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Al Penovi’s plumbing and heating shop on Washington Avenue in Sandy Hook was a local landmark for decades. It was well-known for the parts, materials, plumbing, and philosophical advice that could be found there. Mr Penovi’s shop was within an old New England hay and cattle barn that his father, also a plumbing expert, converted for use as the business shortly after the family moved to Sandy Hook in the late 1920s. Over the years, the property became a repository for plumbing fixtures of all kinds, including 120 colored toilet tank covers. It was the “go to” place for those seeking the difficult to find replacement bathroom fixture or plumbing part, until Mr Penovi retired in 2008. He died in January 2010 at the age of 93. —photo courtesy Jane Sharpe
