Naugatuck budget to yield half-mill hike
NAUGATUCK — Borough officials have approved a 2010-11 budget representing a $758,340, or .74 percent, overall increase, which hinges upon a 1.6 percent, half-mill...
Borough health budget up; VNA, HRD to fold?
NAUGATUCK — The borough’s overall health and welfare budget will receive an approximately $32,000 bump in funding over the current year in the 2010-11...
VFTM: Wearing excitement under my sleeve
“Fifteen more minutes,” Al Pistarelli assures me as he passes for the fourth time in 10 minutes. He’s been huffing back and forth between...
CLISE: Jurzynski to swim channel again
He’s at it again. Peter Jurzynski this summer will once more attempt to swim across the English Channel. The borough man, who turns 59...
Borough salon, open 1 year, charred by fire
NAUGATUCK — On March 11, Sherri Cole celebrated the one-year anniversary of her salon’s opening.
“This is all from scratch,” she said, pointing out amenities...
Landscaper hospitalized for burns
NAUGATUCK — A landscaper is in the hospital after an accident Monday afternoon at the site of the former Peter Paul plant.
Fire personnel said...
VFTM: Power savings would be negligible
View From the Middle will be a semi-regular news column written by Brendan Cox, Citizen's News staff writer. Brendan can be reached at bcox@mycitizensnews.com.
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Tone at budget hearing relatively subdued
NAUGATUCK — Borough officials scheduled their public budget hearing to be held in the Davis Auditorium at the high school, probably expecting a large...
Borough banking on future growth
NAUGATUCK — Officials are restructuring the borough’s outstanding bond debt, which will trim the budget by about $1 million in each of the next...
Borough observes National Day of Prayer
NAUGATUCK — Every morning, as routinely as he brushes his teeth and combs his hair, Frankie Rivera prays.
“God, thank you for your creation,” he...
