CN Headlines 4-16-10
State Rep. Theresa Conroy (D-15th District) announces her reelection bid, and the Naugatuck Board of Education budget situation continues to intensify.
Prospect budget increase climbs to 5.13%
PROSPECT — The Town Council has adopted a 2010-2011 budget that tacks another $9,500 onto Mayor Bob Chatfield’s original, recommended $327,000 increase, bringing the...
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...
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...
Registrars take 11 percent budget increase
PROSPECT — The town may save money on labor by using electronic ballot-counting machines, but technology comes with its own unique costs.
The Town Council...
Library’s proposed increase scaled back
PROSPECT — Members of the Public Library Board appeared before the Town Council Monday night to petition against Mayor Bob Chatfield’s recommended halving of...
