Art by Lisa Bagley, “Fis Gorm”, oil on canvas. First place winner in the last Member’s Resident’s show 2015.

The Visual Arts Committee of the Milford Arts Council will present its annual exhibit that showcases the work of members and residents.

The show has an open theme and all mediums are welcome.

The show dates are Jan. 13 to March 24.

Viewing dates are Wednesday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and there will be a reception Thursday, Feb. 11, from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Awards are as follows: 1st Place, $150; 2nd Place, $100; 3rd Place, $75.

Receiving dates are Thursday, Jan.  7, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., or artists may call to make other arrangements. All work must be picked up March 25 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Entry fee is $10 per art piece, up to three pieces. All work submitted will be displayed.

Artists may submit one to three original pieces. All work should be framed, wired and/or ready to hang. Items must not exceed 36” x 24” in measurement or 50 pounds.

Sculpture and three dimensional work welcome, but it must include a display stand.

All work may be for sale, with 30% commission on sales going to MAC.

For further information call the Milford Arts Council at: 203-878-6647 or visitwww.milfordarts.org.

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Jen Shea at work in the classroom at Lauralton Hall.

Jen Shea has taught science at Lauralton Hall since 2003, and enters her 13th year of teaching at the school with what school officials describe as a fresh and invigorated perspective.

Having spent portions of her summer at the Pinecrest Innovation Institute in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and the National Conference on Girls Education (NCGS) Conference, “From STEM to STEAM”, in Richmond, Va., Shea is employing new teaching styles in her classes. Most notably, she has spent many hours involved in interactive sessions focused on the transition from a traditional STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) education to the STEAM approach, which adds the field of “arts” to the other four disciplines.

This not only incorporates traditional “arts,” but also includes language arts, liberal arts, and more, school officials said.

“STEAM is empowering students with skills that will help them succeed here at Lauralton Hall, in college, and beyond,” Shea said. “This is an approach that includes using creativity and critical thinking to master the content in the curriculum, as opposed to the traditional method of lecture and memorization. We are having students apply learning to real world situations in tangible and creative ways.”

From the start of the new school year, Shea has started the process of transitioning her classroom from traditional STEM to the new STEAM program. During the second week of school in a 10th grade chemistry class, students were working on making chemical masks out of paper mache. The assignment asked students to find properties of an element that relates to personal identity and build a mask representing this.

“This project not only engages the students in hands-on learning, the masks also incorporate learning about how others see one’s identity and touch on other disciplines such as history, sociology, and art,” she added.

“It is amazing the way Lauralton Hall encourages teachers to develop their skill sets and innovate,” Shea added. “The administration is very committed to continually providing opportunities for faculty, staff, and students to learn new methods and improve the school as a whole. This is a very exciting shift in education where there will be no more lecture-based teaching, and Lauralton Hall is at the forefront of these changes.”

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Every year the Milford Elks buy, pack and deliver over 200 baskets of food to families in need. The baskets provide enough food for a family of four for many meals.

This year the Elks are giving out 235 baskets.

Money raised also goes towards a hot Christmas day dinner for the needy, homeless, elderly or lonely.

People can help by giving cash or a check to the Milford Elks.

Baskets will be packed on Friday, Dec. 18 and distributed the next day. Volunteers are welcome.

To donate or volunteer, call Amy Potts, 203-305-3124 or go to milfordelks.com.

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The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) this week condemned the use of swastikas in vandalism found in Milford on Sunday morning and praised local police for investigating the matter.

The graffiti consisted of black swastikas painted on a crosswalk, road sign and tree in the Devon area of Milford, which authorities believe were defaced late on Saturday night. Though there does not yet appear to be a direct target, Milford police have increased their patrols in the neighborhood and are investigating it as an act of violence with a hate message, ADL officials said in a prepared statement.

“ADL condemns the use of swastikas in graffiti wherever this specter of hate rears its ugly head,” said Steve Ginsburg, Regional Director of the Connecticut ADL. “The fact that this vandalism appeared on the first night of Chanukah is a sad reminder that the evils of ignorance and anti-Semitism are alive. These ugly symbols are offensive to all people with an understanding of history and who wish to live in a respectful community.”

Ginsburg said that the Milford Police Department responded appropriately.

“We commend the Milford Police for its investigation of this crime,” he said. “We hope that this act of vandalism can start a conversation about the history, context and potency of this hateful symbol.”

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Saturday, Jan. 2, will be the last full day (7 a.m. to 3 p.m.) for extended Saturday hours at the transfer station.

The transfer station will resume regular hours (7 a.m. to noon) starting on Saturday, Jan. 9.

Dump permits are renewed Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 of each year at the Milford Transfer Station, 755 Oronoque Road. Information regarding the Dump Permit Renewal process is found in the “News” section on the city website www.ci.milford.ct.us  as well as under “Links” on the Public Works Department webpage.

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Following is the East Shore Middle School honor roll for trimester 1.

