Person of the Week • Published Nov 29, 2023 08 am
By Ben Rayner
Sometimes, it's okay to be the guinea pig, especially when you are one that is beloved and set to be the star of your own calendar. Madison Taylor of Killingworth has cre...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 21, 2023 02 pm
By John Lecardo
A cross country team can form really close-knit bonds that create inspiration for others to strive for their best, which was just the case for the Haddam-Killingworth gir...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 07, 2023 01 pm
By John Lecardo
Persistence pays off quite often when doubt hangs in the balance. Such was the case for Sydney Adelberg and her running career, as she stuck with it and achieved great su...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 31, 2023 12 pm
By Ben Rayner
The area’s long agricultural history includes a number of centuries-old traditions and unique cultural touchstones, from round barns to keep witches from hiding in the co...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 13, 2023 04 pm
By John Lecardo
Two things that have been centered around Cooper Pitts’ upbringing and childhood are athletics and leadership–and now in his senior year of high school, he has assumed th...
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 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 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 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 Jul 26, 2023 08 am
By Ben Rayner
For over four decades, the Cost family has been the center of all things hardware for the shoreline and their Middlesex County customers. Since 1983, Tom Cost, son of the...
Person of the Week • Published Jul 25, 2023 11 pm
By John Lecardo
While running may be something any average person can do as a hobby, it takes total, undying dedication 365 days a year to truly be proficient, and Luke Hedges has taken ...
Person of the Week • Published Jul 16, 2023 08 am
By John Lecardo
For Jack Cozean, it does not matter if he is racing as a group of one or if he is one member of a fast-footed and fearsome foursome, he knows how to stay at the head of t...
Person of the Week • Published Jul 14, 2023 08 am
By Ben Rayner
Journalism wasn’t on Karen Milano’s radar when she was young, but the road she traveled and her creative nature led the Killingworth resident to a unique midlife opportun...
Person of the Week • Published Jul 09, 2023 07 am
By John Lecardo
Each pitch and play brings boundless opportunities and chances in the game of baseball. For Jackson Pray, those scenarios include a change of scenery out of a collective ...
Person of the Week • Published Apr 25, 2023 12 pm
By John Lecardo
When it comes to football for Owen Lelko, the pigskin was in his bloodline, so he always felt predestined for the field. Yet he made his family even more proud when he wa...
Person of the Week • Published Apr 11, 2023 01 pm
By John Lecardo
Pretty much ever since he could walk, Charlie Maxwell has been glued to the ice of a hockey rink, and the passion he has to produce at the highest level, coupled with his...
Person of the Week • Published Mar 28, 2023 11 am
By John Lecardo
While he was a late bloomer to the sport of hockey, Andrew Nugent certainly sprung to a liking for not only the sport but also his teammates, which motivated him to produ...
Person of the Week • Published Mar 26, 2023 06 am
By John Lecardo
Jack Ferguson has always enjoyed the duality of the sport of swimming, in that it is a competition where a solo individual can achieve unbelievable heights while addition...
Person of the Week • Published Mar 05, 2023 06 am
By John Lecardo
It may have taken up until the upperclassman portion of his high school career, but John Panzera has found his niche athletically. And, in that short time frame, he found...
Person of the Week • Published Feb 28, 2023 12 pm
By Ben Rayner
As a junior at Daniel Hand in 1970, Chad Lyons had no idea that a bus ride with his neighbors would come full circle so many years later. Now, Chad spreads his volunteeri...
Person of the Week • Published Feb 23, 2023 10 am
By Ben Rayner
Ben Diebold is the current president of the Madison Land Conservation Trust, and his eclectic background in computers, archeology, and art, actually helped develop the sk...
Person of the Week • Published Feb 19, 2023 08 am
By John Lecardo
Hard work and determination in the offseason often pave the road to progress during the regular season, and Andrew Crayton has more than taken that to heart as he drives ...
Person of the Week • Published Feb 07, 2023 01 pm
By Ben Rayner
You could say that Killingworth Library’s new director, Ben Sodergren, had been biding his time to land what he describes as his “dream job.”
“I went to Champlain College...
Person of the Week • Published Jan 18, 2023 08 am
By Ben Rayner
The shoreline will be losing one of its most beloved pediatricians now that Dr. Ann Hoefer has retired from her practice in Guilford. Since 1994, Ann has been with Guilfo...
Person of the Week • Published Jan 12, 2023 10 am
By Ben Rayner
They say necessity is the mother of all invention and often a great idea is a simple one. Dr. Robin Ely spent decades as a nurse and administrator when her idea for a sen...
Person of the Week • Published Jan 11, 2023 08 am
By Ben Rayner
While grants, elections, and fundraisers often make their mark on a community, Lorraine Tvrdik of Madison is making a difference simply by turning on her oven.
“Every yea...
