Lisa Reisman

5 Months 10 Years 2 hours

2015 Santa Fe Writers Project Award Winner

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"Those in search of another treacly cancer memoir need not even glance at this... Reisman's unflinching and moving tale puts to rest the image of patient as warrior. By linking her own ordeal to the triathlon she took on to mark her 10-year anniversary, she reveals the true nature of cancer survival — not as a triumph of epic valor, but as a feat of endurance, forbearance and true grit."

—Lisa Sanders, MD, New York Times columnist and fellow cancer survivor

Stars of Stage, Print, Screen, and the Battlefield (and Saints)

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar * Jill Abramson * Julie Andrews * Apollo5 * Rani Arbo * Lucie Arnaz *
Beatrice Fox Auerbach * Nicholson Baker * Martin Barre * Cherie Blair * Karla Bonoff * Tyler Booker * Jimmy Breslin * Ruby Bridges * Jonatha Brooke * Christopher Buckley * Billy Don Burns * Molly Carr * Carlene Carter * Rosanne Cash * Marcia Clark * Chris Cleave * Darlingside * Rebecca de Almeida * Iris DeMent * Gabby Douglas * Alan Doyle * Ronnie Earl * Jonathan Edwards  * Nora Ephron * Mark Erelli * Nicole Frechette * Dena Freeman-Patton * Dana Fuchs * Girls Guns and Glory * Julia Glass * Julia Greeley * Goodnight Moonshine * Gloria Govrin * Grand Slambovians * Florence Griswold * Tania Grossinger * Amy Helm * Lara Herscovitch * Anita Hill * Honey Dewdrops * Griffin House * Arianna Huffington * Gwen Ifill * Tommy James & the Shondells * Laney Jones * Rickie Lee Jones * Tommy Lee Jones * Sebastian Junger * Lucy Kaplansky & Richard Shindell * Mary Karr * Ted Kennedy, Jr. * Jhumpa Lahiri * Rocky Lawrence * Low Lily * Marlee Matlin * Meadows Brothers * Nellie McKay * Lori McKenna * Karl Marlantes * Sara Mearns * Melanie * Luke Messac * Honor Moore * Montford Point Marines * Toni Morrison * Constance Baker Motley * Ralph Nader * Anna Nalick * New Duke jazz ensemble * NRBQ * Nitty Gritty Dirt Band * Joyce Carol Oates * Maura O'Connell and Karan Casey * Christine Ohlman * R.J. Palacio * Ellis Paul * Tammy Pescatelli * Bucky Pizzarelli * Christopher Plummer * Plywood Cowboy * Michael Pollan * Po’ Ramblin’ Boys * Presley & Taylor * Quebe Sisters * Red Molly * Leon Redbone * Martha Redbone * Victoria Redel * Stephen Peter Rodgers * A Roomful of Blues * Royal Southern Brotherhood * Tom Rush * Salmon Rushdie * Richard Russo * Rusted Root * Curt Schilling * The Secret Sisters * Scott Sharrard * Carly Simon * Meryl Streep * Ben Taylor * Livingston Taylor * Mel Thomas * Bobby Torello * Tony Trischka * Florence Wald * Lindsey Webster * Cheryl Wheeler * Wendy Whelan * Michael Jai White * Ella Wheeler Wilcox * Bernie Williams * Beverly Willis * George Winston * Yale Whiffenpoofs

Merchants and other Concerns

A’s Unique Boutique * Academy on the Green * Ace Trailer Leasing * American Association of University Woman * Amy’s Active Learning * The Amistad * Andalouse Freshop * The Andriole Group * A New Beginning Recovery Houses * Annie Mame Boutique * A Place Called Hope * Apple Rehab Chesterfields * Apricus, Inc. * Ashley’s Ice Cream * Atelier Cue * Atticus Market * Auger Farm * A&M Foreign Automotive * Avant Garde Wellness Center * Bark & Vine indoor plant shop * Beach Donut * BE Free Church: Night for Ukraine * Big Barn Project * B&M Deli * Beaver Hills Block Party * Big Connect Business Expo - Women’s Power Panel * The Big Connecticut Food Event * Bill Miller’s Castle * Bill's Seafood * Bitta-Blue Farm * The Black Corner Store * Branford Arts and Cultural Alliance * Branford B!