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Volume 17, Number 36
Friday, September 9, 2022
Labor Day car show brings back memories
BACK TO WORK
By Nicole Zappone The Citizen
It felt like a scene from the movie “American Graffiti” as vintage cars of all makes and models filled the parking lot of the high school for the 15th annual North Haven Police Labor Day weekend car show. “I think this is absolutely wonderful, and we had a great turnout,” said Robin Gideon of DooWop Cruisers, a local car club and cosponsor of Sunday’s event. About 215 cars in total were on display for the show, the sixth year the annual car show has been held at the high school.
Kevin Troski shows off his 1979 Chevy Nova at the 15th annual Labor Day weekend car show hosted by the North Haven Police Department, Doo Wop Cruisers and the Governor’s Foot Guard. Photos by Nicole Zappone, The Citizen
Food was available for purchase from JRoos Restaurant and Joe’s Ice Cream.
Clearly, some youngsters at Clintonville Elementary School will have to get used to rising early on weekdays. North Haven public schools welcomed students back on Wednesday, Aug. 31. “The first day of school is always an exciting and somewhat magical time of the year when students and staff come to school with hopes and dreams of the year ahead,” Clintonville Principal Lauretta Dowling said. “I love being a principal and feel so fortunate to welcome returning students and new students and their families and support them as they travel on their journey of learning.” Photo by Nicole Zappone, The Citizen
For some people like Kevin Troski of Wallingford, it was another day and car show to present his 1970 Chevy Nova. Troski has owned the car since 1989. “It was a good turnout,” Troski said. “We do a couple of local car shows with the Nova.” The parking lot featured several rows of classic automobiles and trucks. Several See Car show, A9
Glenn Swanson and his 2000 Volkswagon Beetle.
Reducing light pollution key to assisting migratory birds By Joy VanderLek Special to The Citizen
Each year, nearly 1 billion birds are killed flying into windows.
That startling statistic comes from the Audubon Society’s Project Safe Flight initiative, one of many bird strike tracking programs helping to raise public awareness and create
steps to minimize such bird deaths. Getting the word out on a local and regional level is Lights Out CT. The group’s co-chairs are Meredith
Barges, Yale Divinity School (Class of 2023), a student researcher with the Yale Bird-Friendly Building Initiative; and Craig Repasz, who is afSee Birds, A8