Person of the Week • Published May 01, 2024 08 am
Where is she now? Kaye Griffin retired as superintendent of schools in Madison over 15 years ago. However, she is still keeping busy. This year, Kaye is heading to the Es...
Person of the Week • Published May 01, 2024 08 am
By Eric O'Connell
Whether it’s working as a peer counselor for first responders, as a fire inspector at Yale, or as a private chef, Joe Gallagher has made serving others a top priority.
Du...
Person of the Week • Published May 01, 2024 08 am
By Rita Christopher
Author Gertrude Stein said it first in 1913: A rose is a rose is a rose. The Essex Garden Club knows what she was talking about. They will have roses and much more at the...
Person of the Week • Published May 01, 2024 08 am
By Pam Johnson
Kathleen Dilella (“Nurse Kathy” to her kids and families) exemplifies excellence and caring in a critical role. On Wednesday, May 8, Branford Public Schools (BPS) will celebrate all of the district’s school nurses in recognition of national School Nurse Day.
Person of the Week • Published May 01, 2024 08 am
By Eric O'Connell
Laura Attanasio helps young people find their love of performing as founder of nonprofit Shoreline Theatre Academy Kidz Konnection. Photo courtesy Laura Attanasio.
Person of the Week • Published May 01, 2024 08 am
By Aaron Rubin
North Haven resident and award-winning author Karen Olson has released 13 crime novels, all of which feature strong women investigators at the forefront of solving myster...
Person of the Week • Published Apr 24, 2024 08 am
By Eric O'Connell
For nearly 20 years, Westbrook children have had the opportunity to enjoy a free community egg hunt thanks to the organizing work of Rich Holton.
When Rich and his wife D...
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 24, 2024 08 am
By Aaron Rubin
North Haven High School (NHHS) senior Avery Karasinski has a diverse palette of interests and accomplishments. He is on his school’s varsity baseball team, has worked beh...
Person of the Week • Published Apr 24, 2024 08 am
By Rita Christopher
This is not a tricky question: What state is the Kentucky Derby held in? Full marks if you guessed Kentucky.
Now, try another one: Where is the ConnDucky Derby held? Look...
Person of the Week • Published Apr 17, 2024 08 am
By Eric O'Connell
One day, an attentive English teacher encouraged a shy girl in her class to try out for the school play, igniting a lifelong passion for theater. Now, Laura Attanasio hel...
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 17, 2024 08 am
By Pam Johnson
Richard Shanahan is the chairman of the Town of Branford’s Parks and Open Space Authority.
Person of the Week • Published Apr 17, 2024 08 am
By Aaron Rubin
Reading is one of the most fundamental elements of a child’s education, and there are people who have a passion for helping students in that critical area of development....
Person of the Week • Published Apr 10, 2024 08 am
By Eric O'Connell
Maureen Dalton is helping spread the word to anyone who is interested in remembering the sacrifices that a loved one has made by serving their country. Those who are inte...
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 10, 2024 08 am
By Rita Christopher
On Janice Atkeson’s bucket list is a trip to the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan. Janice has been to the area before, having visited another Himalayan country, Nepal.
“The ...
Person of the Week • Published Apr 10, 2024 08 am
By Pam Johnson
Branford Family Resource Center Interim Director Ariana Loyola invites families to help celebrate the Week of the Young Child during Branford’s annual Early Childhood Fair and Family Day on Saturday, April 20 at the Branford Community House.
Person of the Week • Published Apr 10, 2024 08 am
By Aaron Rubin
East Haven High School (EHHS) junior Aedan Connors was recently announced as a Student of the Month by the East Haven Rotary Club—a recognition that came as a genuine sur...
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 03, 2024 08 am
By Aaron Rubin
April is Jazz Appreciation Month, marking a time to celebrate the sound, culture, and legacy of the American music genre. While the genre is centuries-old and not particu...
Person of the Week • Published Apr 03, 2024 08 am
By Pam Johnson
Rose Crisci is the founder of non-profit Blue Moon Raptors, which rehabilitates ill, injured, and orphaned birds of prey to return them back to their natural habitat. She also provides important educational programming with some of Blue Moon Raptors’ feathered ambassadors.
Person of the Week • Published Apr 03, 2024 08 am
By Rita Christopher
Ever heard of J.D. and the Great Barber Battle? You would if you were an Essex Elementary School (EES) student. The entire school is involved with the book through the On...
Person of the Week • Published Apr 03, 2024 08 am
By Eric O'Connell
Kate Schumann was never much of a wrestling fan while growing up. However, when the Sled Dog Wrestling Club needed a coach this year, Kate stepped up and made sure that b...
