Monthly Archives: August 2011
Commission issues cease and desist on couple’s CSA
PROSPECT — A married couple's venture to operate community-supported agriculture at their farm has been put into jeopardy.
Whitney Miller-Caporaso and her husband Christopher Caporaso,...
Borough looking to add kindergarten class
NAUGATUCK — Enrollment in the district’s kindergarten classes is up 61 students over last year, according to Assistant Superintendent Brigitte Crispino.
Tentative enrollment figures at...
Borough Catholic school ready for joint venture
NAUGATUCK — A new Catholic school is preparing to open its doors to students for the first time Aug. 31. After the borough’s two...
Borough student sets sail for semester
NAUGATUCK — Much like Jules Verne’s Phileas Fogg, Naugatuck native Amanda Gilnack will be traveling the world, though not overland.
Gilnack is spending the semester...
Tremors from earthquake felt locally
Employees and patrons of Naugatuck Town Hall briefly evacuated the building Tuesday shortly before 2 p.m. after feeling tremors from a 5.8-magnitude earthquake that...
Babe Ruth holding fall ball tryouts
NAUGATUCK — Naugatuck Babe Ruth is holding tryouts and signups for fall ball Wednesday, Aug. 24 at Rotary Field from 4 p.m. to 7...
High Rock gives vets another shot
John Felix, a 20-year Army veteran, remembers jolting awake to the sound of gunshots in Saudi Arabia and Somalia.
"Two o'clock in the morning, 2:30,...
Region 16 undergoes ‘cultural’ grading change
BEACON FALLS — Elementary school students in Region 16 will no longer see any As on their report cards—or Bs, Cs, Ds, and Fs...
Suspects beat up man at Sullivan’s Bar
NAUGATUCK — A weekend assault at Sullivan’s Bar landed one man in jail and has police searching for the remaining suspects.
The assault occurred...
Obituary: Amy K. Covillion
PROSPECT — Ms. Amy K. Covillion, 37, of Waterbury, formerly of Prospect, died Saturday, Aug. 20, at St. Mary's Hospital in Waterbury after a...