Recent Work
Nolo Pizza, Newhallville nonprofit, team up to feed those in need - 10/25
Detroit-style pizza debuts in New Haven - 10/25
With $16 million lined up, foundation fixes draw near - 10/25
Prodigy designer inspires young students to aim high - 10/25
Veterans remember POW/MIAs - 9/25
Smooth jazz fest animates Newhallville - 9/25
Street corner named for New Haven community organizer legend - 9/25
CT Folk Fest at Edgerton Park - 9/25
Gorilla Lemonade partners with Grammy winner on limited edition Pina Colada - 8/25
Red Cross soirée raises funds for New Haven services - 8/25
6 Honored At Community Economic Development Summit - 8/25
Today’s Special: Josh’s Alpine Cheese Fondue - review of new Melting Pot fondue restaurant - 8/25
Newhallville Nonprofit Feeds West Haven Vets - 8/25
With Ribbon Cutting, Ashley Comes Home - 8/25
Today's Special: Jose’s Chaufa Con Pollo - review of Icaru Peruvian restaurant - 8/25
Dad-Son Fruit Kings Bring Mangos To Hill - 7/25
New Haven nonprofit feeds West Haven vets - 7/25
New Havener realizes dream of homeownership with discipline and determination - 7/25
New Haven seniors strut their stuff - 7/25
Town Council Votes To Allocate $6.4M To Fixing Newhall Foundations - 6/25
Stars of Stage, Print, Screen, and the Battlefield (and Saints)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar * Jill Abramson * Julie Andrews * Apollo5 * Rani Arbo * Lucie Arnaz *
Beatrice Fox Auerbach * Babyface Ray * Nicholson Baker * Martin Barre * Eric Bellinger * Cherie Blair * Karla Bonoff * Tyler Booker * Jimmy Breslin * Ruby Bridges * Jonatha Brooke * Christopher Buckley * Billy Don Burns * Molly Carr * Carlene Carter * Rosanne Cash * Marcia Clark * Chris Cleave * Susan Clinard * Darlingside * Rebecca de Almeida * Iris DeMent * Gabby Douglas * Alan Doyle * Ronnie Earl * Jonathan Edwards * Nora Ephron * Mark Erelli * Nicole Frechette * Dena Freeman-Patton * Dana Fuchs * Girls Guns and Glory * Julia Glass * Julia Greeley * Goodnight Moonshine * Gloria Govrin * Grand Slambovians * Florence Griswold * Tania Grossinger * Fred Harris * Amy Helm * Lara Herscovitch * Anita Hill * Honey Dewdrops * Griffin House * Arianna Huffington * Gwen Ifill * Tommy James & the Shondells * Laney Jones * Rickie Lee Jones * Tommy Lee Jones * Sebastian Junger * Lucy Kaplansky & Richard Shindell * Mary Karr * Ted Kennedy, Jr. * Jhumpa Lahiri * Rocky Lawrence * Low Lily * Marlee Matlin * Meadows Brothers * Nellie McKay * Lori McKenna * Karl Marlantes * Sara Mearns * Melanie * Luke Messac * Honor Moore * Montford Point Marines * Toni Morrison * Constance Baker Motley * Ralph Nader * Anna Nalick * New Duke jazz ensemble * NRBQ * Nitty Gritty Dirt Band * Joyce Carol Oates * Maura O'Connell and Karan Casey * Christine Ohlman * R.J. Palacio * Ellis Paul * Tammy Pescatelli * Bucky Pizzarelli * Christopher Plummer * Plywood Cowboy * Michael Pollan * Po’ Ramblin’ Boys * Presley & Taylor * Quebe Sisters * Red Molly * Leon Redbone * Martha Redbone * Victoria Redel * Stephen Peter Rodgers * A Roomful of Blues * Royal Southern Brotherhood * Tom Rush * Salmon Rushdie * Richard Russo * Rusted Root * Bob Saulsbury * Curt Schilling * The Secret Sisters * Scott Sharrard * Carly Simon * Meryl Streep * Ben Taylor * Livingston Taylor * Mel Thomas * Bobby Torello * Tony Trischka * Florence Wald * Lindsey Webster * Cheryl Wheeler * Wendy Whelan * Michael Jai White * Ella Wheeler Wilcox * Bernie Williams * Beverly Willis * George Winston * Yale Whiffenpoofs
Keeping People Nourished
