http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php All Valley. All the Time. en eugenedriscoll@gmail.com Copyright 2010 2010-03-22T11:46:16+00:00 http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/state_lawmakers_try_to_resuscitate_airport_project/ http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/state_lawmakers_try_to_resuscitate_airport_project/#When:13:31:39Z Local officials hope a revised law will help restart a $33 million construction project at Waterbury-Oxford Airport. Oxford 2010-03-22T13:31:39+00:00 http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/leos_down_under_to_open_thursday/ http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/leos_down_under_to_open_thursday/#When:12:32:50Z From its secluded-lounge vibe to its owner’s excited charm, Leo’s Down Under looks like a place the Rat Pack would hang out. Derby 2010-03-22T12:32:50+00:00 http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/gaels_enjoy_taste_of_opens/ http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/gaels_enjoy_taste_of_opens/#When:11:46:16Z For the first time in its history, the Shelton boys swimming team sent someone to State Open. In fact, Shelton sent a swimmer and two divers to finish tied for 41st place with 20 points at Yale University in the 55-team field. Shelton, Sports 2010-03-22T11:46:16+00:00 http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/derby_cheerleaders_win_championship/ http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/derby_cheerleaders_win_championship/#When:18:03:48Z Best in New England! This describes the Derby cheerleading squad to a tee after winning the Division 4 New England Cheerleading championships at Providence Career and Technical High School on Saturday with 173.5 points. Derby, Oxford, Sports 2010-03-21T18:03:48+00:00 http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/spring_fire_safety_tips/ http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/spring_fire_safety_tips/#When:01:37:15Z Spring and summertime present the return of several seasonal fire hazards with activities shifting outdoors. Among the most common involve cooking grills, wooden decks, and use of gasoline and other flammable liquids. Ted Pisciotta, Assistant Chief, Fire Prevention encourages everyone to consider the following: News by You 2010-03-20T01:37:15+00:00 http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/old_band_learns_new_tricks/ http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/old_band_learns_new_tricks/#When:01:09:19Z Editors Note: On the eve of their first gig as a reunited band, Old Man Noises band member David Broder of Shelton sent out this press release detailing how the band reconnected. Old Man Noises will play at the Huntington Street Cafe at 8 p.m. March 26. It took 21st century innovation to reconnect four friends from the 1970s so that they could reform a band from the1980s and play music from as far back as the1950s and 60s. And now, thanks to Facebook, that band, Old Man Noises, is rocking Southern Connecticut with its unique brand of vintage rock and roll. Shelton, News by You 2010-03-20T01:09:19+00:00 http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/fbi_lauretti_may_have_known_about_wiretap/ http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/fbi_lauretti_may_have_known_about_wiretap/#When:21:57:36Z As Leon Sylvester took the stand for the first time Friday, he gave new testimony about how Mayor Mark A. Lauretti allegedly took cash from James Botti’s safe. Sylvester, a former Planning and Zoning commissioner, wasn’t there. He learned about the alleged transaction from Botti, in a conversation sometime between 2005 and 2008, Sylvester testified during Botti’s federal corruption trial at U.S. District Court in New Haven Friday. “He described that in one of his offices, he and the mayor were talking and the safe was open and there were bundles of cash in the safe,” Sylvester testified. “And the mayor saw them, looked at them, and helped himself to three.” Shelton, Botti Corruption Trial 2010-03-19T21:57:36+00:00 http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/fight_hunger_campaign/ http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/fight_hunger_campaign/#When:21:21:36Z 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.  Ansonia, Derby, Oxford, Seymour, Shelton, News by You 2010-03-19T21:21:36+00:00 http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/budget_woes_puts_seymour_esu_on_hiatus/ http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/budget_woes_puts_seymour_esu_on_hiatus/#When:04:40:21Z On Tuesday, First Selectman Paul Roy Selectman Kurt Miller 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,” First Selectman Paul 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). Seymour 2010-03-19T04:40:21+00:00 http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/gridlock_on_shelton_school_budget/ http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/gridlock_on_shelton_school_budget/#When:03:45:16Z The Board of Apportionment and Taxation was deadlocked Wednesday over the passage of the Board of Education’s proposed $64.6 million budget. Shelton, Shelton Budget 2010-03-19T03:45:16+00:00