ContestsNAUGATUCK — A vine bearing ripening tomatoes sidles the front porch of 88-5 Lantern Park Drive in a condominium complex near Baummer Pond. If you were to pick the fruit of the plant now, you’d be doing so too soon. The former resident of that unit, 69-year-old Italia Liguori, was plucked from the vine... »
Volleyball The Greyhounds continued their strong start, picking up three wins last week to improve to 5-1. Wednesday at Ansonia, Naugatuck pulled out a 3-1 win, led by Jessica Webber (24 points, four aces, six kills, two blocks), Alexis Granahan (six kills, seven points, four aces), and Lindsay Witkoski (16 points, five aces, 22... »
Volleyball The Woodland spikers are still perfect following a pair of sweeps over Holy Cross and Watertown. Last Wednesday against the Crusaders, it was an all-around solid performance by the Hawks, from intimidating net play to impressive digging to strong passing, allowing no game to come closer than an eight-point margin of victory—25-17, 25-11,... »
On the Field: Junior tailback Jack DeBiase has boosted his Hawks to a strong, 2-0 start—two more wins than Woodland had at this point last season. DeBiase, who became the starting back halfway through the 2008 campaign, after Jon Murren’s injury, has fully assumed the role of the offense’s go-to player, paving the way... »
The first Clean Up Union City Day, originally scheduled for this Saturday, Oct. 3, has been postponed due to expected inclement weather including lightning. The new date is the following Saturday, Oct. 10. Call Mike or Anne Ciacciarella at 729-8886 for more information. »
NAUGATUCK — At 94, Marie Tortora still relishes her independence. When doctors at Yale-New Haven Hospital said she ought to live with her daughter, she acquiesced for all of two weeks before moving back to her own Oak Terrace apartment. And when the same doctors told Tortora, who has what she describes vaguely as... »
Judy Crosswait doesn’t say goodbye. See ya later. Take care. ‘Till next time. … Anything but goodbye, a word that just seems too final. So it was no surprise that Crosswait, who has served as Naugatuck’s town clerk with the past six mayors as their right-hand woman, didn’t want a goodbye celebration on her... »
NAUGATUCK — It won’t solve the borough’s education budget crisis, but a new Walmart program will help 10 teachers at Central Avenue School provide classroom supplies to their students. Last week, the local Walmart furnished Central Avenue with 10, $100 teacher reward cards, which Principal Evelyn Gobstein awarded at a staff meeting. “We dropped... »
NAUGATUCK — The borough will have one business manager to oversee both the school and town budgets, at least temporarily. The Board of Education on Tuesday voted unanimously to rescind its previous vote to hire a business manager for between $95,000 and $105,000 a year. The board also voted 6-2 to allow Superintendent Dr.... »
BEACON FALLS — Come Election Day on Nov. 3, voters will face a choice between the time-tested leadership of Democratic incumbent Sue Cable and the varied, colorful experience of Town Historian and Selectman Mike Krenesky for the first selectman seat. Cable has served five terms in the capacity of first selectman. She can claim... »
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