Ashley’s Ice Cream * Atticus Market * Beach Donut * B&M Deli * The Big Connecticut Food Event * Bill's Seafood * Bitta-Blue Farm * Branford Food Pantry * * Brazi’s Italian Restaurant * Breakfast Connections * BROTworkshop * The Cannon * Capone's Pizza Route 80 * Carlson’s Landing * Community Dining Room * Community Dining Room, Tuesday night dinners * Contois Tavern * Dangle’s Bar & Grill * Darbar India * Deke’s Bagels * Devil’s Diet Dessert Bar * Doma on Main * Dope ‘N’ Delicious * D’Orlando’s Pizza * * Eat Up Catering * Eat Up Foundation * Edible Couture * Farm Belly * Fatto a Mano * Feed Branford Kids * Fire in the Kitchen Pizza truck * Frosty’s Food Giveaway * Four Seasons Market * Fruit Kings fruit stand * G Cafe Bakery * G Cafe Bistro * Gorilla Lemonade * Gorilla Lemonade at Yale * The Greek Olive * Healthy Way Chinese food cart * Home restaurant * Icaru * Jazzy’s Cabaret * Jamaican American Connection * Jordan’s Hot Dogs & Mac * The Juice Co. * Kaiyden’s Coffee * Kiss Cafe * La Cuisine Cafe & Market * La Luna Ristorante * Little Whimsy Boutique Bakery * Liuzzi Cheese * Lobster Shack * Lynn’s Deli * Manjares Cafe & Tapas Bar * Marshmallow Juice Bar * Mary’s Culinary Classes * Meals on Wheels * Melting Pot * Mosaico Venezuelan Street Food * Mosaico Frozen * Naan Kabab Cuisine * Newhallville Fresh Starts * Newhallville Holiday Fest * Otoulouse * Papa Spyros Olive Oil * Pearl Wine Bar * Perkatory Coffee Roasters * P & M Orange Street Market * Reverie Kitchen * Rosello's Pizzeria * Scarpellino’s Sub Shop * Sherkaan Indian street food * Shoreline Soup Kitchens & Pantries * The Stand BBQ joint * The Stand (under new management) * Strawberry Hollow Farm * Strega Restaurant * Strega - national acclaim * Tommy Sulllivan’s Cafe * The Wine Thief * Zinc New Haven
Shops and Other Concerns
* A’s Unique Boutique * Andalouse Freshop * Annie Mame Boutique * A&M Foreign Automotive * * Avant Garde Wellness Center * Bark & Vine indoor plant shop * Beauty Plus * The Black Corner Store * Branford Book & Card Shoppe * Branford Landing Marina * Branford Optometric Associates * Breakwater Books * Breeze Airways at Tweed * The Buzzstop * Charlie's Closet * Colors in the Wind Kite Shop * Community Dining Room * CT Cycle Center * Crump Clockmakers * Dances with Wood * DA’W.O.R.L.D. menswear * Dog training by Michelle * Dutch Wharf Boatyard & Marina * Eastern CT Ballet * Fabric over Fish Scale streetwear * Fabrique/Women in Business * Family Eyecare * Fitness on the Water * Flatbrook Farm soapmakers * Gallery 35 * Glass Dance Studio * Grand Avenue shopping district * Green Hill Martial Arts Academy * Greg’s Tailor Shop * Grey Goat Farmtique * Guilford Coin Exchange * Hammonasset Crossfit * Hiptonic Hoopla * Idlenot Farm * JB Sports * J.C. ArtGlass Designs * J & E Auto Group * JodiFit * Joint Effort * Joint Effort at 10 * Joyride Charters * Kevin Barry Construction * KC's Nails * KUR Recovery Spa * Lakeside Feed * Legacy Theatre * Lost in New Haven Museum * Louie’s Watch Repair * Lucy's Tailor * Lunablooms Flower Farm * LSH Kids’ Academy * Macey’s Mittens * Made in Greenwood * Malleable Iron Fittings * Mary’s Culinary Classes * MINIPNG custom designs * Move to Heal at Shoreline Crossfit * M.N. Reale Construction * Newhallville Bike Box Co-op * NH Steelers Pop Warner Youth Football Team I * Newman Architects * North Pole Express and other CT Christmas excursions * Opera Theater of CT * Orangetheory Guilford * Owenego Inn * Payne Building Movers * Pennache