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Last Days Of The Coliseum To Air On New Haven Green

by STAFF | Aug 11, 2011 12:24 pm | Comments (0)

If you missed the first airing of documentary “Last Days of the Coliseum” when it premiered last year, you have another chance Friday night.

A free screening of the documentary will be presented on the New Haven green at 8:30 p.m. Aug. 12. (Click here for more details.)

Former Derby resident Dan Santoro is one of the people interviewed about the heyday of the old concert and event venue.

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Zumba To Raise Money For Education

by STAFF | Jun 16, 2011 10:34 am | Comments (0)

The Boys and Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley in Ansonia will host a Zumba class and barbecue Friday to help raise money to build schools in Nicaragua.

Proceeds from the event will go toward Amped For Education, a group that seeks to expand educational access in rural Nicaragua.

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Griffin Hospital’s Health Initiative For Men

by WTNH | Jun 9, 2011 11:20 am | Comments (0)

Health Initiative for Men: wtnh.com

Arnold Rivera, the chief of urology at Griffin Hospital, and Frank Michaud, founder of the Health Initiative for Men, talk with WTNH about the project.

The Health Initiative for Men addresses men’s health issues. The first campaign for the project distributes Father’s Day card inserts that promote health screenings for cancer.

Click here for background.

Ghostly Group Moves To Derby

by Tony Spinelli | May 3, 2011 8:32 pm | Comments (0)

Now that Derby has been put on the map, as far as ghosts are concerned, with an appearance of the Sterling Opera House on the TV show “Ghost Hunters,” it’s time to take the next step into the unknown.

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Event Benefits Seymour Animal Shelter

by Tony Spinelli | Apr 29, 2011 12:16 pm | Comments (2)

The operators of the Seymour Animal Shelter hope to raise $4,000 tonight (April 29) with a fundraising wine tasting event — money that will be used to buy cat cages.

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Shelton High School Winter Guard

by Tony Spinelli | Mar 20, 2011 4:22 am | Comments (0)

The Shelton High School Winter Guard captured No. 6 in the ninth annual Colors In Motion competition Saturday night at Jonathan Law High School in Milford.

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AutoZone Plans To Open In Seymour

by Tony Spinelli | Mar 2, 2011 11:42 pm | Comments (2)

AutoZone is coming to Seymour.

The chain auto parts retailer wants to open in the former Walgreens on Wakelee Street, a company spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday.

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Seymour Looks To Fund New Communication Equipment

by Tony Spinelli | Mar 2, 2011 4:45 pm | Comments (0)

A radio dead zone on Route 34 is only one part of the communication troubles the town’s emergency services face.

Aging dispatch equipment at the Seymour Police Department has prompted its own problems, including a breakdown in January that cut off nearly all emergency services communications, according to Tom Eighmie, the town’s Director of Emergency Management.

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State Lawmaker Proposes Gun Offender Registry

by Christine Stuart | CT News Junkie | Feb 10, 2011 4:38 pm | Comments (4)

The concept is similar to the sex offender registry, but unlike the sex offender registry Sen. Majority Leader Martin Looney said his proposed gun offender registry won’t be available to the public, just law enforcement.

Looney told the legislature’s Public Safety Committee Thursday that the idea was suggested to him by New Haven Police Chief Frank Limon.

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Vet Groups Want Answers To ‘Wrongful’ Discharges

by Lisa Chedekel | Dec 15, 2010 5:25 pm | Comments (0)

While the number of veterans discharged for “personality disorder” has dropped dramatically in the last two years, the numbers of service members diagnosed with adjustment disorder has climbed, leading veterans’ groups to charge Wednesday that the military may be playing a shell game to deny benefits to combat veterans.

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