The week in photos – August 1, 2024

The Foreigner Journey Experience headlines opening night of the Savin Rock Festival on Friday. The band fired on all cylinders and played a two-hour set of radio anthems from the acclaimed catalogs of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame bands, including Foreigner’s “Double Vision,” “Hot Blooded” and “Juke Box Hero” and Journey’s “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart),” “Any Way You Want It” and “Don’t Stop Believin’.”

Mayor Dorinda Borer on Friday evening applauds members of the Savin Rock Festival Committee for their volunteerism, hard work and dedication. From left, Killian Gruber, Heather Scutti, Bill Johnson, Rich Deso, Brian Hayden and Rick Spreyer.

Mayor Dorinda Borer welcomes people to historic Old Grove Park on Friday.

The sea of people gathered for the Nick Fradiani concert in the Grove.

Broadway star and “American Idol” winner Nick Fradiani headlines Day 2 of the Savin Rock Festival in Old Grove Park on Saturday. Fradiani, a Guilford native and former city resident, played to one of the largest crowds in festival history, performing original songs, classic covers and Neil Diamond gems while sharing stories of “American Idol” and living on the West Haven shoreline — on Ocean Avenue near Woody Crest — during his “Idol” run and subsequent win on Season 14 in 2015.

A hot mozzarella pie is taken out of the brick oven of the New Haven Pizza truck Saturday evening.

Children enjoy the bounce house on Saturday afternoon.

Rides and games galore by Marenna Amusements on Saturday afternoon.

Savin Rock Festival Bocce Tournament coordinator Olivia Quagliani, holding the tournament bracket, presents a Dunkin’ gift card to bocce champions Sammy Centola, left, and Tejay Mejias in Old Grove Park on Saturday afternoon.

The inaugural “Great Bartender Race” participants: Lorenzo’s Restaurant, Z’s Corner Cafe, The Breakwall, Oak Beach Bar & Grill, Dive Bar & Restaurant, Reruns Bar & Grill, Billie Martin’s Neighborhood Pub and Moby Dick’s Oyster Bar & Grill.

Lorenzo’s Restaurant bartenders Ron Phifer, Donald Coletta, Selena Izzo and Nicole Conca show the team trophy for winning the Savin Rock Festival’s inaugural “Great Bartender Race” on Saturday afternoon.

West Haven’s own Grace Kelly Nowak sings a spectacular rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” on Saturday evening.

People cut loose to the music of Covergirl on Friday evening

Mullins (right) conversing with United States Congressman and retired New York Jets Safety Burgess Owens at the RNC. Owens is a representative from Utah.

Steven R. Mullins at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.

The city’s Summer Concert Series will continue at 7 p.m. Aug. 9 in Old Grove Park, 1 Palace St., with funk and R&B hits performed by All Funk’d Up. The two-hour concert is free and presented by the Department of Parks and Recreation. The rain date is Aug. 12.

Children at the West Haven Child Development Center, Inc. planted and grew their own food this spring and summer. This week they harvested the tomatoes to eat for lunch.

Lions Club members used a special camera called Hilton Spot Vision Screener as part of the Kidsight National Lions Program at the West Haven Community House during Head Start registration last week. “This initiative is to assist parents, childcare providers and educators find and treat juvenile vision problems,” said West Haven Lions Club President Steven R. Mullins, seen here using the device on three-year-old Stephen.

Malley’s at its original Chapel Street location in New Haven, circa 1880.

The three major figures in the murder case, Blanche Douglass, James Malley, and victim Jennie Cramer.