Thank you for sharing your works of art – writing to us about why your Dad is Tops.  Contest winners are listed on page 4.  A special thanks to our sponsors:  Hard Rock Café, Fisherman Restaurant, Shennecossett Golf Course, Defenders, We-Tu Bait & Tackle, Foxwoods Resort Casino, Brustolon Buick Pontiac GMC, Universal Food Store, and Mohegan Sun.

The ribbon was cut on May 27 and the doors of the Robert A. Granato Senior Center, Pawcatuck, officially opened.  Bob Granato, a longtime fellow Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center board member and volunteer would be very proud of this completed $1.1M project, which he spearheaded.  See page 7.

Mark your calendars for another M.A.S.H. gala at Enders Island, Mystic.  It’s going to be a big cook-off contest between Chefs Jamie Fowler, Noah’s Restaurant, Stonington, and Andrew Madsen, The Blue Door, Mystic, doing their best with sous chefs Kevin Rogers, elementary school teacher and bartender at BravoBravo, and guess who?  Me!  Come out and see us on Friday, June 12th.  It’s a fabulous event on page 9 and for a good cause.

Check out our Achievers – new Eagle Scouts, Odd Fellows, new Commander for USS Hartford and Hospice Nurses receive certification-all on page 4.

As of July 1st, you won’t have to travel to New Haven to devour Pepe’s famous pizza.  Mohegan Tribal Chairman Bruce “Two Dogs” Bozsum, helped shovel the coal into the ovens at Pepe’s Pizzeria in Mohegan Sun.  Take a sneak preview on page 10.

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