Person of the Week • Published Apr 24, 2024 08 am
By Pam Johnson
Patrick Hackett, the new fundraising coordinator for Community Dining Room (CDR) is organizing CDR’s Art Gala and Auction on Sunday, April 28, 2 to 5 p.m. at beautiful Millpond Gatherings in Northford.
Person of the Week • Published Apr 17, 2024 08 am
By Eric O'Connell
A colossal effort of a single shoreline resident has manifested itself through the non-profit organization, The Colossus Project, which was designed to help support Ukrai...
Person of the Week • Published Apr 10, 2024 08 am
By Pam Johnson
Whether in person or in the form of a familiar, pony-tailed caricature, Earl Norwood of Country Paint and Hardware may be one of the shoreline area’s best-known and most appreciated business owners.
Person of the Week • Published Apr 03, 2024 08 am
By Rita Christopher
Kathleen Lowe has founded a group, Friends of the Forest CT, to share her love of the outdoors with others. Rita Christopher/Guilford Courier
Person of the Week • Published Apr 02, 2024 11 am
By Maria Cipriano
The Guilford Grizzlies coed wrestling team has found a lot of success over the years, both in the growth of individual athletes, as well as the team accomplishments. Head...
Person of the Week • Published Mar 27, 2024 08 am
By Pam Johnson
Guilford’s Rose Crisci is the founder of non-profit Blue Moon Raptors, which rehabilitates ill, injured, and orphaned birds of prey with the goal of returning them back to their natural habitat.
Person of the Week • Published Mar 26, 2024 11 am
By Maria Cipriano
Lucas Ametrano has had baseball in his life for as long as he can remember. With talent that shines through no matter where he plays, he has been a key asset to the Guilf...
Person of the Week • Published Mar 20, 2024 08 am
By Pam Johnson
Guilford High School Project Graduation co-chair Sue Kruczek is helping to rally fundraising efforts so that the GHS Class of 2024 can gather for a memorable, substance-free celebration that will keep them safe on graduation night.
Person of the Week • Published Mar 19, 2024 11 am
Anna Fagan’s mind may have been made up for weeks, if not months. Still, the Guilford native felt like a weight was lifted off her shoulders when she formally decided in ...
Person of the Week • Published Mar 13, 2024 08 am
By Eric O'Connell
Melissa Tunnacliffe recently co-founded a business called Nurses Know Chemotherapy Kits that offers kits with items that help manage the side effects of chemotherapy.
Person of the Week • Published Mar 06, 2024 08 am
By Pam Johnson
Madison resident and notable artist Don Keene’s bold, expressonistic art is on view with 15 of his remarkable works during a limited exhibit at Guilford Art Center now through April 7. Photo courtesy Don Keene.
Person of the Week • Published Feb 28, 2024 08 am
By Pam Johnson
As Prevention Coordinator for Guilford Youth & Family Services and in her role with Guilford D.A.Y. (Developmental Assets for Youth), Leah Foster is especially excited to help welcome Chris Herren back to town. Herren, a former pro basketball player who struggled with addiction and is now a motivational speaker, last spoke in Guilford about 10 years ago. Herren will be in Guilford on May 21 to talk to youth, parents, and community members during D.A.Y. Week
Person of the Week • Published Feb 21, 2024 08 am
By Pam Johnson
Guilford High School Technology & Engineering Education teacher Nick Ripa is grateful for the support of Guilford Fund for Education (GFFE) grants. This year, a GFFE grant helped Ripa procure a cutting-edge CNC Laser Cutter for student learning. Ripa wants to encourage other Guilford Public School educators to think outside the box and apply for grants to help GFFE fund innovative opportunities for students.
Person of the Week • Published Feb 14, 2024 08 am
By Pam Johnson
Branford resident Jeffrey Fletcher brings important history to life as founder and executive director of the Ruby and Calvin Fletcher African American History Museum in Stratford. He also shares the museum’s mission as a guest speaker including his recent talk in Branford and an upcoming talk in Guilford on Thursday, Feb. 22.
Person of the Week • Published Feb 12, 2024 03 am
Guilford senior Paul Greenleaf is one of the most recent area athletes to commit to college for a team sport, but it wasn’t for football, basketball, baseball, or even ho...
Person of the Week • Published Feb 07, 2024 08 am
By Pam Johnson
Among the many exciting theatre opportunities that Cara Mulqueen-Teasdale has helped to usher in and foster at Guilford High School (GHS), she’s once again directing stu...
Person of the Week • Published Feb 06, 2024 11 am
To be a good leader means one shows a lot of characteristics, such as confidence, talent, determination, and care for those around them. All of these and more are display...
Person of the Week • Published Jan 31, 2024 08 am
By Pam Johnson
In January, Guilford native Jess Reeve began her year-long residency as the new Guilford Art Center (GAC) Potter in Residence.
Person of the Week • Published Jan 30, 2024 12 am
Guilford native John Luke Cianciolo had an unusual collegiate baseball career. From first baseman, to catcher, to pitcher, John Luke displayed and demonstrated a versatil...