High Honors

Grade 8

Nicole Benedetti, Allison Bennett, Vaishnavi Bulusu, Lucas Burgard,

Alexis Burwell, Anthony Capua, May Cervone, Marguerite Collette,

Alexander Conte, Casey Coon, Sara Davies, Amy Eidelman, Thomas Ellis,

Natalie Goncalves,Tyler Griffin,Leigha Howland,Andrew Janik,Trevanna Kandrach,Matthew Kiernan,Christopher Kiley,Jenna King,Risha Kothari,Grace Lavallee,Sarah Lockwood,Staci Mann,Haley Marshall,Corina Massey,Brendan May,Isabella McPadden,Anna Melton,Isabel Messore,Lauren Nieman,Nicole North,Kaylee Osborne,Gavin Paul,William Phelan,Isabella Pietrosanti,Hannah Pokornowski,Sara Portoff,Zoe Pringle,Max Queiroz,Renee Robles,Matthew Rothchild,Jacqueline Santiago,Lily Smith, Macy Vital

Grade 7

Kaitlyn Adkins,Benjamin Carlson,Paige Carlson,Iris Chen,Daniya Chopra,Jenna Cichowski,Lily Cummings-Danehy,Kaitlyn Dalby,James Dalby Jr.,Emma Davies, Jessie D’Avignon, Madison DeBiase, Jack DiCicco, Elizabeth Dong, Brett Dumais, Feyzanur Efe, Patrick Fallon, Jillian Goldbeck, Patrick Griffin, Kayleigh Hackett, Eric Haig, Lauren Heenan, Cole Heitmann, Jacob Ilama, Emily Jankura, Emma Jerue, Noelle Joobeur, Amanda Kenney, Riana-Lynn Klisus, Thomas Kummer, Misai Lam, Samantha Lambert, Jordan LaRocca, Alissa Liptak, Soledad Meade, Rohan Mistry, Han Nguyen, Skylar North, Lydia O’Malley, Olivia Ortiz, Kaylee Phung, Christian Piscitelli, Amanda Queiroz, Hallie Riggott, Makenna Rozzi, Ria Srivastava, Jaqueline Sullivan, Ashley Taylor, Shayna Turner, Jaime Visocchi, Kaya Vital, Shaynah Wallenta, Devyn Weed, Mary Grace Weissauer, Abigail Woodward, Mary Wydan

Grade 6

Jessica Amaral, Lauren Ardolino, Sean Ayoub, Layla Carlberg, Jessica Chamberlain, James Cioppa, Simon Collette, Hanna Della Bitta-Falkowski, Ayse Demir, Marissa Dumais, Haley Flynn, David Gaetano, Arezoo Ghazagh, Ivy Glidden, Tuana Gonul, Megan Griffin, Dylan Haig, Justin Hanelt, Katharine Harrison, Barry Held, Joseph Honcz, Maxwell Howland, Bridget Kiernan, Jonathan Lahav, Delsie Lopez, Georgia Malesky, Brian Massey, Delaney Mayville, Alexandra Murawski, Kathleen Ourfalian, Anna Paul, Celidgh Pikul, Kyle Pokornowski, Dean Ross, Christopher Ruano, Emilia Russell, Abby Sanwald, Ramsey Scott, April Smith, Ava Steigbigel, Madeline Sutton, Grace Tavitian, Vanessa Torre, Morgan Viesselman, Elizabeth Walsh, Cassidy Warakomski, Peyton Wedemeyer, Casey Wiederhold, Mia Williams, Jay Yang

First Honors

Grade 8

Abigail Aldrich, Jessica Anderson, Victoria Anton, Jethro Asinas, Emma Champagne, Kalyn Cocchia, Kathryn Dennis, William Diamantis, David Dong, Zoe Eichner, Dylan Fernandez, Majhur Garner, Abigail Gerstein, Jessica Gluhanich, Kelsey Jamieson, Anna Jani, Kayla Jurzyk, Jahangir Khan, Anthony Ljuljdjurovic, Matthew Martin, Pedro Mata, Isabela Meade, Jonfranco Menta, Abigayle Mitchell, Ariana Montero, Jason Olexovitch, Caden Ondek, Victoria Padilla, Gavin Paeth, Dana Parrott, Tonilynn Rees, Daniel Silva, Samantha Sutton, David Torgerson, Justin Tran, Mia Tunucci, Michael Vanchot, Matthew Ward, Bryant Wardman, Emily Wheaton, Carly Whelan, Jacob Willey

Grade 7

Maegan Alderman, Mason Barrett, Grace Bennett, Joshua Bernardo, Joseph Bevilacqua, Tatyanna Bun, Wesley Buzelle, Anna Byers, Joseph Cappello, Sarah Casey, Melody Christopher, Ava Ciambriello, Kensye Cocchia, Zachary Croke, Jack Dawid, Aidan Deschaine, Emily Eschweiler, Annabelle Farrell, Benjamin Geier, Matthew Griffin, Melissa Heiter, Patrick Hough, Kailey Howell, Kevin Huang, Benjamin James, Nicole Jones, Audrey Lane, Leif Lund, Gabriel Mainville, Ryan Marren, Michael Maurice, Emily McNulty, Austin Murphy, Krista Nichols, Katherine Parker, Skylar Porter, Aliya Prosser, Jesse Rohleder, Kendall Rolfe, Haley Ruane, Colin Saldaris, Dillon Schaible, Jacob Shushan, Sara Simone, Brittany Soriano, Bryan Thompson, Aidyn Toledo, Alexandrea Velez, Jacob Visocchi, Derek Wiederhold, Josephine Wydan