Person of the Week • Published Jan 08, 2023 08 am
By John Lecardo
It has only taken a couple of years, but Trevor Dixon has shown his abilities on both sides of the football while pushing Haddam-Killingworth’s football team to new succe...
Person of the Week • Published Dec 28, 2022 08 am
By Ben Rayner
When Rosalyn “Roz” Fahey and her family were thinking of moving from their former home in Fairfield County, they began their search along the shoreline for a “slow pace” ...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 23, 2022 12 pm
By John Lecardo
On the football field, the position of quarterback is one where the player’s role can be in a state of flux not only from play to play, but additionally yard to yard. Suc...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 16, 2022 08 am
By Ben Rayner
Sometimes, the most innocuous event or encounter can have a profound effect on our lives. For Molly Fahey, the new social services coordinator at Madison Youth and Family...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 26, 2022 08 am
By Ben Rayner
It may not seem like Madison and San Francisco have much in common, but for Peter Roos, there’s one comparison that’s easy to make: Affordable housing.
“I feel strongly ...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 19, 2022 08 am
By Ben Rayner
Local artist Joe King spent a career in the corporate world, but always had an eye toward creativity. He has channeled his love of the shutter to create photo mosaic comp...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 12, 2022 08 am
By Ben Rayner
It’s always great when a plan comes together. New Municipal Agent for the Elderly Stephen Fabian was looking for a part-time job that would allow him to continue giving b...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 05, 2022 08 am
By Ben Rayner
Since moving to Madison, Virginia Raff has put the rights and safety of bicyclists and pedestrians at the forefront. A member of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commi...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 28, 2022 08 am
By Ben Rayner
Ted Langevin says he kind of stumbled into the job of hero.
President of non-profit organization Pathfinders, Inc., Ted and an army of volunteers took on the seemingly in...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 07, 2022 12 pm
On the heels of a satisfying career of playing, coaching, and gaining an overall appreciation for sports, Meagan Sears is beginning her tenure as the new Athletic Directo...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 07, 2022 08 am
By Ben Rayner
If there’s one word to sum up what it takes participate in Iron Man and triathlon races it has to be “endurance.” In a full Iron Man competition, athletes swim more than ...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 17, 2022 08 am
By Ben Rayner
One of the fastest growing, and certainly one of the more misunderstood emerging technologies, is artificial intelligence (AI). If Hollywood is the arbiter of what AI is,...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 10, 2022 08 am
By Ben Rayner
After earning her bachelor’s degree and spending a year in graduate school, Carley Moyher of Killingworth seemed on track for a career in speech pathology. Instead, she s...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 03, 2022 08 am
By Ben Rayner
KILLINGWORTH
Local author Connie Bombaci has led a life that truly has gone to the dogs-in all the best ways. Connie was blessed to become owner of a deaf dog in the earl...
Person of the Week • Published Jul 30, 2022 01 pm
By Dan Fappiano
Source Sports Writer
Alex Lara’s freshman season with the Haddam-Killingworth track and field program was cut short due to an unfortunate injury. After bu...
Person of the Week • Published Jul 22, 2022 11 am
After dancing for 11 years, Isabel Berardino decided that she needed a change and joined Haddam-Killingworth’s cross country and track programs. Isabel unlocked her poten...
Person of the Week • Published Jul 20, 2022 08 am
By Ben Rayner
When you talk about volunteers, there’s one name that comes to the top of the list in Killingworth. Jan O’Sullivan’s history of civic action is long, and for decades, her...
Person of the Week • Published Jul 13, 2022 12 am
For Matt Gagliardi, golf started out as a fun way to spend time with his brother on the driving range, even if they were slicing their shots. Over time, Matt began to tak...
Person of the Week • Published Jul 06, 2022 12 am
With his family involved in the sport, it didn’t take much for Will Fumex to become interested in tennis. Will wanted to excel in the sport and, over the past four years,...
Person of the Week • Published Jun 29, 2022 08 am
I am going to break some time-honored rules about how to write a news story. In fact, I did it with the first word, I. In a news story, as opposed to a column, you never ...
Person of the Week • Published Jun 29, 2022 12 am
While she had played the sport since she was three, Zhu Zhu Berger didn’t have an opportunity to compete for the Hand girls’ tennis team until her junior year of high sch...
Person of the Week • Published Jun 22, 2022 12 am
When he walks into his room, Reece Scott always sees a glass golf ball that was given to him by his great-grandfather Dean on a shelf on the wall. The ball has become a h...
Person of the Week • Published Jun 15, 2022 12 am
When you’re a No. 1 singles player in tennis, the spotlight is always on you to perform well and come through for your team. Claire Langille had that responsibility on he...
Person of the Week • Published Jun 08, 2022 08 am
Sometimes help comes in ways that aren’t only unexpected, but downright counter-intuitive. Michele Krumenacker and the folks at High Hopes Therapeutic Riding in Old Lyme ...
