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Local News • Published July 11, 2019 12:01 a.m.

Daniel Hand High School Trimester 3 Honor Roll

The following students were named to the Daniel Hand High School Trimester 3 Honor Roll:Grade 9High Honors: Sydney Aboulian, Zahra Ahady, Emily Alletzhauser, Catherine...

Local News • Published July 11, 2019 12:01 a.m.

John Winthrop Middle School 4th Quarter Honor Roll

The following students were named to the John Winthrop Middle School Fourth Quarter Honor Roll:Grade 7High Honors: Ellen Akehurst, Jonathan Alberto, ...

Local News • Published July 11, 2019 12:01 a.m.

Westbrook Middle School 4th Marking Period Honor Roll

Mr. Taylor Wrye, principal of Westbrook Middle School, has announced the Honor Roll for the fourth marking period for Grades 6, 7, and 8.The Criteria:Honors: Grade average between 85 ...

Local News • Published July 11, 2019 12:01 a.m.

Branford High School 2018-’19 4th Quarter Honor Roll

The following students were named to the Branford High School 2018-’19 Fourth Quarter Honor Roll:Grade 9High Honors: Sena Abanoz, Emma Angelo, Sydney Baker,...

Local News • Published July 11, 2019 12:01 a.m.

North Haven High School 4th Marking Period Honor Roll

The following students were named to the North Haven High School 4th Marking Period Honor RollCriteria:High Honors: 4.0 GPA or straight A’s, no grade lower than a...

Local News • Published June 20, 2019 12:01 a.m.

VNA Community Healthcare & Hospice Nurse Patty Tsou was honored with The Nightingale Award for Excellence in Nursing at Anthony’s Ocean View in New Haven on May 2.

Photo courtesy of Abigail Storiale

Tsou Honored with Nightingale Award

VNA Community Healthcare & Hospice RN Patty Tsou of Chester was honored with The Nightingale Award for Excellence in Nursing at Anthony’s Ocean View in New Haven on May 2. Tsou has been ...

Local News • Published June 13, 2019 12:01 a.m.

Branford Rotary June Student of the Month Brooke O’Leary (third from right), accompanied by (from left) her nominating teacher Bing Miller and mother Deirdre O’Leary, accepts her honors from Rotary Club President Mary Donaruma and Rotary Club Co-chairs John Altavilla and Gary Gambardella (at rear).

Photo by David Chew

O’Leary is Branford Rotary June Student of the Month

Brooke O’Leary, daughter of Deirdre and Peter O’Leary, is the Branford Rotary June Student of the Month. Brooke O’Leary was nominated by her teacher Bing Miller for excellence ...

Local News • Published June 06, 2019 12:01 a.m.

Leah Pfrommer

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Pfrommer Named 2019 AAUW CT Shoreline Branch Scholarship Winner

Leah Pfrommer of Killingworth was selected as the 2019 AAUW CT Shoreline Branch Scholarship recipient. Pfrommer graduated cum laude from Quinnipiac University’s Class of 2018 with a B.S. in ...

Local News • Published June 06, 2019 12:01 a.m.

First and second prize winners (and their teachers) were photographed at the Renee B. Fisher Competition Winners Concert. From left are (front) Yoshie Akimoto and her student Avery Duer of Fairfield (second prize/high school); Seorin Kim of Madison (second prize/elementary school) and her teacher Sylvia Chambless, Jeffrey Liang of Madison (first prize and best commissioned work/elementary school) and Tianhai Zhou of Wallingford (first prize and best commissioned work/high school) and (back) Svitlana Fiorito, Jeffery Liang’s teacher, and Thomas Martin, Tianhai Zhou’s teacher. Photo by Judy Sirota Rosenthal

Madison Students Perform as Winners of the Renée B. Fisher Competition

Outstanding piano students from across the state performed at the Neighborhood Music School (NMS) in New Haven on May 11 as winners of the 42nd annual Renée B. Fisher Competition for Young...

