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‘Valley Sports Rewind:’ John ‘Raven’ Commune

by STAFF | Sep 20, 2017 4:56 pm

Posted to: Seymour, Valley Sports Rewind

On the latest episode of Valley Sports Rewind, John ‘Raven’ Commune sits down with host Mike Cannici to talk Valley sports — Seymour in particular.

Commune grew up in Seymour and was the football team’s statistician for more than 40 years.

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Fear, Loathing And Photographs On The Ansonia Campaign Trail

by Eugene Driscoll and Ethan Fry | Sep 19, 2017 6:47 pm

Posted to: Ansonia, Ansonia Election 2017, Investigations

A “Team Cassetti” supporter called police anonymously to report the mayor’s challenger for driving an unregistered car, then followed the candidate for almost two miles before snapping a photo as a police officer investigated.

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HEAR US ROAAAARRRR! It’s The Valley Indy Call-In Show

by STAFF | Sep 19, 2017 12:36 am

Posted to: Ansonia, Derby, Navel Gazing: The Valley Indy Podcast

Valley Indy reporters Eugene Driscoll and Ethan Fry play NEVER BEFORE HEARD audio clips from the Sept. 12 primary in Derby!

Click play to listen.

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The Most Popular Stories Of The Week

by STAFF | Sep 18, 2017 7:51 am

Posted to: Ansonia, Derby, Oxford, Seymour, Shelton

You can’t know where you’re going unless you know where you’re from!

Here’s a list of the most-read stories last week on ValleyIndy.org.

This week’s list is sponsored by Greater Valley Restaurant Week, which is happening Oct. 2 to Oct. 7.

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GOP Budget Heading To Malloy — For A Veto

by KEITH M. PHANEUF | CT MIRROR | Sep 16, 2017 6:29 am

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Republican legislators sent their first state budget proposal to the governor’s desk in decades early Saturday morning, capping a strange day that didn’t move Connecticut any closer to a new fiscal plan, but raised new questions about the balance of power at the Capitol.

Click here to keep reading on The CT Mirror website.

Live, From Hartford, It’s Thursday Night Budget Collapse!

by STAFF | Sep 15, 2017 1:14 am

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From The CT Mirror:

“A compromise to end Connecticut’s summer-long budget impasse dramatically unraveled Thursday night as House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz, D-Berlin, brusquely acknowledged to reporters he was indefinitely postponing a vote after a day of cajoling reluctant Democrats.”

Click for more from The CT Mirror.

More after the jump . . .

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Video Prompts Political Controversy In Ansonia

by Ethan Fry | Sep 13, 2017 7:18 pm

Posted to: Ansonia, Ansonia Election 2017

A volunteer with Mayor David Cassetti’s re-election campaign apologized Wednesday after a video surfaced showing him pestering a downtown business owner about her political signs.

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Dugatto Defeats DiCenso In Derby Democratic Primary

by Ethan Fry and Kate Ramunni | Sep 13, 2017 1:02 am

Posted to: Derby

Clearly, the people had her back.

Despite not being supported by most of her party leaders and the majority of the Board of Aldermen, Mayor Anita Dugatto defeated Alderman Carmen DiCenso in a Democratic primary for mayor Tuesday.

The unofficial tally was 525-495 in Dugatto’s favor.

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Valley Remembers Sept. 11 Attacks During Ceremony In Derby

by STAFF | Sep 11, 2017 7:19 pm

Posted to: Ansonia, Derby, Oxford, Seymour, Shelton

About 200 people lined the Sept. 11 Memorial on the Derby Green Monday during a ceremony to mark the 16th anniversary of the terrorist attacks.

Speakers included Father Christopher Tiano, Derby Fire Commissioner Michael Kelleher, Mayor Anita Dugatto and state Rep. Linda Gentile.

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Fundraiser Set Up For Man Injured In Shelton Fire

by Ethan Fry | Sep 11, 2017 2:02 pm

Posted to: Shelton

Lisa Tremblay and her husband were inside their Edgewood Avenue home in Shelton Thursday night when their son, Joey, went to the garage down the driveway from the house to get a manual from his toolbox.

“He literally walked in the door, was in there a matter of seconds . . . and it exploded,” she said.

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