This were the top five songs playing on the radio in the U.S. this week:
1. “Baby, Come To Me” – Patti Austin
2. “Down Under” – Men At Work
3. “Shame On The Moon” – Bob Seger
4. “Stray Cat Strut” – Stray Cats
5. “Africa” – Toto
In race car news, Cale Yarborough, of South Carolina, won the Daytona 500. This was the first time an in-car camera went into the victory lane before a national CBS Sports audience.
Baseball Hall of Famer Fernando Valenzuela wins his salary arbitration of $1 million. The L.A. Dodgers pitcher became the only player in MLB history to win both the Cy Young and Rookie of the Year awards in the same season, as well as leading the Dodgers to a World Series championship.
“Tootsie,” which found actor Dustin Hoffman disguising himself as a woman to play a role on a trashy soap opera, was the top movie on the silver screen.
Jennifer, Jessica, Amanda, Ashley, Sarah, Michael, Chris, Topher, Matthew, David and Joshua
Fun Fact: Austria does not usually allow dual citizenship, but they made a special exception for Arnold “I’ll Be Back” Schwarzenegger in 1983 when he became a U.S. citizen.
Here is what was happening in our Valley, as stolen from the microfilm edition of The Evening Sentinel!
A screenshot of the improvements plan. Slight changes have been made to the field on the right.
ANSONIA – An Ansonia committee Jan. 30 approved a $9.1 million plan to redevelop Nolan Field.
The Ansonia “fields subcommittee” – made up of members of the board of education and board of Aldermen – voted to send the plan forward to the city. The next step is for the city to put it out to bid.
The plan is the centerpiece of a $10 million proposal to redevelop four fields throughout the city.
While the Nolan Field plan was approved, the three other fields – Abe Stone Park at Colony Pond, Nelligan Field, and the Ansonia Nature Center – will need to be approved separately.
ANSONIA – If guardian angels exist, then Jo-Jo the Australian silky terrier came face to face with hers this week.
The 10-pound, 14-year-old dog escaped from her yard on Columbia Street Tuesday morning (Feb. 11) and came close to plunging into the icy cold waters of the Naugatuck River.
Had it not been for the bravery of 21-year-old Jessica Ames, a bystander who saw Jo-Jo near the water, the dog’s owner said the outcome could have been much different.
Jo-Jo, who is partially blind and deaf, escaped her backyard through a stuck-open gate, according to her owner, Carol Lexa.
ANSONIA – An Ansonia landowner is accusing the city of twisting the rules to devalue land the city wants to purchase for a new middle school.
In a lawsuit brought before U.S. District Court in Connecticut, Ansonia Orchard LLC sued the city over a zoning regulation change that it says allowed the city to shave a property’s value from $5 million to $1.5 million. It said the city is attempting to take its land without paying them fairly.
The property in question is a 25-acre tract of land at 64 – 78 Pulaski Highway. Half a mile from Ansonia High School, city officials have been eyeing it as the possible site for a new middle school for years.
SEYMOUR – The latest addition to Larry Janesky’s Contractor Nation campus in the Silvermine Industrial Park was unveiled Tuesday (Feb. 11) during a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
About 100 people attended the event as Janesky toured his new, 20,000 square-foot manufacturing facility at 88 Cogwheel Lane.
The facility will be dedicated to the production of products designed to improve air quality in homes, help homeowners avert damaging flooding in their basements and provide back-up protection from water damage.
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This were the top five songs playing on the radio in the U.S. this week:
1. “Baby, Come To Me” – Patti Austin
2. “Down Under” – Men At Work
3. “Shame On The Moon” – Bob Seger
4. “Stray Cat Strut” – Stray Cats
5. “Africa” – Toto
In race car news, Cale Yarborough, of South Carolina, won the Daytona 500. This was the first time an in-car camera went into the victory lane before a national CBS Sports audience.
Baseball Hall of Famer Fernando Valenzuela wins his salary arbitration of $1 million. The L.A. Dodgers pitcher became the only player in MLB history to win both the Cy Young and Rookie of the Year awards in the same season, as well as leading the Dodgers to a World Series championship.
“Tootsie,” which found actor Dustin Hoffman disguising himself as a woman to play a role on a trashy soap opera, was the top movie on the silver screen.
Jennifer, Jessica, Amanda, Ashley, Sarah, Michael, Chris, Topher, Matthew, David and Joshua
Fun Fact: Austria does not usually allow dual citizenship, but they made a special exception for Arnold “I’ll Be Back” Schwarzenegger in 1983 when he became a U.S. citizen.
Here is what was happening in our Valley, as stolen from the microfilm edition of The Evening Sentinel!
A screenshot of the improvements plan. Slight changes have been made to the field on the right.
ANSONIA – An Ansonia committee Jan. 30 approved a $9.1 million plan to redevelop Nolan Field.
The Ansonia “fields subcommittee” – made up of members of the board of education and board of Aldermen – voted to send the plan forward to the city. The next step is for the city to put it out to bid.
The plan is the centerpiece of a $10 million proposal to redevelop four fields throughout the city.
While the Nolan Field plan was approved, the three other fields – Abe Stone Park at Colony Pond, Nelligan Field, and the Ansonia Nature Center – will need to be approved separately.
Holding up a pink triangle sign — which in another time and place might have marked them for death — Patricio seized a moment of silence, cupped…
more »
With the Connecticut General Assembly's legislative session in full swing, New Haven's eight state lawmakers are pushing 184 different bills that…
more »
With its combination of snow, sleet, and freezing rain, the winter storm that swept through Connecticut over the weekend left tens of thousands of… more »
Friday afternoon’s meeting of the Medical Assistance Program Oversight Council (MAPOC) saw an at-times contentious debate about the implementation of… more »