Person of the Week • Published Sep 29, 2023 07 am
By Pam Johnson
Call it the luck of the Irish — or, in this case, a love of everything Irish — for Bernadette Canning, the 2024 Grand Marshal of the Greater New Haven St. Patrick’s Day P...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 28, 2023 07 am
By Rita Christopher
Margaret Very was there at the beginning 40 years ago, on the board of trustees, when the Community Music School (CMS) in Centerbrook started. Now, she is on the board ag...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 27, 2023 07 am
By Ben Rayner
The Arts Center Killingworth returns to the Madison Town Green for its annual Autumn Outdoor Arts Festival on Saturday, Oct. 7, and Sunday, Oct. 8, and organizer Barbara ...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 27, 2023 07 am
By Pam Johnson
As a Community Dining Room (CDR) board member, John Allen brings a lot to the table, including his dedication to helping CDR incorporate more nutritional, plant-based mea...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 27, 2023 07 am
By Eric O'Connell
Old Saybrook resident Lois Caldrello has started a nonprofit called The Colossus Project to help support Ukrainian refugees living in the area, including a family of four...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 27, 2023 07 am
By Aaron Rubin
It’s one thing to educate the medical professionals of tomorrow by instilling them with the best medical knowledge and clinical skills. However, their successes should no...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 22, 2023 08 am
By Pam Johnson
As a Community Dining Room (CDR) board member, John Allen brings a lot to the table, including his dedication to helping CDR incorporate more nutritional, plant-based mea...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 21, 2023 08 am
By Aaron Rubin
Whether it’s a newspaper like The Courier or a station like East Haven Television (ETV), everyone who is part of any kind of media organization knows it’s a team effort. ...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 19, 2023 02 pm
By Ben Rayner
The town’s Shoreline Unitarian Universalist Society is welcoming a new reverend in Craig Nowak, whose experience and proven leadership have energized the congregation. Cr...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 19, 2023 02 pm
By Pam Johnson
The Stars Align for Kenny Pelphrey
Person of the Week • Published Sep 19, 2023 02 pm
By Rita Christopher
School has just started, but Katherine Hilliar is already focused on graduation. She is one of the organizers of Valley Safe Grad, the alcohol- and drug-free extended par...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 19, 2023 02 pm
By Eric O'Connell
For close to three decades, Brenda Partyka has been helping Old Saybrook’s children build their confidence and life skills through the town’s wilderness camp.
Brenda can ...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 15, 2023 07 am
By Pam Johnson
On Sept. 8, Laurie Kenney’s first single, “Once Upon a Time,” went live for all the world to hear, soon to be followed by her debut album, Every Apple Does Go Bad Eventua...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 14, 2023 01 pm
By Pam Johnson
With plans to run his fifth, sixth, and seventh marathons in Berlin, New York City (NYC), and London, Eric Goldstein is willing to go the extra mile to help fund scholarships dedicated to supporting individuals seeking addiction and mental health treatment.
Person of the Week • Published Sep 13, 2023 03 pm
By Eric O'Connell
On Sept. 23, Shoreline Theater Academy/Kidz Konnection in Clinton will hold a very special performance titled Cycle of the Sun. The musical is an original story written b...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 13, 2023 03 pm
By Rita Christopher
Autumn means school starting, leaves changing color, and Christmas advertisements appearing well before Thanksgiving. But local music lovers know the Robbie Collomore Con...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 12, 2023 11 am
By Ben Rayner
An old donkey named Mr. Beans sure knows how to spread inspiration around for a semi-retired quadruped. How this rescue animal motivated Jerry Markham and his family to w...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 12, 2023 11 am
By Aaron Rubin
Sept. 17 will mark the first anniversary of the grand opening of the East Haven theater company Cabaret on Main. One of its co-directors, Billy DiCrosta, has already seen...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 08, 2023 03 pm
By Ben Rayner
Olando Petgrave didn’t take a direct path as he forged ahead from a Jamaican immigrant to a successful entrepreneur and community advocate.
“I was born in Jamaica and liv...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 07, 2023 02 pm
By Pam Johnson
As someone who has given much back to his community in his 90 years, Gene Bishop, a Guilford treasure, is honored to lead the Guilford Fair Parade as the 2023 Grand Marshal.
Person of the Week • Published Sep 06, 2023 11 am
By Eric O'Connell
For over 20 years, the person leading Westbrook’s Parks and Recreation Department has been Parks and Recreation Director Rich Annino.
“Basically, I provide the programmi...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 05, 2023 02 pm
By Pam Johnson
Friends of the Blackstone Library, board member John Smith is a friend, indeed, when it comes to promoting and supporting the Friends of the Blackstone Library Annual Book Sale. This year’s big tent event takes place on the Branford Green Thursday, Sept. 14 through Sunday, Sept. 17. Pam Johnson/The Sound
Person of the Week • Published Sep 05, 2023 02 pm
By Rita Christopher
How do you meet people when you move to a new community? Try a classic: Join an organization.
