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Jean Falbo-Sosnovich | Feb 17, 2025 10:07 pm
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This week, we take a trip back in time to 1983!
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!
Work will be in the daytime, 7AM to 3PM, Monday through Friday.
Both northbound and southbound traffic lanes have moved to the right shoulder to create a work area for median barrier replacement between Exit 20 and 22 (New Exits 17 – 18).
Median barrier and median drainage are being replaced.
Pipe repair and lining activities will continue throughout, Northbound and Southbound from Exit 15 to 22 (New Exits 12B-18).
In 1958, the average household income in the U.S. was $4,650, a gallon of milk cost $1.01, eggs were 55 cents a dozen and a loaf of bread cost 25 cents.
The average cost of a new home was $10,450, and the average monthly rent was $92.00, up from $90.00 a year earlier.
The price for a gallon of regular gas averaged 25 cents.
A first-class stamp cost four cents.
The federal minimum wage was $1.00.
Dwight D. Eisenhower was president. His campaign was noted for the simple slogan “I Like Ike.”
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Jean Falbo-Sosnovich | Feb 13, 2025 5:05 am
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Members of the Seymour Board of Finance, the group of volunteers who review spending and revenue projections.
SEYMOUR – Budget season is officially underway with the police department submitting spending plans last week for review by the town’s board of finance.
The budget is the document that determines how much you’ll pay in taxes for the fiscal year starting July 1.
Members of the Seymour Board of Finance held their first budget workshops Feb. 3 and Feb. 5.
The board will continue meeting with town department heads to discuss their individual budget requests throughout February and March. The meetings will take place at 7 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays at Seymour Town Hall. Click here to see agendas published to the town’s website.
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Jean Falbo-Sosnovich | Feb 12, 2025 5:40 am
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Larry Janesky at a new manufacturing plant in Seymour.
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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Press Release | Feb 11, 2025 9:47 am
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From the website.
HARTFORD — The CT State Library is pleased to announce the launch of the inaugural Excellence in Public Libraries Awards 2025. The nomination window for the Awards opened in January and will close on Friday, February 28. The Excellence in Public Libraries Awards will be announced and presented at the CT State Library in Memorial Hall in the spring.
The Awards are open to all public libraries within the state that have demonstrated a significant impact on their community within the last two years. Libraries can be nominated by local legislators, peers, patrons, or staff members, and self-nominating is encouraged.
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Jasmine Wright | Feb 11, 2025 5:35 am
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Michael Marcinek, pictured at far-left, addresses Ansonia city officials about AEPM International's work at a "State of the City" address in 2019. He is accused of withholding wages at the firm.
SEYMOUR – The lawyer for a man accused of withholding over $200,000 in wages over five years says that it’s too late to prosecute him.
Michael Marcinek, 68, of Seymour, was charged with five counts of failure to pay wages in 2024. The charges are felonies.
In an Oct. 18 motion filed to the Superior Court in Derby, his lawyer, Trumbull attorney Patrick M. Mullins, wrote that the statute of limitations has passed.
“The defendant, Michael Marcinek, respectfully notes that the charges brought by the state are barred by the pertinent statute of limitations,” reads the motion, signed by Mullins.
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Jean Falbo-SosnovichJean Falbo-Sosnovich | Feb 10, 2025 1:45 pm
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SEYMOUR – Here are some highlights from the Seymour Police Department’s calls for service from Feb. 3, 2025 through Feb. 9, 2025.
It is a partial list of calls, curated by The Valley Indy. The goal is to give the public a head’s up on what’s happening in the community.
Note: generally, this publication does not post the names of people charged with misdemeanors; the names of victims; or numbered residential addresses. If we publish a suspect’s name, we track the case.
Seymour police received 151 calls for service and made five arrests between Feb. 3, 2025 and Feb. 9, 2025.