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Fight Hunger Campaign

by Kay Page Greaser | ACT Spooner House | Mar 19, 2010 5:21 pm | Comments (0)

The drive to stamp out hunger is in full force from now through April 30 during the 13th annual Alan Shawn Feinstein $1 Million Giveaway to Fight Hunger campaign. 

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Budget Woes Puts Seymour ESU On Hiatus

by Joseph Cole | Mar 19, 2010 12:40 am | Comments (0)

On Tuesday, First Selectman Paul Roy recommended the Board of Selectmen endorse a spending freeze to stop a widening budget deficit.

“The letter went out this morning, and (the various boards and commissions) have been abiding,” Roy said Thursday.

The first board to have its regular meeting since the decree was the Board of Police Commissioners. Through them came down the hammer: no more spending on training, classes, events or anything else for the police department’s Emergency Services Unit (ESU).

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Seymour Students Want Cheaper Parking

by Joseph Cole | Mar 17, 2010 9:31 pm | Comments (0)

Students at the high school are asking the school board to lower parking fees.

Kristiann Kassey, the student representative to the Board of Education, presented a petition with 220 signatures to Board of Education at the March 15 meeting.

The students turned out to have at least one sympathetic voice on the board.

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MEN WHO COOK

by TEAM | Mar 16, 2010 8:20 am | Comments (0)

Tickets are now on sale for the 3rd Annual “Men Who Cook” fundraiser dinner being held on Saturday, March 27, 2010 from 6:00 P.M. to 11:00 P.M. at Warsaw Park, Pulaski Highway, Ansonia.

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Valley Cheerleaders Step It Up

by Eliot Schickler | Mar 15, 2010 11:29 pm | Comments (0)

Four Valley cheerleading teams qualified for next Saturday’s New England Championships in Rhode Island after some gutsy performances last weekend.

Seymour won the Class M title Saturday night with 167.5 points, while Oxford won its second straight Class S title with 159 points Friday.

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Seymour To Host “Founders’ Day”

by STAFF | Mar 15, 2010 6:22 pm | Comments (0)

The town is organizing its first Founders’ Day event for this June.

The Founders’ Day Association is seeking volunteers and interested vendors to participate.

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Troops Will Get Painted Oil Drums Filled With Goodies

by Jack Lardis | Drums For Troops | Mar 15, 2010 6:12 pm | Comments (1)

During the summer American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan will receive sixteen recycled 30-gallon oil drums filled with a variety of donated dry goods collected by Oil Drum Art, The Valley Arts Council, several valley schools, and veteran’s clubs.

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February Restaurant Inspection Reports

by STAFF | Mar 15, 2010 2:27 am | Comments (0)

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

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

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Nonnewaug 81, Seymour 55

by Ken Morse | Mar 12, 2010 9:56 am | Comments (0)

The Seymour boys basketball team saw their season come to an end Thursday with an 81-55 loss to Nonnewaug in Woodbury.

The Wildcats came in ranked 17th in Class M, sporting a 13-8 record while the Chiefs were ranked 1st with an undefeated mark of 21-0.

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Unemployment Continues To Rise In The Valley

by Eugene Driscoll | Mar 11, 2010 6:33 pm | Comments (1)

The latest unemployment figures are out — and they’re not pretty.

The unemployment rate increased for every town in our coverage area — Ansonia, Derby, Oxford, Seymour and Shelton.

In fact, the local rates in January were higher than at any point in 2009.

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