Board of Ed. proposes $1.6m savings

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NAUGATUCK — After spending more than two hours behind closed doors Monday night at City Hill Middle School, the Board of Education emerged with a cost-saving plan it hopes will make up all but $372,000 of a more-than-$2 million budget deficit and prevent layoffs during the current school year. The problem is the Naugatuck Teachers’ League won’t entertain the proposal until the board puts to public vote a concession package approved by the NTL Nov. 24.

CN Sportsflash Thanksgiving

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The Woodland and Naugatuck football teams take on their Thanksgiving rivals, and NHS cross country runner Rosa Moriello competes at the Northeast regional championship.

CN Headlines 11-27-09

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A meeting cancellation doesn't stop a rally at the Board of Education headquarters, an embattled architecture firm prepares to make recommendations to the school...

Ansonia ups Turkey Day streak to 8 over NHS

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NAUGATUCK — There was no time left on the scoreboard clock as Ansonia raced off the field, heading to the locker room at the...

Hawks crush Cats, end Thanksgiving drought

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SEYMOUR — Finally. In one of the most incredible showings of offensive production in Woodland history, the Hawks ended a five-game losing streak to Seymour...

Halloween Photo Contest entries

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The Burning of the Shoe

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The fire everyone knows about, the one that’s the flaming hub of a spirited Thanksgiving Eve pep rally, will take place Wednesday night, just hours before the Greyhounds host rival Ansonia. The one that players and alumni know about, the one that’s the flickering center of a pensive gathering, will take place just a few hours before the other. It’s called The Burning of the Shoe, a tradition Naugatuck head coach Rob Plasky brought with him from Springfield College when he took the reigns of this already tradition-rich program in 2001. And it’s just what it sounds like: The Hounds gather around a burning cleat and just talk … and listen.

BOE meeting canceled; rally goes on

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NAUGATUCK — The meeting was canceled, but the rally went on. Hours before the Board of Education was scheduled to convene Monday, in an attempt to reconcile its more than $2 million budget shortfall, the school system’s governing body called off the gathering. But that didn’t stop the more than 100 people who planned a demonstration outside Tuttle House from picketing and chanting anyway. A new community group that calls itself Our Kids Come First organized the rally in protest of a last-resort cost-savings plan proposed last week by Superintendent of Schools Dr. John Tindall-Gibson. The sweeping measure, which would save an estimated $2.26 million, includes cuts to K-8 music, K-6 physical education, K-8 art and freshman sports. Both Tindall-Gibson and members of the board have said they aim to avoid these programming rollbacks.

CN Headlines 11-20-09

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Two opposing plans to bridge the Board of Education's budget deficit are proposed, local pharmacies suffer at the hands of mail-order companies, and swine...

CN Headlines 11-13-09

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The Naugatuck Board of Education situation continues, a Family Services program helps care for children and families in need, and a locally-based rock band...

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