@ches Facebook Group * Branford Board of Ed candidates * Branford Book & Card Shoppe * Branford Clothing Bank * Branford Dental Care * Branford Diaper Bank * Branford Early Learning Center, Free Store * Branford Early Learning Center, free holiday shopping spree * Branford Early Learning Center, Mother’s Day with Garden Club * Branford Festival Craft Expo * Branford Fire Department * Branford Food Pantry * Branford Forum * Branford Garden Club * Branford Gets Fed Benefit * Branford Landing Marina * Branford Optometric Associates * Branford Point House * Branford VFW 12106 * Branford VFW 12106 -Welcome Home Vietnam Vets Day Breakfast* Brazi’s Italian Restaurant * Breakfast Connections * Breakthrough Church * Breakwater Books * Brian Cody’s Brothers and Sisters Foundation * BROTworkshop * The Buzzstop * The Cannon * Capone's Pizza Route 80 * Carlson’s Landing * Cavaliere’s Market (Wooster Square) * Cecarelli’s Harrison Hill Farm * Center for Inclusive Growth * Charlie's Closet * Child Care for CT’s Future - “Morning Without Childcare” rally * City Angels Baseball Academy * Clinton Bible Fellowship * Colors in the Wind Kite Shop * Community Dining Room * Community Dining Room, Tuesday night dinners * Conn CAT * ConnCORP * CT Cycle Center * CT Experiential Learning Center * CT HBCU Alumni Network * CT Hospice * CT Hospice - infrastructure grant * CT Modern furniture * CT Mustangs semi-pro football team * Community Health Care Van (for newborns) * Community Health Care Van (AMR) * Contois Tavern * The Cove Center for Grieving Children * Crump Clockmakers * Dances with Wood * Dancing with the Cowboy * Dangle’s Bar & Grill * Darbar India * DA’W.O.R.L.D. menswear * Deke’s Bagels * Devil’s Diet Dessert Bar * District Arts & Education * Dixwell “Q” House Community Center * Dixwell Q House Center - Winter Wonderland Celebration * Dope N Delicious * Dog training by Michelle * Doma on Main * Dope ‘N’ Delicious * D’Orlando’s Pizza * Dudley Farm Museum * Dueling Pianos * Dutch Wharf Boatyard & Marina * Eastern CT Ballet * Eastern Rehabilitation Blind Center * East Haven Bocce League * East Haven Fall Festival * East Haven High School Career & Technical Education Program * East Rock Community Management Team * Eat Up Catering * Eat Up Foundation * Edible Couture * Elks Club East Rock Lodge #141 * Elis for Rachael * Engineering and Science University Magnet School * Fabrique/Women in Business * Family Eyecare * Fatto a Mano * Feed Branford Kids * Ferrara Elementary School * Fire in the Kitchen Pizza truck * Fitness on the Water * Flatbrook Farm soapmakers * Florence Griswold Museum * FReSH-taurant * Friends Center - New Haven * Friends Center Flint Street * Frosty’s Food Giveaway * Four Seasons Market * G Cafe Bakery * G Cafe Bistro * Gallery 35 * Gather New Haven * Genaros Pizza & Italian Restaurant * Glass Dance Studio * Goffe Street Park * Gorilla Lemonade * Gorilla Lemonade at Yale * Grand Avenue shopping district * Green Hill Martial Arts Academy * The Greek Olive * Greg’s Tailor Shop * Grey Goat Farmtique * Guilford Athletic Center * Guilford Coin Exchange * Guilford Friends of the Library * Hammonasset Crossfit * Healthy Way Chinese food cart * Hillhouse High School track & field program * Hill South Community Management Team * Hiptonic Hoopla * Home restaurant * Idlenot Farm * Igniting Talent micro-internship