Grade 6

Madeline Abdelmesih, Makalei Bliss, Ava Candido, Gregory Cap, Maguire Casey,Melissa Connelly, Sara Connelly, Blaze Cook, Charles Diamantis, Skylar Gallagher, Aidan Glass, Jack Godek, Paul Goncalves, Frances Grabowski, Logan Griffin, Ashley Hoydilla, Antonios Karipidis, Dalton Lane, Mia Loewenberg,Tori Matula, Jamie Moreno, Jared O’Sullivan, Miles O’Sullivan, Eden Paolucci, Andrea Pecor, Amanda Pompa, Jesse Rembert, Daniel Ruano, Shanyla Sheppard, Ronan Smith, Adam Soliman, Matteo Tonelli, Austin Weiss, Makenzie Wisniewski

Second Honors

Grade 8

Luke Ardolino, Jeremy Carlberg, Ashley Ciesluk, Victoria Comey, Isaiah Fazio, Jack Glinsky, Alina Goorhigian, Cassie Harrington, Trevor Hitchcock, Jack Jezierny, Ryan Jordan, Summer Landry, Kayla Libero-Smith,

Tanner Lucy, Alexander Moreno, Esther Pabon Ramirez, Trevor Perrotti, Madeline Razzaia, John Ross, Gary Safferstein, Jessica Sanders, Aaron Scofield, Dylan Seele, Evan White

Grade 7

Ava Abbotts, Destiny Abed, Patrick Barron, Isabel Blanco, Olivia Corbett, Stephanie Cusanelli, Allie Domingue, Jolene Golino, Jeremy Goulden, Dustin Hueffman, Kyra Johnson, Risten Kandrach, Luca Marinelli, Maci Pastir, Tarkan Pehlivan, Andrew Rozzi, Nicolas Ruocco, Michael Simonelli, Nicholas Sirichantho, Devin Soracco, Robert Wainman, Colin Wysocki

Grade 6

Edward Alicki,William Auscavitch,Madisyn Blue,Lyric Christopher,Olivia Connelly,Jason Cruz,Jordan Fabula,William Heitmann,Elizabeth Hueffman,Angela Kapikian,Mia Lauture,Christopher Lynn,Patrick Mata,Aaron Mezick,Brian Nichols,Mansi Patel,Raul Roman,Skylar Rowe,Samuel Rozzi,Jacob Sanwald,Kyle Sullivan,Nina Torgerson,Raul Valle,Julianne Yasona,Brendan Ziegler

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The filing period for Small Business Administration (SBA) disaster loans for Connecticut businesses and residents affected by Superstorm Sandy (Oct 27-Nov. 8, 2012) has been reopened.

The new deadline to submit applications for physical damage and economic injury losses is Dec. 1, 2016.

The SBA declaration covers the following Connecticut counties: Fairfield, Hartford, Litchfield, Middlesex, New Haven, New London, Tolland and Windham.

SBA customer service representatives will be available at Disaster Loan Outreach Centers to answer questions and help individuals complete their applications.

Centers are located in:

Fairfield County

Bigelow Center for Senior Activities (formerly Fairfield Senior Center)

100 Mona Terrace

Fairfield, CT 06824

Opens: Monday, Dec. 7 at Noon

Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., weekdays until further notice

Closed:  Saturdays and Sundays

New Haven County

Parsons Government Center

70 West River Street, Room 118

Milford, CT 06460

Opens: Monday, Dec. 7 at Noon

Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., weekdays until further notice

Closed:  Saturdays and Sundays

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Police arrested a Hamden woman Dec. 12 and charged her with larceny for allegedly shoplifting at Macy’s, where she was an employee.

Police said Tiffany Gause, 34, took more than $1,000 worth of merchandise from the store without paying for it on Dec. 11.

She was charged with larceny in the fourth degree and was released from police custody on her promise to appear in court Jan. 5.

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Sunday, Dec. 20, the Milford Senior Center, 9 Jepson Drive, will host The Milford Concert Band at 2 p.m. The band will perform “A Christmas Festival” featuring the music of Connecticut composer Leroy Anderson’s Symphonic Band overture and the holiday favorite ‘Sleigh Ride.’ The concert is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

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Residents can get into the holiday spirit with members of the community as the Milford Concert Band presents its annual holiday concert series, “A Milford Christmas,” at Milford City Hall at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 19.

The Milford Concert Band will perform as well at the Milford Senior Center on Sunday, Dec. 20 at 2 p.m. and at Trinity Episcopal Church in Trumbull on Monday evening, Dec. 21, at 7 p.m.

Under the direction of city resident Duane Berge, the band will play a selection of holiday classics, and the audience will be invited to join in a holiday sing-a-long.

The concert is being presented in conjunction with the Office of the Mayor.

The Milford Concert Band is made up of 35 members from Milford and surrounding towns who share a common love for performing music.

Musicians range from teenagers to senior citizens, both amateur and semi-professional.

The concert is free and open to the public. Milford City Hall is located at 110 River Street. The Milford Senior Center is at 9 Jepson Dr. at the corner of High Street and Trinity Church is at 1734 Huntington Tpke, at the corner of Bridgeport Ave. in Trumbull.

For more information call Berge at 203-247-1730.

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The Jonathan Law wrestling team  lost to Xavier-Middletown in its season opener on Wednesday.