Hair Salon * Perfectly Planned Parties by Andrea * Petra Construction - Yale Toy Closet * Pickleville CT * P.S. Fine Stationers * Pull Rowing * Richlin Home & Auto * Ricky's Guitar Studio * R.J. Julia Booksellers * Riverwind Inn * SARAH's Cupboard Thrift Shop * Seaside Home & Gifts * Shelley's Garden Center * Shelley’s Garden Center - closing * Shoetique * Shoreline Sailing Club * Shoreline Trolley Museum * Spectrum Art Gallery * Strong as a Mother Fitness * Sweet 2 The Soul * Tail to Paw Animal Support * Thimble Islands Cruises * Time A Tell Smoke Shop and Clothing * Tommy Sulllivan’s Cafe * Top Notch Haircutters * Trinity Stretch Studio * Trinity Stretch Studio, part deux * Tripledale Farm for mammoth donkeys * TrueForm Studio * Turq Cell cell phone repairs * Unicorr Packaging Group * Van Wilgen’s Garden Center * Veteran Angler Charters * West Haven Veterans Museum * Westville Community Nursery School * Wilcox Energy * Windowmaster woodworkers * Yarn Basket * Zane's Cycles
Organizations, etc. seeking to do good, spread joy
180 Center * American Association of University Woman * American Red Cross * Amy’s Active Learning * The Amistad * A New Beginning Recovery Houses * A Place Called Hope * Apple Rehab Chesterfields * Auger Farm * BE Free Church: Night for Ukraine * Big Barn Project * Beaver Hills Block Party * Big Connect Business Expo - Women’s Power Panel * Branford Arts and Cultural Alliance * Branford B!@ches Facebook Group * Branford Board of Ed candidates * Branford Early Learning Center, free holiday shopping spree * Branford Early Learning Center, Mother’s Day with Garden Club * Branford Early Learning Center, 50th anniversary * Branford Festival Craft Expo * Branford Fire Department * Branford Food Pantry * Branford Forum * Branford Garden Club * Branford VFW 12106 * Branford VFW 12106 -Welcome Home Vietnam Vets Day * Breakthrough Church * Breakwater Books * Brian Cody’s Brothers and Sisters Foundation * Cecarelli’s Harrison Hill Farm * Celentano School “Games” Academy * Center for Inclusive Growth * Charlie's Closet * Cheshire Road Race - John Bysiewicz Award * Child Care for CT’s Future - “Morning Without Childcare” rally * City Angels Baseball Academy * Clinton Bible Fellowship * Community Dining Room * Community Dining Room, Tuesday night dinners * Conn CAT * ConnCORP * CT Experiential Learning Center * CT HBCU Alumni Network * CT Hospice * CT Hospice - infrastructure grant * CT Hospice - CBS Evening News * CT Mustangs semi-pro football team * Community Health Care Van (for newborns) * Community Health Care Van (AMR) * The Cove Center for Grieving Children * Dances with Wood * Dancing with the Cowboy * Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, NH Chapter * District Arts & Education * Dixwell “Q” House Community Center * Dixwell Q House Center - Winter Wonderland Celebration * Dudley Farm Museum * Dueling Pianos * Eastern CT Ballet * Eastern Rehabilitation Blind Center * East Haven Bocce League * East Haven Fall Festival * East Haven High School Career & Technical Education Program * East Rock Community Management Team * Elks Club East Rock Lodge #141 * Elis for Rachael * Engineering and Science University Magnet School * Feed Branford Kids * Ferrara Elementary School * Florence Griswold Museum * Freddy Fixer Gala * Fresh Starts * FReSH-taurant * Friends Center - New Haven * Friends Center - Flint Street * Frosty’s Food Giveaway * Gallery 35 * Goffe Street Park * Gorilla Lemonade * Gorilla Lemonade at Yale * Gorilla