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DON’T FORGET: ANSONIA BRIDGE
To close for two years. Details.
NONNEWAUG 81, SEYMOUR 55
In Class M tourney action, Morse reports.
VALLEY UNEMPLOYMENT
January numbers are out — and they’re not pretty.
NO INJURIES
After vehicle hits building in Seymour.
OXFORD BUDGET
Town spending plan carries 4.1 percent increase, Russo reports.
CHILD CRITICAL
After falling into pool Wednesday, CT Post reports.
PUBLIC HEARING
Today on deficit plan, CT News Junkie reports.
SEYMOUR v NONNEWAUG
The Chiefs are carrying a 22-0 record, Schickler reports.
INJURED WORKER BILL MOVES FORWARD
BB GUN SPREE
More arrests expected, Valley Gazette reports.
CT GROUP STORMS INSURANCE CONFERENCE
Demands health care reform — NOW.
DELLA VOLPE RECOVERING
The Ansonia mayor is home, but looking to get back in the office, Driscoll reports.
DERBY PARKING DEBATE
MERCHANTS: Parking rate increases took us by surprise . . .
AUTHORITY: We need the money to make repairs. . .
DIRT DUMP PLAN APPROVED
Shelton panel gives instructions to deal with prosecutor’s property, Mason reports.
FORMER COURT EMPLOYEE FINED
Used money for crime victims for personal use, officials said.
FOREVER FARMLAND
History made at Bomba’s Farm Monday in Seymour.
VIDEO: GO CHARGERS
Ansonia advances to second round of state tourney, Morse reports.
150 LAYOFFS?
Shelton schools paint grim budget picture, the Register reports.
ALLEGED DEALER ARRESTED
ROBBERY FOLLOWED BY HAPPY MEAL?
Not so perfect getaway alleged in Ansonia.
OXFORD AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Public hearing set for revised project, Russo reports.
ANSONIA NAACP
Talks goals for 2010, Ugas reports.
CHAT WITH DELAURO
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DERBY FIREFIGHTERS INDUCTED
To the state Firefighters Hall of Fame, the Electronic Valley reports.
ANSONIA GRAND LIST
Shelton Community Gardens Debated
by Jodie Mozdzer | Mar 12, 2010 3:14 pm | Comments (2)
Posted to: Shelton
Shelton —Could gardeners bring down a neighborhood?
You’d think so, judging by the reaction to a proposed community garden in Shelton.
Neighbors of the proposed site oppose the project, citing concerns about potential traffic, vandalism, and — yes — crime.
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Other Developers Implicated At Botti Trial
by Jodie Mozdzer | Mar 11, 2010 8:09 pm
Posted to: Shelton, Botti Corruption Trial
New Haven —Tainted.
That’s how Shelton Planning and Zoning Administrator Richard Schultz described the integrity of Mayor Mark A. Lauretti during his testimony at the federal corruption trial for Shelton developer James Botti.
“In my opinion it’s (tainted) is someone that consciously bends the rules for monetary or other gains,” Schultz said toward the end of his several-hour-long testimony Thursday.
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Cigarette May Have Caused Deadly Derby Fire
by Eugene Driscoll | Mar 11, 2010 3:47 pm
Posted to: Derby
Derby —A lit cigarette is thought to have caused the fire Wednesday morning that killed a well-respected Derby man.
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Witness: Botti Sent Lauretti To Disney
by Jodie Mozdzer | Mar 10, 2010 10:20 pm
Posted to: Shelton, Botti Corruption Trial
New Haven —Soon after Shelton developer James Botti received approvals for his Crown Point development on Bridgeport Avenue, he paid for Mayor Mark A. Lauretti’s family to vacation at Disney World in Florida.
That’s according to Botti’s former accountant, Michael Plude, who testified on the third day of Botti’s federal corruption trial at U.S. District Court in New Haven Wednesday.
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Derby Man Died Trying To Rescue Dog
by Eugene Driscoll | Mar 10, 2010 3:35 pm
Posted to: Derby
David Kostrey, the deputy director of the city’s Office of Emergency Management, died Wednesday morning attempting to rescue his dog as his Derby Avenue apartment burned, his sister said.
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Botti Claimed To Have a ‘CYA’ Check From Lauretti
by Jodie Mozdzer | Mar 9, 2010 8:30 pm
Posted to: Shelton, Botti Corruption Trial
New Haven —On a “cold and raw” winter day in 2003, Shelton developer James Botti visited Inland Wetlands Commissioner Randy Szkola at his Shelton home.
What Botti didn’t know at the time was that Szkola was wearing a wire and the FBI was taping every word between them.
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Schwab’s DUI Case Is Over
by Mike Russo | Mar 9, 2010 12:57 pm | Comments (1)
Posted to: Ansonia, Oxford
The driving under the influence case against Jerry Schwab, a former member of the Oxford Board of Education, ended Tuesday morning after Schwab agreed to take 15 alcohol-awareness classes and attend a victim’s impact panel organized by Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
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Update: Shelton For Sale, Prosecutor Says
by Jodie Mozdzer | Mar 9, 2010 7:26 am
Posted to: Shelton, Botti Corruption Trial
Shelton —Mayor Mark A. Lauretti was the special guest star in most of the questioning and arguments heard on the first day of the federal corruption trial for Shelton developer James Botti.
Prosecutors kicked off the trial Monday by telling the jury that Botti bribed Lauretti with “tens of thousands of dollars” and favors such as free renovations on Lauretti’s home in his quest to get development projects approved in Shelton.
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Ansonia Scrambling For Sewer Loan Payment
by Jodie Mozdzer | Mar 8, 2010 12:00 pm | Comments (6)
Posted to: Ansonia
Ansonia —With the city’s new waste water treatment plant near completion, city leaders are frantically trying to determine how the Water Pollution Control Authority will make the first $2.46 million loan payment in 2012.
One tax board member is concerned there won’t be enough money.
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SHELTON’S GILLEN WINS NEW ENGLAND TITLE
by Eliot Schickler | Mar 8, 2010 8:05 am
Posted to: Shelton, Sports
New Haven —Shelton junior Patrick Gillen is the 215-pound New England Wrestling champion.
Gillen claimed the title at 215 with a 7-0 decision over Steve Collins of Reading, Mass. on Saturday night.
“I wrestled my match, I didn’t allow him to get any opportunities — and I took advantage of my opportunities,” Gillen said.
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