Wilmington Good Guy Award Recipients
The “Good Guy” award is given annually to an outstanding citizen who lives in the Wilmington and gives of himself or herself to make the community a better place in which to live. A committee composed of previous Good Guys selects the winner each year based on nomination letters acknowledging the contributions of a candidate.
2010s
2019 Mike Burns
2018 Dianna DiGregorio
2017 Becky McGrath
2016 Scott Garrant
2015 Anne St. Onge
2014 Bernie Nally
2013 Steve Bjork
2012 Charlotte Stewart
2011 Jomarie O’Mahony
2010 Chris Neville
1990s
1999 Chip Bruce
1998 Bill Ross
1997 Phyllis Vieira
1996 Jim Buckley
1995 Ed Whitney
1994 Les White
1993 Tom Pazyra
1992 Jim Hatchey and Robert DiPalma
1991 Irene Brennan
1990 Harry Cunningham
1970s-First Years
1979 Rico Catalano
1978 John Brown
1977 Josephine O’Neil and Larry Noel
1976 Frank Sferrazza
1975 Richard Duggan
1974 Marion Boylen
1973 Carl and Hazel Backman
1972 Raymond McNamara
1971 Lillian Woodside
1970 Ralph Ambrose
1968-1969 No awards given
1967 Rocco DePasquale
2000s
2009 John Arvantis
2008 Ed Celli
2007 Brian Anderson
2006 Louis Cimaglia
2005 Chuck and Matt DiPasquale
2004 William and Barbara Hooper
2003 Paul and Sandra Curtin
2002 Charles “Mickey” Rooney
2001 Richard Grinder
2000 Joan Searfoss
1980s
1989 Ivan Palmer
1988 Paul Bova
1987 Lillian Brown
1986 Judith DiPalma
1985 Frank Kelley
1984 Ken Spinelli
1983 Bob Shelley
1982 Jean Muise
1981 No Award
1980 Jack Cushing