Lemonade Young Ambassador Program * Guilford Friends of the Library * Hamden Newhall Neighborhood Association (HNNA) * HNNA - Breakthrough Church * Hillhouse High School track & field program * Hill South Community Management Team * HIMpact men’s group * Igniting Talent micro-internship program * Iwo Jima Survivors Association * Iwo Jima-World War II Museum on Wheels * Jamaican American Connection * Katharine Hepburn Museum * Lady Steelers Cheer Team * Lanphier Cove summer retreat * Latincolors Magazine * Legacy Theatre * Life Haven women’s shelter * The Links, New Haven Chapter * Lost in New Haven Museum * LSH Kids Academy * “Marblehead”: the movie * Meals on Wheels * Mind Blossom * MADD * Move to Heal at Shoreline Crossfit * * NAACP, Greater New Haven Chapter * National Iwo Jima Memorial * Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven * Newhallville Bike Box Co-op * Newhallville Development Corporation * Newhallville Fresh Starts * Newhallville Holiday Fest * NH Botanical Garden of Healing * New Haven Free Public Library, Ives Main Branch * NH Green Christmas tree lighting * NH Steelers Pop Warner Youth Football Team I * NH Steelers Pop Warner Youth Football Team II * NH Youth, Family & Community Engagement Team * New Haven Road Race * NH Senior Center Talent Show * North Pole Express and other CT Christmas excursions * Opera Theater of CT * Painted Doors of Branford * Parent Leadership Training Institute * Petra Construction - Yale Toy Closet * Polson Middle School Peer Helpers * Quarry Park Preserve * Quilts of Valor Foundation * Q House Men’s Health Expo * Recycling Partnership’s Every Bottle Back Initiative * Redemption House * Resiliency Center * Restart 4 Wellbeing * Rosette Neighborhood Village * St. George Church * St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church * Saint Stephen’s AME Zion Church * Scranton Memorial Library * The Shack intergenerational community center * The Shack - senior group * Shoreline Soup Kitchens & Pantries * Shoreline Trolley Museum * Shoreline Village CT * Shoreline Village CT at 10 * ”Silent Sentinels” * Sigma Gamma Rho, New Haven Chapter * Solar Youth Trailblazers * SCSU veterans’ wheelchair basketball team * Spectrum Art Gallery * Stony Creek Fife & Drum Corps * Stony Creek Fife & Drum Corps national muster * Stony Creek Quarry * Stop the Violence, Start the Love Basketball Tournament * Surfside Veterans * SWANA * Tail to Paw Animal Support * Take A Vet Fishing * Tuttle Elementary School Little Free Library * Tweed-New Haven Airport Career Fair * Tyler Booker Football Camp * Upon This Rock Ministries * Veteran Angler Charters * West Haven Veterans Museum * West River Watershed Coalition * Courtland S. Wilson branch library * Wilson Branch Library - 3 Kings Day * “Women Tell” storytelling series * Wooster Street Bocce League * Wooster Square Cherry Blossom Festival * World War II Memorial Monument in Branford * YNH Childrens’ Hospital Toy Closet
Activists, Entrepreneurs, Trailblazers, and Survivors
