NAUGATUCK — Police plan to close Platts Mill River Park this weekend after large groups of visitors trashed it over the last few weeks. It appears that people were using…

NAUGATUCK — The Verizon Wireless store at 1007 New Haven Road is taking part in The Cellular Connection’s annual School Rocks Backpack Giveaway. Between 1 and 4 p.m. on Sunday,…

NAUGATUCK — “Be brave, be strong” has been a motto of Lauren Kropo since she was in kindergarten. As a student at Cross Street Intermediate School, the 10-year-old used that…

NAUGATUCK — Rainbow-colored flags sprouted on several Hillside Avenue homes over the past week as residents there send a message of support for a neighbor targeted by hate speech. Naugatuck…

NAUGATUCK — Naugatuck Public Schools announced a new logo for the district following a year-long project involving students from every school. The Board of Education was using the Tuttle house…

NAUGATUCK — The borough and the white collar union have reached terms on a new, four-year contract. The contract with the United Public Service Employees Union, Local 424 Unit 15…

NAUGATUCK — Two school roof projects are on tap for this summer in the borough. The larger project of the two is replacing City Hill Middle School’s roughly 60,000-square-foot roof….

NAUGATUCK — Regional supermarket chain Big Y announced Thursday it will eliminate single-use plastic bags at all of its stores on Aug. 1, the day a state-mandated 10-cent fee for…

NAUGATUCK — Borough officials and the firefighters union found themselves at odds over how to hire a new fire marshal to replace former Fire Marshal Robert Weaver, who retired June…

WOLCOTT — The Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments and participating towns are sponsoring a Household Hazardous Waste and Paint Collection Day on Saturday. The event will run from 8 a.m….