program * Iwo Jima Survivors Association * Iwo Jima-World War II Museum on Wheels * Jazzy’s Cabaret * JB Sports * J.C. ArtGlass Designs * J & E Auto Group * JodiFit * Joint Effort * Joint Effort at 10 * Jordan’s Hot Dogs & Mac * Joyride Charters * The Juice Co. * Kaiyden’s Coffee * KC's Nails * Katharine Hepburn Museum * Kevin Barry Construction * Kiss Cafe * KUR Recovery Spa * La Cuisine Cafe & Market * La Luna Ristorante * Lakeside Feed * Lady Steelers Cheer Team * Lanphier Cove summer retreat * Latincolors Magazine * Legacy Theatre * The Links, New Haven Chapter * Lisa's Bike and Bootcamp * Little Whimsy Boutique Bakery * Lobster Shack * Lost in New Haven Museum - Benedict Arnold * Louie’s Watch Repair * Lucy's Tailor * Lunablooms Flower Farm * Lynn’s Deli * Macey’s Mittens * Made in Greenwood * Malleable Iron Fittings * Manjares Cafe & Tapas Bar * “Marblehead”: the movie * Marshmallow Juice Bar * Mary’s Culinary Classes * Meals on Wheels * MINIPNG custom designs * Mission of Mercy Dental Clinic * Mosaico Venezuelan Street Food * Mosaico Frozen * MADD * Move to Heal at Shoreline Crossfit * M.N. Reale Construction * Naan Kabab Cuisine * National Iwo Jima Memorial * Newhallville Bike Box Co-op * Newhallville Holiday Fest * NH Botanical Garden of Healing * New Haven Free Public Library, Ives Main Branch * NH Green Christmas tree lighting * NH Steelers Pop Warner Youth Football Team I * NH Steelers Pop Warner Youth Football Team II * NH Youth, Family & Community Engagement Team * New Haven Road Race * Newman Architects * North Pole Express and other CT Christmas excursions * Opera Theater of CT * Orangetheory Guilford * Otoulouse * Owenego Inn * Painted Doors of Branford * Papa Spyros Olive Oil * Parent Leadership Training Institute * Payne Building Movers * Pearl Wine Bar * Pennache Hair Salon * Perfectly Planned Parties by Andrea * Perkatory Coffee Roasters * Petra Construction - Yale Toy Closet * Pickleball northeast regional championships * Pickleville CT * Polson Middle School Peer Helpers * P.S. Fine Stationers * Pull Rowing * Quarry Park Preserve * Quilts of Valor Foundation * Recycling Partnership’s Every Bottle Back Initiative * Reverie Kitchen * Redemption House * Richlin Home & Auto * Ricky's Guitar Studio  * R.J. Julia Booksellers * Riverwind Inn * Rosello's Pizzeria * Rosette Neighborhood Village * St. George Church * Saint Stephen’s AME Zion Church * SARAH's Cupboard Thrift Shop * Scarpellino’s Sub Shop * Scranton Memorial Library * Seaside Home & Gifts * Shelley's Garden Center * Shelley’s Garden Center - closing * Sherkaan Indian street food * Shoetique * Shoreline Sailing Club * Shoreline Soup Kitchens & Pantries * Shoreline Trolley Museum * Shoreline Village CT * Shoreline Village CT at 10 * ”Silent Sentinels” * Sigma Gamma Rho, New Haven Chapter * Sin Sisters Band * Sin Sisters Band - New England Music HOF * Solar Youth Trailblazers * SCSU veterans’ wheelchair basketball team * Spectrum Art Gallery * The Stand BBQ joint * The Stand (under new management) * Strawberry Hollow Farm * Stony Creek Fife & Drum Corps * Stony Creek Fife & Drum Corps national muster * Stony Creek Quarry * Stop the Violence, Start the Love Basketball Tournament * Strega Restaurant * Strong as a Mother Fitness * SWANA * Sweet 2 The Soul * Tail to Paw Animal Support * Take A Vet Fishing * Thimble Islands Cruises * Time A Tell Smoke Shop and Clothing * Tommy Sulllivan’s Cafe * Top Notch Haircutters * The Towers at Tower Lane * Trinity Stretch Studio * Trinity Stretch Studio, part deux * Tripledale Farm for mammoth donkeys * TrueForm Studio * Turq Cell cell phone repairs * Tuttle Elementary School Little Free Library * Tyler Booker Football Camp * Unicorr Packaging Group * Upon This Rock Ministries * Van Wilgen’s Garden Center * Veteran Angler Charters * West Haven Veterans Museum * West River Watershed Coalition * Westville Community Nursery School * Wilcox Energy * Courtland S. Wilson branch library * Wilson Branch Library - 3 Kings Day * Windowmaster woodworkers * The Wine Thief * “Women Tell” storytelling series * Wooster Street Bocce League * Wooster Square Cherry Blossom Festival * World War II Memorial Monument in Branford * YNH Childrens’ Hospital Toy Closet * Yarn Basket * Zane's Cycles * Zinc New Haven

Townspeople

Kwadwo Adae, muralist and street artist * Emilie Agamie, founder, Emilie’s Shelf - trial-sized personal care items * Louise Anderson, Dudley Farm Book Committee * Cheryl Andresen, altruistic Branford B#!% * Pat Andriole, supercitizen * Ted Aub, champion for veterans * Ken Avery, Stony Creek Fife & Drum Corps * Vanessa Avery, first Black US Attorney in CT * Charlotte & Molly Babbin, young gun control activists * Sally Bahner, author of love story with cats * Virginia Baltay, queen of pressure cookers * Roseann Baroncini, Branford Book & Card * Judith Barron, Community Dining Room executive director * Myron "Beau" Beaudin, custodian * Ellen Berman, nonagenarian anti-gun violence advocate * Rich Biondi, author * Bill Black, accountant - author of thriller * Ellen Black, shepherdess * Ellen Black, remembrance * Lary Bloom, author, newhavenophile * John “Pop” Boboc, soldier at Normandy * Jane Bouley, town historian * Billye Bradley, Yale NH Hospital Toy Closet * Joe Briganti, assistant principal who authored thriller * Earle Brockway, legendary oyster boat builder * Bill Brody, World War II soldier in France and Germany * Bill Brody, octogenarian woodcarver * Bill Brody, recipient of quilt of valor * Bea Brown, beloved first grade teacher, Hall of Famer * Diane X. Brown and Honda Smith, New Haven icons * Tabitha Brown, beloved Community Dining Room coordinator * Wanda Bubriski, exuberant voting rights activist * Jeff Buggee, Take A Vet Fishing co-founder * Cheri Burton, Guilford Interfaith Volunteers * John Bysiewicz, race organizer * Ben Callahan, The Littlest Angel * Alphonse Camera, art teacher inspiring generations of artists * Rachel & Josh Cappello, mother and son who beat astroblastoma * Kerry Cancroft & Meg Pennington, Shoreline ironwomen * Sergio Cano, Iraq-Afghanistan war hero * Laurence Cappezone, postal worker * Lori Chamberlain, teacher & MADD advocate * Beth Chandler, president-CEO, YW Boston * Barbara and John Clark, Feed Branford Kids * Susan Clinard, sculptor of Newtown tragedy * Becky Christmas, Gold Star mother * Fred Christmas, community organizer, alder hopeful for 21st ward * Meghan Coady, healthy-minded fitness enthusiast * Roxanne Coady, powerhouse bibliophiliac * Anne Coffey, watercolorist and collage artist * Christy Colasurdo, farm-to-table aficionado * Mark Colville, Amistad Catholic Worker House * Carol Cornachini, shoe store owner-Pilates master * Frank Corso, Iwo Jima survivor * Antoinette "Toni" Coleman, World War II army nurse * Annie Collier, Stony Creek Quilters * Stephanie Covington, from homeless to home-owning Army veteran * James Edward Creamer, Vietnam War POW * Trish Criscuolo, hit-and-run