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Dec 11, 2024 | 
zip06.com | Eric O'Connell
Person of the Week Whether it’s from his time in local politics, local athletics, or as a local business owner, Joe Campbell has been a familiar face around Westbrook for decades.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
zip06.com | Aaron Rubin
News NORTH HAVEN A total of $4.5 million in appropriations for three projects related to infrastructure and sanitation in North Haven will go to a special town meeting taking place on Tuesday, Jan. 7.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
zip06.com | Aaron Rubin
NORTH HAVEN The lighting of the menorah on the North Haven Town Green is returning on Monday, Dec. 30 and, through holiday song, will deliver a message of hope and positivity. The event takes place on the Town Green on the sixth night of Hanukkah and, for a third consecutive time, will see the return of Rabbi Moshe Hecht from the Chabad Jewish Center of Hamden. The event will start at 5 p.m., and Hecht encourages those attending to arrive around 15 minutes before that time.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
zip06.com | Aaron Rubin
ESSEX The Community Foundation of Middlesex Country (CFMC) has announced its acquisition of the newly formed Essex Elementary School Student Enrichment Fund. The fund will support supplemental enrichment programs which are not typically covered for elementary school students through traditional funding. The fund succeeds the former all-volunteer group, the Essex Elementary School Foundation. The group was dissolved this year due to the financial complexities involved with running the foundation.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
zip06.com | Pam Johnson
Person of the Week Local author and artist David Poppolizio has created his debut novel, Uletka and the White Lizard, a fantasy-adventure based on a little-known Hungarian fairy tale.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
zip06.com | Aaron Rubin
One of Quinnipiac University’s own faculty, Jason Koo, was lauded this year as one of Connecticut’s finest writers, being selected as the Connecticut Poetry Circuit Poet for 2024. The circuit has a 60-year history of honoring writers and engagement with the public through poetry and sees Jason joining the company of names that include Pulitzer Prize winners and National Book Award finalists.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
zip06.com | John Lecardo
Sometimes when a player enters the varsity spotlight as a freshman, they are simply looking to garner a few minutes and gain valuable in-game experience down the road. Yet Ellie Meyran’s first-season time went well beyond that threshold, as she made personal history for the Branford field hockey team and played for a state crown. Following time with basketball and lacrosse, Ellie started out with field hockey around sixth grade after being encouraged by her now-high school Head Coach Pete Frye.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
zip06.com | John Lecardo
Lillian Miller was destined to be a swimmer from such a young age. Still, in such a sport predicated on solo success, she saw the bigger picture through the water and rode the waves of companionship to success as both a competitor and captain. Lillian's journey in the lanes began all the way back in kindergarten, when she was signed up for swimming lessons, and then she progressed to competitive swimming around the age of nine.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
zip06.com | John Lecardo
In just three short years, Kellyn Kolber has surged to the top of her athletic profession and position. She went from being a relative newcomer to an all-league setter that also now has both a conference and state crown to add to her resume. The junior played every sport imaginable under the sun growing up, which included gymnastics, dance, basketball, and softball. Around the same time she got involved with travel softball, Kellyn tried her hand with volleyball in middle school.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
zip06.com | John Lecardo
Gianna Tullo is someone who has always housed the spirit of cheerleading in her heart from dancing as a toddler. Through the years, she has strengthened that passion by performing alongside her closest friends–leading to her becoming a standout athlete for East Haven. Gianna grew up as a dancer at a very young age. But then, she got the itch to be a tumbler, and so she tried her hand at gymnastics to scratch it.