Monday, July 30th, 2012
MIDDLEBURY — Mrs. Mildred Ardean (Luddy) Fortin, 82, of Middlebury, passed away Saturday morning at the Waterbury Hospital. She was the wife of Lawrence T. Fortin. Mrs. Fortin was born in Meriden Oct. 3, 1928, a daughter of the late William and Alice (Lawson) Luddy and had been a longtime resident of Middlebury. She... »
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Sunday, July 29th, 2012
PROSPECT — The public will get a chance to meet Algonquin School’s new principal, Rima McGeehan, during a reception July 30. The reception will be held from 6 to 7:15 p.m. at Algonquin School, 30 Coer Road. McGeehan, a Waterbury resident, was selected for the job out of a pool of nearly three dozen... »
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Sunday, July 29th, 2012
The registrars of voters from Naugatuck, Beacon Falls, and Prospect will each hold a voter registration session Tuesday for the Aug. 14 Democratic and Republican primaries. The session in Naugatuck will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. in Naugatuck Town Hall. In Beacon Falls the session will be held from 12 to 2... »
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Sunday, July 29th, 2012
by Elio Gugliotti, Editor
BEACON FALLS — A handful full of items on a punch list stand in the way of completion of the Streetscape Enhancement Project downtown. A semi-final inspection was conducted on the project, an extended downtown walkway that runs from the Depot Street Bridge south to the intersection of Route 42 and South Main Street,... »
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Saturday, July 28th, 2012
University of Connecticut STORRS — Christian Pinho was named to the winter 2011 and spring 2012 semesters Dean’s List at the University of Connecticut at Storrs. Matthew Marucci of Naugatuck was named to the spring 2012 semester at UConn. Villanova University VILLANOVA, Pa. — Stephen DeGennaro of Naugatuck was named to the spring 2012... »
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Saturday, July 28th, 2012
by Luke Marshall, Staff Writer
NAUGATUCK — A new show has begun to haunt the air waves of Comcast’s local access channel 10. Our Haunted Lives is a reality television show that follows the members of CT Soul Seekers as they hunt for the supernatural and conduct paranormal investigations. Naugatuck residents Angel and Nicole Ortiz, CT Soul Seekers’ founding... »
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Saturday, July 28th, 2012
BEACON FALLS — The Beacon Falls Lions Club’s 10th Annual Benefit Car & Bike Show will be held Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Woodland Regional High School in Beacon Falls. General admission is $5 and children under 12 years old are free. Car registration is $10. The annual show is a fundraiser... »
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Saturday, July 28th, 2012
by Alia Malik, Special to the Citizen's News
NAUGATUCK — MaryEllen Marques, a popular kindergarten teacher at Maple Hill Elementary School, died July 21 of cancer at age 51. Her death has inspired hundreds of tributes, online and on paper, from parents, former students and colleagues in the borough school system. Marques’s family is setting up a charity fund in her name... »
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Friday, July 27th, 2012
To the editor, Borough of Naugatuck, Who in their right mind would think it is OK to block off public transportation? This past Sunday the Naugatuck Metro-North Train Station was completely inaccessible because of the “Donovan-Ruhlman” Charity bike race. There was no way in, and when I questioned police on how to catch my... »
Tags: Jarrod Wilkes, letter to the editor, Naugatuck
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