Vigil for young Branford boy draws crowds of support

BRANFORD —  Crowds of people filled the town green in Branford Sunday night for an emotional vigil in honor of 10- year-old Ben Callahan.  The young boy tragically drown while swimming in the Branford river with his two brothers Friday. Among the crowd of well over a thousand people were family, friends, teammates, members of opposing sports teams, teachers, town leaders, and even strangers of the Callahan family.   Some describing him as a boy who “stood out as j