victim * Jayne Crowley, creator of stained glass door * Anthony “Bud” Cudgma, quiet Vietnam War hero * David Cundy, author of whimsical childrens book * Al Daniels, jug band artist * David Daniels III, retired Bridgeport cop, author * Anthony “Unk” DaRos, former Branford first selectman * Jack Davis, civic leader * Matt Debacco, giant pumpkin grower * Debbie DeLillo, crafter with Yankee ingenuity * Rick DelValle, 12 years clean and sober, owner of 5 sober houses * Paula Ann DeMonico, musician inspiring seniors to sing * David Demres & David Ellis, elite triathletes * August DeSantis, young philanthropist * Sylvia DeSantis, award-winning longevity expert * Mahalia Desruisseaux, leader in convalescent plasma research * Steven DiGiovanni, New Haven artist * Leslie Dockendorff, odds-surmounting grandmother * Jane Dougherty & Barbara Racette, Blue Star Mothers * Jane Dougherty, Quilts of Valor Foundation * Patty Dowling, Shoreline Soup Kitchen * Mark Dudley, Dudley Farm Harvest Day * Dawn Duques, Madison Beach Hotel * Sue Egan, Charlie's Closet * John Elliott, rare book collector * Elizabeth Dock Early, Nepal earthquake survivor * Eileen Eder, acclaimed landscape artist * Sharon Eleazar and Deborah Brooks-Rodriguez, wounded warriors * Brett Elliott, indefatigable leader of The Kate * Kathleen Esposito, proud niece of WWII soldier * Francine Farkas Sears, polished hostess * Francine Farkas Sears, Girl Scouts “Women Who Shine” award winner * Nancy Farnan, peaceful protester * Leslie Faticone, 41-year-old undergraduate * Barbara Fenton, artist * Alexis Ferreira & AvaRose Anastasio, students taking their talents to China * Fiona Firine, For Cameron to stop opioid abuse * Charleen Fischer & Janet Schmitt, Quilt of Valor recipients * Elizabeth Fischer, centenarian with a front row to history * Kayla Florio, Benstock organizer * Howard Forman, public health expert on coronavirus * Jane Frankenberger, restaurant manager extraordinaire * Matt Frenza, crusading tennis coach * Matt Gagliardi, hockey-stick-taping philanthropist * Lynda Gardner, ex-prisoner * Marissa “Sasha” Gelband, psychotherapist on managing anxiety * Celeste “CeCe” Staten Gilchrist, beloved New Haven crossing guard * Mark Gilhuly, legendary race announcer * Roberta Gill-Brooks, first Black tax collector in Branford * Susie Gowrie, therapy dog owner * Madeline Guarraia, inspiration for toy drives * Giovanna Guerrero-Medina & Adry Sotolongo, activists for Puerto Rico  * Laura Gunneson, Shoreline Children’s Clothing Exchange * Amy Graver, Branford Garden Club * Mark Gravino, impresario * Kristen Griffin, metalsmith * Maria Hacker, Branford Dental Care * Martha Haeseler, market master, Dudley Farm farmers' market * Mark Hally, Eagle Scout leading Wreaths Across America Day initiative * John Hammarlund, Guilford Fair * Ken Hardy, disabled veteran with a sunny outlook * Jodi Harrison-Bauer, 58-year-old SI swimsuit edition contestant * LaResse Harvey, prison reform activist * Marcus Harvin, founder of FReshSTart, indomitable leader * Amy Healy & Amanda Waggoner, North Guilford Nursery School * Lee Heckendorf, epistolarian  * Megan Helbig, mother of two with meningioma * Maureen Herbert & Diane Petra, YNH Children’s Hospital Toy Closet * B. Joan Hickey, landscape artist * Ann Holcomb, oldest living student at County Road School * Amy Hollis, keeping the shoreline nourished * Jocelyn Hudson-Brown, Army veteran with brain aneurysm * Lyudmila Huseynova & Anna Olsen, former