Whether it was reading a good book, using a jet ski or just cooling off in the water of Long Island Sound, residents and visitors to city beaches attempted to keep cool last week as the region experienced high temperatures and high humidity during summer’s Dog Days. Heavy thundershowers broke the heat, and those in the know reported this week was going to be much more comfortable as we head toward the middle of the month.
Jammin'!
The legendary Doug Wimbish brings down the house playing an out-of-this-world solo on his electric bass guitar during his band’s “backyard party” concert in the beer garden during last month’s Savin Rock Festival. Plans are underway for the annual Wimbash Festival, something that has become an end-of-summer tradition, that highlights local talent and raises funds for city school music programs. More than $3000 was donated this past year.
Prisco wins Ruickholdt scholarship
The family of the late Susan Ruickoldt — from left, Douglas J. Ruickoldt, Doug “the Rake” Ruickoldt and Councilman Nicholas W. Ruickoldt, D-2 — presents a $2,000 check on behalf of the West Haven Breast Cancer Awareness Program to Susan A. Ruickoldt Scholarship Fund recipient Gabriella Prisco on Aug. 1 at City Hall as Mayor Edward M. O’Brien, center, and Prisco’s parents, Ken and Gina Prisco, look on. In its 15th year, the scholarship fund was founded in memory of Ruickoldt, a city school- teacher who died of breast cancer in 1997, and is awarded to a female high school senior from West Haven who plans to continue her education. Prisco, a 2017 graduate of West Haven High School, will attend Endicott College in Beverly, Mass., just north of Boston, in the fall.
Top Hat Dance Academy marks 30th
Dancers at Top Hat get ready for another lesson. The 30-year history of the academy boasts many performers and those who have gone on to become instructors in their own schools.
Top Hat Dance Academy marks 30th
Top Hat Dance Academy founders Diane Esposito and Sharon Minnix
Domboski enters hall of fame
West Haven's Jane Domboski was honored by the Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame (CWHF) at its 24th annual Induction Ceremony and Celebration, “Heroic Women: Honoring Those Who Protect and Serve.”
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Bocce champs
Department of Parks and Recreation Bocce Tournament champions Ralph Manzo and Tom Mancini celebrate their victory July 29 at the Leo Kelly Bocce Courts in Old Grove Park. The duo are five-time champs.
Tourney benefits cancer charity
City recreation program coordinator Diane Dietman, far left, is all smiles with Team Bomba, champions of the Mark Romano Memorial Coed Beach Volleyball Tournament for the second straight year, at the Sea Bluff Beach courts July 29. Sponsored by the Department of Parks and Recreation, the tournament raised $950 for a breast cancer charity in support of a participant of the department’s beach and indoor volleyball leagues. For the sixth year, the event was held in memory of Romano, who supervised the leagues for many years. He died in 2012 at age 49. Six six-person teams competed in the double-elimination tourney, which culminated in Team Bomba winning the championship match against Sully’s Slammers.
The boys of summer
The 7-to-10-year-old champions, red shirts, and the 11-to-14-year-old champs of the Department of Parks and Recreation’s boys summer basketball league show off their medals July 29 at the Veterans Memorial Park courts on Bull Hill Lane. Both teams slogged through a tough schedule of games. Supervised by recreation program coordinator Tom Conroy, the league, which aims to keep city kids active, just capped its 18th season.
The boys of summer
The 7-to-10-year-old champions, red shirts, and the 11-to-14-year-old champs of the Department of Parks and Recreation’s boys summer basketball league show off their medals July 29 at the Veterans Memorial Park courts on Bull Hill Lane. Both teams slogged through a tough schedule of games. Supervised by recreation program coordinator Tom Conroy, the league, which aims to keep city kids active, just capped its 18th season.
