http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php All Valley. All the Time. en jmozdzer@gmail.com Copyright 2012 2012-05-16T20:35:58+00:00 http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/Moms_Persistence_Has_Police_Refocused_On_Daughters_Hit-And-Run/ http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/Moms_Persistence_Has_Police_Refocused_On_Daughters_Hit-And-Run/#When:00:51:38Z 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. Ansonia, Police 2012-05-17T00:51:38+00:00 http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/ansonia_soccer_registration/ http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/ansonia_soccer_registration/#When:20:35:58Z 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. Ansonia, Sports 2012-05-16T20:35:58+00:00 http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/gov._malloy_signs_war_memorial_theft_bill_into_law/ http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/gov._malloy_signs_war_memorial_theft_bill_into_law/#When:19:36:12Z 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. Ansonia, Derby, Oxford, Seymour, Shelton 2012-05-16T19:36:12+00:00 http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/seymour_soccer_group_hosts_wine_beer_tasting/ http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/seymour_soccer_group_hosts_wine_beer_tasting/#When:17:51:21Z 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. Seymour, News by You, Sports 2012-05-16T17:51:21+00:00 http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/ex-seymour_first_selectman_objects_to_possible_layoff/ http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/ex-seymour_first_selectman_objects_to_possible_layoff/#When:17:43:18Z 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. Seymour 2012-05-16T17:43:18+00:00 http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/ansonia_resident_gives_gift_of_kidney/ http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/ansonia_resident_gives_gift_of_kidney/#When:16:00:32Z 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. Ansonia, awesome. 2012-05-16T16:00:32+00:00 http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/walk_for_hungry_and_homeless_is_saturday/ http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/walk_for_hungry_and_homeless_is_saturday/#When:14:55:47Z Spooner House invites willing walkers and runners too, to the Derby Greenway on Saturday, May 19 starting at 9 a.m. (rain or shine) to take part in the 15th annual Walk for the Hungry and Homeless. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. and walkers may begin whenever they arrive. Participants are asked to make donations in any amount that fits their budget, ask others to sponsor them for additional funds and seek matching donations from employers. Derby, News by You 2012-05-16T14:55:47+00:00 http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/Voters_Approve_Oxford_Budgets/ http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/Voters_Approve_Oxford_Budgets/#When:01:17:17Z Oxford First Selectman George Temple was surprised Tuesday night. Not that the town’s proposed 2012-2013 budgets passed at referendum, mind you. “You know what surprised me? People could get here,” he quipped after voters overwhelmingly approved $734,000 to improve what he called the “very poor condition” of town roads, one of three questions asked on Tuesday’s ballot. Light applause broke out from the officials gathered at the Quaker Farms School gymnasium after election moderator Augie Palmer, a former first selectman, announced that all three questions on Tuesday’s referendum passed. Oxford 2012-05-16T01:17:17+00:00 http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/115.5_million_budget_approved_in_shelton/ http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/115.5_million_budget_approved_in_shelton/#When:00:58:11Z The Shelton Board of Aldermen on Tuesday approved a $115.5 million budget that sets the city’s tax rate at 22.4 mills in 2012-2013. That means a homeowner with property assessed at $250,000 will see a tax bill of $5,600. Mayor Mark Lauretti predicted most homeowners would see lower tax bills than last year, as a result of property revaluation. Shelton, Shelton Budget 2012-05-16T00:58:11+00:00 http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/oxford_referendum_results/ http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/oxford_referendum_results/#When:00:01:34Z Here are the results of the Oxford referendum, which split the $40.7 of proposed spending into separate components: Municipal budget of about $13.4 million: YES – 725 NO – 717 Schools budget of about $26.5 million: YES – 800 NO – 646 Road improvements of $734,000: YES – 921 NO – 518 Story will be updated later. Oxford 2012-05-16T00:01:34+00:00