Person of the Week • Published Dec 05, 2023 12 pm
By John Lecardo
From starting in dance as soon as she was old enough to do so, and participating in her inaugural solo within competitive dancing from the age of 8, Chloe Alsback’s undyi...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 29, 2023 08 am
By Rita Christopher
Luckily, the Claus family is a big one because its best-known member, Santa, has a very busy schedule at this time of year. To keep everybody happy, younger siblings can ...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 28, 2023 11 am
By John Lecardo
Support has been at the center of Abby Reardon’s relationship with the sport of field hockey. She had tremendous encouragement from peers and coaches to grasp the game ra...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 21, 2023 02 pm
By John Lecardo
In such a short stint, Hallie Moore has not only had a meteoric rise up the varsity ladder for the Valley Regional volleyball team, but she has additionally earned the re...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 15, 2023 10 am
By John Lecardo
From essentially the first time he could walk, Deryck Llivichuzca’s moving feet were always accompanied by a soccer ball. It was that passion and devotion to the game tha...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 15, 2023 08 am
By Rita Christopher
A career choice doesn’t lock you in forever. That is what Kurt Saenger-Heyl realized, and that is why he is the new pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in Centerbrook and n...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 07, 2023 01 pm
By Rita Christopher
Once, people believed the Earth was flat. Ivoryton resident Ethan Goller, president of Structural Graphics, has his issues with flatness but in advertising.
Structural Gr...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 01, 2023 09 am
By Rita Christopher
Where’s Tony? You never know where Tony Carrano will appear next.
That’s because of the many different ways he participates in civic affairs in Essex.
He is such an effec...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 24, 2023 11 am
By John Lecardo
The long and winding course that has been Holly Board’s race within athletics has gone down many paths, but it has come full circle by reigniting her passion for running ...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 20, 2023 06 pm
By Rita Christopher
Once, some four decades ago, Jonathan Jacobson made videos that delighted friends and classmates at Chester Elementary School.
Now, those friends are still delighted, sen...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 18, 2023 06 am
By John Lecardo
In team sports, one can learn a lot about themselves through a devastating personal setback. For Madeline Siegel, her hurdle paved the way to a two-way lane to long-term ...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 11, 2023 09 am
By John Lecardo
Liam Welch’s journey within the sport of soccer did take a lengthy pause and sabbatical, but the passion for the pitch always lied deep within him, and he is very thankfu...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 05, 2023 07 am
By Rita Christopher
Jimmy Burch has an ambitious goal: He wants to be a famous actor and win an Oscar by the time he is 30.
That gives him 11 years. Jimmy, who lives in Ivoryton, is now 19.
...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 05, 2023 07 am
By John Lecardo
Ella Smith took right to the sport of soccer ever since she first laced up her cleats in her formative grade school years, and her efforts and desires to succeed have par...
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 John Lecardo
With so many constant moving pieces on the chess board that is a volleyball court during any given match, keeping the lines of communication freely flowing is a big indic...
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 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 John Lecardo
This summer across the shoreline within the Deep River Horseshoe League, one of the biggest stories of the campaign was the rapid and meteoric rise and emergence of a you...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 31, 2023 07 am
By John Lecardo
The Valley Regional High School Class of 2023 was full of decorated student-athletes, but when looking at it on a closer scope through the lens of the girls’ basketball p...
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 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 John Lecardo
Brotherhood through struggles and achieving strength and victory has truly attracted Adam Metz to the gridiron, and now after a long standing career within the game, he g...
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 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 02, 2023 11 am
By John Lecardo
The bond between human beings and animals is one that has been unbroken for centuries and yields the greatest qualities among both parties involved. Addison Keyworth has ...
Person of the Week • Published Jul 25, 2023 11 pm
By John Lecardo
The more grueling a game is, quite often the deeper the connections that are cultivated through the grind. The theorem is certainly bolstered when it comes to Nick Cox’s ...
Person of the Week • Published Jul 18, 2023 12 pm
By John Lecardo
For Maizy Libby, playing goalie in lacrosse, much less continuing it in college, was the furthest thing on her mind upon first stepping foot onto the campus of Valley Reg...
Person of the Week • Published Jul 14, 2023 08 am
By John Lecardo
Ben Costanzo tried different sports such as soccer and baseball growing up and drew upon experiences from each endeavor, but it all paved the way towards him becoming one...
Person of the Week • Published Jul 11, 2023 11 am
By Rita Christopher
Jazzy is still waiting, waiting to fulfill the promise of the old adage that every dog has its day.