126: Leroux, Matthew (X) Pin Francouer, Tyler :44

132: Moynihan, Patrick (X) Pin Beck, Jordan :38

138: Holland, Jake (X) Pin Rodriguez, Aisaiah 1:40

145: Lawler, Brendan (X) Pin Grace, Matthew :52

152: Devivo, Ryan (X) Maj Dec Ouelette, Daniel 12-0

160: Osornio, Kris (L) Pin Sin, Nate

170: Dell’Oso, Trevor (X) Pin Keller, Josh 1:05

182: Oliviara, Jason (X) Pin Spangler, Ronnie :31

195: Vain, Joe (X) Pin Gorman, Ryan 1:40

220: Martorelli, Paul (X) Pin Brockman, Kevin 4:55

285: Opayemi, Ireoluwa (L) Pin Polensky, Jesse :47

106: Colouto, Jon (X) FFT

113: Santarsiero, Vito (X) Judge, Jay :36

120: Ward, Josh (X) Pin McCourt, Shane :35

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The Foran High wrestling team posted a 56-20 victory over Amity-Woodbridge on Wednesday.

113 Gino Esposito (F) tech fall over Rothman (A) 19-4

120 Cala (A) Tech fall over Will Mauro (F) 17-1

126 Elijah Moretti (F) defeated. Fucci (A) 5-4 (UTB)

132 Jubilee Witte(F) pinned Keylock (A) @ 0:08

138 Ryan Luth (F) win by FFT

145 Michael Ross (F) pinned Seaton (A) @ 0:48

152 Ron Gaul (F) pinned Morrissey (A) @ 2:37

160 Umer Khan (F) pinned Bonvicini (A) @ 0:22

170 Noah Hubler (F) win by FFT

182 Qasim Khan (F) win by FFT

195 Colby Stuart (F) pinned Hoddinott (A) @ 0:17

220 Bernato (A) pinned Nick Zavaglia (F) @ 2:28

285 Photos (A) decision over Luke Edmondson (F) 5-3

106 Chadwick (A) pinned Mike Giordano (F) @ 1:56

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Ten members of the Milford Combined High School fencing team competed against Greens Farms Academy, Greenwich High and Bridgeport in the first tournament of the season on Dec. 12 in Westport.

Under Foran captain Amanda Shaw and Law captain Madisyn Rauscher, the Lady Griffons fell 5-4 in a close match with Bridgeport over 18 bouts.

For the men, freshman Sumanth Kondapalli led his epee squad to a hard-fought 5-4 victory over Greens Farms and Foran captain Andrew Hiza and sophomore saber fencer Matteo Menta took two bouts each.

The team is in its third year in Milford’s high schools, and has quickly gained attention as a local powerhouse in this elite sport, with a full season of 13 invitational tournaments slated this year.

Their next match is on Thursday, Dec. 16, against Old Lyme from 6 to 9 p.m. at Foran.

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The 2015-2016 Men’s Competitive League is underway and each and every team is vying to get their team name on the banner. Week No. 2 was full of excitement with a handful of players finishing above the rim and four teams staying undefeated.

Kings Court (1-1) vs. Lynch Law Firm (2-0)

The week opened with the high-flying Lynch Law Firm battling the revamped King’s Court squad. Lynch jumped out to a commanding 44-24 halftime lead behind 10 three-pointers and never looked back. The winners had four players finish with double digits in scoring. Andre Bagot had a team-high 18, Gene Pettway (16), Jamie Anderson (15) and Oliver Macklin (14). Kings Court made a push in the second half behind 21 points from Taurean McCord, who finished with a game-high 27. Matt Salvato also found his comfort zone behind the arch with six 3-pointers in the game for 18 points. Final score: Lynch Law Firm 82, Kings Court 61

Carp Energy (0-2) vs. Eli’s Tavern (2-0)

The next game featured Carp Energy and Eli’s Tavern and the teams played a solid first half with Eli’s earning a 32-20 lead. Things seemed to unravel in the second for Carp, as they ran into an Eli’s team that could not miss. Behind 13 second half three-pointers, Eli’s scored 57 points en route to victory. Tim Macinanti led all players in scoring with 22 points, followed by Kumail Zar, who had 19 points. and Matt Mezick with 17. Matt Woods was the fourth player on Eli’s with double digits, as he finished with 15 points. Carp Energy was led by Mike Sweeney with 14 points and Dave Burrows, who chipped in 11. Final score: Eli’s Tavern 89, Carp Energy 36

Team ROC (1-1) vs. Frito Lay/Morton’s (1-1)

The third game of the week was the Game of the Night as both teams laid it out for 40 minutes. Frito Lay built an impressive 33-18 lead in the first half behind the stellar play of Eric Montgomery, who had 14 points, and solid team free throw shooting (9 for 12). In the second half, ROC mounted a few comeback attempts as Adolphus Berry and Adolphus Ellis, Jr. sparked their team with strong individual play. Frito held on for the victory, as each ROC attempt was thwarted by key baskets from Romello Valentine and Donte Jones. For the game, Montgomery finished with 22 points and Jones had 14. Ryan Butler — who we wish well as he has to leave the league due to a work commitment — had 14 for ROC. Final score: Frito Lay/Morton’s 58, Team ROC 40

Subway (1-1) vs. The Law Men (0-2)

The last game of the night featured Subway and The Law Men. Subway used its experience to mount a solid lead early in the game and never looked back as they cruised to a 61-37 victory. All nine Subway players recorded points in the game, with head coach John Sinnott, looking on. The Law Men had a hard time finding the basket, but did spread out its offense as seven players collected points. The winners had three players in double digits. Dashawn Hall led the way with 11 while Marc DeMattie and Keon Dangerfield each had 10. The Law Men were led by David Bodnar, who had nine points, and Colin Lacey with seven. Final score: Subway 61, The Law Men 37