civilian hostage & POW in War Against Ukraine * John Hurlburt, WWII Army Sgt with remains returned after 77 years * Michael Imperati, bocce player with asbestosis * Pastor Wayne Jacobson, Creeker * Woodrow James, Air Force veteran * Amy Johansson, neighbor helping neighbors * Gunnar Johnson, ballroom dancer extraordinaire * Peg Johnson, Branford Compassion Club * Isidore Juda, Holocaust survivor * Ava Rose Juliano, six-year-old steward of Little Free Library * Madelyn Kavanaugh, children's book author * Brian Kelley, Lorenzo's Oil survivor-hero * John Kessler, proud father of ICU nurse on Covid-19 ward * Meg Kilgore, advocate for single-use plastic bag ban * Bobby Komar, postal clerk * Mary Kordak, expert on Black American artists * Chuck Larkins, Army veteran-quilter * Eunice Lasala, community-minded icon * Philip Lazowski, Holocaust survivor * Avery Leopoldino, pint-sized inspiration * Ira Lewis, WWII Signal Corps photographer * Agnes Lowe, 112-year-old supercentarian * Luciano Lugo, 5-year-old mask model * Krystal Luna, Bianca Apuzzo, Christy Le, spoken word poets on “Hamilton” stage * Molly Sullivan McDonald, artist of color-splashed landscapes * Joan McFarlane-Nwagboli, Clothing Bank * Cathy McGuirk, field hockey coach * Roman Makula, Army interrogator in Vietnam * Kathryn & Michele Malerba, Anginette wars warriors * Vincent Malerba, quiet humanitarian * Jim Mancini, St. George Church Italian Festival * Mark Manfredi, sober house manager * Leo Marino, Wooster Square author * Dennis Masback, painter * Laurie Massaro, New Haven Free Public Library * Lisa Massaro Martone, postal worker * Dan Masto, Sr., the singing barber * Paul Mayer, Cafe Nine * John Migliaro, well-fed Korean War veteran from classic Italian family * Ronald Miller, Vietnam War veteran * Captain Anna Milne, trailblazing female tour boat skipper * Brian Miniter, Army veteran, volunteer to Iraqi War at 59 * Kailey Mitchell, endometriosis warrior * Jacqui Montano & Megan Palluzzi, coaches of state champion Branford HS dance team * Marian Montano, daredevil guidance counselor * Marie Mordarski, gung-ho soup kitchen volunteer coordinator * ”Coach” Tony Morrissey, Brian Cody’s Law founder, anti-drug activist/juggernaut * Janice Morton, grandmother raising five kids * Michelle Mullin, Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran * Edith Nettleton, 105-year-old librarian * Craig Newton, photographer * Greg Nobile & Eamon Roche, creative restauranteurs * George Norden, fitness entrepreneur * Mike Nuzzo, auctioneer * Ann Nyberg, newscaster, vintage boutique owner * Laura Nygren, globe-trotting double bassist * Bill O’Brien, retired banker, supercitizen * Evlyn O’Brien, ubertalented young artist * Ed Ochman, fishing guru * Jennie Offredy, World War II knitter * O’Sullivan family, St. Patrick’s Day Parade * J'aime Ottaviano, baby memory books * Dottie Packer and Pam Bold, Wreaths Across America * Alex Palluzzi, Branford Community House * Jim Palmer, 65-year-old marathon rower * Diane Pappacoda, beneficent preschool director * Diane Pappacoda, Branford Education Hall of Famer * Sandy Parker, the Cove Center for Grieving Children * Beth Payne, Dudley Farm Museum * William Parsons, judge, humble life-saver * Barbara Pearce and Joe Mooney, CT Hospice * Tony Pegnataro & Malcolm Schwab, WWII radio field operators  * Lisa Pelosi, Planet Fitness employee * Shauna Pendleton, nursing student * Pastor Christine Perry, Upon This Rock Ministries * James Petela, history