Two teams of Woodland girls competed in the school’s annual powder puff football game Nov. 18. The event served as the kickoff for the school’s spirit week, an eight-day competition to crown the class with the most school pride. The white team, coached by Mike Magas, earned a 28-14 victory over the black team, coached by Mary Hrenko. A group of Woodland boys also supported the girls as cheerleaders throughout the game.-KYLE BRENNAN
Prospect Youth Services held a Turkey Making Craft at The Grange in Prospect Nov. 21. A dozen children showed up to decorate foam hand cut-outs with sequins and feathers to make turkeys to bring home for Thanksgiving. –LUKE MARSHALL
Woodland Regional High School student Emma Conway, of Prospect, speaks during the CHET Advance Scholarship event Oct. 30 at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford. Conway was among the 200 high school seniors across Connecticut selected as recipients of the first annual CHET Advance Scholarship. Each student will receive a $2,500 grant for college from the Connecticut Higher Education Trust. –CONTRIBUTED
Members of Naugatuck High School’s Junior ROTC, from left, Lt. Colonel Valerie Lofland, Brody Hale, Vice Corps Commander Josh Bierly, Alex Triscritti and Corps Commander Kait Barry pose for a picture with Naugatuck Mayor Robert Mezzo, right, on the Town Green following the borough’s annual Veterans Day parade and ceremony. –CONTRIBUTED
Woodland Regional High School teacher Megan Hatch looks over the artwork of students during the Fall Fine Arts Night Nov. 20 at the school in Beacon Falls. The evening started off with a showing of the artwork of students in fine arts classes and included musical and drama performances by students. –ELIO GUGLIOTTI
Naugatuck and Prospect Boy Scouts from Troop 102 recently spent a weekend camping at Fort Nathan Hale on east shore of New Haven Harbor in New Haven. The scouts performed a good turn by cleaning up beach front. From left, Assistant Scoutmaster John Llauer, Assistant Scoutmaster Zack Blum, Nick Hanks, Assistant Scoutmaster Kyle Fellows, Javon Brady, Justin Wagner, Terry Ellingson, Jesse Bronko, John Llauer, Trevor Aresta, Nicky Llauer and Ethan Maxwell pose for a picture at the point which Black Rock Fort was constructed in 1776 to protect Port of New Haven. For more information on Troop 102 or scouting, visit any troop meeting on Thursdays from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Naugatuck Congregational Church on Division Street. –CONTRIBUTED
Naugatuck Mayor Robert Mezzo, second from left, surrounded by local dignitaries, members of the public and Coliseum Pawn employees cuts a ribbon to signify the official opening of the pawn shop at 59 Rubber Ave. Nov. 22. The pawn shop has been open for approximately seven weeks, owner Glenn Spector said. Spector owns the shop with three other partners, Dave Pires, Nick Dadonna and Alfredo Viscariello. Pires, Dadonna, and Viscariello also own Coliseum Trading Post in Torrington.–LUKE MARSHALL
Cub Scouts from the Viking Patrol of Pack 110 in Naugatuck, from left, Mat Bryant, Christopher Minutolo are shown how a dub center is used to record off-line programs to be aired at a later time at Encompass Digital Media in Stamford Oct. 19. The patrol visited Encompass Digital Media as part of a field trip, which helped them earn two separate achievements toward their Webelos rank, Traveler and Communicator. They planned, navigated and traveled the entire 100 mile round-trip using old fashioned maps and train and bus time tables. At the studio, they learned about behind-the-scenes positions that are available at the cable television stations that broadcast from Encompass’ Stamford location. –CONTRIBUTED
The Naugatuck High School marching band, under the direction of Robert Hughes, came in first place in Class IV at the Musical Arts Conference Championships held at Kennedy Stadium in Bridgeport Nov. 9. The band also won all caption awards for its class: Outstanding Marching, Music, General Effect, Percussion, Color Guard, Woodwinds, Brass and Drum Major. –CONTRIBUTED
Prospect Youth Services held a Turkey Making Craft at The Grange in Prospect Nov. 21. A dozen children showed up to decorate foam hand cut-outs with sequins and feathers to make turkeys to bring home for Thanksgiving. –LUKE MARSHALL
Prospect Youth Services held a Turkey Making Craft at The Grange in Prospect Nov. 21. A dozen children showed up to decorate foam hand cut-outs with sequins and feathers to make turkeys to bring home for Thanksgiving. –LUKE MARSHALL
Chase Collegiate School student Isabella Santamauro, of Naugatuck, joined her classmates this Halloween to spend the school-day outdoors, participating in their own Native American Powwow. The day began with a traditional campfire breakfast of cornbread baked in a Dutch oven on an open fire. Some students tried their hands at starting a fire the old fashioned way, from friction. The day’s events included applying geometry to construct full-sized medicine wheel, cooking pumpkin soup in bowls carved from pumpkins and students also presented their research on famous Native Americans in small groups inside a wigwam. –CONTRIBUTED
The Naugatuck High School marching band, under the direction of Robert Hughes, came in first place in Class IV at the Musical Arts Conference Championships held at Kennedy Stadium in Bridgeport Nov. 9. The band also won all caption awards for its class: Outstanding Marching, Music, General Effect, Percussion, Color Guard, Woodwinds, Brass and Drum Major. –CONTRIBUTED