Doreen Abubakar, neighborhood savior * Emilie Agamie, founder, Emilie’s Shelf - trial-sized personal care items * Cheryl Andresen, altruistic Branford B#!% * Pat Andriole, supercitizen * Vanessa Avery, first Black US Attorney in CT * Charlotte & Molly Babbin, young gun control activists * Judith Barron, Community Dining Room executive director * Ellen Berman, nonagenarian anti-gun violence advocate * Wanda Bubriski, exuberant voting rights activist * Diane X. Brown and Honda Smith, New Haven icons * Jeff Buggee, Take A Vet Fishing co-founder * John Bysiewicz, race organizer * Rhonda Caldwell, heroic lawmaker * Rachel & Josh Cappello, mother and son who beat astroblastoma * Kerry Cancroft & Meg Pennington, Shoreline ironwomen * Beth Chandler, president-CEO, YW Boston * * Mark Colville, Amistad Catholic Worker House * Fred Christmas, community organizer * Carol Cornachini, shoe store owner and Pilates master * Anthony “Unk” DaRos, former Branford first selectman championing good works * Jack Davis, celebrated civic leader * * Rick DelValle, 12 years clean and sober, owner of 5 sober houses * Mahalia Desruisseaux, leader in convalescent plasma research * Elizabeth Dock Early, Nepal earthquake survivor * Brett Elliott, indefatigable leader of The Kate * Francine Farkas Sears, polished hostess * Francine Farkas Sears, Girl Scouts “Women Who Shine” award winner * * Fiona Firine, warrior fighting opioid abuse * Kayla Florio, organizer of festival to honor drowning victim * Mark Gilhuly, legendary race announcer * Howard Forman, public health expert on coronavirus * Jane Frankenberger, restaurant manager extraordinaire * Matt Frenza, crusading tennis coach * Matt Gagliardi, hockey-stick-taping philanthropist * Roberta Gill-Brooks, first Black tax collector in Branford * Giovanna Guerrero-Medina & Adry Sotolongo, activists for Puerto Rican freedom * Laura Gunneson, creator of Shoreline Children’s Clothing Exchange * LaResse Harvey, prison reform activist * Marcus Harvin, founder of FReshSTart, indomitable leader * Isidore Juda, Holocaust survivor * Brian Kelley, Lorenzo's Oil survivor * Meg Kilgore, advocate for plastic bag ban * Eunice Lasala, community-minded icon * Philip Lazowski, Holocaust survivor * Cathy McGuirk, Hall of Fame field hockey coach with 512 wins * Captain Anna Milne, trailblazing female tour boat skipper * Paul Mayer, Cafe Nine * Kailey Mitchell, endometriosis warrior * George Norden, fitness entrepreneur * Lisa Peterson, boot-camp trainer back from the edge * Doug Rae, founder, NH Youth Soccer, Yale SOM prof emeritus * David Rosenthal, M.D., creator of first Covid-19 facility for homeless * Allyx Schiavone, affordable child care champion * Mary Kaye Dunn Smith, first hospice nurse in America * Lynn Torello, pioneering natural nail care
Artists, Chefs, Filmmakers, Writers, and Performers
Kwadwo Adae, muralist and street artist * Sally Bahner, author of love story with cats * Virginia Baltay, queen of pressure cookers * Darrell Bellamy Jr., intrepid filmmaker * Rich Biondi, author of encyclopedic Wooster Square histories * Bill Black, accountant - author of thriller * Joe Briganti, assistant principal - thriller author * Santana Brightly, AI artist * Elisa Broche, precocious Honduran filmmaker * Ken Avery, Stony Creek Fife & Drum Corps * Lary Bloom, author, Newhavenophile * David Brown, artist and farmer * Roxanne Coady, powerhouse bibliophiliac * Anne Coffey, watercolorist and collage artist * Christy Colasurdo, farm-to-table aficionado * Laurence Cappezone, musician, postal worker * Susan Clinard, sculptor of Newtown tragedy * Jayne Crowley, creator of stained glass door * David Cundy, author of whimsical children’s book * * Al Daniels, jug band artist * David Daniels III, retired Bridgeport cop, author * * Debbie DeLillo, crafter with Yankee ingenuity * Paula Ann DeMonico, musician inspiring seniors to sing * Sin Sisters Band * Sin Sisters Band - New England Music HOF * Steven DiGiovanni, New Haven