PHOTOS: 38th Annual Milford Oyster Festival

Posted Aug 18, 2012

Photos by Mara Lavitt
The 38th Annual Milford Oyster Festival offered, among other delicious items, oysters and clams from the East Coast Shellfish Association.

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Roger Ayres of Milford left, Shane Hemphill of Cary, NC center and Kevin Kenneally of Milford right consuming some of the offerings at Milford's 38th Annual Oyster Festival. Mara Lavitt/New Haven Register 8/18/12
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Clams and oysters offered by the East Coast Shellfish Growers Assoc. at Milford's 38th Annual Oyster Festival. Anton Christen of the Union Oyster House in Boston shucks some oysters to put out for purchase. Mara Lavitt/New Haven Register 8/18/12
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Mark Koharian of West Milford, NJ visits oyster fests all through the Northeast, including Milford's 38th Annual Oyster Festival. Mara Lavitt/New Haven Register 8/18/12
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Clams and oysters offered by the East Coast Shellfish Growers Assoc. at Milford's 38th Annual Oyster Festival. Mara Lavitt/New Haven Register 8/18/12
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The first heat of the oyster shucking competition at Milford's 38th included left to right: Anton Christen of the Union Oyster House, Boston; Pedro Guzman of the Grand Central Oyster Bar, NYC; Bob Relyea of the Stonebridge Restaurant, Milford; and Deborah Pratt of Jamaica, VA. Mara Lavitt/New Haven Register 8/18/12
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The first heat of the oyster shucking competition at Milford's 38th Annual Oyster Festival included left to right: Anton Christen of the Union Oyster House, Boston; Pedro Guzman of the Grand Central Oyster Bar, NYC; Bob Relyea of the Stonebridge Restaurant, Milford; and Deborah Pratt of Jamaica, VA. Mara Lavitt/New Haven Register 8/18/12
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The first heat of the oyster shucking competition at Milford's 38th Annual Oyster Festival included Bob Relyea of the Stonebridge Restaurant, Milford. Mara Lavitt/New Haven Register 8/18/12
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The first heat of the oyster shucking competition at Milford's 38th Annual Oyster Festival was won by Anton Christen of the Union Oyster House, Boston. Mara Lavitt/New Haven Register 8/18/12