Ricoh Red Devils (0-2) vs. Parklane Deli (2-0)

The Red Devils hosted Parklane Deli in the first game of the night. Parklane was right back where they left off in the first week, scoring early and often. The head chef, Ron Christy, served a three-course meal in the manor of a triple-double with 34 points and double digit assists and rebounds. Christy’s wingman Rob Bier finished with 25 points in the winning effort. Ricoh’s Matt Hibert and Christian Keator scored 16 points apiece, but it just wasn’t enough to help push Ricoh over the top. Final score: Parklane Deli 89, Ricoh Red Devis 68

Rap’s Plumbing (1-1) vs. Phillips Insurance (1-1)

In the second game, Rap’s was looking to start the season 2-0 and on the other side, Phillips was looking to get its first win of the season. Raps played the game short staffed with only five players. Phillips jumped out to a big double-digit lead, but Rap’s battled back and cut the lead to one point at the end of the first half. The second stanza began and Phillips’ top free agent signing, Joe Bacciello’s 36 points helped his squad pull away for their first victory of the season. Pat Stirk chipped in 17 points and eight blocks while Kevin Phillips had 16 points. Rap’s Plumbing was paced by Brian Jackson’s 21 points and Nick Toto, who finished with 20. Final score: Phillips Insurance 92, Rap’s Plumbing 75

Total Mortgage (0-2) vs. Crush Sports Café  (2-0)

In the last games of the week, Total Mortgage hosted Crush Sports Café, a team that is looking to make a Golden State-type run at consecutive wins coming off a championship. Crush Sports Café played an up-tempo style that seemed to be too much for Total Mortgage. On the winning side Crush had nine players dressed and all nine players scored. Zach Davidson led the charge with 18 points and Mike Bindner chipped in 12 points. Total Mortgage was led by Andy Burke, who netted 15 points. Final score: Crush Sports Café 72, Total Mortgage 30

Week No. 2 scoring leaders

Player Team Points

Joe Bacciello Phillips Insurance 36 points

Ron Christy Parklane Deli 34 points

Taurean McCord Kings Court 27 points

Tim Macinanti Eli’s Tavern 22 points

Eric Montgomery Frito Lay 22 points

Brian Jackson Rap’s Plumbing 21 points

Andre Bagot Lynch Law Firm 18 points

Zach Davidson Crush Sports Café 18 points

Christian Keator Ricoh Red Devils 16 points

Matt Hibert Richoh Red Devils 16 points

Andy Burke Total Mortgage 15 points

Mike Sweeney Carp Energy 14 points

Ryan Butler Team ROC 14 points

Dashawn Hall Subway 11 points

David Bodnar The Law Men 9 points

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The following students were named to the honor roll at Harborside Middle School for trimester 1.

Grade 6

High honors

 Beckett Agria, Amaan Akhtar, Vanessa Amaro, Jamie Andrade, Penelope Aubin, Jason Barile, Hailey Boyle, Kari Boyle, Thomas Bretthauer, Lindsay Capobianco, Caitlin Cook, Joshua Cummings, Lauren Davis, Trey Deitelbaum, Jake Duggan, Kyle Elam, Allison Fehmel, Lynelle Fernandez, Emma Ann Fiorillo, Katherine Froelick, Natalee Genest, Anthony Giordano, Kaylee Granfield, Shelby Green, William Harrison, Zakary Hart, Luke Iaffaldano, Abigail Jordan, Grace Kantor, Aidan King, Trevor Knotwell, Lindsay Konlian, Benjamin Kraft, Brandon Macdonald, Sophie Maselli, Catherine McCabe, Owen McCabe, Isabella Meireles, Isabella Mema, Andreas Menegatos, John Morse, Emma Nelly, Lucia Pino, Lucas Piselli, Hannah Pogemiller, Katherine Porrello, Matthew Prete, Ashley Regina, Andrew Rosato, Brygid Sawitsky, Marc Semana, Justin Simoncek, Michaela Sullivan, Pranav Sundararajan, Joseph Tiberio, Rylee Tondora, Ava Tuccio, Luca Ubaldi, John Vaccino, Jackson Warters, Jenna Wasserman, Jack Weber, Jaden Wywoda, Megan Yi, Ryan Zagarenski-Unger

