ANSONIA–Ansonia residents overwhelmingly rejected the city and schools’ proposed budgets during a referendum April 25 at the Armory (5 State St.).
Turnout for the referendum was around 9.7 percent, based on the number of 11,369 registered voters in November 2024.
The ballot questions and results are as follows:
CITYBUDGET: 1. Shall the city portion of the budget, as recommended by the board of aldermen of $30,053,120 for the fiscal year 2026 be adopted? Yes: 129 No: 975
(Advisory question 1) If you voted no on the general government budget, is the budget … Too High: 940 Too Low: 33
SCHOOLBUDGET: 2. Shall the board of education portion of the budget, as recommended by the board of aldermen, $39,560,719 for the City of Ansonia for the fiscal year 2026 be adopted? Yes: 317 No: 785
(Advisory question 2): If you voted no on the Board of Education budget, is the budget … Too high: 739 Too low: 85
ANSONIA – A referendum is scheduled for Friday, April 25 on the proposed city and school budgets.
Voting hours are at the Ansonia Armory (5 State St.) from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voters will be asked the following two questions:
Shall the city portion of the budget, as recommended by the board of aldermen of $30,053,120 for the fiscal year 2026 be adopted?
Shall the board of education portion of the budget, as recommended by the board of aldermen, $39,560,719 for the City of Ansonia for the fiscal year 2026 be adopted?
Voters will also be able to vote “too high” or “too low” on each of the proposed budgets.
Click here to read the city’s proposed budget. Click here to read about the Aldermen’s vote to send the budget to referendum.
Pool Photo Courtesy of Ned Gerard/Hearst Connecticut
Members of Christine Holloway’s family sit behind Jose Morales as the jury delivers a verdict of guilty on all at his murder trial at state Superior Court in Milford April 22, 2025.
MILFORD — It only took a jury about two hours to find Jose Morales guilty of murdering Christine Holloway in Ansonia in December 2019.
The jury on Tuesday (April 22) also found Morales guilty of tampering with physical evidence.
Sentencing is scheduled for July 8.
Morales, 48, faces up to 65 years in prison.
Prosecutors said Morales beat Holloway to death inside her Myrtle Avenue apartment on Dec. 1, 2019. Their daughter, Vanessa Morales, has not been seen since Nov. 29, 2019. Her father was the last person to see Vanessa, now 6 years old.
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ANSONIA–Ansonia residents overwhelmingly rejected the city and schools’ proposed budgets during a referendum April 25 at the Armory (5 State St.).
Turnout for the referendum was around 9.7 percent, based on the number of 11,369 registered voters in November 2024.
The ballot questions and results are as follows:
CITYBUDGET: 1. Shall the city portion of the budget, as recommended by the board of aldermen of $30,053,120 for the fiscal year 2026 be adopted? Yes: 129 No: 975
(Advisory question 1) If you voted no on the general government budget, is the budget … Too High: 940 Too Low: 33
SCHOOLBUDGET: 2. Shall the board of education portion of the budget, as recommended by the board of aldermen, $39,560,719 for the City of Ansonia for the fiscal year 2026 be adopted? Yes: 317 No: 785
(Advisory question 2): If you voted no on the Board of Education budget, is the budget … Too high: 739 Too low: 85
ANSONIA – A referendum is scheduled for Friday, April 25 on the proposed city and school budgets.
Voting hours are at the Ansonia Armory (5 State St.) from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voters will be asked the following two questions:
Shall the city portion of the budget, as recommended by the board of aldermen of $30,053,120 for the fiscal year 2026 be adopted?
Shall the board of education portion of the budget, as recommended by the board of aldermen, $39,560,719 for the City of Ansonia for the fiscal year 2026 be adopted?
Voters will also be able to vote “too high” or “too low” on each of the proposed budgets.
Click here to read the city’s proposed budget. Click here to read about the Aldermen’s vote to send the budget to referendum.
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