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Jean Falbo-Sosnovch | Apr 25, 2024 7:56 pm
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SEYMOUR — The town and school budgets are scheduled to go to a public referendum from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 2 at the Seymour Community Center on Pine Street.
Budget Basics
The budgets are asked as separate questions on the ballot.
Combined they total $66.6 million. The town side of the budget – public works, town hall, the police department and all town departments – totals $26.6 million.
SHELTON – UPDATE — Police announced on Thursday, April 25 that an arrest had been made in this case.
Here is the pertinent info from a Shelton police statement:
“Follow up investigation identified, Christopher Graham, age 38, of Shelton as the suspect in this incident. Shelton Detective Bureau obtained an arrest warrant for Graham related to this incident.
On 04/24/2024 at approximately 5:30 PM Graham’s vehicle was observed in the area of 36 Walnut Tree Hill Rd. With the assistance of Trumbull Police Department Graham’s vehicle was located on Nichols Ave. in the area of Hawley Lane.”
THEVALLEY (ANDBEYOND) — The Great Give, an annual online fundraiser that benefits just about every nonprofit group in the greater Naugatuck Valley, is scheduled to start at 8 a.m. Wednesday, May 1 and continue until 8 p.m. Thursday, May 2.
Last year’s Great Give raised more than $3.4 million for nonprofit organizations, including $12,000 for The Valley Indy, which uses The Great Give as its annual reader drive.
Please consider supporting The Valley Indy by making a tax-deductible donation at Donate.ValleyIndy.org.
The Valley Indy will also be live from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. on May 1 and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. May 2 interviewing various Great Give groups and local leaders.
Former Derby Alderman Gino DiGiovanni Jr. at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
DERBY – Gino DiGiovanni, Jr., a city Republican leader, was sentenced to 10 days in jail on Wednesday for his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the Capitol building.
Officials from the federal Bureau of Prisons will determine when DiGiovanni has to report and to which prison.
DiGiovanni will also have 12 months of supervised release, 50 hours of community service, and has agreed to pay $500 restitution to the Architect of the U.S. Capitol.
U.S. Judge James E. Boasberg handed down the sentence April 24 in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.
DiGiovanni previously pleaded guilty to a single charge of misdemeanor trespassing in January.
The Valley Indy left a message with DiGiovanni seeking comment.
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RESOLVED: That taxes on the Motor Vehicle Grand List levied against all taxable motor vehicle property in the Town of Seymour shall be due and payable in two equal installments, one half thereof on July 1, and the second half thereof on the following January 1, commencing with the October 1, 2024 Grand List. Any tax, the aggregate amount of which shall not exceed $500.00, shall be due and payable in one payment on July 1.
The Board of Selectpersons of the Town of Seymour (the “Board”) shall be the authority authorized to name Facilities and Areas as hereinafter defined own.cl by the Town of Seymour in accordance with the following procedure:
1. A proposal to name a Facility or Area, or to change or otherwise modify the name of Facility or Area, shall be presented in writing to the Board. The proposal shall identify the Facility or Area, the proposed name and the reason or background for the proposed naming of the same;
The Great Give is almost here! The following press release was sent by the Valley Community Foundation:
“So far more than 57 Valley nonprofits — more than ever before — have signed up to participate in the 2024 Great Give on May 1 – 2.
The 36-hour online fundraising extravaganza, created by The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven (TCF) in 2010, unites donors with area nonprofits in a fun and engaging way.
Gino DiGiovanni Jr. speaks with reporters after winning the Derby Republican primary for mayor in the fall of 2023.
DERBY – Federal prosecutors want a judge to sentence Gino DiGiovanni, Jr. to 30 days in jail for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
DiGiovanni’s lawyer is arguing for no jail time, noting that his client has been sufficiently shamed.
DiGiovanni is scheduled to be sentenced in front of U.S. James E. Boasberg on Wednesday (April 24). He pleaded guilty in January to a misdemeanor trespassing charge.
In a previous interview with The Valley Indy, DiGiovanni said he approached the U.S. Capitol with a large group of people after watching President Donald Trump speak at a ‘stop the steal’ rally. He said he got caught up in the crowd and was unable to turn back, and was allowed into the Capitol building by law enforcement.
DiGiovanni, bottom center, at the U.S. Capitol riot.
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CT NEWS JUNKIE | Apr 23, 2024 6:38 am
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HARTFORD – State lawmakers who say they’ve heard from constituents about incessant noise from large solar projects are pushing for more local control of where those projects can be built.
“(Communities) have no authority when noise becomes a burden,” said state Rep. Jaime Foster, D‑Ellington.
Foster, other lawmakers, and local officials have been dealing with complaints from neighbors of a solar array in East Windsor for years. Among the issues, they say, is that municipalities have no ability to limit when a project can be built. That power rests with the Connecticut Siting Council.
“The problem is that it is an overreach by the state,” said Rep. Carol Hall, R‑Enfield. “Local municipalities can’t regulate (where solar projects are built), They have zero control and say.”
Sons and Daughters of Italy, Valley Regional Lodge - Derby, CT
The following is copied from the Facebook page “Sons and Daughters of Italy, Valley Regional Lodge — Derby, CT”:
As we prepare for the upcoming Memorial Day Parade, we need your help in identifying Italian-Americans from the Lower Naugatuck Valley that have perished in a Foreign War.
Students from Derby and Shelton High School Italian programs are researching to help us recognize these war heroes for the upcoming parade.
Can you help? If so, please message us at [email protected] and please do share this post.
Derby court, where a criminal case against William Petaway is ongoing.
ANSONIA – A man accused of stabbing a woman in a laundry room dispute has sued the Ansonia Police Department for allegedly searching his residence illegally.
William Petaway was arrested on Feb. 7 after a woman called the police and told police Petaway had punched her in the face and stabbed her arm.
The two are neighbors in an apartment building on Main Street, according to police.
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Jean Falbo-Sosnovich | Apr 21, 2024 5:02 pm
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An image showing the land where the zone change was requested.
SEYMOUR – The Seymour Planning and Zoning Commission denied a request Thursday (April 11) to change the zoning on three Pearl Street properties from residential to multi-family.
The commission voted 3 – 2 in favor of the zone change.
However, the zone change request faced strong opposition from neighbors who circulated a petition with 47 names.
The town verified the names on the petition and found 31 percent of the people signing were surrounding landowners. That percentage triggered a rule in Seymour land use regulations dictating that a two-thirds vote from the commission was needed to approve anything.
That meant four commissioners had to vote ‘yes’ for the approval to stick.
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Jasmine Wright | Apr 19, 2024 7:00 am
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ANSONIA – A public hearing is scheduled for 6 p.m. April 30 at the Ansonia Senior Center (65 Main St., 2nd floor) on Aquarion’s $56 million offer to purchase the city’s wastewater collection and treatment system.
Aquarion placed the bid on April 3. It includes a $41 million cash payment to the city, as well as a promise to invest $15 million in capital improvements in their first five years of ownership.
The bid also includes a 10-year property tax exemption for Aquarion, as well as the establishment of a ‘rate stabilization fund’ using $7 million of current Water Pollution Control Authority (WPCA) assets.
Aquarion says the fund will help soften rate hikes.