artist * Molly Sullivan McDonald, artist of color-splashed landscapes * Barbara Fenton, artist * Carter Garceau, award-winning poet * Kristen Griffin, metalsmith * B. Joan Hickey, landscape artist * Lynda Gardner, formerly incarcerated drawer * Krystal Luna, Bianca Apuzzo, Christy Le, spoken word poets on “Hamilton” stage * Leo Marino, Wooster Square author * Dennis Masback, painter * Joshua McCown, fashion designer prodigy * Danilo Mongillo, peerless chef of Strega New Haven * Craig Newton, photographer * Greg Nobile & Eamon Roche, creative restauranteurs * Laura Nygren, globe-trotting double bassist * J'aime Ottaviano, baby memory books * Irene Racette, legally blind artist * Patti Rahl, wayfaring songbird * Shane Reiner, Bruce-Springsteen stage-sharing prodigy * Marta Resnikov Reisman, whimsical artist * Tony Renzoni, rock historian * Jared Schulefand, culinary artist * Christopher Tranberg, conservatory-trained musician, school superintendent * Ashtian Turner, award-winning essayist * Olivia Turtoro, budding prima ballerina * Steve Vandermaelen, master carpenter * Terry Walter, on eating clean and living well * Mark Winik, on dogs as healers
Quiet Heroes & Inspiring Figures
Rachel Allen, feeding her neighbors * Louise Anderson, Dudley Farm Book Committee * Roseann Baroncini, matriarch of Branford Book & Card * Bea Brown, beloved first grade teacher, Education Hall of Famer * Myron "Beau" Beaudin, custodian * Billye Bradley, Yale NH Hospital Toy Closet * Jane Bouley, town historian * Tabitha Brown, treasured Community Dining Room coordinator * Cheri Burton, Guilford Interfaith Volunteers * Ben Callahan, The Littlest Angel * Alphonse Camera, art teacher inspiring generations of artists * Lori Chamberlain, teacher & MADD advocate * Barbara and John Clark, Feed Branford Kids * Meghan Coady, healthy-minded fitness enthusiast * Annie Collier, Stony Creek Quilters * Trish Criscuolo, hit-and-run victim * Stella Damoah, first-time homebuyer * David Demres & David Ellis, elite triathletes * August DeSantis, young philanthropist * Sylvia DeSantis, award-winning longevity expert * Leslie Dockendorff, odds-surmounting grandmother * Patty Dowling, Shoreline Soup Kitchen * Mark Dudley, Dudley Farm Harvest Day * Dawn Duques, Madison Beach Hotel * Sue Egan, Charlie's Closet * Nancy Farnan, peaceful protester * Leslie Faticone, 41-year-old undergraduate * Alexis Ferreira & AvaRose Anastasio, intrepid young travelers to the Orient * Marissa “Sasha” Gelband, anxiety master during pandemic * Celeste “CeCe” Staten Gilchrist, beloved New Haven crossing guard * Amy Graver, Branford Garden Club joy-spreader * Amy Healy & Amanda Waggoner, North Guilford Nursery School * Maureen Herbert & Diane Petra, YNH Children’s Hospital Toy Closet * Marian Montano, daredevil guidance counselor * Janice Morton, grandmother raising five kids * Joan McFarlane-Nwagboli, keeping people clothed and warm * Michelle Walker, CT Hospice nurse * Ann Nyberg, newscaster, vintage boutique owner * Bill O’Brien, retired banker, supercitizen * Alex Palluzzi, Branford Community House * Jim Palmer, 65-year-old marathon rower * Diane Pappacoda, beneficent preschool director * Diane Pappacoda, Branford Education Hall of Famer * Sandy Parker, the Cove Center for Grieving Children
Remembrances
