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WATERBURY — Three-pointers and alley-oop dunks are nice but the most effective shot in any tournament, winner-take-all scenario occurs at the free throw line. Games are won or lost at the charity stripe. Woodland proved that theory over the weekend at the Naugatuck Valley League boys tournament as the Hawks came within a whisker... »
The Naugatuck Police Department reported the following arrests: EDWARD DANEROWICZ, 33, of 29 Phyllis Drive, Naugatuck, was charged Feb. 27 with criminal violation of protective order. Police reported Danerowicz was arrested on an active arrest warrant stemming from a Dec. 19, 2011 incident. Danerowicz at that time stayed at the residence of 29... »
SEYMOUR — Robert G. Burns, 74, beloved husband of Doris Dripchak Burns of Seymour, died Feb. 27, 2012, at Griffin Hospital surrounded by his family. Born in Derby on Dec. 28, 1937, he was the son of the late Daniel A. and Louise Garnett Burns. Mr. Burns was a lifelong Seymour resident and 1955... »
NAUGATUCK — John M. Sheedy, Sr., passed away Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012 at St. Mary’s Hospital VITAS Unit surrounded by his family to begin his heavenly journey. He was husband to Patricia (Sevigny) Sheedy. John was born in Derby on Aug. 24, 1944, son of the late Christopher and Barbara (Trant) Sheedy. He resided... »
WATERBURY — For almost three quarters, the Naugatuck boys stayed with higher-seeded Watertown. Then the game got away. No. 3 Watertown defeated No. 6 Naugatuck, 71-62, in a Naugatuck Valley League quarterfinal game last Saturday afternoon at Wilby High School. Gabe Pulliam scored a game-high 24 points for Naugy, which trailed by five at... »
NAUGATUCK — From the state budget to the death penalty, local lawmakers touched on a myriad of topics during the Naugatuck Chamber of Commerce’s annual Legislative Breakfast. “I don’t think it’s any secret that the budget is going to be in the forefront of everybody’s mind,” said state Rep. Len Greene Jr. (R-105) during... »
PROSPECT — The combination of a sluggish economy and a recently completed property revaluation contributed to a 5.9 percent drop in Prospect’s 2011 net grand list from 2010. The total net grand list for Oct. 1, 2011 is $783,683,477, a decrease of nearly $46 million from the 2010 grand list. A town’s grand list... »
NAUGATUCK — The police department requested a 6.1 percent budget increase for next fiscal year in a presentation to the Board of Finance Monday night, while the fire department asked for an essentially flat budget. The police request, presented by Police Chief Christopher Edson and Deputy Chief Joshua Bernegger, amounts to $6.4 million overall,... »
NAUGATUCK — The players on every high school team think of themselves as a big, supportive sports family. In Naugatuck, that belief was put to the test in the 2011-12 season. Six weeks ago the world turned upside down for Naugatuck High girls basketball coach Jodie Ruccio, and for the entire Greyhounds’ team. Ruccio’s... »
NAUGATUCK — A fire Saturday in a Prospect Street apartment is being investigated as a possible arson. Ann Goss, 75, had been evicted from her first-floor apartment at 504 Prospect St., and was moving out with her son’s help when a mattress and box spring propped against her bedroom wall caught fire, Acting Fire... »
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