Archive for April, 2010

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NAUGATUCK — It’s no surprise that halfway through the season, a local girls’ tennis team is undefeated. That the team hails from the borough, not the Woods, however, is a stunner. The Greyhounds are led by a coach, Jodie Ruccio, who had never played tennis—never mind taught it—until March. Their roster is such a hodgepodge... »

The Woodland and Naugatuck softball teams pick up victories en route to their Saturday clash, and NHS girls' tennis remains undefeated. »

The borough distributes a rare, non-earmarked gift to local seniors, the Naugatuck Finance Board responds to the school board’s budget request and area volunteers pull shopping carts and refuse out of the Naugatuck River on this week’s episode of CN Headlines. »

NAUGATUCK — The Naugatuck golf team has shown promise in its first few matches.  Despite a 2-4 overall start in match play, Greyhounds head coach Craig Blanchard says his team will get better. In its latest match, Naugy lost to Sacred Heart by five strokes at East Mountain Golf Course in Waterbury on Monday. Naugatuck’s... »

NAUGATUCK — The tri-fold letter curls up on Ed Carter’s desk, as if mimicking the felines about which it is written. Carter, Naugatuck’s mayoral aide, receives many requests for borough assistance—his phone has rung almost continuously since the April 15 apartment fire on Cherry Street—but the one before him now is enrapturing. “This one,... »

BEACON FALLS — The Woodland softball diamond, the bottom of the school’s three-tier athletic complex carved into a hill, looked like beef stew Tuesday. “The only reason our baseball field is playable is because all the water drained onto the softball field,” Athletic Director Brian Fell said. So the Hawks, those that grew... »

NAUGATUCK — Any time two teams meet on the field of athletic competition sporting undefeated records, the contest can only be viewed as a classic battle in the making. Tuesday’s Naugatuck-Woodland boys’ track meet was a bid for bragging rights, but it did little to dispel the notion that this was a preview of... »

BEACON FALLS — Jack DeBiase is in the middle of everything the Woodland baseball team does. The junior is the Hawks’ starting catcher and hits at the top of their lineup while also being one of the team’s best baserunners. He did everything to near perfection Tuesday in Woodland’s 7-1 win over Naugatuck. DeBiase... »

BEACON FALLS — Volunteers pulled about 20 shopping carts from the Naugatuck River during a cleanup Saturday to prepare for the Naugatuck River Race. The volunteers, organized by the Beacon Falls Merchants Association and Connecticut Outdoors in Oakville, worked the carts free, using their bare hands and crowbars, then dragged them ashore. Meanwhile, others... »