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ANSONIA – Woodland senior Tyler Carlos notched a hat trick, including two goals in the second half, to help the Hawks to a come-from-behind, 3-2 victory over Ansonia Friday afternoon to clinch the program’s first-ever Naugatuck Valley League Brass Division championship. Carlos scored the go-ahead goal in the second half after being fouled in... »
NAUGATUCK — Candidates for state House and Senate seats in local districts squared off in a debate coordinated and moderated by Citizen’s News on Oct. 21. State Sen. Joe Crisco (D-17th District) and his Republican challenger, Naugatuck Deputy Mayor Tamath Rossi, sparred over health care mandates and term limits; state Rep. Vickie Nardello (D-89th... »
BEACON FALLS — The Region 16 Board of Education has authorized the formation of a building committee to begin the process of planning for a new elementary school on the Talmadge Hill Road property in Prospect. The new school facility will replace Algonquin and Community Schools. Additionally, the committee will address deferred maintenance, energy... »
BEACON FALLS — It’s no secret that the state’s purchase of 11 acres in the industrial park on Lancaster Drive will have a direct impact on future town revenues. Residents’ concerns about the regional fire training school slated for construction there, however, center not only on the town’s tax collection rates, but on somewhat... »
NAUGATUCK — A committee devoted to raising money for the restoration of the downtown World War I monument has nearly reached its fundraising goal. The monument committee has raised $35,000, leaving its members just $5,000 short of their $40,000 quote. A large chunk of the funding came last year when the local government put... »
PROSPECT — What do coatis, aardvarks and okapis have in common? Not much, but Prospect author John Altson is sure he’s found a common thread—they’re not animals covered by most children’s books on zoology. “As a kid, even when I was seven or eight years old, I would write comic books about animals,” Altson... »
BEACON FALLS — Woodland Regional High School is introducing a new reading initiative called “One Region, One Book.” The program is a reading exercise designed to get students, as well as town residents, involved in reading and discussing the same book. Through this initiative, school officials hope to foster a love of reading outside... »
NAUGATUCK — The Thunder has rumbled off into the distance, at least for this year. Thunder in the Valley, the Naugatuck High School band’s annual competition, has been canceled due to a lack of interest from other schools’ bands and band director Robert Kogut’s concern that ticket and concession sales would not raise enough... »
It’s a tradition for the Woodland boys’ soccer team to start every senior on Senior Night. Even if they haven’t started a game all season, no matter the opponent or importance of the match, each senior is on the field at the opening kickoff. In this case, the opponent was a tough Seymour team... »
NAUGATUCK — When the Naugatuck volleyball team met Holy Cross in Waterbury for the first time this season, back at the end of September, it was the Greyhounds who came out victorious, after five sets. But Tuesday evening, after another game of five close sets, this time on Naugatuck’s home court, it was the... »
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