Gilbert, local board making progress on $500,000 gap
WINSTED — The Gilbert School and the Board of Education of the pre-kindergarten-through-grade six district have not resolved a budget gap of more than $500,000, but progress was made at a meeting...
View ArticleTeller at Prospect bank arrested for embezzling
PROSPECT — A Waterbury woman who worked as a teller at the Prospect branch of Wells Fargo Bank has been arrested on a warrant, charging her with embezzling nearly $5,000 from the bank, state police...
View ArticleTrust wants money back|Coe Park group mistakenly paid for Fuessenich electricity
TORRINGTON — The Coe Memorial Park committee wants full reimbursement for at least 11 years worth of electricity the park's trust fund paid for but was used at Fuessenich Park. Parks and Recreation...
View ArticleTorrington celebrates city's young readers
TORRINGTON — With less than two weeks until the start of school, many students recently completed a cross country trip in search of the gates to the Underworld. It was a trip made in the comfort of...
View ArticlePolice: Burglar nabbed carring vacuum
TORRINGTON — James Mitchell was looking for valuables when he broke into the H.R. Madeux Insurance Agency, home furnishings included. The 61-year-old Mitchell was located after a witness spotted him...
View ArticleRec department revenues increase over the past year|Director makes good on...
SOUTHBURY — Ronald Kalban, the town's Parks and Recreation director, has made good on his promise to boost his department's revenue, and to make more programs self-sustaining. Kalban on Thursday told...
View ArticleVoters OK athletic complex|Oxford High School project will include track,...
OXFORD — The Wolverines at Oxford High School now will have a track and field to call their own. By 501 votes, voters in a referendum Thursday approved a proposed $3.1 million athletic complex at the...
View ArticleLittle building a big mess|Clearing out old storage shed hardest part of park...
WATERBURY — Decades ago, the stone house by Washington Park's basketball court served as a storage facility for the park caretaker. The structure still stores materials today, but most of them have...
View ArticleNew wells part of energy project|Geothermal energy tapped for Town Hall
THOMASTON — The most visible part of an ongoing project to make town buildings more energy efficient is under way in the Town Hall parking lot. Bethel-based Connecticut Wells Inc. has fenced off the...
View ArticleMediation held behind closed doors
WOLCOTT — A controversial contract for the school administrators' union went to mediation Thursday night, but no one outside a handful of people who were there knows what happened. At the closed-door...
View ArticleMore help for school kids|Acts 4 Ministry's Swap & Shop expands to...
WATERBURY — For seven years, it was a one-day annual event, but with Acts 4 Ministry's recent move to a permanent home on Thomaston Avenue, its Back to School Swap & Shop has been able to help...
View ArticleBurned eyesore ready to go|Watertown makes next move in blight fight
WATERTOWN — With a blighted home on Taft Avenue as good as gone, town officials are gearing up for their next big blight fight. The charred remains of the home at 6 Taft Ave. that has been the bane of...
View ArticlePro says golf course needs new carts
NAUGATUCK — Just days after Bob Clark Jr. became the resident pro at Hop Brook Golf Course in May, he got an alarming morning phone call. The brake had slipped on an unoccupied golf cart parked near...
View ArticleTeens clean city cemetery|Summer youth program earns heartfelt praise
TORRINGTON — The work he did in historic Center Cemetery this summer was unlike anything Joey Haag has done in his own landscaping and lawn-mowing business. There were no gas-powered mowers or weed...
View ArticleHistoric church to close doors after 166 years
CANAAN — Members of Christ Church Episcopal on Main Street made the heart-wrenching decision to close their historic church's doors next month, following an unsuccessful effort to boost membership and...
View Article2 women sent to hospital after Oxford dog attacks
OXFORD — Two local women suffered deep bite wounds Tuesday night after they were attacked by a German shepherd on Christina Drive, police said. Karen Rand, 49, of 6 Christina Drive, and Christine...
View ArticleIndependent Party caucus scheduled|Campaign notebook
WATERBURY — The Independent Party will hold a caucus on Aug. 21 at 6 p.m. at the Franco American Club, 55 Store Ave. to endorse a candidate for president. Rocky Anderson, former Mayor of Salt Lake...
View ArticleLarry King is back in action on Hulu
LOS ANGELES -- For Larry King, the death of Osama bin Laden provided an awakening. The veteran talk show host had been nudged toward the door by CNN in 2010 after 25 years of interviewing such titans...
View ArticlePeach giveaway spirals downhill as pickers descend
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Owners of a western Colorado orchard say they've soured on the idea of peach giveaways after a slew of pickers descended on their property and wreaked havoc. The Daily Sentinel...
View ArticleWaterbury police blotter
POLICE BLOTTER WATERBURY Waterbury police recently filed the following charges: JOHN BENSAVAGE, 58, of 114 Benedict St., disorderly conduct. ALFREDO GARCIA, 67, of 114 Benedict St., sixth-degree...
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