Ethnicity a hot board issue|School vacancy sparks minority push
WATERBURY — Mayor Neil O'Leary's search for an Albanian to appoint to the city's Board of Education has sparked opposition, as African-American community leaders push for a racial minority...
View ArticleJazz festival spotlight turned on veteran volunteers
GOSHEN — Without its large contingent of volunteers, the Litchfield Jazz Festival certainly wouldn't be considered one of the premier events of its kind in the country. Vita Muir, the festival's...
View ArticleMahrajan ends today
WOLCOTT -- The Ehden Lebanese-American Club's 53rd Lebanese Festival, known to natives as Mahrajan, was held Friday and Saturday at the club's headquarters, 3 Garthwait Road. Today is the final day of...
View ArticleBorough board has some ideas for de-signing public property
NAUGATUCK — Business owners, event organizers and political candidates be warned: The Board of Mayor and Burgesses does not want your signs on borough property. Members said as much during a Tuesday...
View ArticleV-J Day's enduring meaning
Consider this fictitious scenario: In the summer of 1950, President Thomas E. Dewey faced a national-security crisis of extraordinary proportions — one his advisers agreed likely would define his...
View ArticleVertuli
Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Vertuli of Middlebury celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a party given by their children and a trip to Cape Cod. Mr. and Mrs. Vertuli were married Aug. 4, 1962, at...
View ArticleCarl W. Bettcher Jr.|Owned aircraft parts maker
SOUTHBURY — Carl Welch Bettcher Jr., 92, of Southbury, formerly of Woodbury for many years, died peacefully at River Glen Health Care Center on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, with friends and family at his...
View ArticleChick-fil-A furor needless distraction
A priest friend once confided in me his frustration that some in his parish would suggest to him why, in their eyes, others were not worthy of receiving communion or, for that matter, attending...
View ArticleMr. David Mercado|No subhead
NORWICH — David Mercado, 35, formerly of Waterbury, died unexpectedly Saturday, Aug. 3, 2012, in Rhode Island. He was born May 4, 1977, in Ponce, Puerto Rico, a son of Francisco Mercado Sr. and Rosa...
View ArticleMiss Frances Fulvo|Loving daughter, sister and aunt
WATERTOWN — Miss Frances Fulvo, 95, formerly of 101 Cutler St., Watertown, died Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, at Abbott Terrace Health Center. Frances was born on Sept. 23, 1916, in Messina, Sicily, Italy,...
View ArticleSaucier
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Saucier of Southington celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with family and friends at the Krystal Gardens in Wolcott and a renewal of their wedding vows. They also celebrated...
View ArticleMrs. Felicia Solla|Devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother
WATERBURY — Mrs. Felicia (Guerrera) Solla, 81, of 40 Kearney Drive, died unexpectedly Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, at Waterbury Hospital, in the presence of her loving family. She was the wife of Michelino...
View Article'You didn't build it': gaffe or trap?
Republicans, wake up! You've walked into a rhetorical trap, and you're wasting precious time digging yourselves deeper. Back on July 13, President Obama, at a campaign stop at a fire station in...
View ArticleBarbara Ann DeVoe|Beloved wife, mother and grandmother
PLYMOUTH — Barbara Ann Gadbois DeVoe, 68, of Plymouth, passed away unexpectedly Aug. 8, 2012 at Saint Mary's Hospital. Daughter of the late Charles Henry Lake Jr. and Dorothy Ray Lake Allen, she was...
View ArticleMarion S. Yonkaitis
TORRINGTON — Marion Sikora Yonkaitis, 81, of Torrington, passed away Aug. 10, 2012. She was the wife of the late Walter P. Yonkaitis Sr. Funeral will be 9:15 a.m. Tuesday from Phalen Funeral Home, 285...
View ArticleMiss Carmen M. Rodriguez|Our Lady of Lourdes parishioner
WATERBURY — Miss Carmen Maria Rodriguez, 46, went to meet her heavenly Father on Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. She was surrounded by her loving family. Carmen was born in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico on Sept. 1,...
View ArticleIt's a question of context
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama claims only that his legislative and foreign-policy achievements in his first two years matched those of "any president — with the possible exceptions of Johnson, FDR and...
View ArticleJohn P. McDermott|Owned Jack's Place
FLAG WATERBURY — John P. McDermott, 86, passed away on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, at Saint Mary's Hospital. Mr. McDermott was born on Dec. 10, 1925, in Waterbury, a son of the late James W. McDermott and...
View ArticleRobert A. Massut|Beloved father and grandfather
TORRINGTON — Robert A. Massut, 83, of Torrington, passed away on Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital. He was the husband of the late Marie (Sabatelli) Massut. Mr. Massut was born on...
View ArticleLillian H. Waite|Torrington Co. retiree
LITCHFIELD — Lillian H. Waite, age 82, of Litchfield, died peacefully on Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Litchfield on July 22, 1930, to the late...
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