Gun range gets reprieve after contract expires
BY ANDREAS YILMA
REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
NAUGATUCK — High Rock Shooting Association, a 16-lane outdoor shooting range in the Naugatuck State Forest, had to close for about six...
Shortened sentence pondered in manslaughter case
BY BRUNO MATARAZZO JR.
REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
WATERBURY — A judge is considering whether to shorten the prison sentence of a 31-year-old man convicted of manslaughter in 2011...
News briefs for March 23
Disc golf
course nearly
finished
NAUGATUCK — The Parks and Recreation Department is finishing up the borough’s disc golf course. The only remaining work is to implement...
Guests read across Naugatuck
CONTRIBUTED Rep. Seth Bronko, R-Naugatuck, visited Maple Hill Elementary School on March 2 where he participated in Read Across America Day, an event that...
Will M. Boutote
WATERBURY — Will M. Boutote, 73, of Waterbury, entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, at his home. He was the son...
19 residents displaced from complex after fire
BY ANDREAS YILMA
REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
NAUGATUCK — A fire tore through six units of a condominium complex March 8 and displaced 19 people.
Naugatuck firefighters were dispatched at...
Animal control officer under investigation
BY ANDREAS YILMA
REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
BEACON FALLS — The town animal control officer has been placed on paid administrative leave and is being investigated after nearly 100...
Hearing on gun ranges draws crowd
BY MIA SANSONE
REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
PROSPECT — More than 80 people spoke at a Planning and Zoning Commission hearing March 8 regarding proposed text amendments that would...
Father pleads guilty to risk of injury
BY BRUNO MATARAZZO JR.
REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
NAUGATUCK — A 40-year-old father arrested last year for injuring his infant child for not drinking from a bottle pleaded guilty...
Borough employee could get criminal record wiped clean
BY BRUNO MATARAZZO JR.
REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
NAUGATUCK — A Naugatuck town employee’s criminal record will be wiped clean if he stays out of trouble in the next...