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- One Year Later, Senate Warms To Minimum Wage Hike
- May 23, 2013 9:07 pm
- The Senate voted Thursday to approve a proposal to raise the state minimum wage by 75 cents to $9 per hour over the next two years.
- House Gives Tanning Ban Final Passage
- May 23, 2013 6:43 pm
- A bill that would ban the use of tanning beds by youth under age 17 passed the House on a 117-21 vote Thursday and is now headed to the governor’s...more »
- Calhoun Joins Activists & Lawmakers In Call For Chemical Monitoring
- May 23, 2013 3:34 pm
- Lawmakers and activists congregated at the capitol Thursday morning to press for action on a bill that would allow state government to monitor...more »
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- 91-39 Blowout Comes With A Lesson For Victors
- by Melissa Bailey | May 23, 2013 4:07 pm
- High School in the Community’s undefeated basketball team hit nothing but net from the 3-point line—and got into hot water with the referees—in a...more »
- Backing Fernandez, Glover Questions Ed Reform
- by Paul Bass | May 23, 2013 12:54 pm
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New Haven’s mayoral campaign had its first celebrity sighting Thursday, as actor Danny Glover endorsed Henry Fernandez—and warned against school...
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CT Health I-Team »
- Cancer Deaths: Gap Persists Among Blacks, Whites
- by Barbara Nagy | Oct 25, 2012 10:00 pm
- When Ulysses B. Hammond was diagnosed with prostate cancer, his first thought was that he could wait to deal with it. After all, the doctor said it...more »
- Physician Sanctioned For Wrongly Accusing Teen’s Father
- by Theresa Sullivan Barger | Oct 16, 2012 8:40 pm
- After twice sending the case back to a review panel for further sanctions, the state Medical Examining Board Tuesday accepted a memorandum of...more »
- State Seeks To Divert Veterans From Jail To Treatment
- by Lisa Chedekel | Oct 15, 2012 3:05 pm
- When the state Department of Veterans’ Affairs recently advertised a job opening for a veterans’ service officer, 73 veterans applied, many of them...more »
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SEYMOUR CRASH
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You have a budget, including 3.7 percent increase for the school district.
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Seymour Town Budget Passes, School Budget Fails
by Ethan Fry | May 23, 2013 9:55 pm
Posted to: Seymour, Seymour Budget
Seymour Board of Education Vice Chairman Fred Stanek listened to the results of the town’s second budget referendum Thursday — the town budget passed, the school budget failed — paused, then came up with a novel approach for the Board of Finance to take when they meet Tuesday to rework the spending proposal.
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Police Honored For Serving ‘A Society That Bleeds’
by Ethan Fry | May 22, 2013 9:49 pm
Posted to: Ansonia, Police
Ansonia honored police officers Tuesday for acts ranging from the remarkable to the routine, from saving a baby choking on formula to showing stick-to-itiveness while investigating a minor car crash.
But that was only fitting, several who spoke at Tuesday’s ceremony said, because cops leave their homes every morning never knowing just what they’ll have to deal with.
“You run toward danger and uncertainty when most are running in the other direction,” Police Chief Kevin Hale told award recipients during Tuesday night’s ceremony in the Ansonia High School auditorium.
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Noodles Again For Senator On Food-Stamp Diet
by STAFF | May 22, 2013 1:13 pm
Posted to: Ansonia, Derby, Oxford, Seymour, Shelton
Chris Murphy voted Tuesday to try to keep the average food stamp recipient receiving $4.80 a day—then, stomach growling, went home for a second straight supper of chicken-flavored Ramen noodles.
Derby Officials To Talk Referendum TONIGHT
by STAFF | May 22, 2013 11:42 am
Posted to: Derby
The Derby Board of Aldermen will be meeting with the Derby Board of Apportionment and Taxation tonight (Wednesday, May 22) to discuss items to be placed on a yet-to-be scheduled referendum.
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Hiker Spots Bear In Seymour
by STAFF | May 21, 2013 2:37 pm
Posted to: Seymour
Seymour police responded to a report of a bear spotted by a hiker off Tibbetts Road Tuesday.
First Selectman Kurt Miller reported the sighting on his Facebook page about 12:30 p.m.
“Please exercise caution and call the Seymour Police Department at 203-881-7600 if you see it,” Miller said.
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Bagel Rescues Senator On Food Stamps
by Paul Bass | May 21, 2013 10:43 am | Comments (1)
Posted to: Ansonia, Derby, Oxford, Seymour, Shelton
On his first day of trying to eat for under $5, Chris Murphy found the first sustenance he could afford en route to a flight at 1 p.m.—and he had to forgo the schmear.
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Ansonia Home Searched In Case Of Murdered College Student
by Ethan Fry | May 20, 2013 3:18 pm
Posted to: Ansonia, Police
Police investigating the murder of Eastern Connecticut State University student Alyssiah Wiley searched an Ansonia home over the weekend in connection with the probe.
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Seymour Business Trains Veterans For The Long Haul
by Ethan Fry | May 20, 2013 8:27 am
Posted to: Seymour
A program funded by the federal government is allowing a Seymour trucking business to train unemployed military veterans for high-demand jobs.
The Allstate Commercial Driver Training School on Pearl Street offers programs for obtaining Commercial Driver’s Licenses.
And through a program called the the Veteran Retraining Assistance Program (VRAP), unemployed veterans between the ages of 35 and 60 can apply for up to $1,564 per month for 12 months to pursue job training in the field.
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Things To Do This Weekend
by The Valley Indy | May 16, 2013 2:04 pm
Posted to: Ansonia, Derby, Oxford, Seymour, Shelton
Spring is in full swing and that means a ton of stuff to do for you and your family.
If you’re sponsoring or organizing an event and you don’t see it on the list below, please register for the Valley Indy self-serve calendar and post your event.
We don’t post all the events emailed to us because of sheer volume. You people host a lot of events.
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Mother: Ansonia An ‘Area Of Interest’ In Missing Daughter’s Case
by Ethan Fry | May 15, 2013 9:40 pm
Posted to: Ansonia
The search for an Eastern Connecticut State University student missing since last month came to Ansonia this week.
The mystery surrounding the disappearance of 20-year-old Alyssiah Wiley has attracted statewide attention since state police announced she was missing April 26.
Wiley’s mother, Corrinna Martin, spent Tuesday and Wednesday evenings canvassing Ansonia neighborhoods spreading the word about her daughter’s case.
Martin said that while her daughter didn’t have friends or family in Ansonia, it is an “area of interest.”
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