Person of the Week • Published Nov 20, 2024 08 am
By Christian Maldonado
There are many people who go and sacrifice their lives to represent and protect their country and, sometimes, it can be difficult for them to get reaccustomed to civilian...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 18, 2024 10 pm
By John Lecardo
Family and swimming have gone hand-in-hand for Sami Chemacki’s athletic life. She was influenced by her immediate family to dive into the lanes, and through that, she has...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 13, 2024 08 am
By Christian Maldonado
Every year on Veterans Day, we get the privilege of celebrating the brave men and women who have fought for the United States and thank them for their service. Madison re...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 06, 2024 08 am
By Christian Maldonado
While some of the most memorable and well-known poetry was written centuries ago, there are still people in the community who are trying to bolster its popularity and emp...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 04, 2024 03 pm
By John Lecardo
Whenever Ethan Skonieczny steps onto a soccer field, he keeps his objective simple in winning the day. It has been that slow and steady approach that has led to him being...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 24, 2024 12 am
By John Lecardo
Kenny Carter’s athletic career has seen many twists and turns. Yet through it all, he remained true to his first and true love, and he has used his athleticism and intens...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 23, 2024 08 am
By Christian Maldonado
While Madison may not be one of the biggest towns in Connecticut, it can still be challenging for new people and new families to get accustomed to the town. The process o...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 16, 2024 08 am
By Christian Maldonado
Oftentimes, the people making the biggest impact in their community are adults who have been in that community for a long time, have gotten to know their neighbors, and a...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 15, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
No matter his travels, both in his personal or athletic life, Ernesto Barrosa has always utilized his passion to perform to his max potential as a lifelong lover of socce...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 09, 2024 08 am
By Christian Maldonado
Selflessness is a trait which many people strive to have. The ability to put others before yourself is a special trait, and Nancy Leckerling is one of the people who emb...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 08, 2024 02 pm
By John Lecardo
Jack Rickleman has immersed himself in the tradition of the Hand boys’ cross country program, as he has seen some great campaigns in his three prior seasons. He is utiliz...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 02, 2024 08 am
By Christian Maldonado
Family can often set the example and help shape someone’s understanding of being a good and moral person, and that was certainly the case for Madison resident Nicole Talm...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 24, 2024 10 am
By John Lecardo
It started with a simple decision to stay in shape about 30 years ago. But for Bruce Beebe, the choice turned out to be one of the more pivotal moments in his life that l...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 17, 2024 12 pm
By John Lecardo
Piper Lea fell in love with the game of soccer essentially from birth. And her passion for the pitch carried across the pond–moving over the Atlantic and finding a new ho...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 27, 2024 10 am
By John Lecardo
When it comes to the tennis court, Antoinette Lowy loves the feeling of independence while not having to experience the pinch of a time crunch. The liberating journey has...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 20, 2024 12 pm
By John Lecardo
There is always the saying of the sophomore slump, but Claire Levis went the exact opposite way. She experienced a sophomore surge by establishing herself as an underclas...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 13, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
Golf is a sport that can call for a great deal of experimentation as a prerequisite to learning the courses. For Matt McManus, he has seen that up close and personal whil...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 06, 2024 10 am
By John Lecardo
Confidence is something that can carry any athlete through so much adversity, especially when all eyes are on you for every twist and turn of a game. For Paul Calandrelli...
Person of the Week • Published Jul 23, 2024 10 am
By John Lecardo
Karen Newton recently wrapped up one of the more successful collegiate careers, topped off by a prodigious senior capstone campaign. She set new team records for one of t...
Person of the Week • Published Jul 16, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
Jack Orlando has stayed poised and composed under pressure, regardless of the circumstances. And so it comes as little shock that his teammates followed his flow and foug...
Person of the Week • Published Jun 18, 2024 12 pm
By John Lecardo
Sometimes the best tennis player can be someone who is a tactician and is calculated and quiet before making a move. For Juliana Jorens, she has utilized all of those tra...
Person of the Week • Published May 24, 2024 10 am
By John Lecardo
Sometimes in sports, the athletes that occupy the defensive positions often do the little things that do not get top billing recognition in the highlight reels or stat bo...
Person of the Week • Published May 21, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
In order to climb the ladder in the sport of tennis, one must possess a cool head during the pressure-packed moments under the warm spring sun. For Ella Helfrich, the com...
Person of the Week • Published May 15, 2024 08 am
By Rita Christopher
Hope, of course, springs eternal. The HOPE Partnership has been around for 20 years, and the non-profit organization has built up an impressive record of accomplishments ...
