NAUGATUCK — Fire Chief Charles Doback Jr. decided Wednesday to retire rather than accept the terms of a new contract proposed by Mayor Robert A. Mezzo. His decision came just hours after the fire department’s second-ranking manager, Deputy Chief Kenneth Hanks, announced his own retirement. The looming departures of its top two managers leaves... »
BEACON FALLS — The Valley Regional Fire Training School, which has been without a permanent home for the better part of a decade, will eventually build a new facility on Lancaster Drive in Beacon Falls—but local officials initially found that news more bewildering than anything else, and haven’t yet sorted out its full implications.... »
Sweeping new state legislation intended to reform public education could cause big headaches for local students and administrators when it comes to graduation requirements. Public Act No. 10-111, which Gov. M. Jodi Rell signed into law in late May, mandates all Connecticut public high schools, effective at the inception of the Class of 2018,... »
BEACON FALLS — Woodland Regional High School administrators have developed a new teacher evaluation model in hopes of better assessing the competency and performance of the district’s teachers. The model will go into effect this September and will replace the existing plan, which has been used in the previous two school years. The state... »
The Region 16 school board last week rejected Prospect Mayor Robert Chatfield’s request for a $40,000 payment to help defray the cost of installing a new waterline, which will abut an undeveloped tract on Talmadge Hill Road owned by the school system. The $40,000, along with $176,000 each from two privately-owned companies whose properties... »
STAMFORD — If you keep the door open long enough, eventually someone is going to get in. The Housatonic Valley Senior Babe Ruth team learned that lesson the hard way Monday when they failed to capitalize on countless opportunities and let the New England regional title and a trip to the Senior Babe Ruth... »
The Naugatuck Ecumenical Outreach Network (NEON) and Naugatuck Board of Education are each sponsoring a separate free lunch program for children this summer. NEON sponsored a pilot program last summer, and the board received information about a grant-sponsored program in the early spring of this year. Audrey Sukovich of NEON has been with the... »
“We have to let people know being humble is okay, being in trouble is okay…it’s about making people feel good about themselves,” said Mark Rees at the most recent Naugatuck Social Service Network meeting. Rees is the founder of the Naugatuck Angel Food Ministries. AFM is a non-profit, non-denominational organization that provides food packages... »
SEYMOUR — With a trip to the state championship round on the line, Union City came up just short in the Little League Junior Softball sectional final game on Tuesday night at Bob Lang Field. Union City brought the tying run to the plate in its last at bat, but Black Rock of Bridgeport... »
NAUGATUCK – The Naugatuck Dogs wasted a strong team pitching effort by plating just one run in Tuesday night’s Stan Musial state-tournament-opening, 4-1 loss to the Danbury Outlaws at Rotary Field. The Dogs, who qualified for the Connecticut Amateur Baseball Congress’s top tournament by finishing 12-9 during the Tri-State League regular season, received an... »
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