Campaigning door-to-door (and getting a warm welcome!) in July
with student campaign volunteer Seth Warner (left)

At the Southbury Memorial Day Picnic at Ballatine Park: left to right: John McCarthy, Southbury Democratic Town Committee chair Drew Morten,
Marcia and Rich Evans [Photo by Sharon Sherman]

Above, John McCarthy with the seven area high school students from Middlebury, Seymour, Southbury, and Woodbury chosen to visit Washington, DC, in June as part of the 2nd Annual Washington, DC Intern Program sponsored by the Middlebury, Seymour, Southbury, and Woodbury Democratic Town Committees.

The group met their representatives in Congress, viewed Congress in session, toured the Capitol, and visited various monuments and other points of interest. They were also treated to a visit to the US State Department (a "briefing"), which was arranged with the assistance of Ambassador McCarthy; the State Department has been officially closed to such tours since the September 11, 2001 attack.

Pictured above (Back Row): Seth Warner (Southbury), Chaperone Lesa Peters, John McCarthy, Mike Roy (Seymour) Sean Simoneau (Seymour), Chris Knobloch (Woodbury). Front Row: Bess Martin (Woodbury), and Meghan Beebe (Middlebury). Not pictured, but participating in the trip are Chaperone Mike Sturges and Chelsea Martens (Woodbury).

Above, John McCarthy signs in (left) on April 5 to work during the Town of Woodbury's Annual Spring Cleanup Day. Right, McCarthy and
volunteer Gen Dorgan collect trash along Route 317 in Woodbury on a grey, damp April morning. [Photos by Sharon Sherman]

[All photos courtesy of Peter Arnold unless otherwise attributed.]