Owen Heffron, a senior from Darien, is the winner of the 2026 Bo Kolinsky Sports Media Scholarship. Owen Heffron, a senior at Darien High School, has been selected as the 25th recipient of the Bohdan Kolinsky Memorial Sports Media Scholarship from the Connecticut Sports Media Alliance. Owen was chosen from a competitive, statewide pool of applicants. The scholarship provides a one-time award of $3,000 to a high school senior from Connecticut who is admitted to an accredited f

Connecticut Sports Media Alliance Four members of the Connecticut Sports Media Alliance were recognized with Excellence in Journalism awards by the Connecticut chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists in their recent competition. Vickie Fulkerson of the Day in New London, Jimmy Zanor of the Norwich Bulletin, Gerry deSimas, Jr., of the Collinsville Press and Rick Wilson from Litchfield County Sports were each recognized in the 2025 Excellence in Journalist contest.