Rain, quite literally, spoiled what would have been the mixed-breed Lh...
Person of the Week • Published Jul 04, 2023 07 am
By John Lecardo
For Shep Whitney, blood is thicker than a tennis racquet as the youngster has the game in his lineage, and he loves getting that same blood pumping while swiftly moving f...
Person of the Week • Published Jul 01, 2023 10 am
By John Lecardo
Charlie Whelan himself admits that he is not the most athletic guy or type, yet when it comes to tennis, he certainly has proven himself wrong by being a courageous and h...
Person of the Week • Published Jun 28, 2023 09 am
By Rita Christopher
He has performed on musical stages throughout the world. The late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an opera lover, was a fan of his voice, and this July, local ...
Person of the Week • Published Jun 24, 2023 05 am
By John Lecardo
Natalie Novak showed her stuff as the ultimate team player and courageous competitor–suddenly stepping up to a higher rank on her squad, standing tall on that elevated pe...
Person of the Week • Published Jun 17, 2023 07 am
By John Lecardo
For many high school athletes, a tenure as a student-athlete is marred with moments and lessons in mental growth. With Ashley Cap’s time with the Valley Regional girls’ t...
Person of the Week • Published Jun 09, 2023 07 am
By John Lecardo
Playing on varsity as a freshman can be daunting enough, much less doing it as a starter on a very young squad. Yet Kellyn Kolber has cultivated great composure by starti...
Person of the Week • Published Jun 02, 2023 08 am
By Rita Christopher
It sounds like a form of torture. Diana Harbison has worked at the denailing table at the Rotary Club of Essex annual shad bake. But she is not pulling out fingernails. S...
Person of the Week • Published May 30, 2023 12 pm
By John Lecardo
No matter which time of the year Mykenzie Parker has a stick in her hand for Valley Regional High School, she does it with great pride in her squad and equal satisfaction...
Person of the Week • Published May 27, 2023 07 am
By John Lecardo
Even from his days of pee wee soccer, Leif Duval’s parents knew he was meant to make contact on whatever field of play he was a part of–something that is clearly evident ...
Person of the Week • Published May 25, 2023 07 am
By Rita Christopher
Stop! Stop before you throw out that bit of congealed macaroni and cheese, the remnants of a long-forgotten dinner discovered in the back corner of the refrigerator. Kaly...
Person of the Week • Published May 16, 2023 08 am
By John Lecardo
No matter it being on a soccer pitch, within the confines of the Floyd Little Athletic Center on the high jump, or upon the lacrosse turf, Reagan Doyon has been an incred...
Person of the Week • Published May 16, 2023 08 am
By Rita Christopher
Midge Kayfez loves to plan parties, she loves to prepare food for parties, and she loves to attend parties. But Midge loves something that most party lovers do not love a...
Person of the Week • Published May 13, 2023 09 am
By John Lecardo
Throughout her vast and various experiences with softball, Anna Benson knows the game can exercise someone’s brain as well as their brawn, and she has been a sound mind, ...
Person of the Week • Published May 04, 2023 08 am
By John Lecardo
Lucas Rogers knew that the final year of his career with the Valley Regional baseball team would prove to be a pivotal one, and so he diligently put in the extra time and...
Person of the Week • Published Apr 29, 2023 06 am
By John Lecardo
Fallyn Belisle has made several memorable moments across many games while at Valley Regional High School. Now, she has earned the right to give it the ol’ college try wit...
Person of the Week • Published Apr 25, 2023 08 am
By Rita Christopher
What do you do after you have spent an entire morning pulverizing cloves of garlic in a food processor?
Deb Carreau, co-chair of the Essex Garden Club May Market, didn’t ...
Person of the Week • Published Apr 22, 2023 07 am
By John Lecardo
Liz Allen left her mark on defense on multiple terrains as a multi-sport captain at Valley Regional High School, and through her efforts and dedication to her teams, she ...
Person of the Week • Published Apr 14, 2023 10 am
By John Lecardo
Only a year or so ago, Quentin Baron decided to dip his toe in the water figuratively by trying out the sport of crew. Less than two years later, he dove all the way into...
Person of the Week • Published Apr 08, 2023 07 am
By John Lecardo
Beginning AAU basketball when she was in fifth grade, there has not been a day that has gone by where Siena Schaller does not have basketball on the brain. And fortunatel...
Person of the Week • Published Apr 07, 2023 06 am
By Rita Christopher
Carl Ellison, a former first selectman of Essex, doesn’t think his birthday is so remarkable.
“I don’t feel any different than I did at 89,” he says. But 90 is a special ...