Grade 7

High honors

Aidan Berchem, Hunter Boyd, Emily Brenes, Juanito Briones, Hanna Broderick, Colin Buchner, Catherine Burns, Jack Caldwell, Nicholas Carroll, Shea Carroll, Mia Cerrato, Kathleen Chang, Nathan Chen, Jonathan Contaxis, Grace Cottle, Joseph Cretella, Louisse Dacuycuy, Lauren DelMonico, Matthew DeLucia, Devin DeMarco, Anthony DiFederico, Brooke Dillman, Ethan Edmondson, Nico Esposito, Brianna Fraccola, Olivia Franzman, Kenzie Frawley, Kathleen Ganser, Justin Goglia, Steven Griffin, Wyatt Guerini, Sajni Gupta, Katelyn Guy, Adam Gwirtz, Ethan Harrigan, Ryan Hayes, Athena Homorodean, John Hudson, Tyler Iacono, Jack Iaffaldano, Jake Ivan-Pal, Ella Jambor, Jamie Jamias, Robin Jans, Samuel Johnson, Raffi Kapikian, Wahaab Khan, Max Kimmel, Jordyn Konlian, Tori Lanese, Seraiah LaPorte, Jennifer Liu, Mark Lombardi, Easton Malin, Katherine Mao, Visaury Martinez, Isabel Morales, Tanya Moshirzadeh, Stephanie-Jo Mugford, Molly Murray, Connor Naumann, Alexis Neider, Eleanor Noyes, Chloe Oliver, Hanna Osterberg, Mark Paine, Sarah Paulus, Michael Pedersen, Edward Platonov, Luke Pleimann, Morgan Primavera, Samir Rajani, Hannah Rascoll, Isabella Renz, Emma Richards, Alexis Rios, Joshua Riznyk, Rani Roderick, Geno Salvatore, Julia Satterlee, Cameron Scagliarini, Adarsh Senthilnathan, Sanskar Shah, Kelsey Simler, Julianna Vincent, William Weber, Micas Wetherall, Kyle Wilkitis, Justin Williams, Jordyn Wirth, Nathan Wolfe, Brian Zirkel

Grade 8

High honors

 Tasbita Ahmed, Ruhail Akhtar, Kareem Alzubi, Justin Amaro, Lillian Baldieri, Jack Bassett, Emma Bell, Julia Bolcer, Jaden Bonfietti-Csvihinka, Joshua Brewer, Caroline Chesson, Sean Costello, Ciara DeMott, Deanna Dempsey, Connor DiMuro, Miriam Dupree, Leandra Fernandez, Caroline Galaburri, Jason Giambra, Natalie Gordon, Benjamin Grunow, Nicole Jalaf, Czxherr Jamias, Andre Jin, Justine Junga, Elizabeth Kim, Arbesa Koleci, Anton Kot, Olivia Kowalski, Victoria Kowalski, Allison Kross, Pranav Kuraganti, Katie Linn, Meghan Loftus, Maxine Lynch, Jordan Macdonald, Makayla Mai, Rohin Manohar, Madison Marcy, Theodore Mauro, Emily Morey, Eryn Mower, Sabrina Murray, Joanna Nelson, Benjamin Nuttall, Clea O’Neil, Zoe O’Neil, Rebecca Palermo, Riley Pastir, Hannah Penkacik, Nicholas Piselli, Nicholas Porrello, Patrick Rescsanski, Luca Richo, Theresa Rosato, Finnian Sawitsky, Dylan Schwartz, John Shannon, Aryaman Sharma, Shreya Simhadri, Mayurapriyan Somalinga, Skylar Sosa, Morgan Taylor, Kylee Troy, Louis Tuccio, Roma Ubaldi, Eden van Waveren, Austin Vance, Jonathan Vitale, Mirza Wahida, Carly Weber, Michael Young

Grade 6

First honors

Jessica Aidoo, Yara Alharbali, Robert Andrade, Joseph Bassett, Owen Bell, Emily Besse, Alyson Bugge, Jacob Burns, Camden Charland, Alexa Darak, Aiden Day, Anthony Edmond, Ian Eisenman, Anthony Fino, Gabrielle Fino, Avery Frank, Mivette Garcia, Jasmine Gaston, Christopher Gladue, Michael Gleason, Laila Idone, Aaron James, Arbi Koleci, Andrew Kupson, Derek Long, Charlotte Mackell, Mason Mahoney, Michael Maurati, Gabriella Mavuli, Daniel McCullough, Kian McEnerney, Amelia McGonigle, Sarah McNemar, Megan McTigue, Kalista O’Connor, Lia Ospina, Victoria Phillips, Lucas Pincus-Coyle, Eliot Poffenberger, Kaleigh Porcu, Hailey Reed, Elizabeth Schumann, Caroline Schwartz, Krish Shah, Mason Turner, Brian Wilcox, Cadence Wise, Jack Wojnarowski, Brayden Young, Olivia Zammiello

Grade 7

First honors

Ryan Ahern, Ava Asmussen, Brandon Bartholomew, Gina Brienza, Sofia Catalano, Michael Ceneri, Abdulah Chaudhry, Nico Clayton, Jenna DeEll, Sierra Drake, Brian Felag, Vivian Freitas, Catherine Giuntoli, Trevor Goodwin, Andrea Guzman, Leala Harris, Charlotte Jenkins, William Johnson, Justin Judge, Connor Larson, Ashley Leparik, Joshua Liboro, Emma Liscinsky, Cody Malin, Ellie Malin, Dylan Matchett, Finian McEnerney, Nicholas McLean, Samiksha Mehta, Kristyn Melendez, Tori Miller, Ryan Morton, Ash-lee Mugford, Isabella Mulholland, Kellan Neely, Mia Nittoly, Michael Nunno, Asha Parker, Ethan Pereira, Aidan Russell, Trevor Saccone, Hans Saludar, Hennessey Shane, Kristina Simmons, Katherine Toth, Noah Tutlis, Greta Valvo, Brianna Verdejo, Thomas Vergara, Justin Villafane, Natalie Violetta, Christopher Wootton, Cate Wrigley

