Tag: Region 16
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...
Officials agree: LRMS roof a necessity
PROSPECT — A quarter of an inch. It’s a seemingly negligible measurement, in the scheme of a 59,736 square-foot roofing project, but it is,...
Region 16 teachers reject contract offer
PROSPECT — The Region 16 Board of Education and the Region 16 Teachers' Association are heading to arbitration to settle a new three-year teachers'...
R16 BOE applauds student journalism
BEACON FALLS — “In my 37 years of teaching, I have never seen the level of quality in a student newspaper that I have...
Recount settles tie in Beacon Falls
BEACON FALLS — A recount Tuesday broke a tie between Republican William L. Fredericks and Democrat Elizabeth T. Falzone for the Region 16...
CLISE: Bond debt a complexity
Democratic mayoral challenger Charles Mallon says Prospect’s bond debt exceeds $25 million. Republican incumbent Mayor Bob Chatfield claims the figure is more like $3...
Three candidates, two seats in Beacon Falls
BEACON FALLS — Only one contender in the upcoming Region 16 Board of Education election, in which two Beacon Falls seats are open, attended...
