Sokol’s Taekwondo in Naugatuck held a color belt rank testing for 50 students April 18. -CONTRIBUTED
Dolly Lengyel, owner of Personal Pampering Salon in Naugatuck, right, presented a workshop on nail care, skin and hair care May 19 at the Naugatuck Senior Center. Twenty participants received a complimentary manicure and makeup consultation, gift bags of hair products and shampoo. Lengyel also catered a luncheon for those attending the event. -CONTRIBUTED BY HARVEY LEON FRYDMAN
Glendale Center in Naugatuck held an art show May 12 as part a week-long celebration, which featured daily events and activities, of National Nursing Home Week. -CONTRIBUTED
Cathy Van Epps, a library assistant at the Whittemore Library, introduces Mya Ebangelista, 4, and Nathaniel Martin, 2, both of Naugatuck, to a frog puppet June 2 during the weekly story time at the library in Naugatuck. Van Epps read books about frogs during the story time. –LUKE MARSHALL
Prospect Youth Services hosted a program for fifth-graders with Kelly’s Kids Inc., a Prospect-based animal therapy program that teaches children about bullying and aims to boost their emotional well-being, June 2 at the Prospect Grange. –LUKE MARSHALL
Prospect Youth Services hosted a program for fifth-graders with Kelly’s Kids Inc., a Prospect-based animal therapy program that teaches children about bullying and aims to boost their emotional well-being, June 2 at the Prospect Grange. –LUKE MARSHALL
Country 92-5, an iHeart Media Radio Station, and Anheuser Busch’s Budweiser, recently hosted a Welcome Home a Hero promotion during which listeners were encouraged to submit a story of a hero/soldier/veteran/marine they are welcoming home. Jimmy Tompkins from Prospect won the grand prize, which was round trip airfare to St. Louis, a private tour of the Anheuser Busch Brewery and a St. Louis Cardinals game. Tompkins, a 2012 graduate of Woodland Regional High School, joined the U.S. Marines in December 2012 and has served two deployments. Tompkins was serving on active duty when he was announced as the winner and could not accept the trip. The prize was offered to Tompkins’ parents, Kimberly and Jim Tompkins, a U.S. Army veteran. Kimberly and Jim Tompkins were flown to St. Louis and surprised during the start of the seventh inning of the Cardinals game when a video recording of Jimmy Tompkins thanking his parents for all they have done was played on the Jumbo-tron. Pictured, from left, Kimberly Tompkins, Jim Tompkins, Lauren Tompkins, Cpl. Jimmy Tompkins, Broadway and Ryan Donohue from Country 92-5. -CONTRIBUTED
Hop Brook Elementary School students read to and wrote poems for members of the Naugatuck Emblem Club May 12 to thank the club for its help. The club has provided the school with backpacks, money for the book fair and gave Thanksgiving and Easter baskets for families in need. -CONTRIBUTED
Sokol’s Taekwondo in Naugatuck held a color belt rank testing for 50 students April 18. -CONTRIBUTED
The Naugatuck U16 boys soccer team finished 3-1 overall and second in its group in the Region 1 Presidents Cup Memorial Day weekend. The team, which qualified for the tournament by winning the Connecticut Cup last spring, was second in goals scored in the tournament with nine and tied for first in goals against with two. Pictured, front row from left, Pedro DeSouza, Antonio DaMelio, Devon Curtis, Marco Mendes, PJ Morrissey, Adam Antunes, Jacob Dimechele, Diego Taveria, Christian Bustamante; back row from left, coach Jaime Perriera, AJ Oliveira, Yan Silva, Brandon Veira, Alex Ribeiro, Filipe Dutra, Xavier Gibson, David Ruela, coach Beto Fernandes and coach Erico Taveria.-CONTRIBUTED
Sokol’s Taekwondo in Naugatuck held a color belt rank testing for 50 students April 18. -CONTRIBUTED
Glendale Center in Naugatuck held an art show May 12 as part a week-long celebration, which featured daily events and activities, of National Nursing Home Week. -CONTRIBUTED
Prospect Youth Services hosted a program for fifth-graders with Kelly’s Kids Inc., a Prospect-based animal therapy program that teaches children about bullying and aims to boost their emotional well-being, June 2 at the Prospect Grange. –LUKE MARSHALL
Larry Hanlon, of the Naugatuck Knights of Columbus, presents a check for $2,007 to Trudy Segla of Naugatuck Special Olympics and the Naugatuck Special Olympics team. The funds were raised through the Knights’ annual Tootsie Roll Fund Drive. -CONTRIBUTED