Ted Aub, champion for POW/MIA and their families * Ellen Black, shepherdess * Mark Gilhuly, race announcer * Bobby Komar, postal clerk * Lisa Massaro Martone, postal clerk * Vincent Malerba, quiet humanitarian * Edith Nettleton, 105-year-old librarian * Ed Ochman, fishing guru * Lisa Pelosi, Planet Fitness employee * Geneva Pollock, pillar of Newhallville * Don Potter, beloved veteran and fisherman * Uzziah Shell, high schooler with big heart * Joy Wulke, sculptor
Unusual, Curious, & Delightful Pursuits
Ellen Black, shepherdess * Earle Brockway, legendary oyster boat builder * Bill Brody, octogenarian woodcarver * Matt Debacco, giant pumpkin grower * John Elliott, rare book collector * Susie Gowrie, therapy dog owner * Jodi Harrison-Bauer, 58-year-old SI swimsuit edition contestant * Lee Heckendorf, epistolarian * Gunnar Johnson, ballroom dancer extraordinaire * Luciano Lugo, 5-year-old mask model * Kathryn & Michele Malerba, Anginette wars warriors * Dan Masto, Sr., the singing barber * Mike Nuzzo, auctioneer * Jennie Offredy, World War II knitter * Craig Reynolds, antique farm equipment aficionado * Annette Walton, flower lady * Christine Woodside, Laura Ingalls Wilder historian
Veterans & The Military
* John “Pop” Boboc, soldier at Normandy * * Bill Brody, World War II soldier in France and Germany * Bill Brody, recipient of quilt of valor * Sergio Cano, Iraq-Afghanistan war hero * Becky Christmas, Gold Star mother * Frank Corso, Iwo Jima survivor * Antoinette "Toni" Coleman, World War II army nurse * Stephanie Covington, from homeless to home-owning Army veteran * James Edward Creamer, Vietnam War POW * Anthony “Bud” Cudgma, quiet Vietnam War hero * Jane Dougherty & Barbara Racette, Blue Star Mothers * Jane Dougherty, Quilts of Valor Foundation * Sharon Eleazar and Deborah Brooks-Rodriguez, wounded warriors * Kathleen Esposito, proud niece of WWII soldier * Charleen Fischer & Janet Schmitt, formidable women veterans * Elizabeth Fischer, centenarian with a front row to history * Mark Hally, Eagle Scout leading Wreaths Across America Day initiative * Jocelyn Hudson-Brown, Army veteran with brain aneurysm * Ken Hardy, disabled veteran with a sunny outlook * John Hurlburt, WWII Army Sgt with remains returned after 77 years * Woodrow James, Air Force veteran * Ira Lewis, WWII Signal Corps photographer * * Chuck Larkins, Army veteran-quilter * Roman Makula, Army interrogator in Vietnam * * Ed Masotta, emcee, POW-MIA Recognition Day * John Migliaro, well-fed Korean War veteran from classic Italian family * Ronald Miller, Vietnam War veteran * Brian Miniter, Army veteran, volunteer to Iraqi War at 59 * Michelle Mullin, Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran * Dottie Packer and Pam Bold, Wreaths Across America * Tony Pegnataro & Malcolm Schwab, WWII radio field operators * Robert Reynolds, Army veteran * Donald Robinson, "Frozen Chosin" hero * Alcides Robles, crocheting Take a Vet Fishing veteran * Robert Shirley, Vietnam helicopter pilot awarded Bronze Star * Kat Swenson, intrepid women veterans organizer * Gary Tercyak, Vietnam veteran * Vinnie Thomas, Iwo Jima survivor * Donald Timothy, Korean War veteran, youngest of 5 who served * Gerry Wright & Ray Gustafson, advocates for Agent Orange victims * Bob Zettergren & Alex Palluzzi, Sr., Korean War heroes, childhood friends * Phil Zielinski, keeper of the flags *