Grade 7

First honors

Adem Aksoy, Leslie Akuffo, John Barile, Reilly Barry, Richard Carino, Malcolm Chavez, Zachary Chesson, Bridget Collins, Brynn Costello, Daniel Cronin, Kathryn DePeano, Jacob Eairheart, Gia Edwards, Sean Fisher, Dylan Fortier, Alyssa Hills, Tanish Joshi, Anugra Julian, Emily Kopstein, Hannah Kupson, Gavin Lermayer, Christian Lombardo, Mackenzie Maher, Nicole Manley, Kaitlyn McNellis, Ethan McVoy, Zachary Merchant, Leah Milewski, Nicola Milovanov, Jean-Luc Montaudy, Brooke Nabors, Tyler Newall, Timothy Padilla, Samuel Poffenberger, Jay Rajani, Elisabeth Schuler, Nicholas Shugrue, Isabelle Thrun, Jessica Wolfe, Emily Wright

Grade 6

Second honors

Kyle Amos, Simon Barsky, Ghazia Battool, Troy Brennan, Katy Brewer,  Gavin Cleary, Jayden Cruz, Sebastian Davis, Bailey Dickman, Ryan DiMuro, Bronson Drake, Lex Edwards, David Fabian, Connor Funk, Stephanie Galaburri, Roy Gless, Alexa Iannuccilli, Ryan McNellis, Jacob Rogers, David Smith, Bianca Torres, Riley Wargo, Leighton Whaley, Ashley Wright, Kyle Zarnoch,

Grade 7

Second honors

Katherine Ayala, Ryan Bailey, Jake Faller, Jordan Fortunato, William Hartnett, Mitchell Hodges, Noah Karas, Nicholas Kellogg, Casey Krenicki, Delaney Negron, Brian Paulis, Abhiram Pulicherla, Benjamin Rodriguez, Skyler Santarcangelo, Dillon White, Maxwell Wischow

Grade 8

Second honors

Nolan Adams, Michael Becker, Calvin Boyd, Kevin Bretthauer, Alexander DeLorio, Anthony DiPietro, Briana Hernandez, Corey James, Grace Jordan, Aidan Kiley, Andrew Labozzo, Brendan Liu, Ryan Mason, Bashar Musallam, Christopher Pereira-Ramos, Megan Ruzbarsky, Blaize Scott-Purdy, Alexis Thomas

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The Jonathan Law girls basketball team lost a 53-42 SCC decision to Mercy High in Middletown on Friday.

The host Tigers broke a tie after one period with a 15-8 run in the second quarter. Mercy was two points better in each of the next two periods.

Erin Saley scored 18 points to lead coach Dan Young’s Eagles, including an 8-for-10 performance from the foul line.

Laura Dulin, who had the team’s only 3-pointer, finished the game with 13 points (6 for 6 from the stripe).

Jessica Centore scored nine points.

Mercy was led by Destine Perry (14 points) and Samantha Gallo (13 points).

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Milford Hospital has been recognized as a 2014 Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of healthcare organizations in the United States, according to  President and CEO Joseph Pelaccia.

Milford Hospital was recognized as part of The Joint Commission’s 2015 annual report “America’s Hospitals: Improving Quality and Safety,” for attaining and sustaining excellence in accountability measure performance for Pneumonia, Surgical Care and Immunization.

Milford Hospital is one of only nine hospitals in Connecticut and 1,043 hospitals in the United States to achieve the 2014 Top Performer distinction, hospital officials state.

The Top Performer program recognizes hospitals for improving performance on evidence-based interventions that increase the chances of healthy outcomes for patients with certain conditions.   To be a 2014 Top Performer, hospitals had to meet three performance criteria based on 2014 accountability measure data, including:

Achieving cumulative performance of 95% or above across all reported accountability measures;

Achieving performance of 95% or above on each and every reported accountability measure where there were at least 30 denominator cases; and

Having at least one core measure set that had a composite rate of 95% or above, and within that measure, achieve a performance rate of 95% or above on applicable individual accountability measures.

“Delivering the right treatment in the right way at the right time is a cornerstone of high-quality health care. I commend the efforts of Milford Hospital for their excellent performance on the use of evidence-based interventions,” said Dr. Mark R. Chassin, president and CEO, The Joint Commission.

“Milford Hospital is extremely proud to be named a Top Performer again this year,” said Pelaccia.  “We realize what matters most to our patients and their families is the quality and safe care they receive at Milford Hospital. That is why we have made it a top priority to provide positive patient outcomes through evidence-based care processes. This designation recognizes the knowledge, teamwork and dedication of our entire hospital staff.”

For more information about the Top Performer program, visit http://www.jointcommission.org/accreditation/top_performers.aspx.

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To the Editor:

Thanks to Lisa Bull DiLullo for sharing her trip to Cuba with the Milford community.

My father was born in Cuba to an American father and Cuban mother. My grandfather wanted his son educated in the states, where he came from, so my father was sent to boarding school at the age of seven to Concord, Mass.

He came home to the “farm” (40 acres of land) for the summer and shared stories of riding horses, raising cattle and growing everything they ate. Dad and his sisters were already attending school in the Boston area when the Castro revolution took place. My grandmother smuggled her wedding ring in a sanitary pad. She lived without her husband for over 10 years in a country where she knew neither the language nor culture.

In later years, she was reunited with her sisters and brothers who found a life in America. My grandfather missed graduations, weddings and the birth of grandchildren and his children grew up without him. Finally, he gave up trying to wait out the revolution and was smuggled out of Cuba in 1965.

