Five members of Prospect Fencing Club competed in the high school novice tournament at Guilford High School on Jan. 28. The tournament had over 180 competitors and all of the PFC members placed in the top 10 percent of the field. Cristina Catana took 15th in women’s epee. Amada deLevie took sixth in women’s foil. Alex Delp took fifth in men’s epee. Aidan Woloszyn took first in men’s epee. Harrison Brinton took first in men’s foil. Placing in this tournament, qualified them to participate in the JV tournament at North Haven High School on Feb. 4. DeLevie, Delp, Woloszyn and Rebekah Wallace competed in this event. DeLevie placed 15th in women’s foil. Delp placed 10th in men’s epee. Wallace placed ninth in women’s epee. Woloszyn took first in men’s epee. Pictured, from left, Delp, Woloszyn, Wallance, Prospect Fencing Club coach Bob Rosa, and deLevie. –CONTRIBUTED
The Ion Bank Foundation recently awarded a $10,000 grant to the Naugatuck StayWell Health Center to help fund its new x-ray scanner, which is used to diagnose the existence of tooth decay and other problems that cannot be seen during an exam. Pictured, from left, Naugatuck Ion Bank branch manager Sorrina Salvatore, StayWell President and CEO Donald Thompson, Jr., and Charles Boulier III, president and CEO of Ion Bank and Ion Bank Foundation. –CONTRIBUTED
Mirabelle’s Italian Restaurant owner Dom Mirabelle, left, presents a check to Father John Gatzak, station manager of WJMJ radio, for relief efforts in Amatrice, Italy, a town that suffered significant casualties and damage from a devastating earthquake in August 2016. Last September, the restaurant offered spaghetti all’Amatriciana, a special entrée that originated in Amatrice, and half the cost of the dish was donated to relief efforts. More than $10,000 was raised, according to a press release. ‘I was blown away at the generosity and willingness to help,’ Mirabelle said in a statement. ‘We served patrons from everywhere WJMJ is heard, from across Connecticut and even from as far away as Massachusetts.’ –CONTRIBUTED
Members of Cub Scout Pack 109 of Naugatuck visited Mystic Aquarium on Feb 10 to Feb. 11 to experience the overnight program, which included squid dissection, sleeping near the shark tank and a viewing of the Beluga whales. –CONTRIBUTED
Naugatuck residents, from left, Joy MacDonald, Londyn Burger, Carolyn Burge, and Lauren Burger work on valentines during the Trumbull-Porter Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution’s tenth annual Valentines for Veterans Workshop at Grace Lutheran Church in Naugatuck Jan. 21. In total, 162 valentines and 195 individual bags of assorted candies were made for veterans at the Newington, Rocky Hill and West Haven veterans hospitals. –CONTRIBUTED
Naugatuck residents, Jennifer Lawson, left, and her mother, Linda Lawson, work on valentines during the Trumbull-Porter Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution’s tenth annual Valentines for Veterans Workshop at Grace Lutheran Church in Naugatuck Jan. 21. In total, 162 valentines and 195 individual bags of assorted candies were made for veterans at the Newington, Rocky Hill and West Haven veterans hospitals. –CONTRIBUTED
Naugatuck residents Daryl Masone, left, and Kathie Gabrielson fill bags with candy during the Trumbull-Porter Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution’s tenth annual Valentines for Veterans Workshop at Grace Lutheran Church in Naugatuck Jan. 21. In total, 162 valentines and 195 individual bags of assorted candies were made for veterans at the Newington, Rocky Hill and West Haven veterans hospitals. –CONTRIBUTED
Kathy Carten checks on some baked goods for St. Michael’s Church’s 55th annual Lenten bakery March 2 at the church in Naugatuck. The Lenten bakery runs every Friday through April 7 at the church, 210 Church St., and is open from 12 to 3 p.m. and again from 5 to about 6 p.m. The bakery offers a variety homemade goods, including pies and hot cross buns. –LUKE MARSHALL
