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| Dinner organizers Brian Gilson and Kevin Recca greeting the dinner attendees |
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| Capt. Ed Evers and Lieut Mike Dowling, pipers with the Connecticut Pipes and Drums, getting prepared to open the dinner. |
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| Local 2687 Veep, Ff. Dave Beaton, as always, did a fine job emceeing. |
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| Mayor Curt Balzano-Leng |
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| Town Clerk Vera Morrison |
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| Angela and Commr. Jim O'Brien, Mayor Leng, Commr. Dick Reilly and Anne Balogh |
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| Commission Chairman and Mrs. Henry Candido & and Cmmr. and Mrs. Eric Curtis. |
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| Town Clerk Vera Morrison and husband John |
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| Ruth & Lenny Lye - good friends of Hamden firefighters |
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Honorees from Dinners Past
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Department chaplain Rev. Owen Sanderson is recovering from a broken hip. A thoughtful invocation was offered by
retiree Tony Melillo, a 1997 dinner honoree, who is a deacon in his church in New Hampshire.
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| Betty & Tom Doherty (1997 dinner honoree) |
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| Chick Manware (1997 dinner honoree) & Bobby Slater (1982 dinner honoree) |
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| Peggy & Augie Williams (2005 dinner honoree) |
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| Barb & Dave Johnson (1999 dinner honoree) |
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| Linda & Bob Mordecai (2005 dinner honoree) |
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| Mike Murray (2005 dinner honoree) and Tony "Moonman" Melillo (1997 dinner honoree) |
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| Jimmy & Debbie Dunlop (2007 dinner honoree) |
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| Bob & Debbie Surprise (2014 dinner honoree) |
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| Bill & Cindy Fitzmaurice (2016 dinner honoree) |
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| Sam & Katherine DeBurra (2016 dinner honoree) |
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| Dave Proulx (right), a 2015 dinner honoree, shoots the breeze with Lieut. Jay Matthews and another colleague. |
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| Chief & Mrs. David Berardesca |
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| Cheryl & Deputy Chief Gary Merwede |
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| Jessica and B/C Rich Otlowski |
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| Elizabeth Caiafo and Capt. Adam Barletta |
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| Lieut. Jay and Maureen Matthews |
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| Lieut. Jeff & Carissa Naples |
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| Jaime and Lt. Dave Wood |
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| Local 2687 President, Ff. Kurt Vogt and daughter Brittany |
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| Nancy & Ff. Nelson Hwang |
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| Ff. Kevin Recca and Angela Lea |
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| Ff. Brian & Jacque Gilson |
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| Carol and Supt. Jim LaFond |
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| Ff. Pete Lynch & his lady |
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| Ff. Matt Kellick with his fiancee and friend |
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| Ff. Doug O'Rourke, DJ par excellence, did what he always does so well. Nice! |
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| Hey, hey, hey |
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| Put on some Elvis, then watch "the Aug" prove that he still has it! |
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| Thanks to the Dinner Committee, these "retirees" girls sold a few copies of Hamden Firefighting for the HFRA. |
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