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Beacon Falls, Prospect senior centers boycotting Foxwoods
Naugatuck Senior Center takes different approach Comments made by Foxwoods President and CEO Scott Butera have two out of the three local senior centers boycotting the casino. According to an opinion piece published in the Boston Globe May 24, Butera reportedly said his casino could do without the bus loads of seniors who show... »
Teen finds new opportunity at senior center
NAUGATUCK — On any given weekday, visitors to the Naugatuck Senior Center will see the center’s youngest current summer employee bustling around the office, straightening up the center and chatting with seniors. While many of her peers are relaxing during their summer vacations, 15-year-old Jessica Rodriguez is hard at work at the senior center... »
Volunteers sought to prepare tax returns
NAUGATUCK — The Naugatuck Senior Center is seeking volunteers to help prepare income tax return as part of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. Volunteers will be given instructions on preparing federal and state income tax returns. Volunteers must be committed to this tax assistance work for four hours per day, once every Thursday,... »
Borough using grant money to help elderly
NAUGATUCK — The tri-fold letter curls up on Ed Carter’s desk, as if mimicking the felines about which it is written. Carter, Naugatuck’s mayoral aide, receives many requests for borough assistance—his phone has rung almost continuously since the April 15 apartment fire on Cherry Street—but the one before him now is enrapturing. “This one,... »
Seniors receive free health screening
NAGUATUCK — Naugatuck and surrounding area seniors had a rare chance to get their overall health examined free of charge last Thursday at the Senior Center. The Western Connecticut Area Agency on Aging (WCAAA) and the state Department of Social Services sponsored a free, walk-in health clinic, which boasted booths where seniors could get... »
Prospect Senior Center debars Mallon
PROSPECT — Every now and again, Republican Mayor Bob Chatfield pops in to the Prospect Senior Center. Seniors say he’s just checking in, saying hi, asking if anyone needs anything. But in an election season, there’s a fine line between what Chatfield’s made a habit over his 32-year tenure as chief executive and what... »
DeLauro, seniors talk social security
NAUGATUCK — When Kathryn Green started collecting signatures on a “Hands Off Our Social Security” petition, she hoped to publicize the concerns she held, along with so many others, about the health of Social Security. 600 signatures later, Green’s efforts paid off when the petition managed to catch the eye of Congresswoman Rosa. L.... »
Senior center hosts cribbage group
NAUGATUCK — “Ten,” says Pina Divito as she slaps a king of spades onto the table. “Fifteen for two,” Elaine Broderick counters, playing a five of hearts and moving a red peg two spaces ahead of the second on a wooden board. “Twenty,” says Velma Sego, the organizer of this cribbage group at the... »