Community snapshots

Students and staff from Laurel Ledge School in Beacon Falls greet firefighters and emergency personnel as they pull up to the school recently. Firefighters and emergency personnel from Beacon Hose Company No. 1 visited students the school’s annual Fire Prevention Day during which students discussed ways to stay safe in the event of a fire at their homes. –CONTRIBUTED

Prospect Lions Club members, from left, Mike Scaviola and Carl Montagano along with Dr. Thomas DeLuca and Dr. Anthony Marciano recently installed a new collection box in the front of DeLuca and Marciano’s practice at 67 Prospect Road in Prospect. The mailbox-style collection container, with the Lions logo on it, replaced a weathered box and is used to recycling eyeglasses and hearing aids. –CONTRIBUTED

Shari Baccia, an employee of the Naugatuck-based All About You! Home Care Services, recently raised funds and participated in the 5K walk to benefit The Center for Cancer Care at Griffin Hospital on Oct. 6. –CONTRIBUTED

Boys Scouts from Troop 109 in Naugatuck pose for a picture in front of Paul Revere’s house Oct. 13. The scouts spent the day hiking the Freedom Trail in Boston. As part of their American Heritage themed scouting month, the scouts explored sites in Boston that have tremendous significance in the birth of the nation including the Boston commons and the site of the Boston Massacre. For more information, visit www.troop109.net. –CONTRIBUTED

Naugatuck Mayor Robert Mezzo and Vice President of the United Way of Naugatuck and Beacon Falls Board of Directors and Campaign Chairwoman Laurie Yelding raise the American flag and United Way flag in front of Town Hall Oct. 12. Local and state dignitaries and members of the United Way joined in for the flag raising. –LUKE MARSHALL

Carolina Rychlik signs a giant pumpkin cutout during St. Francis-St. Hedwig School’s Fall Festival Oct. 22. The festival included games, snacks, a hay ride, and a pumpkin patch where the students were able to pick a pumpkin. -LUKE MARSHALL

Army Sgt. First Class Miguel Diaz from the Recruiting Command in Waterbury serves food to seniors during the Naugatuck Senior Center’s Apple Festival Oct. 18. -LUKE MARSHALL

Naugatuck Mayor Robert Mezzo, right, and Ron Pascoe, the director of dining services at East Farms in Waterbury, sample apple pies, apple bread, and apple cakes during the Naugatuck Senior Center’s Apple Festival Oct. 18. -LUKE MARSHALL