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To the editor, The Friends of Beacon Falls Library held its fifth annual Letters for our Library Scrabble Challenge on Thursday, March 21, 2013. As a result of the many local businesses that lent their support by sponsoring our event, the members of the 14 teams who participated and our volunteers, we were able... »
The New York Yankees have been the most successful team in Major League Baseball by just about any measure. They’ve got longevity with 27 World Series titles and recent success with postseason trips in 17 of the last 18 years, making the playoffs every year of the wild card era except 2008. Based on... »
NAUGATUCK — The Whittemore Library is holding a spring flower pot decorating contest fundraiser. People can enter the contest by picking up a flower pot to decorate from the children’s department starting from April 3 through May 2. Decorated pots can be dropped off at the library, 243 Church St., from May 2 to... »
To the editor, Residents of Beacon Falls and Prospect should be aware that the Region 16 Board of Education is seriously considering naming the new Regional school in Prospect after the incumbent Prospect Mayor. There will be a Board of Education meeting on Monday, April 1, 2013, at 7 p.m. at Long River Middle... »
NAUGATUCK — The Board of Education kept it in house when choosing Naugatuck’s new assistant superintendent of schools. Cross Street Intermediate School Principal Christopher Montini was hired as the new assistant superintendent by the Board of Education on Tuesday. “I’m delighted to have this opportunity,” Montini said. “I look forward to collaborating with the... »
NAUGATUCK — More than 20 years ago, Lee Schlesinger was working as an accountant at Naugatuck Valley Savings and Loan on Church Street when a woman named Mary Connolly asked him to get involved in the United Way. “Nobody ever says no to Mary Connolly,” said Schlesinger, now 52, of Waterbury. “She just has... »
NAUGATUCK — The Naugatuck Historical Society is looking for Connecticut artists to join the society’s 5th Annual Celebration of Art. Artists can register through April 24. An opening reception will be held April 27 at the Historical Society Museum, 195 Water St. Businesses are also sought to support the program by sponsoring prizes for... »
NAUGATUCK — Gov. Dannel Malloy’s series of community forums across the state brought him to Naugatuck High School Wednesday night where the first-term governor spent the majority of the evening defending his proposed gun law reforms. “Nothing I’m doing or I’m trying to do wasn’t done in this country before 2004. That’s the reality,”... »
NAUGATUCK — Until this month, the Naugatuck Historical Society had no budget for its family-friendly “First Thursdays” programs, and could only use donated time and materials. A $4,000 grant from the Naugatuck Savings Bank Foundation has changed that. The foundation, which provides grants to local nonprofits, is sponsoring the monthly programs through next February,... »
The state’s largest electric utility on Thursday asked state regulators to let it collect from ratepayers $414 million in costs associated with damage caused by five major storms that hit in 2011 and 2012. In a filing with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, Connecticut Light & Power Co. initiated a regulatory review process for... »
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