Local News • Published June 06, 2019 12:01 a.m.

Presidential Scholar Meredith Bloss is pictured at the Guilford Board of Education May meeting with Superintendent of Schools Paul Freeman, Board of Education Chair Bill Bloss, and Guilford High School Principal Rick Misenti. Photo courtesy of Lorri Hahn

Meredith Bloss Named a 2019 Presidential Scholar

Guilford High School senior Meredith Bloss is one of 161 American high school seniors to be named a 2019 Presidential Scholar by the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars.The...

Local News • Published June 06, 2019 12:01 a.m.

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‘Newsies’ Nominated for 3 Sondheim Awards

Valley Regional Musical Productions’ Newsies received three nominations from The Stephen Sondheim Awards. Nominations received were for Best Musical, Best Direction—Ingrid...

Local News • Published June 06, 2019 12:01 a.m.

Members of the 2019 Clinton Police Citizens Academy pose with members of the Clinton Police Department.

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Clinton Police Citizens Academy Graduates 22

The 2019 session of the Clinton Police Citizens Academy has come to a successful conclusion following a 10-week course. During the course, 22 residents from the town of Clinton were provided...

Local News • Published June 06, 2019 12:01 a.m.

Branford Rotary Student of the Month for May 2019 Diana Karosas (second from right) accepts her award accompanied by (from left) teacher Heather Persson, Karosas’s mother Laima Karosas, Rotary Student of the Month Committee Co-chairs John Altavilla and Gary Gambardella, and Rotary President Mary Donaruma. Photo by David Chew

Karosas Named Branford Rotary May Student of the Month

Diana Karosas, daughter of Laima and Jonas Karosas, was named Branford Rotary Student of the Month for May 2019. Diana Karosas was nominated by her teachers Heather Persson and Tom Webster for...

Local News • Published May 30, 2019 12:01 a.m.

Guilford Poets Guild Guilford High School Poetry Contest winners included (from left) Lauren Mitzelfelt, Julia Rubbo, Ella Stanley, Christopher H. DeNegre, and Shayla Flynn. Photo courtesy of Jen Payne

Guild Announces Guilford High School Poetry Contest Winners

Each year as part of National Poetry Month, the Guilford Poets Guild sponsors the Guilford High School Poetry Contest. This year’s winners, selected from more than 70 entries, were Meredith ...

Local News • Published May 30, 2019 12:01 a.m.

Guilford High School sophomore Ronan McDermott Photo courtesy of Lorri Hahn

McDermott Places First in Middlesex County Math League

Guilford High School sophomore Ronan McDermott received first place in the Middlesex County Math League Underclassman category at the annual Math League Banquet held at Xavier High School. He also ...

Local News • Published May 30, 2019 12:01 a.m.

Seniors and faculty participating in the first Guilford High School International Baccalaureate Core Presentation night included (from left, kneeling Mariam Kish, Allie Stankewich, Annabelle Wang, Natalia Perez, Mia Bloss, Holly Johnson, and Leo Westgard and (standing) world language teacher Aurora Kaneko, Assistant Principal and IB coordinator Julia Chaffe, Grace Beatty, Lily Ulrich, Mark McNamara, Noah Horton, Renee Sanacora, Elannah Devin, Caden Kozub, Oscar Scott, Arthur Dolimier, Ethan Corpuel, Finn Moore, Holden Culotta, John LaFrance, and social studies teacher Adrienne Dubuc. (Not pictured: senior Bailey Meyers) Photo courtesy of Lorri Hahn

1st Guilford High School International Baccalaureate Core Presentation Night

On April 25, family and friends were invited to the first Guilford High School International Baccalaureate (IB) Core Presentation night to celebrate the work of the school’s 12th grade...

Local News • Published May 30, 2019 12:01 a.m.

