From left, Sharon Lausier and Angela Guardiano listen as Christopher Ritton-Stokes and Michael Stokes discuss a painting in their home in Naugatuck during the Naugatuck Historical Society’s first Historic Home Tour on Aug. 5. About 80 people participated in the tour. Participants toured nine private homes in Naugatuck, including the homes of industrialists Howard B. Tuttle and Emil Mannweiller, and Emily Sophie Brown, one of the first women elected to Connecticut’s General Assembly. Homes on the tour were on Terrace Avenue, Millville Avenue, Hillside Avenue and Rockwell Avenue. Visitors learned about the history of the homes and their previous homeowners. –CONTRIBUTED
The Liberty Bank Foundation recently awarded $22,500 in grants to agencies representing the Naugatuck Valley. Pictured, from left, Liberty Bank President and CEO Chandler Howard; Jered Bruzas from the St. Vincent DePaul Mission of Waterbury, David Dudley from New Opportunities, Inc./Shelter Now, Kathi Crowe from Waterbury Youth Services, Calida Jone from Waterbury Symphony Orchestra, Joy DeMarchis from BH Care/Umbrella Center for Domestic Violence Services, James Purvis from Salvation Army Emergency Shelter for Families, Karen Mello from United Way of Greater Waterbury, Lee Schlesinger from Safe Haven of Greater Waterbury, JoAnn Reynolds-Balanda from United Way of Greater Waterbury, and Lisa Pytka, general manager of Brass City Bistro. –CONTRIBUTED
Boy Scouts from Troop 109 in Naugatuck recently took a trip to Gettysburg, Pa. –CONTRIBUTED
The Laurel Ledge PTO hosted a back-to-school picnic Aug. 23 at the school in Beacon Falls as a fundraiser and an opportunity for students and their families to get together before the new school year started this week. The event raised over $500, which will be used to help pay for PTO-funded events for students during the year. –ELIO GUGLIOTTI
The Laurel Ledge PTO hosted a back-to-school picnic Aug. 23 at the school in Beacon Falls as a fundraiser and an opportunity for students and their families to get together before the new school year started this week. The event raised over $500, which will be used to help pay for PTO-funded events for students during the year. –ELIO GUGLIOTTI
The Laurel Ledge PTO hosted a back-to-school picnic Aug. 23 at the school in Beacon Falls as a fundraiser and an opportunity for students and their families to get together before the new school year started this week. The event raised over $500, which will be used to help pay for PTO-funded events for students during the year. –ELIO GUGLIOTTI
Hop Brook Elementary School third-grader Andre Jackson, Jr., 8, talks with his father, Andre Jackson, Sr., outside the elementary school in Naugatuck before the start of the first day of school on Aug. 28. –LUKE MARSHALL
Hop Brook Elementary School second-grader Justin Raimo, 7, walks to school with his father, Terry Raimo, on the first day of school in Naugatuck on Aug. 28. –LUKE MARSHALL
Santos Vargas gives his son, Julius Vargas, 9, a kiss before the start of the first day of school in Naugatuck on Aug. 28. Julius is starting fourth grade at Hop Brook Elementary School.
The Laurel Ledge PTO hosted a back-to-school picnic Aug. 23 at the school in Beacon Falls as a fundraiser and an opportunity for students and their families to get together before the new school year started this week. The event raised over $500, which will be used to help pay for PTO-funded events for students during the year. –ELIO GUGLIOTTI
The Laurel Ledge PTO hosted a back-to-school picnic Aug. 23 at the school in Beacon Falls as a fundraiser and an opportunity for students and their families to get together before the new school year started this week. The event raised over $500, which will be used to help pay for PTO-funded events for students during the year. –ELIO GUGLIOTTI
Colby Marsan, 8, of Prospect, throws a ball to juggler Bryson Lang on Aug. 21 on the Prospect Green during the first day of Mayor Bob’s Annual Fun Week, which featured a variety of entertainment, games and food for school children all week long. –LUKE MARSHALL
Region 16 Board of Education Vice Chair Robert Hiscox, right, greets Prospect Elementary School kindergartner Nikolas Mitchell, 4, and his mother, Nicole Mitchell, on the first day of school Aug. 28 at the school in Prospect. –ELIO GUGLIOTTI
Bob Daley, standing right, and Kayla Gonzalez, standing left, from Naugatuck Ambulance Inc., explain how to use a defibrillator to Naugatuck Senior Center Director Harvey Frydman, center, and six senior center volunteers on Aug. 24 at the senior center. Daley, Gonzalez, Naugatuck Ambulance President Larry Santoro and Naugatuck police Officer Aaron Borys taught the volunteers a number of first aid measures to use in case of an emergency. –LUKE MARSHALL
