Local officials advocate census participation
Two days after census forms were due, many local residents still had not returned them, though response rates in all three towns met or...
BOE votes to switch benefits manager
NAUGATUCK — A month ago, the Board of Education was $7 million away from reconciling what will likely be a zero-percent budget increase for...
Historic school will close its doors
NAUGATUCK — The Board of Education voted, 5-3, Tuesday night to take Salem Elementary School offline and turn the building over to the borough,...
Long River roof project passes with 82%
PROSPECT — On yet another day when merciless rain seeped through Long River Middle School’s porous roof, the building got a reprieve that didn’t...
Latest R16 budget cuts leave 1.93% increase
PROSPECT — Communications from municipal insurance brokers have generally been bad news bulletins this budget season, but Region 16 Superintendent of Schools Jim Agostine...
Region 16 BOE wins contract arbitration
PROSPECT — Three months after the Region 16 Teachers’ Association rejected a mediated, three-year contract with the Board of Education, an arbitration panel has...
Woodland class spawns grassroots group
BEACON FALLS — As Woodland Regional High School social studies teacher Deb Flaherty prepared for the inaugural semester of a course entitled contemporary world...
Greenway routing study unveiled
BEACON FALLS — Imagine hopping on a bicycle in Torrington and riding it south along the Naugatuck River all the way to Derby, cutting...
Grant will fund GDC contamination study
NAUGATUCK — The borough will use grant money to search for underground contaminants on one of the sites pegged for development in the planned...
Borough BOE considering insurance switch
NAUGATUCK — Faculty and staff employed by the Board of Education may see their health insurance policy manager change from Anthem Blue Cross and...
