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Seymour Board Of Education Honors Student And Staff Achievements
by | Dec 19, 2024 3:48 pm | Comments (0)
SEYMOUR – The Seymour Board of Education on Dec. 9 celebrated the achievements of students and staff members during its final meeting of the year.
Here are the highlights:
The following students were nominated by one of their teachers and recognized as Seymour Champions for academic, social and community awareness.
*Bungay School
First grader Mackenzie Bullard was feted for starting up the Seymour Food 2 Kids program which provides snacks and food to struggling families in the community.
Third grader Kiley Sawicki was recognized for going out of her way to ensure others are included and for her awareness of how her fellow students are feeling.
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Reader Poll: Valley Story Of The Year
by | Dec 19, 2024 11:29 am | Comments (0)
The end of 2024 is upon us.
Click this link to cast your vote for the Valley Indy story of the year. OR TAKE THE SURVEY BELOW!
Thank you!
New Principal Named At Seymour High School
by | Dec 18, 2024 5:02 pm | Comments (0)
Paul Lucke
SEYMOUR – The board of education voted unanimously on Dec. 16 to name veteran educator Paul Lucke the new principal at Seymour High School.
“I feel a deep sense of gratitude and desire to give back,” Lucke told The Valley Indy in an email.
Lucke, 49, will become principal on Feb. 3. His annual salary is $180,000. He has been the high school’s assistant principal since 2007.
Lucke is replacing James Freund, who is scheduled to retire at the end of January.
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This Week In Valley History: Vonetes Forgoes Its Pay Phone!
by | Dec 18, 2024 5:53 am | Comments (0)
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This week we revisit The Evening Sentinel from December 1988!
“Twins,” the Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito comedy, ruled the box office, taking in $7.7 million.
“Rain Man” was in its first weekend of release this week in 1988. It pulled in $7 million and went on to win Academy Awards for best picture, best director, best original screenplay, and best actor (Dustin Hoffman).
In national news, U.S. President-elect George H.W. Bush nominated former U.S. Sen. John Tower to be his secretary of defense. However, the U.S. Senate rejected the nomination.
Here’s what was happening in the Valley:
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Seymour Police Blotter Dec. 8 To Dec. 16
by | Dec 16, 2024 2:32 pm | Comments (0)
SEYMOUR – Here are some highlights from the Seymour Police Department’s calls for service from Dec. 8 — Dec. 16, 2024. It is a partial list of calls, curated by The Valley Indy.
Seymour police received 192 calls for service and made four arrests between Dec. 8 and Dec. 16, 2024.
Route 8 Construction Update For Weeks Of Dec. 16, 23 & 30, 2024
by | Dec 13, 2024 12:23 pm | Comments (0)
Connecticut DOT
The following is copied from the Connecticut DOT website:
Why is Route 8 asphalt being removed? Visit our FAQ page here to find out.
For the week of Dec. 16, nighttime work will continue from 6PM to 6AM:
- Nighttime operations will typically occur Sunday night through Thursday night.
- Saw-cutting and concrete pavement repair activities will continue, northbound from Exit 15 to 22 (New Exits 12B to 18).
- 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.
- There is no upcoming daytime work.
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Seymour Remembers Former High School Principal Anthony LoPresti
by | Dec 11, 2024 7:38 pm | Comments (0)
LoPresti
SEYMOUR – Whether you knew him as Mr. LoPresti, Tony, or the ‘best principal ever,’ Anthony LoPresti is being remembered as one of Seymour’s most beloved educators.
LoPresti passed away on Monday (Dec. 9) at age 89. He is best known for serving as Seymour High School’s principal for 23 years before retiring in 1993.
The Valley Indy reached out to Seymour residents past and present to get an idea of what LoPresti meant to the town.
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This Week In Valley History: 1990
by | Dec 11, 2024 12:54 pm | Comments (0)
This week we go back to 1990, the year ‘Dances with Wolves’ somehow beat ‘Goodfellas’ for the best picture Oscar.
Why are you laughing?
What’s funny?
The way I write? Funny how? What’s funny about it? Whoah, whoah, whoah, Anthony, hold on. He’s a big boy, he’s knows what he said. What’d you say? Funny how?
Aging Seymour Firetrucks To Be Replaced
by | Dec 10, 2024 5:34 pm | Comments (0)
A Seymour Fire Department ladder truck during a 2022 fire. The town on Nov. 7 moved forward with acquiring new pumper trucks.
SEYMOUR – The Seymour Board of Selectpersons voted Nov. 6 to waive the bidding process and move forward with a lease-purchase of two new fire trucks, not to exceed $2.8 million.
The new trucks will replace two, 26-year-old fire trucks that are nearing the end of their useful life span, Seymour Fire Department Chief Chris Edwards said.
Edwards told the board in October that frontline trucks should be replaced and taken off the road after 20 years in accordance with national standards.
