Sen. Cicarella Honors North Haven’s Tessa Hallinan at 2026 Kid Governor Inauguration
Tessa Hallinan, a student at Green Acres Elementary School, was elected by fifth graders across Connecticut to serve as the state’s 2026 Kid Governor.
Tessa Hallinan, a student at Green Acres Elementary School, was elected by fifth graders across Connecticut to serve as the state’s 2026 Kid Governor.
The school has earned School of Distinction status for three consecutive years.
The class organized the drive to highlight civic responsibility and the importance of community service.
Connectivity project to link Town Center with school campuses.

In a new ritual at the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, all 94 members of the Class of 2026 stepped up to a lectern and stated their name and hometown, eliciting cheers from family and friends gathered to witness the traditional White Coat Ceremony.
All donated items will be used by the United Way to supply school classrooms for the 2022-23 school year.

The event is being held at the North Haven Fair Grounds, August 13th from 1-6pm.
The training will be open to 100 front-line personnel, first-line supervisors and mental health trauma response teams to help them recognize and respond to significant events in EMS.
This program will explore the history and development of the rights of LGBTQ+ families, including parents and queer youth, in the United States and, specifically, in Connecticut.
The program, which is free and open to members of the public 50 years of age and over, will be open weekdays during daylight hours through the month of August.
The symposium will continue the discussion of the history of attorneys of color in Connecticut.
Designed to take the mystery and anxiety out of the home-buying process, this program is free and open to both American Eagle members and nonmembers.
The book examines the dissemination divide between people who can pay thousands of dollars for high-end business journalism and the small business owners, entrepreneurs and consumers who are no longer getting the business and economics news they need to make decisions.
The Bridging Ceremony is when Girl Scouts advance to the next level of Girl Scouts after completing two years in a level.

Emily Bazelon, a senior research scholar and lecturer in law, Truman Capote Fellow at Yale Law School and writer for The New York Times Magazine, addressed the Class of 2022 and urged the graduates to use their education to protect others.

Yale School of Medicine Professor Dr. Auguste Fortin VI addressed the graduates at the People’s United Center and reminded them that when it comes to effective patient care, the most powerful medicine evolves from care, compassion and love.