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Press Release | Apr 29, 2024 9:49 am
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The Sarah Riggs Humphreys-Mary Silliman Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) reminds everyone that Thursday, May 2, 2024 is the National Day of Prayer.
The National Day of Prayer is an annual observance held on the first Thursday of May inviting every one of all faiths to pray for the nation. The tradition began in 1775 when the First Continental Congress called for a national Day of Prayer, continued when President Lincoln called for a Day of Prayer in 1863 and was made into law in 1952 by a joint resolution of Congress and signed into law by President Truman.
Mayor David Cassetti proposes his budget to the Aldermen and Board of Apportionment and Taxation.
Editor’s Note: The original version of this story reposted BOAT’s proposed budget timeline, which listed a public hearing on May 6 as being both online and in-person. The meeting has since been changed to be online-only, and the timeline below has been edited to reflect that.
ANSONIA – Mayor David Cassetti unveiled a $67.1 million budget proposal on Thursday (April 25) that would bump up the mill rate in Ansonia for the first time since 2019.
The proposed budget would increase the mill rate from 26.24 mills to 26.49 mills. That’s an increase of 0.25 mills.
If the budget is accepted as proposed, a single-family house on Holbrook Street assessed at $180,000 would pay $45 more per year in taxes.
A house on Gardners Lane assessed at $248,000 would pay $62 more per year.
A house on High Acres Road assessed at $366,000 would pay $91.50 more per year.
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.
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.
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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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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.
Beginning in December of last year, he allegedly began sending vulgar messages to the victim and requesting lewd pictures and videos in exchange for money.