teacher, inspiring graduation speaker * Lisa Peterson, boot-camp trainer back from the edge * Kevin Pettis, inspiring Unified scholar-athlete * Sarah Levesh Prior, Melissa Jones School Playground * Barbara Racette, remembering the 13 killed in Kabul * Irene Racette, legally blind artist * Patti Rahl, wayfaring songbird * Luke Rasile, SWAT hero * Anthony Raucci, St. Jude Harvest Music Festival * Maureen Raucci, Smilow Closer to Free Ride * Lise Reardon, Eastern CT Ballet’s inspiring leader * Lochlin Reidy, seasoned sailor * Shane Reiner, Bruce-Springsteen stage-sharing prodigy * Bob Reinwald, Take A Vet Fishing * Marta Resnikov Reisman, whimsical artist * Tony Renzoni, rock historian * Craig Reynolds, antique farm equipment aficionado * Robert Reynolds, Army veteran * Dave Ricciardi, big-hearted accountant * Mary Jo Riddle, Branford Garden Club garden therapist * Lynn Riordan, North Branford Food Pantry * Donald Robinson, "Frozen Chosin" hero * Alcides Robles, crocheting Take a Vet Fishing veteran * Alex Robnett & Matt Stevens, comic book creators * Cathyann Roding, bandleader * Cathyann Roding, final curtain call * Lindsay Romano, special needs teacher * Mary Romano, warrior fighting deadly fentanyl * Courtney Rosenberg, creator of the “give back project” * David Rosenthal, M.D., creator of first Covid-19 facility for homeless * Steve Rowe & Katrina Bonvini, Dudley Farmers Market managers * Rev. Angela Rowley, lighting up Branford * Carol Sabia, 85-year-old supervolunteer * Joseph Sacco, M.D., chief medical office, CT Hospice, on masks * Andrea Savino, school supplies warrior * Allyx Schiavone, champion of affordable child care * Jared Schulefand, culinary artist * Jaime Sebring, national champion dance coach * Marta Slattery, Meals on Wheels * Marge & Dave Schneider, septuagenarian activists for good * Colin Sheehan, Pied Piper of Branford * Robert Shirley, Vietnam helicopter pilot awarded Bronze Star * Father Anthony Smith, Newtown vigil * Mary Kaye Dunn Smith, first hospice nurse in America * Amy Stevens, preschool teacher, marathoner * Matt Stevens, high school art gallery curator, art teacher * Gary Tercyak, Vietnam veteran * Heidi & Wyatt Teubert, owners of HGTV beach-hunting house * Vinnie Thomas, Iwo Jima survivor * Donald Timothy, Korean War veteran, youngest of 5 who served * Celia Toche, she spoke up * Clare Torelli, altruist seeking kidney donor * Leno Torelli, ex-cop turned detective * Lynn Torello, natural nail care * Christopher Tranberg, conservatory-trained musician, school superintendent * Mateo “Troy” Streater, Newhallville alder who cares * Ashtian Turner, award-winning essayist * Olivia Turtoro, budding prima ballerina * Steve Vandermaelen, master carpenter * Ed Vescovi, Ironman * Khadesia Walker, Miss New Haven * Michelle Walker, CT Hospice nurse * Terry Walter, author on eating clean and living well * Ryan Walton, electrical contractor * Gary Wanerka, beloved pediatrician * Melissa Weaving, cheerleader * Patricia Wezenski, retired school bus driver * Bruce Wilson, candidate for state senator * Mark Winik, on dogs as healers * Jim & Joan Woodman, the ensign and his nurse * Christine Woodside, Laura Ingalls Wilder historian * Gerry Wright & Ray Gustafson, advocates for victims of Agent Orange * Joy Wulke, sculptor * Bob Zettergren & Alex Palluzzi, Sr., Korean War heroes, childhood friends * Phil Zielinski, keeper of the flags

Et cetera. . .

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