Monthly Archives: May 2010
Beacon Falls budget fails at town meeting
BEACON FALLS — Voters at a town meeting Wednesday night rejected a $5.95 million municipal budget by a 139-83 tally. The proposed budget represented...
105th District race: Conroy vs. Greene, Jr.
BEACON FALLS — Republican Leonard Greene, Jr. will seek the 105th District seat his father held for 12 years by challenging Democratic incumbent Rep....
Local non-profit a Guardian of those in need
NAUGATUCK — A local non-profit agency is expanding its services and, thanks to a recent $1,300 grant from the Naugatuck Savings Bank, has taken...
Hackers seeking fourth straight NABA title
NAUGATUCK — The Hackers’ quest for another Southern Connecticut NABA league title is off to a good start.
Naugatuck’s adult baseball league team, known as...
Heating up: WRHS baseball has won 8 of 10
BEACON FALLS — The Woodland baseball team remained one of the hottest squads in the Naugatuck Valley League last week, winning two of...
Region 16 budget squeaks by at referendum
PROSPECT — The support of Prospect voters was enough to counteract Beacon Falls’ rejection, and a $36.6 million Region 16 school budget passed...
Borough to scale back school board’s request
NAUGATUCK — The joint boards of mayor and burgesses and finance are poised to award the school board a $300,000, or .5 percent, increase...
NHS boys’ tennis improving but still winless
NAUGATUCK — Entering Monday’s home match with Torrington, the Greyhounds boys’ tennis team was 0-9, doubled up—or worse—in all but one contest. But that...
Prospect budget passes referendum
PROSPECT — A 2010-11 town budget representing a $337,000, or 5.1 percent, increase over the current year narrowly passed a public referendum last Wednesday,...
HomeFront event benefits borough woman
NAUGATUCK — About 30 volunteers from Saint Michael Roman Catholic Church in Beacon Falls helped a borough woman improve her home Saturday.
The workers were...