Valley Independent Sentinel

TEST SCORES: ANSONIA

by Jodie Mozdzer | Jul 29, 2010 9:47 pm

Posted to: Ansonia, Education

In a district where too few students are hitting state and federal education benchmarks, Ansonia sixth graders stand out.

Over the past five years, the sixth graders have steadily improved their test scores from so-so to impressive levels.

New test score data released by the State Department of Education this month show that the Ansonia sixth graders continue to improve.

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Motorcycle Accident on Route 8 in Shelton

by Jodie Mozdzer | Jul 29, 2010 4:25 pm

Posted to: Shelton, Police

Two people were taken to Bridgeport Hospital with serious injuries after a motorcycle accident on Route 8 southbound in Shelton Thursday afternoon.

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Trial Underway In Derby Housing Discrimination Case

by Eugene Driscoll | Jul 28, 2010 10:08 pm | Comments (2)

Posted to: Derby

It was all going along as planned. Financing for the three properties was falling into place. A consultant said a zoning certificate was merely a formality. The developer was ready to rehab the aging apartment houses.

Then Derby laid down the kibosh because then-Mayor Marc Garofalo said so.

That’s the gist of testimony given Wednesday in a civil rights lawsuit filed against the City of Derby and building inspector David Kopjanski by the Valley Housing Limited Partnership and Home Inc.

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Judge Won’t Give Botti More Time On Forfeiture

by Jodie Mozdzer | Jul 28, 2010 6:15 pm

Posted to: Shelton, Botti Corruption Trial

James Botti, pay up. Now.

That’s what a federal judge told the Shelton developer Wednesday, after Botti’s attorney had sought to extend the deadline by which Botti must forfeit $120,500 to the government.

The message came in a strongly worded ruling by U.S. District Judge Charles Haight. filed Wednesday in New Haven.

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Street Code Hindered Derby Investigations

by Eugene Driscoll | Jul 27, 2010 9:23 pm | Comments (1)

Posted to: Derby

You’ve just been stabbed more times than you count on a city street. One wound is so deep there’s a hole in your intestines.

Blood pours down your arm from the five stab wounds in your left shoulder. There’s a puncture wound in your left armpit.

But you’re alive — and you know the guy who did it. Here come the police.

What do you tell them?

Nothing.

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Symphony Conductor Wants To Help Sterling

by Eugene Driscoll | Jul 27, 2010 11:18 am | Comments (2)

Posted to: Derby

A heavy-hitter from West Haven was just added to the list of people who want to see the Sterling Opera House renovated and re-opened.

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Thieves Target Commercial Air Conditioning Units

by Jodie Mozdzer | Jul 26, 2010 3:09 pm | Comments (2)

Posted to: Ansonia, Derby, Seymour, Police

Jerry Young did a double take on his way into work at the Sprint store and JC Penney Catalog Center on Route 34 in Derby Thursday.

The giant air conditioning unit for the building was missing from the front of the retail shops.

“As I was walking in I said ‘Something is missing,’” Young said.

He’s not the only one: There’s been a rash of commercial air conditioners thefts in the Valley, specifically Ansonia, police said.

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Unions Rally In Ansonia, Derby

by Melvin Mason | Jul 24, 2010 5:40 pm | Comments (3)

Posted to: Ansonia, Derby

The sweltering mid-morning temperature Saturday was not an obstacle for more than 100 people who showed up outside a nursing home to support striking Spectrum Health Care workers.

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Shelton Loses Special Education Director

by Kate Ramunni | Jul 24, 2010 7:25 am

Posted to: Shelton, Education

Just as the school district is undertaking an effort to reign in special education costs, it has lost the person who has served as the head of that department.

Director of Special Education Dr. Tina Parchin left the district last month.

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‘We Can’t Let Our Kids Out’

by Eugene Driscoll | Jul 22, 2010 10:02 pm | Comments (3)

Posted to: Derby

After a shooting and two stabbings within walking distance of each other on Hawkins Street, Chief Gene Mascolo Thursday unveiled a plan as to how police will deal with crime in the neighborhood.

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