AREA PEOPLE OF NOTE

• The city and the West Haven Veterans Council commemorated Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day at the West Haven Veterans Museum & Learning Center on Dec. 7. The ceremony, traditionally held on the Veterans Walk of Honor in Bradley Point Park, was moved indoors because of rain. Before a gathering of veterans, city and state officials, and residents, Councilman Gary Donovan, D-at large, read prepared remarks on behalf of Mayor Nancy R. Rossi honoring the American patriots who made the ultimate sacrifice 81 years ago during Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Veterans Council Vice President Al Beck Sr., an Army veteran of the Vietnam War, led the crowd in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, and President Dave Ricci, a Marine Corps Vietnam vet, and O’Brien laid a wreath. The ceremony was attended by state Reps. Charles J. Ferraro, R-West Haven, and Treneé McGee, D-West Haven; City Clerk Patricia C. Horvath; city Tax Collector Dorothy Chambrelli; city Human Resources Commissioner Beth A. Sabo; and Treasurer John Carew and Secretary Herbert Hill of the First Fire Taxation District’s Board of Fire Commissioners.

First-year Quinnipiac University nursing students Nick Heisler, left, and Bertali White were among the Quinnipiac Student Nurses Association members who recently made 30 blankets to donate to Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. QSNA strives to make a positive impact by uniting Quinnipiac’s nursing, inter-professional health science and medical communities with the surrounding communities.