Byline: Carol Robidoux

The 31st Annual Trinity High School Golf Tournament sold out and exceeded its goal of raising $25,000 for the school’s Trinity Fund, which benefits students in need. In addition to the proceeds from the tournament and silent auction, the school this year accepted a $125,000 contribution from downtown business owner Ed Baroody, who attended the event to present an actual big check and say a few words in the spirit of community.

If you’ve never seen a conveyor belt of cats and dogs being unloaded from a chartered airplane into the waiting arms of animal lovers whose job it will be to find them forever homes, it looks a lot like hope. On Aug. 2 that hopeful scene unfolded at Wiggins Aviation at the Boston-Manchester Regional Airport.