The week in photos – March 27, 2025

Members of the New Haven County Firefighters Emerald Society Pipes & Drums lead the opening procession of federal, state and city dignitaries and members of the West Haven St. Patrick’s Day Committee.

From left, state Sen. Martin M. Looney, state Comptroller Sean Scanlon and Mayor Dorinda Borer clap and cheer as West Haven Irishman of the Year Stephen D. “Steve” Dargan, assisted by grandnephew Pierce Dargan, 12, and grandniece Reagan Neal, 7, unveils his Kelly green street sign designating City Hall Square as “Stephen D. Dargan Square” for the next year at the 32nd annual St. Patrick’s Day Celebration on March 17. The cultural event, presented by the West Haven St. Patrick’s Day Committee in honor of Ireland’s patron saint, was held in the Harriet C. North Community Room of City Hall because of rain.

West Haven Irishman of the Year Steve Dargan, center, is joined by, from left, state Comptroller Sean Scanlon; Joseph Rodriguez, the deputy state director of U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal’s Hartford office; state Rep. Bill Heffernan, D-West Haven; U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-3; former state House Speaker Thomas D. Ritter; Dargan’s grandnephew Pierce Dargan, 12, and grandniece Reagan Neal, 7; Mayor Dorinda Borer; state Sen. Martin M. Looney, D-New Haven; Dargan’s sister, Mary Dargan; and master of ceremonies David Coyle.

Mayor Dorinda Borer, the city’s 2014 Irishwoman of the Year, reads and presents her friend and mentor Steve Dargan, the city’s 2025 Irishman of the Year, with a proclamation declaring “Stephen D. Dargan Day” in West Haven.

University of New Haven President Jens Frederiksen, center left, and West Haven Mayor Dorinda Borer, center right, are joined at the news conference by West Haven public safety officials and UNH leaders.

Kathie Hebert spoke to Savin Rock Community School students at the garden site in January following a program she ran with SPNA members Beverly Garretson and Meli Garthwait. The students learned about winter seed sowing.

St. Lawrence School celebrated its Students of the Month for March. The students were cited for demonstrating how to Know, Love, and Serve God and one another. Left to right: Grade 7- Brielle, Grade 6- Isabella, Grade 5- Aria, Grade 4- Gabriel, Grade 3- Diego, Grade 2- Natalia, Grade 1- Jackson, with the Rev. Ricardo Borja and Principal Jim Messina.

Some residents of the Oak Hill Seminary, circa 1870s.

A woodcut of the seminary grounds.

Sal’s Barbershop owner Sami Ziada marks his 90th birthday and 70th anniversary in the haircutting business with Mayor Dorinda Borer, left, and his daughter and son-in-law, Adele and Porky Gaudino, during a celebration with customers, friends and loved ones at 451 Campbell Ave. on March 18.

The St. Mary’s Varsity 8th grade team picked up two championships recently. They captured the Archdiocese of Hartford state title with a 49-45 overtime win. They also captured their third straight St. Mary’s Basketball tournament title earlier in the day. The team has a record of 30-0 and will represent Connecticut in the New England regionals later this month. West Haven residents Braelyn Roldan, Ava Pellino and Finley Gunning are part of the team.

Madden Evangeliste puts the shoulder down to drive around a Fairfield-Warde Mustangs’ defender.

Will Lopes scored 60 points over the Westies’ Quarterfinal win over Trumbull and the Semifinal 38-35 loss to Oxford in the CIAC Playoffs.

Ja’Kha Little goes for the layup against New London in the CIAC Quarterfinals.

West Haven Hockey celebrated Senior Night prior to their 2-1 win versus New Milford.