The week in photos – December 12, 2024

Parker Simon, of West Haven, holds the prize basket for winning West Haven United’s holiday “passport” contest. Children had to complete five activities on the Green and get their passports stamped for a chance to win the stuffed basket.

The Greater New Haven Italian American Heritage Committee has announced the winners of the 2024 Greater New Haven Italian American Heritage Festival Art Contest. The four win￾ners are, from left, Bailey Middle School student Valeria Estrada, first place, “Venice”; Carrigan Intermediate School student Haley DeEll, tie for second place, “A Bowl of Spaghetti and Meatballs”; Carrigan student Jade Heath, tie for second place, “Pompeii Ruins”; and Carrigan student Ayden Parker, third place, “Italian Flag & Gelato.”

Emergency Management Director Rick Fontana shows May￾or Dorinda Borer how to charge a cellphone using the city’s new mobile multiunit charging station at City Hall on Friday. The city has purchased two state-of-the-art charging stations with accompanying GoSun solar tables and Honda generators for all residents to charge cellphones during power outages.

Mayor Dorinda Borer discusses local gov￾ernment with fourth graders at Savin Rock Community School on Dec. 5. Looking on are Principal Thomas J. Hunt and teacher Kerry McQueeney. The inquisitive students engaged with Borer in the school cafeteria on the three branches of government — executive, legislative, judicial — and the importance of laws.

An exuberant Mayor Dorinda Borer, holding microphone, reacts as Santa Claus helps Carrigan Intermediate School fifth grader Shyann Jones push down on a gift-wrapped plunger box to light the West Haven Green Christmas Tree at the city’s annual holiday kickoff Nov. 30. With them are, from left, West Haven United co-Chair Jaime Connellan and Mrs. Claus.

Parents and children ride the Roaming Railroad around the 5-acre Green.

West Haven’s Henninger siblings, Nicholas, 10, Luke, 7, and Viola, 7, are all smiles with Santa and Mrs. Claus in their workshop on the Green.

Santa and Mrs. Claus arrive to the Green in the West Haven Fire Department’s 1935 Mack pump firetruck, driven by retired West Haven fire Inspector Robert Abate.

West Haven’s Moore-Torres sisters, Ana, 5, and Lily, 8, show their stuffed animals while writing letters to Santa. The sisters received the stuffed animals from the West Haven Fire Department through a donation from PetSmart of Orange.

City resident Cheyenne Salamacha helps her daughter, Hayden, 4, decorate an ornament.

West Haven Veterans Council member Howie Thomas, left, and Vice President Al Beck Sr. lay a wreath at the base of the William A. Soderman Memorial in remembrance of the 18 Connecticut servicemen who died in the Japanese bombing of the U.S. Navy base on Oahu, Hawaii.

The West Haven Fire Department Honor Guard, composed of members of the West Haven and West Shore fire departments, leads city and state leaders, including Mayor Dorinda Borer and Rep. Bill Heffernan, D-West Haven, while carrying the American flag to the William A. Soderman Memorial Flagpole for the ceremonial raising.

Mayor Dorinda Borer delivers poignant remarks commemorating Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day and the 83rd anniversary of Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor during an observance on the Veterans Walk of Honor in Bradley Point Park on Saturday.

Pastor Gloria McCalop (aka Cookie), a fallen Marine’s wife of Christian Love Ministries of New Haven, and members of Surfside Veterans of West Haven gave out blankets and food to the homeless on the New Haven Green, Saturday Nov 30.

Pastor Gloria McCalop (aka Cookie), a fallen Marine’s wife of Christian Love Ministries of New Haven, and members of Surfside Veterans of West Haven gave out blankets and food to the homeless on the New Haven Green, Saturday Nov 30.

Mayor Dorinda Borer, center, gets a front row showing of the West Haven High School Band’s new instruments by director Donata Lupacchino-Nelsen, back left, and band members and students of her Advanced Placement music theory class on Dec. 2.

United Illuminating Key Account Manager Greg Milano and Mayor Dorinda Borer throw shovels of soil to dedicate the planting of an eastern redbud tree on the southwest corner of the Green on Nov. 19. With Milano and Borer are, from left, UI Vegetation Management Lead Eric McConnell, city Tree Warden Leo Kelly and Elizabeth Esposito, UI’s community and government relations specialist.

Some of the students who took part in the special Thanksgiving feast organized through WHHS Asst. Principal Stacy Sutton, Vertical Church’s Outreach Program.

Students took part in the special Thanksgiving feast organized through WHHS Asst. Principal Stacy Sutton, Vertical Church’s Outreach Program, and Deacon Dean Macchio (shown here) of St. John XXIII Parish.

Coryon Harris extends the ball for a first down against Fairfield Prep, Sunday afternoon at Fairfield University’s Rafferty Stadium.

Tamarion Lafortune pulls down a Nick Conlan pass for a touchdown versus Prep.

No. 0 Kadear Dembele brings down a Glastonbury runner in the backfield.

No. 1 Tamarion Lafortune goes up to pull down a Nick Conlan pass

Nick Conlan finds a hole for a touchdown in the Westies’ 42-7 victory over Fairfield Prep.

Joe Copela celebrates a fumble recovery for the Blue Devils int he 42-7 win over Prep, Sunday