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Ansonia’s Morales Receives Prestigious Award From Boston University

by PRESS RELEASE | May 17, 2012 11:52 am | Comments (0)

Boston University’s College of Communication announced that Ivellisse Morales of Ansonia is the 2012 recipient of the Gerald Powers Public Relations Award, given to a graduating senior who has done outstanding work in the field of public relations.

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Ansonia Man To Be Burned At Stake, Admission Free For Kids Under 5

by Liana Teixeira | May 17, 2012 12:54 am | Comments (0)

Magician Daniel GreenWolf lost a ton of weight, so he’s celebrating by possibly burning himself to death in public next month at a Renaissance fair.

The event is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. June 23 at Ansonia’s Warsaw Park.

“You may want to send a photographer!” exclaims the press release promoting the stunt.

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Meet The New VEMS (Building)!

by Liana Teixeira | May 16, 2012 11:00 pm | Comments (0)

The Valley Emergency Medical Services (VEMS) has a new headquarters in Oxford, which includes a three-bay garage, paramedic training classroom, office space and an employee lounge.

Want to check out their new digs?

VEMS is hosting an open house Saturday, May 19 from 1 p.m to 4 p.m. to show off the newly renovated building at 300 Oxford Road. Saturday’s open house will also give visitors a taste of what the medics do.

VEMS leases the building from Haynes Construction Co.

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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 | Comments (0)

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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Ansonia Soccer Registration

by STAFF | May 16, 2012 4:35 pm | Comments (0)

The Ansonia Soccer Club announces registration sessions for the Fall 2012 season on June 4 and June 7 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Ansonia Armory.

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Gov. Malloy Signs War Memorial Bill Into Law

by STAFF | May 16, 2012 3:36 pm | Comments (0)

Gov. Dannel Malloy this week signed into law a bill that enhances penalties against people who vandalize war memorials.

The bill, “An Act Concerning Desecration of War or Veterans’ Memorials,” was proposed after a rash of thefts in the lower Naugatuck Valley of bronze plaques from war memorials.

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Ansonia Resident Gives Gift Of Kidney

by STAFF | May 16, 2012 12:00 pm | Comments (0)

Ansonia resident Kristie Kennedy will donate a kidney to her neighbor and friend, Paul Lucuk, this week.

Lucuk, 51, suffers from stage 5 chronic kidney disease. The two are scheduled for surgery at Yale-New Haven Hospital on May 17, according to a New Haven Register article.

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Mother Goose Killed On Oxford’s Route 67

by Ethan Fry | May 15, 2012 5:30 pm | Comments (2)

Slow down!

That’s what Sandy Merry, Oxford’s animal control officer, is telling people after a Canada goose and several goslings were flattened by Route 67 traffic Monday afternoon.

Merry was driving north on Route 67 about 3 p.m. on her way to Oxford’s animal shelter when she noticed vehicles in front of her slow down near the intersection with Mountain Road.

“I noticed a traffic holdup, then I saw a mother goose and little babies all squashed in the road,” Merry said.

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Is Derby Bar A ‘Chronic Nuisance?’

by Eugene Driscoll | May 15, 2012 4:12 pm | Comments (1)

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-Ansonia Softball Raises Nearly $2,000 For Cancer Center

by STAFF | May 15, 2012 4:10 pm | Comments (0)

Saturday’s Ansonia-Derby softball game raised just about $2,000 for Griffin Hospital’s Hewitt Center for Breast Wellness.

“We have a great turnout. It was great to see,” said Derby softball coach Joe DiMartino.

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