Mike Fox, front, and Dave Dupree portray prisoners of war during a POW/MIA vigil June 20 on the Naugatuck Green. The Naugatuck POW/MIA Committee hosted the vigil, which was held to raise awareness of the POW (Prisoners of War) and MIA (Missing in Action) issue from all wars and to keep the pressure on government to continue to search for and get answers regarding the final disposition of each individual so closure can be given to their families and loved ones. During the vigil, volunteers acted as prisoners of war and sat in bamboo cages for an hour. –ELIO GUGLIOTTI
City Hill Middle School students Jessica Sember and Benjamin Healy were recognized as the state’s top Scholar Leaders at the 2015 Connecticut Association of Schools Scholar Leader Banquet May 28 at the Aqua Turf Club in Plantsville. The award is presented to one male and one female student in each middle school whose record of academic achievement and service have been truly exemplary, whose personal standards and accomplishments are a model for others and who possess high levels of integrity, self discipline, honesty and courage. Pictured with the students are, from left, Cathy Martin, McDonald’s Boston region vice president and general manager, Catherine Freeman, CAS middle level exemplary educator and Sage Park Middle School Teacher, and Karissa Niehoff, executive director of the CAS-CIAC.-GRYNN & BARRETT
I.N.B.F, Team Fulton and Team Luis Intense Fitness Training of Waterbury athlete Dean Lebreiro, a Naugatuck resident, placed second in Master’s Men over 40 class, second in the Grand Master’s Men over 50 class, and fourth in the Open Men’s Light Heavyweight class on June 13 at the 2015 Fulton Fitness Natural Mr. Connecticut Bodybuilding Championships in New Haven. –CONTRIBUTED
Woodland head football coach Chris Anderson calls a play during the spring game June 19 in Beacon Falls. Anderson, who coached the Hawks from the program’s inception in 2001 to 2007 and won consecutive NVL and Class SS state championships in 2004 and 2005, was hired as the team’s new coach this month. –ELIO GUGLIOTTI
The Union City Little League Rivercats (16-3-2) won the Minor Division championship. Pictured, coaches, Bill Adanosky, Mike Patton, Josh Hott, Danielle Cureton; players, Aidan Adanosky, David Patton, Kyla Nixon, Colin Sanderson, Nathaniel Cabezas, Alex Roman, Odin Anderson, Jordan Pohorence, Joe Davis, Anthony Balsys, Ethan Campana, Jason Paiva and Kal-el Cureton. –CONTRIBUTED
The Ion Bank Foundation awarded grants totaling $60,000 to 53 local non-profit organizations through its Community Awards Program. Grant winners were announced recently at a special ceremony. The program encouraged Ion Bank customers to vote for a local charity of their choice to receive a grant from the foundation. For the full list of grant recipients, visit ionbank.com. –CONTRIBUTED
Naugatuck Deputy Mayor Tamath Rossi, left, and Dave Perugini act as prisoners of war during a POW/MIA vigil June 20 on the Naugatuck Green. The Naugatuck POW/MIA Committee hosted the vigil, which was held to raise awareness of the POW (Prisoners of War) and MIA (Missing in Action) issue from all wars and to keep the pressure on government to continue to search for and get answers regarding the final disposition of each individual so closure can be given to their families and loved ones. During the vigil, volunteers acted as prisoners of war and sat in bamboo cages for an hour. –ELIO GUGLIOTTI
Beacon Falls resident Mike Krenesky won silver and bronze for two homemade wines entered into the 2015 WineMaker Magazine International Amateur Wine Competition. He won silver for a tomato/pepper wine made from his own garden fruits. He won bronze for a peach/apricot chardonnay made from a kit. The medals were announced at the 2015 WineMaker’s conference in Portland, Ore., in May. –CONTRIBUTED
Long River Middle School students Bayan Galal and Maciej Lewicki were recognized as the state’s top Scholar Leaders at the 2015 Connecticut Association of Schools Scholar Leader Banquet May 28 at the Aqua Turf Club in Plantsville. The award is presented to one male and one female student in each middle school whose record of academic achievement and service have been truly exemplary, whose personal standards and accomplishments are a model for others and who possess high levels of integrity, self discipline, honesty and courage. Pictured with the students are, from left, Cathy Martin, McDonald’s Boston region vice president and general manager, Catherine Freeman, CAS middle level exemplary educator and Sage Park Middle School Teacher, and Karissa Niehoff, executive director of the CAS-CIAC.-GRYNN & BARRETT
Pictured from left, state Rep. Kim Rose (D-118), representatives from the American Lung Association and state Rep. Rosa Rebimbas (R-70). Rebimbas and Rose presented a ceremonial check for money raised for the group during the recent legislative ‘dress down’ day. The legislature’s Women’s Caucus sponsored the ‘dress down’ day at the Capitol to raise money for the American Lung Association’s Lung Force Campaign and the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation. In total, $2,160 was raised. ‘I am overwhelmed by the incredible response and outpouring of donations to raise money for these two incredibly worthwhile charities,’ said Rebimbas in a statement. –CONTRIBUTED
Siblings Makenzie Johnson, 11, left, and Gabriel Johnson, 8, both of Prospect, make cards for their father during the Father’s Day card making program June 19 at the Prospect Library. –LUKE MARSHALL
