people pack into the Town Hall Green Room as polls close and spend the night excitedly talking until the moment the results are about to be announced.
Like us on Facebook
Follow us on Instagram
Follow us on Twitter