Person of the Week • Published May 14, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
With a game predicated on averages as a barometer of success, baseball can bring about the best and worst of times in the same day. Yet for Ben Kuja, he welcomes the adve...
Person of the Week • Published May 07, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
Playing as part of a doubles pairing in tennis is arguably the best lesson about the values and benefits of teamwork. For Teagan Ariyan, she has harnessed the superb skil...
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 Apr 23, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
Through hurdles he has been dealing with since birth, Ben Washburne found great solace and sanctuary from it all through the sport of rowing. And it has been his near lif...
Person of the Week • Published Apr 16, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
One of the bigger stories within the room of a young Hand wrestling team was the emergence of a freshman phenom in Evelyn Lavigne. In only a single season, she has broken...
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 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 19, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
When diligence meets opportunity, there is no timeline that is too short to achieve the highest levels of success with any craft. For Hanley Tapia, he made the most of hi...
Person of the Week • Published Mar 12, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
In a short span, Kendall Dobratz has established herself as a preeminent goalscorer in the Connecticut girls’ ice hockey landscape. Yet no matter how many accolades or la...
Person of the Week • Published Mar 05, 2024 10 am
By John Lecardo
One sport on a rapid rise across the landscape of the United States is water polo. For one local junior high student, he has ridden the wave of the game’s growth, and ear...
Person of the Week • Published Feb 27, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
Swagger can often steady a ship when it comes to an athlete’s journey throughout the fast moving waters of basketball. For Sam Markovitz, he fosters that confidence to cu...
Person of the Week • Published Feb 21, 2024 08 am
By Eric O'Connell
Whether it’s organizing a community egg hunt in Clinton or her new role with the Madison Chamber of Commerce, Emily Roy has a passion for giving back to her community.
E...
Person of the Week • Published Feb 20, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
For Abbey Richard, she certainly loves the grind of the physical nature of basketball while banging on the glass for boards. Still, she appreciates additional offensive f...
Person of the Week • Published Feb 14, 2024 08 am
By Ben Rayner
The First Congregational Church (FCC) of Madison is currently celebrating its Make Kindness Contagious campaign thanks to its recently formed Reimagining the Church Commi...
Person of the Week • Published Feb 12, 2024 12 am
By John Lecardo
No matter how many solo accolades she has racked up in the gym, Hadley Reiss knows all too well that none of them would have been possible without the nurturing encourage...
Person of the Week • Published Feb 06, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
Swimming is one of the few high school sports where an individual athlete can see instant, clear, and tangible evidence of proof of the hard work put forth in the pool. F...
Person of the Week • Published Jan 31, 2024 08 am
By Ben Rayner
Not many of us can trace our career choice back to childhood, but Russ Miller’s path in life was essentially set during the early years of his life. A Killingworth reside...
Person of the Week • Published Jan 30, 2024 12 am
By John Lecardo
The ability to swiftly erase errors from one’s mind frame is a crucial component for any young leader of a group or team. Thomas McCullough knows that as a spry signal ca...
Person of the Week • Published Jan 25, 2024 01 pm
By Ben Rayner
Daniel Hand High School graduate Joe Deane lost his life due to fentanyl poisoning in 2018 after numerous attempts to shake his addiction and get his promising future he...
Person of the Week • Published Jan 23, 2024 10 am
By John Lecardo
In many tasks and skills in life, the wherewithal to excel in it is quite often not enough. And so, one additionally needs the correct function and form to thrive. This i...
Person of the Week • Published Jan 17, 2024 08 am
By Ben Rayner
Allison Murphy is a familiar face at the E.C. Scranton Memorial Library. Patrons may recognize her as the former head of the library's public services, but Allison briefl...
Person of the Week • Published Jan 09, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
Adam Signorello relished more in the wherewithal required to complete a mission, rather than the destination–pushing him to perform in the pool on a consistent basis dail...
Person of the Week • Published Jan 03, 2024 10 am
By John Lecardo
Balancing life as both a three-season athlete and student, Ava Davies truly sees how every piece must be in place, and how one must utilize each moment of every day to it...
Person of the Week • Published Dec 27, 2023 12 pm
By John Lecardo
No matter how dark things appeared to be a year ago as she missed her junior campaign, Jacqueline Kennedy stayed a persistent source of positivity for her Hand field hock...
Person of the Week • Published Dec 27, 2023 08 am
By Ben Rayner
Town Planner Erin Mannix negotiates across almost every town department to ensure that not only zoning laws are followed but that Madison’s long-term development and econ...
Person of the Week • Published Dec 20, 2023 08 am
By Ben Rayner
Many of us don’t stop to think about how our shoreline towns remain so pristine and picturesque despite the heavy use by both residents and tourists. In Madison, much of ...
