ContestsBOSTON — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded $7,067,857 in grants to local projects in Connecticut recenlty including $2.48 million to the Naugatuck Valley Health District. Out of those funds, $2.3 million will be used for the Lead Based Paint Hazard Control grant program and $180,000 in healthy homes supplemental funding... »
PROSPECT — The Prospect Lion’s Club will hold its 6th annual 5K Run and 2 Mile April 7. The registration fee for the event is $25 and the proceeds will benefit Prospect families in need and the Yale Eye Research Center. All pre-registered entrants and the first 75 who register on race day will... »
PROSPECT — Dozens of parents of Algonquin School children came before the Board of Education seeking answers following two recent incidents that have disrupted the atmosphere at the pre-kindergarten through third grade school in Prospect. “At the moment the teachers have no idea what’s going, the kids know there’s no leadership there, and the... »
Renovation plan for NHS athletic facilities taking shape NAUGATUCK — The scene at Naugatuck High School last Monday was splendid. Every spring athlete enjoyed the near-perfect weather on the first full day of practice, which usually necessitates a jacket and a wool hat. Of course, not everything was picturesque. Those fields and that track the Greyhounds... »
To the editor, The greatest need in Naugatuck concerning land is passive open space, that is land with no impervious surfaces, no hard surfaces. Some people have mentioned the need to protect wildlife habitat. Passive open space does that. Land in the hands of private developers has led to sprawl throughout Naugatuck and higher... »
BRIDGEPORT — Susan Curtis, a Naugatuck woman who worked with her husband and ex-husband to defraud Webster Bank out of $6.2 million, was sentenced to eight and half years in prison Thursday in federal court. Before the sentence was read, Curtis, 50, wept from the moment she stood to read a statement to Judge... »
NAUGATUCK — Krystal Daymonde has been swimming marathons for charity since she was 11 years old. Now, the former Naugatuck Greyhound long-distance swimmer and Southern Connecticut State University student is training for her next marathon. Krystal, a 2009 graduate of Naugatuck High, has been involved with swimming for charity to benefit St. Vincent’s Medical... »
OCALA, Fla. — Mr. Arthur F. Boulanger, Jr., 84, of Ocala, Fla. and a former resident of greater Waterbury, passed away Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at the Ocala Regional Medical Center. He was the husband of the late Kathleen A. (Nagle) Boulanger. Mr. Boulanger was born in Waterbury, Sept. 7, 1927, a son of... »
The Naugatuck Police Department reported the following arrests: OSCAR DIAZ, 31, of 254 Knowlton St., Stratford, was charged March 28 with criminal trespass in the first degree, larceny in the sixth degree, assault in the third degree, and breach of peace. Police reported on March 28 at approximately 5:30 p.m. Diaz turned himself in... »
With all the basketball hoopla, I almost forgot about my favorite form of March madness. Baseball’s spring training is as mad as it gets — especially when you add Bobby Valentine. Baseball, unlike most other sports, is a grueling, six-month race that takes us from spring to fall. No other sport can claim that... »
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