Christian Maestri, 8, of Prospect, casts his line out in hopes of catching a fish during the Prospect Parks and Recreation’s 9th Annual Fishing Derby at McGrath Park April 16. –LUKE MARSHALL
Naugatuck Boy Scout Troop 138 recently received a donation of over $1,000 of camping equipment from Cabela’s. -CONTRIBUTED
Members of the Union City Little League River Dogs relax before the start of the Little League’s opening day ceremony April 16 in Naugatuck. –KEN MORSE
Members of the Union City Little League Little Tykes march onto the field during the Little League’s opening day ceremony April 16 in Naugatuck. –KEN MORSE
The Naugatuck Teachers League won the Naugatuck YMCA Little Pal juniors championship. The team finished the season 12-1 and beat State Farm in the championship. Pictured, back row, players Tyler Ubben, Matt Stefan, Tyler Hynes, Nate Gendron, William Marcaurele, Brady Evon; front row, Nick Pellow, Brian Barth, Billy Untiet, Sebastian Boscarino and Tim Gairing. -CONTRIBUTED
Caleb Shirk, 13, of Prospect, puts his fly fishing skills to work during the Prospect Parks and Recreation’s 9th Annual Fishing Derby at McGrath Park April 16. –LUKE MARSHALL
Destinee Fata, 5, of Prospect, gets help fixing her fishing pole from her father, Steven Fata, during the Prospect Parks and Recreation’s 9th Annual Fishing Derby at McGrath Park April 16. –LUKE MARSHALL
Prospect Elementary School third-grader Molly Stead explains her science project during the 21st annual Science Fair at the school April 15. Stead’s experiment determined which grass seed will grow the tallest grass in three weeks. –ELIO GUGLIOTTI
Michael Warobel, representing the Peter J. Foley Little League T-ball division, throws out a first pitch during the Little League’s opening day ceremony April 17 in Naugatuck. –ELIO GUGLIOTTI
Zach McCasland, of Naugatuck, was recognized March 31 during the 32nd annual Connecticut Fire Prevention Poster Recognition Awards luncheon in Hartford. McCasland was among the winners of Naugatuck’s 10th annual Connecticut Fire Prevention Poster Contest and also won the New Haven County contest. Pictured with McCasland is State Fire Marshal William Abbott. -CONTRIBUTED
Jack Doxsey, representing the Peter J. Foley Little League minors division, throws out a first pitch during the Little League’s opening day ceremony April 17 in Naugatuck. –ELIO GUGLIOTTI
Players on the Peter J. Foley Little League Tincaps run out after being announced during the Little League’s opening day ceremony April 17 in Naugatuck. –ELIO GUGLIOTTI
Woodland Regional High School senior Olivia Kalentek throws out the first pitch April 16 during the Robert A. Cole Little League opening day ceremony at the Pent Road Recreation Complex in Beacon Falls. –LUKE MARSHALL
Naugatuck Mayoral Aide Ed Carter, second from left, presents a proclamation to Naugatuck Exchange Club President Claudia Vaudreuil in honor of the club’s work to raise awareness of child abuse as, at right, Naugatuck Exchange Club member Bob Curina and former President Julie Fernandez look on April 5 on the Naugatuck Green. The Exchange Club also conducted a tree lighting ceremony for its ‘Believe in the Blue’ child abuse prevention project. April is National Child Abuse Prevention month. –LUKE MARSHALL
Prospect Elementary third-grader Ava Morello discusses her science experiment on which nail polish lasts the longest with Ginny Ligi, of Prospect, during the 21st annual Science Fair at the school April 15. –ELIO GUGLIOTTI
Members of Robert A. Cole Little League Rockies cheer when their team is announced April 16 during the Little League’s opening day ceremony at the Pent Road Recreation Complex in Beacon Falls. –LUKE MARSHALL
From left, Naugatuck residents and Kaynor Technical High School students Maria Contreras, Kelsi Weed and Jesse Roberts pose for a photo following the SkillsUSA State Championships. Several local Kaynor Tech students helped the school take top honors in SkillsUSA State Championships. Weed was part of three-member team that worked for seven months to document the chapter’s activities in a nearly 200 page, artistic scrapbook. The team won. Prospect’s Justin Fortin was part of a three-member team that won the Community Service team competition. The team prepared a notebook and a PowerPoint presentation describing the objectives and accomplishments of Kaynor’s Feeding Children Everywhere Hunger Project. Fortin was also elected to be on the Connecticut SkillsUSA Executive Council for the 2016-17 school year. These two teams will compete at a national competition June 19 in Louisville, Ky. Against other state champions from across the country. Contreras earned a medal in an all-day cosmetology competition and Roberts came in second place with the other members of his Quiz Bowl team. -CONTRIBUTED
Isabella Tottenham, 12, of Beacon Falls, sings the national anthem April 16 during the Robert A. Cole Little League opening day ceremony at the Pent Road Recreation Complex in Beacon Falls. –LUKE MARSHALL
