From left, city resident Michelle Caprio, with Officers Douglas Bauman and Jennifer Brown, disposes of a bag of items outside police headquarters at 200 Sawmill Road on April 24 as part of the Prescription Drug Takeback Day held by West Haven’s Police Department, Youth and Family Services and Prevention Council. The event collected 718 pounds of unused prescription drugs, expired over-the- counter medications and nicotine products, including electronic cigarettes and other vaping devices.
WHHS student wins competition
West Haven High School junior Lance Andriulli, second from left, receives a gold medal in the school atrium April 23 for winning the public speaking competition in March at the virtual Spring State Leadership Conference of the Connecticut chartered association of HOSA-Future Health Professionals. With Andriulli are, from left, Principal Dana Paredes, Mayor Nancy R. Rossi and junior Nabiha Khan, a co-president of the school’s HOSA Club. Andriulli received the medal from his HOSA adviser, Valerie Cosenza, a registered nurse who teaches nursing at the school, for his four-minute-winning video, “Unlocking Your Potential.” He was joined at the midday ceremony by his grandmother, Theresa Andriulli.
13th Walk of Honor addition dedication set
The brick Veterans Walk of Honor in Bradley Point Park.
School staff feted with Zuppardi's pizza
Kristen Scanlon, left, president of the West Haven Federation of Teachers, checks over a “Thank You” sign with Taryn Driend, Savin Rock Community School principal.
School staff feted with Zuppardi's pizza
A group of third grade teachers enjoy the pizza.
School staff feted with Zuppardi's pizza
The Zuppardi’s truck is at the ready, taking orders.
Spring Street cleanup
Public Works Commissioner Tom J. McCarthy holds a trash bag while Mayor Nancy R. Rossi disposes of a plastic bucket found in a marsh off Spring Street during the city’s Earth Day cleanup April 22. The grassroots cleanup, organized by the Department of Public Works and local developer The Smyrna Group, targeted the south side of Spring Street, which connects West Haven and New Haven along the marshes that lead to Long Island Sound. Also pitching in for the effort were Rossi’s executive assistant, Louis P. Esposito Jr.; Councilman Robert Bruneau, D-9; Ernie Chiarelli, the Public Works Department’s project coordinator and sidewalk inspector; and Smyrna representatives. Volunteers picked up rubbish in the marshland and placed it into trash bags provided by public works. The department also provided a front-end loader and dump truck to remove the bags. Bruneau, who owns Bruneau’s Garage in West Haven, provided a tow truck to drag rubber tires and wooden railroad ties from the water.
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Plantings celebrate Arbor Day
Mayor Nancy R. Rossi reads a citation recognizing members of Cub Scout Pack 288 for their leadership and volunteerism in planting a pink flowering dogwood on the Campbell Avenue side of the First Congregational Church of West Haven during an Arbor Day event Saturday. With them are, from left, Tree Warden Leo Kelly, City Clerk Patricia C. Horvath, Tax Collector Dorothy Chambrelli, Treasurer Michael P. Last, and City Council members Colleen O’Connor, R-at large, Gary Donovan, D-at large, Barry Lee Cohen, R-10, and Chairman Ronald M. Quagliani, D-at large.
DAR Award winner
The Mary Clap Wooster Chapter of the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR), based in New Haven, recently honored ten area high school students at an awards recognition ceremony via Zoom. West Haven’s Brianna Lynn Broadbent (shown with counselor Normal Merced), who was among the winners.
WHCH celebrates Head Start program
Teacher Anne Rescsanski oversees a class in the West Haven Community House’s Head Start Program.
No hitter!
West Haven’s junior hurler Dylan Supan is given a ball by head coach Ron Luneau to commemorate his no-hit performance against Guilford. Supan needed just 75 pitches as West Haven defeated Guilford, 11-0, in a game ended after six innings. Supan hit two batters and had West Haven make three errors behind him, but the junior pitcher pitched with relative ease, tossing 46 strikes in his complete-game effort.
Safe!
Hunter Axelrod races around third to score during the 3-0 win over NDWH.
Driving to the goal
West Haven’s Olyvia O’Mara drives toward the net against Sacred Heart Academy in the Blue Devils’ game against the Sharks. O’Mara and her teammates are still looking for the first win of the season as they fell to SHA, 16-3.
Lacrosse snaps back
Michael Kelly carries the ball around an Amity defender in the Blue Devils’ loss. After starting strong, the Westies have hit a bump in the road, but recouped in a game against Jonathan Law.