He held on to the deed to “his land” thinking he would return to their home. When my son was in elementary school, he’d have the assignment of what’s your heritage? Lisa captured many of the things I imagined of the people and culture. As kids, we all wanted to go back to Cuba with Dad so we could see it through his eyes, but he never had that desire. Too much had changed, and I don’t know if that brought sadness to him. He’d point to the map of the island and say “this is where I was born,” but it’s not called that anymore.

As Dad got older, he did become more “Cuban” and ate more black beans, chicken and yellow rice. Stories of the farm would start to flow over the meal.

I’ve met lots of Cubans in Connecticut who have similar stories of leaving all behind, burying their jewels/silver by a tree thinking they would be back to resume life there again. Until you have walked this “new life” America offers, do we really know what, where or how someone has lived.

I am reminded of the story my father tells landing at Logan Airport. The temperature is 55 degrees and he thinks his ears are going to freeze off.  As Lisa says, Cuba is a “place of rich community relationships, and complex history, and a determined people that has faced generations of economic scarcity.”

How different from any of the other countries we read about in today’s “revolutions”? Again, my thanks for sharing the “color” of Cuba to this community and reuniting me with Dad’s stories of “home.”

Sylvia Allen Hazard

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City Engineer Greg Pidluski, Beverly Hayes, Human Resources Director Tania Barnes and Mayor Ben Blake.

Beverly Hayes, administrative assistant in Milford’s engineering division, was named the mayor’s December employee of the month.

After a review of all of the nominations, the selection committee unanimously chose her as the winner for her outstanding work performance, professional and courteous manner, and excellent customer service, city officials said.

Mimi Mudrick, submitted the nomination recommending Hayes.

Hayes began her employment with the City of Milford on Feb. 24, 1997, as a Clerk A in the Planning and Zoning Division. Quickly establishing herself as a diligent, conscientious employee, Hayes was promoted to secretary on Nov. 17, 1997. On June 20, 2005, she was promoted to administrative assistant and went to work in the health department where she remained until Aug. 25, 2014, when she transferred to her current position with the engineering division within the Department of Public Works.

Hayes embraces change, her co-workers said.

“Her strong work ethic and unwavering can-do attitude enable her to boldly and confidently take on difficult challenges,” states a press release from the mayor’s office. “In each department Beverly has worked, she brought herself up to speed in short-order. Having exceptional organizational skills, Beverly is very astute at turning the inefficient into the efficient.”

Prior to her arrival, the engineering department and the sewer commission had four administrative employees. Hayes streamlined the work and is now the only administrative person in the department.

“She was the driving force in reorganizing the engineering offices,” city officials said. “The department now shares the same side of the building rather than being split into two offices across the hall from each other.”

Passionate about exercising, Hayes is full of energy and gets much accomplished, her co-workers said.

“Her pleasant demeanor does not go unnoticed by anyone who comes into contact with her,” co-workers said. “She always greets people with a smile and ends the encounter with ‘have a great day’.”

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Pictured left to right are Shane Bryne, Luke Karas and Melissa Santos, grade 5 students at Mathewson, holding the commemorative bricks that marked each classroom’s time capsule location.

When a lesson learned in class is transformed to a hands-on experience, it is often considered the best of both worlds. The students in grade 5 at Mathewson Elementary were able to do just that recently when their teachers gave them the opportunity to participate in a project connected to a lesson on evaluating the quality of primary sources.

Teacher Marc LaPierre had been thinking about putting together a project that demonstrated for his students the differences between secondary source versus primary source materials.

“In today’s world of instant information, it is vital for all of us to consider the quality of the source of the information we get – and whether that information is valid or not. I wanted to find a way to show students the differences in a way that was ‘up close and personal’ – and that’s where it all started,” he commented.

To celebrate the conclusion of the project, staff members posed for a photo. Pictured left to right are Mike Radcliffe, Monica Markovics, Marc LaPierre, Denise DiFederico, and Melissa Currier.

He then met with his fellow fifth grade teachers, Monica Markovics and Denise DiFederico and, together, they developed the idea of combining ‘primary source’ student writings with a time capsule project.

The teachers first had students write their own primary source material by writing about themselves and documenting, at the ripe old age of 10, what life is like for them today. Students included information about their favorite activities, favorite music groups, and snippets about their families and friends. They were also asked to include a statement reflecting what they thought the future might look like. Each student then was asked to bring in three items that represented themselves. Examples of items that were brought in included pennies (with the date of their year of birth), game pieces, hair bands, and other small items.

From there, the teachers helped the students package their materials and placed them in the class containers. The containers will be opened in 2025, ten years from now. The students will be in their early 20s by then.

To formally mark the spot where the time capsules have been buried, the students made special commemorative bricks – one for each of the three classrooms.

Principal Melissa Currier was delighted with the project and said it was a monumental one – especially this year.  “We were excited to find a way to make our mark on our school’s history. Becoming a K-5 elementary school this year made this event very meaningful and purposeful for our students. We look forward to seeing what life was like – as described by ourselves — when we come back to open the capsules 10 years from now.”

LaPierre added, “The purpose and goal behind the project was to create an authentic experience so the children could get a real appreciation for what a primary source is all about. They wrote stories about what their life is like in Milford as well as what they did in the summer.”

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