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Mark Breault to Wed Grace Horner

Mark Kenneth Breault, the son of Robert and Doreen Breault of Essex, is engaged to wed Grace Heather Horner, the daughter of Robert and Rita Horner of Baltimore, Maryland. Mark Breault and Grace...

Local News • Published May 30, 2019 12:01 a.m.

Mayor Joseph Maturo, Jr. (center) wishes happy birthday to Bridget Mathews, Deanna Deutsch, Angie Criscuolo, and Lydia Caboddo. Photo courtesy of Joyce Hollenbeck

Mayor Celebrates April and May Senior Birthdays

Mayor Joseph Maturo, Jr., recently stopped by the East Haven Senior Center to celebrate April and May birthdays....

Local News • Published May 30, 2019 12:01 a.m.

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Honor Roll• Nathaniel Correia of East Haven earned honors at Xavier High School for both the second and third quarters, 2018-19.Academic and...

Local News • Published May 23, 2019 12:01 a.m.

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Honor RollThe following Xavier High Scholl students were named to the honor roll for the third quarter:Chester: Joseph Lallier, grade 9, High Honors; William Lallier,...

Local News • Published May 23, 2019 12:01 a.m.

From left, Dylan Hettick-Harlow from Lyme-Old Lyme High School, Cameron Adams from Old Saybrook High School, and Katelyn Wallace from Westbrook High School receive the Old Saybrook Rotary Club Student of the Month honors for May.

Photo courtesy of the Old Saybrook Rotary Club

Old Saybrook Rotary Announces May Students of the Month

The Old Saybrook Rotary Club recently honored Cameron Adams from Old Saybrook High School, Dylan Hettick-Harlow from Lyme-Old Lyme High School, and Katelyn Wallace from Westbrook High School as...

Local News • Published May 22, 2019 09 a.m.

Community Forest Commission;s Shirley McCarthy (back to camera), Branford Land Trust's Beth Dock, RTM member Peter Hentschel, Branford Tree Warden Diana Ross, Inland Wetlands & Natural Resources staff David McCarthy (at tree), First Selectman Jamie Cosgrove (center), Green Committee member Laura Noe, and Green Committee chair David Minicozzi gather around the Franklin tree planted on the Town Green May 17, Endangered Species Day.

Photo by Kelley Fryer/The Sound

Branford Observes Endangered Species Day: Rare American Tree Planted on Town Green

On Friday, May 17, First Selectman Jamie Cosgrove and the Town of Branford held a ceremonial event for Endangered Species Day on Town Hall, where a Franklin tree (Franklinia alatamaha) was planted ...

Local News • Published May 23, 2019 12:01 a.m.

Branford Rotary Club Student of the Month Riley Vedder (center, accompanied at left by his mother Wendy Vedder), accepts his honors from (from left) his nominating teacher John Limone, Rotary Student of the Month Chairman Gary Gambardella, and Rotary President Mary Donaruma. Photo by Tricia Bohan Photography

Vedder Named Branford Rotary April Student of the Month

Riley Vedder, son of Wendy and Edward Vedder is the Branford Rotary Club April 2019 Student of the Month. Riley Vedder is a junior at Branford High School. Vedder was nominated by his teacher John ...

Local News • Published May 21, 2019 12:30 p.m.

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Honor RollThe following North Haven students were named to the Xavier High Honor Roll for the Third Quarter: Hayden Tomlin, grade 10, High Honors; Brendan Buckley, grade 12,...

Local News • Published May 16, 2019 12:01 a.m.

VNA Community Healthcare & Hospice Nurse Patty Tsou was honored with The Nightingale Award for Excellence in Nursing at Anthony’s Ocean View in New Haven on May 2.

Photo courtesy of Abigail Storiale

Tsou Honored with Nightingale Award

VNA Community Healthcare & Hospice RN Patty Tsou was honored with The Nightingale Award for Excellence in Nursing at Anthony’s Ocean View in New Haven on May 2. Tsou has been an...