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* * * Madeline Guarraia, inspiration for toy drives * * * * Mark Gravino, impresario * * Maria Hacker, Branford Dental Care * Martha Haeseler, market master, Dudley Farm farmers' market * * John Hammarlund, Guilford Fair * * * * Megan Helbig, mother with meningioma * * * Rosemary DeCosta Hoke, centenarian with love in her heart * Ann Holcomb, oldest living student at County Road School * Amy Hollis, keeping the shoreline nourished * * Michael Imperati, bocce player with asbestosis * Pastor Wayne Jacobson, Creeker * * Amy Johansson, neighbor helping neighbors * * Peg Johnson, Branford Compassion Club * Ava Rose Juliano, six-year-old steward of Little Free Library * Madelyn Kavanaugh, children's book author * * John Kessler, proud father of ICU nurse on Covid-19 ward * Mary Kordak, expert on Black American artists * Avery Leopoldino, pint-sized inspiration * * Agnes Lowe, 112-year-old supercentarian * * * * * Jim Mancini, St. George Church Italian Festival * Mark Manfredi, sober house manager Laurie Massaro, New Haven Free Public Library Jacqui Montano & Megan Palluzzi, coaches of state champion Branford HS dance team * * Joe Mooney, Branford treasure * Marie Mordarski, gung-ho soup kitchen volunteer coordinator * ”Coach” Tony Morrissey, Brian Cody’s Law founder, anti-drug activist/juggernaut * * * * Evlyn O’Brien, ubertalented young artist * * * O’Sullivan family, St. Patrick’s Day Parade * * Beth Payne, Dudley Farm Museum * William Parsons, judge, humble life-saver * Barbara Pearce and Joe Mooney, CT Hospice * * Shauna Pendleton, nursing student * Pastor Christine Perry, Upon This Rock Ministries * Sherrill Petaway, New Haven house hunter * James Petela, history teacher, inspiring graduation speaker * Kevin Pettis, inspiring Unified scholar-athlete * * * Sarah Levesh Prior, Melissa Jones School Playground * Barbara Racette, remembering the 13 killed in Kabul * * Luke Rasile, SWAT hero * Anthony Raucci, St. Jude Harvest Music Festival * Maureen Raucci, Smilow Closer to Free Ride * Lise Reardon, Eastern CT Ballet’s inspiring leader * Lochlin Reidy, seasoned sailor * * Bob Reinwald, Take A Vet Fishing * * * * * Dave Ricciardi, big-hearted accountant * Mary Jo Riddle, Branford Garden Club garden therapist * Lynn Riordan, North Branford Food Pantry * * Alex Robnett & Matt Stevens, comic book creators * Cathyann Roding, bandleader * Cathyann Roding, final curtain call * Lindsay Romano, special needs teacher * Mary Romano, warrior fighting deadly fentanyl * Courtney Rosenberg, creator of the “give back project” * * Steve Rowe & Katrina Bonvini, Dudley Farmers Market managers * Rev. Angela Rowley, lighting up Branford * Carol Sabia, 85-year-old supervolunteer * Joseph Sacco, M.D., chief medical office, CT Hospice, on masks * Andrea Savino, school supplies warrior Jaime Sebring, national champion dance coach * Marta Slattery, Meals on Wheels * Marge & Dave Schneider, septuagenarian activists for good * Colin Sheehan, Pied Piper of Branford Father Anthony Smith, Newtown vigil * * Amy Stevens, preschool teacher, marathoner * Matt Stevens, high school art gallery curator, art teacher * * Heidi & Wyatt Teubert, owners of HGTV beach-hunting house * * Chantell Thompson, inspiring new moms Celia Toche, she spoke up * Clare Torelli, altruist seeking kidney donor * Leno Torelli, ex-cop turned detective * * Mateo “Troy” Streater, Newhallville alder who cares * Ed Vescovi, Ironman * Khadesia Walker, Miss New Haven * * Ryan Walton, electrical contractor * Gary Wanerka, beloved pediatrician * Melissa Weaving, cheerleader * Patricia Wezenski, retired school bus driver * Bruce Wilson, candidate for state senator * * Jim & Joan Woodman, the ensign and his nurse *
Et cetera. . .
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