Lisa Reisman

5 Months 10 Years 2 hours

2015 Santa Fe Writers Project Award Winner

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"Those in search of another treacly cancer memoir need not even glance at this... Reisman's unflinching and moving tale puts to rest the image of patient as warrior. By linking her own ordeal to the triathlon she took on to mark her 10-year anniversary, she reveals the true nature of cancer survival — not as a triumph of epic valor, but as a feat of endurance, forbearance and true grit."

—Lisa Sanders, MD, New York Times columnist and fellow cancer survivor

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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