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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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Seymour Soccer Group Hosts Wine, Beer Tasting

by PRESS RELEASE | May 16, 2012 1:51 pm | Comments (0)

Seymour Soccer Association is hosting a Wine & Beer Tasting benefit for local youth soccer on Saturday, May 19 from 7 to 10 p.m. at Villa Bianca located at 312 Roosevelt Drive, Rt. 34 in Seymour.

“Get Your Kicks” Tasting will offer samples of wine and beer and will draw for “you-gotta-have-them” door and raffle prizes.

Tickets are $35 in advance and $40 at the door.

Attendees will enjoy live entertainment, including acoustic tunes by Sammy Blanchette. Raffle prizes will include a 40” LCD TV, a Kindle Fire, a Boston Red Sox donated, autographed color action shot of catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia accompanied by a pair of game tickets to a future Sox game at historic Fenway Park, and a week of soccer camp.

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Ex-Seymour First Selectman Objects To Possible Layoff

by Eugene Driscoll | May 16, 2012 1:43 pm | Comments (4)

Former First Selectman Robert Koskelowski said the town’s finance board erred by creating a budget that assumes the town’s public works director will lose his job.

Seymour residents are scheduled to vote Thursday (May 17) on whether to spend $52 million to run the town and school districts next year.

Voters rejected the original spending plan when it went out to referendum May 3.

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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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Seymour Man Pleads Guilty To Child Porn Possession

by U.S. Attorney's Office | Press Release | May 15, 2012 3:17 pm | Comments (0)

Joseph Calvin Laughner, 44, of Seymour, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty Tuesday before the United States District Judge Janet C. Hall in Bridgeport to one count of possession of child pornography.

Laughner was a Naugatuck resident on Dec. 7, 2009, when Naugatuck Police and the Connecticut Computer Crimes Task Force conducted a search of his home and seized three computers and other items, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s office.

Forensic analysis of the items seized revealed more than 300 images and 22 videos of children engaged in sexually explicit conduct, the press release states.

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Seymour To Hold Second Vote On $52 Million Budget Proposal

by STAFF | May 15, 2012 2:56 pm | Comments (0)

Residents will vote on a proposed $52 million town and school budget for 2012-2013 at a day-long referendum May 17.

The referendum hours are 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Seymour Community Center on Pine Street.

Residents rejected the first proposals at a referendum on May 3.

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Seymour Pop Warner Registration

by Press Release | May 14, 2012 1:37 pm | Comments (0)

Seymour Pop Warner is holding registrations on May 18 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and May 19 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Registrations will be held at the Seymour Community Center.

Anyone who is between the ages of 7 to 15 is eligible for tackle football and cheerleading.

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Things To Do This Weekend

by The Valley Indy | May 11, 2012 9:48 am | Comments (0)

Wow.

The Valley is hopping this weekend.

Here is a list of things to do this weekend.

If you don’t see your event listed, it means you didn’t upload it to our super-duper events calendar. Registration is required.

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Restaurant Inspections!

by STAFF | May 10, 2012 6:51 pm | Comments (0)

NOTE: The Naugatuck Valley Health District provided the Valley Indy with a summary of its food service inspection report for the month of April.

Anything below 80 is categorized as failing. A restaurant may also fail if it receives a single, serious violation.

This month, the Naugatuck Valley Health District included information about which establishments required re-inspections because of violations.

Those details — as well as the violations — are included in the list. All establishments were re-inspected two weeks after the date of violations.

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Channel 10 Programming Schedule

by Comcast | May 10, 2012 12:13 pm | Comments (0)

Here is this week’s Comcast public access schedule.

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