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HARTFORD — State Rep. Rosa Rebimbas (R-70) has been named Ranking Member of the legislature’s Judiciary Committee by House Republican Leader Larry Cafero. Rebimbas, an attorney with her own law practice with offices in Naugatuck and Danbury, will be the first woman to serve as Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee since Antonina “Nina”... »
PROSPECT — A local business man has received approval from the Planning and Zoning Commission to operate the first bottle and can redemption center in Prospect. Roger Hamelin, 40, who has owned Prospect Limousine Service for nine-and-a-half years, recently obtained a special permit to operate his limousine service and a bottle and can redemption... »
NAUGATUCK — Robert F. Carreiro, 81, passed away on Friday, Dec. 28, 2012 at Glendale Health Center. He was husband of Victoria (Beloli) Carreiro. Mr. Carreiro was born in Taunton, Mass., on March 21, 1931, son of the late Frank F. and Anna (Thomas) Carreiro. He was a longtime Naugatuck resident and was a... »
SEYMOUR — John Kosciuszek, 82, beloved husband of Klaudia Janucik Kosciuszek of Seymour, died Dec. 29, 2012 at the Shady Knoll Health Care Center, surrounded by his family. Born in Poland on Feb. 28, 1930, he was the son of the late Naum and Anna Olesik Kosciuszek. Mr. Kosciuszek and his wife of 52... »
PROSPECT — Olga L. (Gomez) Preta, 47, of Prospect, died Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012 at Yale New Haven Hospital. Olga was born in Bogota, Colombia on Aug. 28, 1965 a daughter of Francisco and Rosalba (Hernandez) Gomez of Prospect. She attended Prospect schools and also college. She was a truly loving daughter, sister and... »
NAUGATUCK — The numbers are all pointing up at the Whittemore Library. The numbers of programs, patrons, and circulation all increased at the library in the 2011-12 fiscal year compared to the prior fiscal year. Library Director Jocelyn Miller feels that there are a few reasons for the increase in numbers. “It’s partly because,... »
NAUGATUCK — Work has stopped for the winter on the Naugatuck Pedestrian Greenway. Workers from Guerrera Construction of Oxford, which is completing the first phase of the greenway planned to eventually run through the borough from Waterbury to Beacon Falls, packed up for the winter a few weeks ago, said James Stewart, director of... »
PROSPECT — A new winter reading program sponsored by the Bridgeport Sound Tigers will begin Wednesday at the Prospect Library. Children who read 10 or more books will receive one free ticket to a Sound Tigers Game on March 2 or March 17. Children will also have a chance to win a Sound Tigers... »
REGION 16 — The Region 16 Prevention Task Force is holding a survival kit fundraiser. A variety of survival kits are available for sale online at www.MorePrepared.com. The task force will receive 10 percent of every sale when the access code, “RSD16,” is used when ordering a kit. The task force is hoping to... »
To the editor, In light of the terrible events of the past week, I pose a simple question: Does anybody still think that teachers and principals are overpaid? Robert Bradley Beacon Falls »
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