Thursday, December 30th, 2010
by Laraine Weschler, Staff Writer
NAUGATUCK - A female truck driver was taken to Saint Mary’s hospital with serious leg injuries Thursday morning after a car struck her.
The driver, from New Jersey, had just finished a car delivery to J&M Automotive and was standing outside her parked tractor trailer at 8:23 a.m. when a young driver from Prospect... »
Tags: accident, New Haven Road, Rt. 63
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Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
by Michael Puffer, Special to the Citizen’s News
WATERBURY — Room after room, the routine was the same Dec. 22 at Wilson Elementary School. Santa Claus — also known as Robert Birrell — charged in wearing his trademark red suit and flowing white beard. He was tailed by an entourage of smiling adults, some carrying great clusters of paper bags. Inside each... »
Tags: Beacon Falls, chamber of commerce, Santa
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Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
by Laraine Weschler, Staff Writer
NAUGATUCK — Naugatuck’s elected officials are eager to enact changes to the town’s 127-year-old charter, but proposed revisions aren’t likely to be ready to go to referendum on May’s ballot. Tuesday, the Board of Mayor and Burgesses authorized a Charter Revision Commission to explore possible updates to the charter. The whole process of revising... »
Tags: charter, charter revision committee, committee, Naugatuck
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Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
Dec. 28 DEXTER HENDERSON, 46, of 46 Lines Hill Street Naugatuck was charged with breach of peace and assault in the third degree MARK SODEN, 21, of 210 Cherry Street Naugatuck was charged with failure to appear in the second degree. STEVEN BENZ, 53, of 17 Pembrook Road Naugatuck was charged with illegal operation... »
Tags: crime, DUI, Naugatuck, police blotter
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Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
Naugatuck public works crews will collect Christmas trees curbside during the week of January 10th through January 14th on resident’s regular collection day. Please remove all decorations and plastic. Trees will be chipped and used as mulch. Trees are also accepted at the Recycling Center, Thursday & Saturday 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Call... »
Tags: Christmas trees, Naugatuck, Public works
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Tuesday, December 28th, 2010
by Alexa Gorman, Citizen's News
PROSPECT – Santa Claus came to town on Christmas Eve to deliver gifts to the Jose family, who lost their father about a month ago. Volunteers at the Prospect Fire Department sent Santa and about 10 helpers to the Jose home last week to give gifts to three-year-old twins Amelie and Evan and newborn... »
Tags: charity, fire department, Marilia Jose, Mark DeBiase, Prospect, Santa, Sue Claiborn
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Tuesday, December 28th, 2010
NAUGATUCK – Stephen E. Torla, 61, of Perock Lane, passed away after a long illness, on Monday, December 13, 2010 at Yale New Haven Hospital. Mr. Torla was born at St. Mary’s Hospital in Waterbury, CT on February 26, 1949, son of Mr. Edward Torla and the late Mary (Perock) Torla. He attended Saint... »
Tags: obituary, Stephen Torla
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Tuesday, December 28th, 2010
High Honors Grade 12 Edward Eugene Barrett, Cassandra Anne Boisvert, Samantha Bombardier, Besa Bomova, Claudia Celeste Brennan, Leticia Gizzle Campos, Elizabeth Ann Chatfield, Sebastian Correa, Michael Francis Decerbo, Monika Dezhbod, Mary Elizabeth Dietz, Jacob David Dooling, Rebecca Emily Dube, Nicole Marie Fox, Abigail Janneke, Zoila Estefani Jurado, Ashley Rose Kezelevich, Kristina Sophia Lintgeris, Joelle... »
Tags: 2010, first quarter, honor roll, Naugatuck, Naugatuck High School, NHS
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Tuesday, December 28th, 2010
by Laraine Weschler
by Laraine Weschler
by Laraine Weschler
Beacon Falls native Kat Keating may not be a millionaire, but she is $66,500 richer. Keating, who graduated from Woodland Regional High School, won the money as a contestant on “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” earlier this year. Being a contestant on Millionaire wasn’t even Keating’s idea. It was her father’s. He convinced... »
Tags: Beacon Falls, game show, Kat Keating, Meredith Vieira, millionaire
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Tuesday, December 28th, 2010
by Laraine Weschler
Tags: Fairchild Park, Naugatuck, photo, sled, sledding, slideshow, snow, winter
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