Person of the Week • Published Mar 27, 2024 08 am
By Rita Christopher
Talk about pressure! Players have only an hour to decipher the clues, crack codes, and follow the evidence to break free. And free from what? Hogwarts Magical Mayhem, the...
Person of the Week • Published Mar 27, 2024 08 am
By Aaron Rubin
Whether they become involved in the fields of woodworking, manufacturing, or any other hands-on trade, one of the most important things for students to know is that there...
Person of the Week • Published Mar 27, 2024 08 am
By Eric O'Connell
On Saturday, May 4, the Clinton Land Conservation Trust (CLCT) and the Madison Land Conservation Trust will unite for a joint film festival showcasing acclaimed nature do...
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 27, 2024 08 am
By Pam Johnson
Donna Weidenmann has been Atwater children’s librarian since 2007 and has served the community as part of the North Branford public library team since 1987. She will retire in April.
Person of the Week • Published Mar 20, 2024 08 am
By Eric O'Connell
On Wednesday, March 27 at 6 p.m., Clinton Girl Scout Troop 62255 will be collecting items for party bags to be donated to Clinton Family Services Mobile Food Pantry. For ...
Person of the Week • Published Mar 20, 2024 08 am
By Aaron Rubin
From East Haven to Salem, Massachusetts to Egypt millennia ago, Michelle Piercey is fascinated by all avenues of human history. Fortunately, Michelle has found the perfec...
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 20, 2024 08 am
By Rita Christopher
Sally Stamos describes her work table as like grandma’s attic. That is, of course, if grandma’s attic had pencils, pens, snippets of fabrics and wallpaper, glitter, yarn...
Person of the Week • Published Mar 20, 2024 08 am
By Pam Johnson
Kate Galambos, a Branford artist who enjoys exploring color, line, and shape, is exhibiting 35 of her works as the featured March and April artist in the Blackstone Library Artists Circle.
Person of the Week • Published Mar 13, 2024 08 am
By Aaron Rubin
Now more than ever, visual evidence of various forms is occupying a greater space in the practice of law. Smartphones, body-worn cameras, surveillance footage, applicati...
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 13, 2024 08 am
By Rita Christopher
If your knowledge of etching is confined to that classic toy, Etch A Sketch, then the Chester Parks & Recreation Department is creating an opportunity to widen your artis...
Person of the Week • Published Mar 13, 2024 08 am
By Pam Johnson
After 44 years teaching with Branford Early Learning Center (BELC), Karen Tenbroeck retired on March 1. Generations of Tenbroeck’s BELC family gathered to wish her well during a special celebration at BELC on March 7.
Person of the Week • Published Mar 06, 2024 08 am
By Eric O'Connell
Whether you’re going through it yourself or watching someone you love go through it, chemotherapy is a struggle that too many people face. Thanks to a new business co-fou...
Person of the Week • Published Mar 06, 2024 08 am
By Rita Christopher
When does retired not mean retired? When retirement is not the end of one’s working years, but rather, an opportunity to work differently. This is what retirement means f...
Person of the Week • Published Mar 06, 2024 08 am
By Aaron Rubin
Amy Scholz heads the East Shore District Health Department’s Environmental Health Division, looking after food safety, water and septic quality, and overall quality control of the federal Food Code. Photo courtesy of Amy Schloz
Person of the Week • Published Mar 06, 2024 08 am
By Aaron Rubin
The Greater New Haven St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee has crowned East Haven’s Sarah Parlato as this year’s parade queen. The event will take place along Chapel Street...
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 Eric O'Connell
From volunteering with his church to participating in Old Saybrook Chamber of Commerce events to making sure folks are being safe on the water, Charlie McSorley is always...
Person of the Week • Published Feb 28, 2024 08 am
By Pam Johnson
To honor the legacy of the late Robert Joseph “RJ” Giammattei and his love of soccer, his mom, Dawn Saczynski, and siblings, Vincent Giammattei, Jr., Michael Cross Giammattei and Marina Giammattei have founded a charitable organization, “RJ’s Goals.”
Person of the Week • Published Feb 28, 2024 08 am
By Rita Christopher
It’s not like herding cats, but nonetheless, Lily Farrell has a lot of small bodies to keep track of these days. Lily is in charge of the mini-munchkins. Let there be no ...
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 28, 2024 08 am
By Aaron Rubin
If ABC News, the Los Angeles Times, or The Courier needs any help for definitions of legal processes and terminology when covering a major trial, they could reach out to ...
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 21, 2024 08 am
By Pam Johnson
Kevin Halloran is shown here with wife, Pamela, and their two children, Ryan and Shannon, during his swearing in as North Branford Police Chief in 2019. After five years of exceptional North Branford police leadership, Halloran has retired from the role, completing a 35-year career in policing. Halloran also served as Branford Police Chief for eight years during a 30 year-career in Branford.