School board seeks to buy out of energy program
BEACON FALLS — Nearly a year and half after signing a five-year contract with a Texas-based energy conservation company, the Region 16 Board of...
Prospect Town Hall to close temporarily Friday
PROSPECT — The Town Hall on Center Street will be closed briefly Friday to allow employees to attend a funeral.
Mayor Bob Chatfield said Tuesday...
Test results pleasing in Region 16
REGION 16 — Administrators in Region 16 are delighted overall with the scores of Beacon Falls and Prospect students on the state’s two standardized...
Emergency regulations sought to contain beetle
HARTFORD — State officials are working on emergency regulations to contain the spread of the emerald ash borer, including restrictions on importing firewood from...
Public speaks on turbine regulations
NEW BRITAIN — The message from the public Tuesday was clear: the Connecticut Siting Council needs to extensively revise its proposed wind turbine regulations...
Future of Chesprocott Health District in limbo
PROSPECT — With town officials from Prospect, Cheshire, and Wolcott discussing the possibility of leaving the Chesprocott Health District, the health district’s future is...
Waterbury train branch makes temporary switch to buses
WATERBURY — Just as a track replacement project is completed and service to Bridgeport along the Waterbury branch of Metro-North Railroad resumes, the railroad...
Firefighters Credit Union announces name change
WATERBURY — Come July 30, the Waterbury-based Firefighters Credit Union will have a new name.
Michael Kinne, president and CEO of the credit union announced...
Prospect girl a finalist in Miss Connecticut Pageant
PROSPECT — Gina Nicole Buerkle, 13, of Prospect has been chosen as a state finalist in the National American Miss Connecticut Pageant.
Buerkle is a...
Invasive beetle found in Prospect, Naugatuck
PROSPECT — A destructive insect, found in Prospect and Naugatuck, could spell doom for ash trees throughout the state.
The emerald ash borer, which bores...