Person of the Week • Published Jan 25, 2024 09 am
By Pam Johnson
Guilford’s Barb Hammarlund may have recently closed one chapter in her busy life, retiring as Assistant Assessor from Town Hall. But she’s ready for the sequel: including more time to focus on her cows.
Person of the Week • Published Jan 23, 2024 10 am
Athletes can go through many athletic endeavors in their youth, and eventually, they begin to identify the sports that most resonate with them. This was the case for Ava ...
Person of the Week • Published Jan 17, 2024 01 pm
By Pam Johnson
Known for her ability to build community with stellar recreational programs, special events, and by sussing out new opportunities for recreational growth, Pamela “Pam” Gery is coming home to Guilford, where she will begin her new role as the Town’s next Parks and Recreation and Senior Center director.
Person of the Week • Published Jan 10, 2024 08 am
By Pam Johnson
January is National Mentoring Month
Person of the Week • Published Jan 03, 2024 10 am
By Maria Cipriano
Lacrosse is a passion that goes unmatched for Sam Jewett. From playing the sport himself, to becoming a mentor for younger players, he has made an indelible mark on the G...
Person of the Week • Published Dec 20, 2023 08 am
By Pam Johnson
In his daily role as Guilford Public Schools (GPS) Director of Operations and Facilities and in his volunteer service as a firefighter/EMT with Guilford Fire Department, ...
Person of the Week • Published Dec 19, 2023 11 am
By James Kidd
If you watched the Guilford girls’ volleyball team this fall, you would be hard pressed to find an aspect of the game not impacted by junior Sam Alberghini. She rarely le...
Person of the Week • Published Dec 13, 2023 03 pm
By Maria Cipriano
When you think of local legends, you think of Tom Karasay. Within the town of Westbrook and the surrounding community, the Guilford resident is known as a man who has giv...
Person of the Week • Published Dec 05, 2023 12 pm
By Ben Rayner
For more than 32 years, Guilford has been graced with one of the hardest-working, most passionate town employees ever to work for the town. Parks and Recreation Director ...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 29, 2023 08 am
By Pam Johnson
Bernadette Canning, the 2024 Grand Marshal of the Greater New Haven St. Patrick’s Day Parade, brought the luck of the Irish when entering her family’s 70-year-old Irish Soda Bread recipe in the 2023 Guilford Fair, winning a blue ribbon. Photo Courtesy Greater New Haven St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Person of the Week • Published Nov 22, 2023 08 am
By Pam Johnson
In 2019, Diana Caty, an immigration attorney, and her friend Mary Didiuk, a scientist, founded their own non-profit organization, Traveling Toys Inc.
In a very short time...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 15, 2023 10 am
Hans Forselius has always had an interest in ice hockey. After elevating his way to success at the high school level, the Guilford native landed an opportunity to pursue ...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 07, 2023 01 pm
By Aaron Rubin
Judy Barron knows the impact of rising prices. As the executive director of the Community Dining Room (CDR), Judy has seen how the continually increasing cost of food, ba...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 31, 2023 12 pm
By Aaron Rubin
Volunteering has always been a part of Mary Amter’s life, and food was a fixture in that work. Even during her involvement with the Parent Teacher Organization or with to...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 26, 2023 04 pm
In sports, it takes resiliency and mental toughness to overcome obstacles. It’s easy to give up when times get tough, rather than pushing forward and putting in the extra...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 24, 2023 11 am
By Pam Johnson
Hold that pose: a special opportunity to enjoy the benefits of Hatha yoga with expert Gina MacDonald Page is open to the community, with all session proceeds to benefit t...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 18, 2023 06 am
By Pam Johnson
It’s been quite a year for one of the shoreline’s newest non-profits, Sound Life Connections Inc., which offers vocational, communication, and life skills training for yo...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 11, 2023 09 am
By Ben Rayner
Dawn Jackson may not have grown up on the shoreline, but she knows it as well as any lifer. Dawn has helped steer several civic organizations and, with her new position a...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 03, 2023 12 pm
By Pam Johnson
Saturday, Oct. 14 at Guilford Fairgrounds
Gather your family and friends: from donkey rides, a petting zoo, and touch-a-truck to live music and festive food and drin...
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 19, 2023 02 pm
By Pam Johnson
The Stars Align for Kenny Pelphrey
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 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 01, 2023 04 pm
The Guilford 10U All Stars softball team made an incredible run this summer, supplanting themselves as one of the region’s premier teams across the league. Undoubtedly, t...
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
Guilford sailor Wylder Smith is only 15 years old, but already the teen has seen most of the United States and abroad. Wylder is an Optimist sailor, competing in races ac...
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 09, 2023 07 am
Clare Bransfield is on a mission. After four years out of the pool, the former Guilford High School swimmer is walking onto the swimming and diving team at Saint Michael’...
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 02, 2023 11 am
By Maria Cipriano
As an athlete, the expectation of working tirelessly and exceptionally to find success can weigh deep on the mind and body, and not everyone can handle that pressure. For...
Person of the Week • Published Jul 26, 2023 10 am
When Guilford senior Liam Alberti attended his school’s end-of-year 62nd Annual Senior Sports Awards Program, sponsored by the Guilford Sideliners, he said he came prepar...