That’s what Lou Mazzarese did when he moved to Essex three years ago. Now, h...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 05, 2023 02 pm
By Aaron Rubin
Quinnipiac University’s (QU) Presidential Public Service Fellowship placed several students in positions throughout North Haven. Martin Radeny, a senior at QU, joined the...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 01, 2023 06 am
By Ben Rayner
It’s pretty much safe to say that Elizabeth McCabe was born to dance. This local educator decided to purchase the dance studio where she first learned to dance as a child...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 31, 2023 07 am
By Aaron Rubin
Those at Quinnipiac University who are interested in a career in municipal government have the opportunity to garner hands-on experience in that field as part of the scho...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 29, 2023 10 am
A good meal is its own reward, but at the upcoming Chester Rotary Lobster Festival, a good meal will also provide a chance for people to support the rotary’s community pr...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 29, 2023 10 am
By Eric O'Connell
If you ask someone what comes to mind when they hear the word “Westbrook,” one of the first things they’ll mention is boating. As harbor master, Harry Plaut is one of the...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 25, 2023 06 am
By Pam Johnson
Linda Toscano is seeing a dream take shape, in the form of Gavin & Friends in Guilford. Gavin & Friends will be a day program operated by SARAH Tuxis for adults with disabilities such as those experienced by her 19-year-old son, Gavin Toscano-Popick, who graduated from Guilford High School this year.
Person of the Week • Published Aug 23, 2023 06 am
By Aaron Rubin
One of the most meaningful aspects of participating in the performing arts is allowing kids to exercise their talents when their interests may not align with those of the...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 23, 2023 06 am
By Ben Rayner
Some people simply walk it like they talk it, and Peter Scranton of Madison is certainly walking that walk. A transplant to Madison like so many who have fallen in love w...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 23, 2023 06 am
By Pam Johnson
Jim Plunkett is proud to help put on a signature shoreline event for a great cause, the St. George Men’s Group Italian Festival in Guilford. The 2023 Italian Festival is set for Friday, Aug. 25, from 5 to 10 p.m. and Saturday, Aug. 26, from 3 to 10 p.m. Admission is $5; ages 15 and under are free.
Person of the Week • Published Aug 23, 2023 06 am
By Rita Christopher
Deer Lake in Killingworth was once a Boy Scout camp. Deep River resident Tom Feiner knows because he was once a camper. But now the camp, which the Boy Scouts sold in 202...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 23, 2023 06 am
By Eric O'Connell
On Thursday, Sept. 14, North Branford’s Caruso-Bode family will host its 25th annual fundraiser for the Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance (FARA). Emceeing the event w...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 18, 2023 06 am
By Pam Johnson
As St. George Men’s Group (SGMG) membership chairman Jim Plunkett can attest, with many members pitching in to help, all of the food, fun and festivities of the 2023 Italian Festival will ready for the crowds that will fill the festival site behind St. George Catholic Church, 33 Whitfield Street, on Friday, August 25, 5 to 10 p.m. and Saturday, August 26, 3 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Person of the Week • Published Aug 17, 2023 07 am
By Eric O'Connell
For over 30 years and at two different locations, librarian assistant Jan Swanson has been one of the most popular mainstays at The Henry Carter Hull Library.
Jan has bee...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 16, 2023 06 am
By Aaron Rubin
From Aug. 10 to 12, North Haven’s Spotlight Stage Company held its youth version of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, marking the company’s third production as part of ...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 15, 2023 11 am
By Ben Rayner
Adjectives seem to fall short when interpreting Killingworth artist Renee Rhodes’ works. Renee has built a renowned reputation as a sculptor, with pieces of “feminine ene...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 15, 2023 11 am
By Pam Johnson
As the chairman of the all-volunteer and selectmen-appointed Solid Waste Management Commission, Paul Muniz has led the effort to transform Branford’s curbside automated trash and single-stream recycling program as point-person throughout a complicated process.
Person of the Week • Published Aug 15, 2023 11 am
By Rita Christopher
The books on Elizabeth Kaeser’s bedside table changed seven months ago. That’s when she became the new executive director of the Connecticut River Museum, taking over fro...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 11, 2023 05 am
By Pam Johnson
For his eagle scout award project, Jonathan Loffredo, 15, completed an interactive Branford trail walk with a technology-based native bird information component available at the tap of a Smartphone.
Person of the Week • Published Aug 10, 2023 07 am
By Rita Christopher
Make sure you get the N’s right: Glenn Herman’s first name has two; his last name has one. The students who apply for scholarships from Essex Rotary should know the corre...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 09, 2023 07 am
By Ben Rayner
To say Mark Velez works hard is like saying the sun is hot. Mark may not be a well-known figure in town, but his dedication to rebuilding stonewalls at the Rettich Preser...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 09, 2023 07 am
By Pam Johnson
Dylan Kormylo, who just turned 19, is happy to put her energy into supporting the success of the annual North Guilford Country Fair. This year’s fair is set for Saturday, Aug. 19 at the historic church at 159 Ledge Hill Road, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Person of the Week • Published Aug 09, 2023 07 am
By Eric O'Connell
“I could feel it was a good fit for me,” Justin Alessio says about working in Old Saybrook. Since May, Justin has worked as a program coordinator in Old Saybrook’s Youth ...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 09, 2023 07 am
By Aaron Rubin
Before arriving at Slate School, Katy Kessler-Rinck was a classroom teacher for nine years, including at another school with a progressive education model similar to her ...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 03, 2023 09 am
By Rita Christopher
Clint Reid calls the Community Foundation of Middlesex County (CFMC) a force multiplier, and as chair of the board of directors, he is not talking the language of “Star W...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 03, 2023 09 am
By Aaron Rubin
Quinnipiac University (QU) Professor and East Haven resident Angela Mattie was “completely surprised” when she learned she was the recipient of the Regent Senior Leader A...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 02, 2023 11 am
By Ben Rayner
Fillmore McPherson may be a southern boy going by his roots, but he and his wife Joan have been beloved Madison residents for close to 50 years. Sadly, that will end this...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 02, 2023 11 am
By Pam Johnson
Mary-Elissa Giovanni and her PoCo co-coordinators are prepared to bring an exciting festival to North Branford Friday Aug. 4 through Sunday Aug. 6.
