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- Clark Drops Bid, Endorses Roraback
- May 16, 2012 6:25 pm
- FARMINGTON—Two days before the Republican convention, the former FBI agent and Farmington Town Council President Mike Clark officially ended his...more »
- Minimum Wage, Jobs Bill Won’t Stay Dead
- May 16, 2012 4:16 pm
- Senate Democrats’ jobs package and a bill to raise the minimum wage were among the bills that dropped dead last week at midnight. But expect them...more »
- Group Ups The Ante In Education Lawsuit With High- Powered Law Firm
- May 16, 2012 12:50 pm
- Gov. Dannel P. Malloy may have signed what supporters are calling a sweeping education reform bill Tuesday, but its 185-pages don’t begin to touch...more »
New Haven Independent »
- Friday? Must Be Time For A Scam
- by Nicolás Medina Mora Pérez | May 16, 2012 5:05 pm
- “Tyrell Jenkins” rolled into town in a car with New York plates. He strolled into Pete Persano’s AT&T Wireless Store on Chapel and asked for two 64...more »
- Duck Pond Reborn
- by Thomas MacMillan | May 16, 2012 2:06 pm
- After a $300,000 overhaul, a revamped Edgewood Park duck pond is ready to welcome migrating terns, herons, egrets, alewives—and one lucky turtle....more »
CT Health I-Team »
- Little Progress Made On Health Disparities, New Report Shows
- by Lisa Chedekel | May 10, 2012 1:45 pm
- Health disparities between blacks and whites in categories including maternal deaths and advanced-stage breast cancer diagnoses are worsening, while...more »
- Eighteen Hospital Executives Earn Over $1 Million
- by Barbara Nagy | May 8, 2012 8:00 pm
- The health care system may be ailing, but newly compiled data show that compensation for top executives at Connecticut hospitals remains healthy....more »
- Settlement: Depakote Maker Injects $6 Million Into State Coffers
- by C-HIT Staff | May 8, 2012 8:00 am
- Connecticut will receive close to $6 million from federal and state settlements with Illinois-based Abbott Laboratories over allegations the company...more »
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SEYMOUR BUDGET VOTE
EX-FIRST SELECTMAN
Raises concerns about possible Seymour management layoff.
ANSONIA SOCCER
Registration happening in June.
GOV. MALLOY
Signs war memorial bill into law.
WALK FOR HOMELESS
KIDNEY CONNECTION
Ansonia resident gives the gift of her kidney.
MOTHER GOOSE KILLED
On busy Oxford road, babies recovering.
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ALMOST $2,000
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Faces 10 years for child pornography conviction.
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‘TRAVESTY FOR EDUCATION’
Ansonia school superintendent weighs in on proposed budget.
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On budget proposals Tuesday. Details.
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DERBY DOG PARK
ANSONIA BUDGET
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Mom’s Persistence Has Police Refocused On Daughter’s Hit-And-Run
by Ethan Fry | May 16, 2012 8:51 pm
Posted to: Ansonia, Police
Saying he is “not at all happy with the initial investigation,” Ansonia Police Chief Kevin Hale said his department has relaunched a probe into a hit-and-run crash that left an Ansonia teenager seriously injured last year.
The development comes after the woman’s mother took to social media last month to ask why police hadn’t done more to look into the case.
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Is Derby Bar A ‘Chronic Nuisance?’
by Eugene Driscoll | May 15, 2012 4:12 pm
Posted to: Ansonia, Derby
RJ’s Cafe and Catering on Elizabeth Street could be on its way to being declared a “chronic nuisance,” Derby police said Monday.
Javon Zimmerman, 22, was shot and killed in the bar’s parking lot on Saturday morning as the bar closed.
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Derby Police: Silence Is Hurting Homicide Investigation
by Eugene Driscoll | May 14, 2012 4:01 pm
Posted to: Ansonia, Derby
The public’s unwillingness to share information is the only thing that separates Derby police from an arrest in connection to Saturday morning’s fatal shooting.
“There were at least 50 people in the bar that night. And there is not a single person who says they saw anything,” Derby police Lt. Justin Stanko said Monday afternoon.
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Criminal Charges Soon In Ansonia PTO Theft
by Jodie Mozdzer | May 13, 2012 6:54 pm
Posted to: Ansonia, Police
Ansonia police plan to pursue criminal charges in an alleged theft of funds from the John G. Prendergast School Parent Teacher Organization.
“We are still working on the case, but we will be pursuing criminal charges in the near future,” Lt. Andrew Cota said in an e-mail Friday.
The department does not have a warrant in the case yet, Cota said.
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Man Shot To Death In Derby
by Eugene Driscoll | May 13, 2012 7:22 am | Comments (3)
Posted to: Derby
A man was shot to death outside RJ’s Cafe Saturday morning at the intersection of Elizabeth Street and Fifth Street.
Police identified the victim as Javon Zimmerman, 22.
He was shot in the parking lot at about 2 a.m.
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AHHHH, SWARMING BEES IN SHELTON!
by Ethan Fry | May 11, 2012 3:39 pm
Posted to: Shelton
Most people would run in the direction opposite a swarm of bees.
Not Kate Marks.
So when Marks, a Howe Avenue jewelry store owner/amateur bee-keeper, heard there was a swarm buzzing around the old Lafayette School on Grove Street in Shelton, she headed right over.
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Shelton Robotics Team Tops International Contest
by STAFF | May 11, 2012 2:21 pm
Posted to: Shelton, awesome., News by You
The Shelton Robotic Revolution Team is one of four finalists in the international FIRST LEGO League challenge, for the team’s “Smart Sticker” design to protect consumers from contaminated food.
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Restaurant Inspections!
by STAFF | May 10, 2012 6:51 pm
Posted to: Ansonia, Derby, Seymour, Shelton, Restaurant Inspections
NOTE: The Naugatuck Valley Health District provided the Valley Indy with a summary of its food service inspection report for the month of April.
Anything below 80 is categorized as failing. A restaurant may also fail if it receives a single, serious violation.
This month, the Naugatuck Valley Health District included information about which establishments required re-inspections because of violations.
Those details — as well as the violations — are included in the list. All establishments were re-inspected two weeks after the date of violations.
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Shelton Eyes Chromium Process Co. Purchase
by Jodie Mozdzer | May 9, 2012 8:57 pm
Posted to: Shelton
In its perpetual quest to modernize downtown Shelton, the city is looking to buy the vacant Chromium Process Co. building on Canal Street.
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Beer, Steak, Community Service. A Love Story.
by Eugene Driscoll | May 9, 2012 1:39 pm | Comments (5)
Posted to: Ansonia, Derby, Oxford, Shelton
Never underestimate a self-described “stubborn Italian guy from the Bronx.”
Jay Carlucci is the proof.
In 2006, Carlucci, 39, purchased the Dew Drop Inn, a bar at the corner of North Avenue and Roosevelt Drive in Derby.
The odds were against him, to say the least.
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