Monthly Archives: November 2009
Hounds upset by 19-seed Shelton
WATERBURY — Focus! Focus, focus, focus. Focus, hocus, pocus. Hallelujah!
One Shelton fan among many rattled off consistently peculiar, idiosyncratic appeals to his beloved Gaels...
NHS girls’ soccer advances to quarters
WATERBURY — Tireless defense and superb net play by goalkeeper Jessica Johnson made a single goal stand up Wednesday night at Municipal Stadium and...
Recount settles tie in Beacon Falls
BEACON FALLS — A recount Tuesday broke a tie between Republican William L. Fredericks and Democrat Elizabeth T. Falzone for the Region 16...
Hawks’ season ends in first round
WOODBURY — The Woodland boys’ soccer squad saw its season come to a screeching halt Tuesday afternoon after being shut out, 3-0, by the...
Teachers reject proposed concessions
NAUGATUCK — Mayor Bob Mezzo says teachers may have accepted a cost-savings plan worth about $570,000 if the school board had given them some...
Area codes to change in CT
On Saturday it will become mandatory to dial the three-digit area code and the seven-digit phone number for any local call in Connecticut whether...
Borough band discusses tour, new album
I recently got a chance to sit down with Adam Lopez, drummer for the locally-based pop-rock band To Write a Riot! to discuss their...
First tri-board meeting bears little fruit
NAUGATUCK — The philosophy behind the borough’s unprecedented “tri-board” meeting between the boards of Mayor and Burgesses, Education and Finance was met positively by...
Childcare center cares for parents too
WATERBURY — For typical welfare recipients or families netting a yearly income below or near the poverty line, daycare and preschool are simply out...
Woodland beats familiar rival Naugatuck
BEACON FALLS — Dan Mariano squatted on the Woodland football field after his team’s disheartening, 28-21 loss to the Hawks (5-3) Friday, the proud senior captain’s glazed expression creating an invisible force field no teammate dared breach.
At last, assistant coach Mark Swanson approached Mariano and leaned over: “We’re going to win out,” Swanson said. “You’ve gotta believe.”
