Local Creations: The call of the wild backpacks
NAUGATUCK — What do a lady bug, a penguin, and a purple monster have in common? Local artist Jackie Fretz has tamed these wild...
Drums for Troops: Students’ efforts lauded
BEACON FALLS — Capping a week of owning up to one’s activities—or lack thereof—during the Vietnam conflict, Woodland Regional High School Principal Dr. Arnold...
Local pastor to become bishop
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Previewing the Summer Games
You may have missed the start of the Olympics, which was Wednesday morning (the U.S. women’s soccer team beat France 4-2 in group play)....
Sullivans named Prospect Grange’s Citizens of the Year
Bill and Bernice Sullivan are the kind of people who just like to help out. For years they’ve quietly lent a hand where it...
Annual Sao Paio festival set for 62nd year
NAUGATUCK — As the end of August draws nearer, borough residents turn their thoughts to soccer, Portuguese music, and eels.
The annual Sao Paio festival...
Warren talk an exercise in spookiness
NAUGATUCK — I went into Lorraine Warren’s lecture Thursday night a firm believer that when we die, we return to dust and our souls...
Diver honored at PJF opening ceremony
NAUGATUCK — The sky above Peter J. Foley Little League Stadium alternated between sunshine and cloudiness Sunday afternoon, a sort of organic reflection of the sentiments shared by the venerable building’s several hundred patrons.
The opening ceremony of the league’s 61st season showcased both ends of the emotional spectrum: Joy in the baby-toothed smiles of ballplayers bounding across the diamond for the first time this spring, and sorrow in the wistful tears of almost everyone who knew Dustin Diver, the former borough baseball standout, who died unexpectedly in December, at age 31.
Interact Club’s efforts help clean water in India
BEACON FALLS — Nearly three dozen homes in an Indian village will have clean water thanks to Woodland Regional High School.
The fundraising effort is...
Students change forecast for teacher of the year
BEACON FALLS — After earning a degree in meteorology, Mark Mierzejewshi started substitute teaching part time until a meteorologist job came along. Twenty-five years...
