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Chamber announces duck race winners
Thousands of people turned out for the 6th annual Duck Day & Race Sunday, June 5. Sponsored by the Naugatuck Chamber of Commerce, the duck race raised a total of about $36,000 for 75 local nonprofit agencies. The following is the list of the prize winners from the duck race: 1) $5,000 cash, Lou... »
2011 Beacon Falls Summer Scorcher 5k and Kids’ Fun Run
Come kick-off the Beacon Falls Park and Recreation’s summer fireworks celebration with a morning of running for the whole family July 9. The Summer Scorcher offers a Kids’ Fun Run at 8:30 a.m. and a 5k Road Race at 9:00a.m. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. at the Pent Road Pavilion. Awards for top overall... »
An emcee’s view of the Beacon Falls duck race
I used to live on North Main Street in Beacon Falls and still remember the very first RiverFest and Duck Race back in 1999. The only big event in town every year had always been the Beacon Hose Co. No. 1 Carnival, and it was pretty cool having such a new, unique festival in... »
Annual Riverfest and Duck Race this weekend
BEACON FALLS — Usually ducks fly together. This weekend, in Beacon Falls, all eyes will be on the ducks that fly — or in this case float — alone. The12th Annual Riverfest and Duck Race will be held in downtown Beacon Falls this Saturday, and thousands of area residents are expected to attend as... »
Brennan plays a little Duck Hunt
I really like this gig I have here with Citizen’s News. I get to scrape up some jack by going to my old stomping grounds at Woodland and watching some games for free. I get called “famous” by the people—specifically, Mrs. Abney—working the gates at these games. I get press releases from town politicians... »
Rain doesn’t hold off Riverfest
BEACON FALLS — Rain, rain did not make the hundreds upon hundreds of people go away at the 11th annual Beacon Falls River Fest and Duck Race Saturday at Beacon Hose Co. No. 1 and Volunteer Park. Despite an overcast—and sometimes very wet—late morning and afternoon, more than 1,000 visitors flocked to downtown Beacon... »
Beacon Falls to hold 11th Riverfest Saturday
BEACON FALLS — Lions Club member, Merchant’s Association founder and local business owner Bob Bradley can recall the state of the Naugatuck River as he was growing up—it was a different color all the time, he said, depending on what the chemical plants upriver were dumping on any given day. It was “just hideous... »