The week in photos – September 7, 2023

The Gardner family: Mackenzie Gardner, Kevin Gardner, and Scott Gardner.

Dana Paredes (Principal), Mackenzie Gardner, Scott Gardner, Kevin Gardner, Harold Bellmore, Pat Libero, Neil Cavallaro (Superintendent), Ken Carney.

Mayor Nancy R. Rossi congratulates 2023 Miss American Teen Mackenzie Gardner after presenting a citation recognizing her “crowning achievement” during a reception at City Hall on Aug. 28. Gardner, a West Haven resident whose yearlong reign ended Sunday, won the Miss American Coed pageant Sept. 4, 2022, at the Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista Ballroom in Orlando, Fla. She was also presented with a flower arrangement from Councilwoman Meli Garthwait, R-2, on behalf of the City Council.

Mayor Nancy R. Rossi (center) presents a street sign naming the corner of Campbell Avenue and Court Street a “Z’s Corner” to Susie Ziada, widow of John Ziada, owner of Z’s Corner Cafe’ as her daughters Samira and Zienna, Councilwoman-at-Large Colleen O’Connor and First District Councilwoman Bridget Hoskie look on.

An 1889 Butt on Crane Neck hand pumper is unloaded and moved by Tony Capuano, the West Haven Fire Department’s superintendent of apparatus, rear, to a new display in the foyer of the Robert A. Johnson Community Center at 201 Noble St. on Aug. 31. To accommodate the large hand pumper, crews had to remove the center’s six-panel front window before the apparatus was carefully unloaded from a wrecker provided by Bruneau’s Garage. Capuano was assisted by Councilman Robert Bruneau (D-9).

Avenue Groove will play a mix of R&B, funk and dance favorites in Old Grove Park on Palace Street. The show is part of the city’s new “Fall Foliage Concert Series.”

Arena Rock Tribute will celebrate the music, performance and spectacle of the ’70s and ’80s from 7-9 p.m. Sept. 30 in Old Grove Park on Palace Street. The show was rescheduled from July’s Savin Rock Festival and is now part of the city’s new “Fall Foliage Concert Series.”

Mayor Nancy R. Rossi, center, holds a bouquet and a certificate of appreciation from President Ann Salemme of the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America Branch 108, holding a mayoral proclamation, for Rossi’s support of Ukrainian Independence Day on Aug. 24. “The city of West Haven stands united with Ukrainians in commemorating their independence by lighting the Cove River pedestrian bridge in blue and yellow for a second year,” said Rossi, reading the proclamation before presenting it to Salemme, of West Haven, in the City Council chambers of City Hall. Shown with Rossi and Salemme are, from left, Carl Harvey, a resident of Orange and the commander of Ukrainian American Veterans Post 33, and St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church Choir members Mary Antonyshyn, of Orange, and Nadiya Ivantsiv, formerly of Lviv, Ukraine, and now of New Haven. In 1991 the parliament of Ukraine proclaimed the nation’s independence, taking the first step toward establishing a free and democratic state.

Mayor Nancy R. Rossi, center left, and TR Laundromat owners Reagin and Thomas Carney, center right, cut the ribbon with a pair of oversize scissors to celebrate the laundry’s grand opening at 818 First Ave. on Aug. 18. With them are Milford Regional Chamber of Commerce President Michael Moses, left, and Director of Membership and Marketing Simon McDonald.

In this Sept. 11, 2021, file photo, the sun rises over Savin Rock as hundreds of American flags blow in the wind near the boardwalk on Long Island Sound. The flags represent the 343 New York City firefighters who died in the line of duty on Sept. 11, 2001, as well as the 257 active and retired FDNY members who have died of 9/11-related illnesses, including cancer.

To get ready for the new school year, the Board of Education hosted its first New Parent Information Night. All new parents to WHHS were invited and given presentations in the auditorium and tables set up in the lobby with representatives from schools and local communities to help answer any questions parents had about the district and beginning of school.

To get ready for the new school year, the Board of Education hosted its first New Parent Information Night. All new parents to WHHS were invited and given presentations in the auditorium and tables set up in the lobby with representatives from schools and local communities to help answer any questions parents had about the district and beginning of school.

To get ready for the new school year, the Board of Education hosted its first New Parent Information Night. All new parents to WHHS were invited and given presentations in the auditorium and tables set up in the lobby with representatives from schools and local communities to help answer any questions parents had about the district and beginning of school.

Shelton Mayor Mark Lauretti (right) endorsed Barry Cohen in the Sept. 12. primary.

Terry’s was located at 531 Beach Street for many years and had a plant on Front Avenue.

Nick Conlan scrambles in the Westies’ scrimmage versus Bunnell. His Blue Devils open up, Friday, at Staples of Westport in a crossover battle with the Wreckers, a perennial power in the FCIAC. The Westies have their home opener Sept. 14 at Veterans Field against Jonathan Law.

The Gray Team, the champions of the Department of Parks and Recreation’s Girls Summer Fun Basketball League, show their medals at the Veterans Memorial Park courts on Bull Hill Lane on Aug. 14. Front row, from left, are Maddie Kelly, Karine DaSilva, Angelize DaSilva, Bridget Kelly and Justine DaSilva. Back row, from left, are Coach K, Ja’stice Butler, Tiranke Keita, Fatoumata Keita, Josylyn DaSilva and Coach Victor. Missing from photo is Evey Fitzpatrick. The team defeated the Red Team in an 18-17 nail-biter to finish the season 8-0. The league, overseen by Park-Rec program coordinator Margaret Longo and court supervisor Desmond Lymon, just capped its 23rd season.

Longtime West Haven resident, Colleen St.Clair Weatherspoon of 187 White St. was elected as the first female Commander at American Legion Post 196, located at 25 Merwin Avenue, Milford.