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Jean Falbo-Sosnovich | Oct 9, 2024 4:30 am
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Geralyn O'Neil Wild, chief operating officer CT Coalition Against Domestic Violence with Adanna Springer, a survivor.
SHELTON– Every nine seconds, a woman is abused in the U.S., and one in four women and one in seven men are victims of domestic violence at some point in their lives.
Those statistics from BHcare’s The Umbrella Center for Domestic Violence were shared with the 50 people who gathered for a candlelight vigil Tuesday (Oct. 8) to honor survivors and victims.
The annual event took place at Veteran’s Park in Shelton. Some 75 white t‑shirts, featuring painted-on messages of hope and survival, were strung between trees that lined the walkway leading into the park’s pavilion.
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Press Release | Oct 7, 2024 7:07 am
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SEYMOUR — The Seymour Democratic Town Committee held the Kennedy-Pawlak Awards Dinner on September 29 at Brookside Inn, Oxford. The event drew a crowd of DTC supporters as well as Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz, CT Democratic Party Vice-Chair Jimmy Tickey, and former Seymour First Selectman Paul Roy.
This year’s honorees were the late Colleen Fries, and Edward Strumello. Colleen was an attorney who practiced law at Bai, Pollock, and Dunnigan and later was a founding partner of Coyne, von Kuhn, Brady and Fries, LLC. In addition, Colleen served on the Board of Directors of Living in Safe Alternatives (LISA), an organization that offers alternative living situations for children and youth. Colleen was also vice president for Seymour Pink, Inc.
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Jean Falbo-Sosnovich | Oct 7, 2024 5:24 am
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A photo of the Bungay School from Google Maps.
SEYMOUR – The Bungay Elementary School Building Committee will hold two public sessions to discuss whether the 70-year-old school needs an expansion, a ‘like new’ renovation, or a new building.
The sessions will take place at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 8 and Oct. 16 at Bungay School, 35 Bungay Road.
Fred Stanek, a member of the Seymour Board of Selectpersons, is the chairman of the building committee.
He said at a Selectpersons meeting last week that the public will hear from Antinozzi Associates of Bridgeport. The board hired the company in August for $44,000 to do a feasibility study and facility assessment. The firm is reviewing the school’s infrastructure and developing conceptual design plans and cost estimates for the three options.
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Jean Falbo-Sosnovich | Oct 4, 2024 5:12 am
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SEYMOUR/ANSONIA – A new regional soccer program allows kids and young adults with special needs to channel their inner Lionel Messi.
Ansonia and Seymour Soccer teamed up in August to bring a national program called TOPSoccer (The Outreach Program for Soccer) to the Valley. The program gives those with intellectual, emotional or physical disabilities a chance to play soccer in a structured environment that’s safe, fun and inclusive, according to the organization’s website.
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Jean Falbo-Sosnovich | Oct 1, 2024 6:50 pm
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Jean Falbo-Sosnovich traveled to Seymour Library to hijack their microfilm to bring to you exactly what was happening in the lower Naugatuck Valley back in 1972!
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Press Release | Oct 1, 2024 1:39 pm
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SEYMOUR — Aquarion Water Company announced that it will begin replacing on a water main on Beacon Street in Beacon Falls in mid-October.
A press release said that the work is expected to be completed by December. About 380 feet of water main will be replaced. Griffin Brothers Excavation LLC, of Seymour, has been contracted for the work.
Aquarion said to expect minor traffic delays between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. while the work is underway.
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Press Release | Sep 25, 2024 7:18 am
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OXFORD — The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that it will open two Business Recovery Centers (BRCs) in Connecticut on Wednesday, Sept. 25 at 1 p.m. at the Monroe Police Department in Monroe and the Oxford Town Hall in Oxford. SBA is opening the centers to assist Connecticut businesses with losses due to severe storm, flooding, landslides and mudslides that occurred on Aug. 18 – 19.
The disaster declaration covers Fairfield, Litchfield and New Haven counties which are eligible for both Physical and Economic Injury Disaster Loans from the SBA. Small businesses and most private nonprofit organizations in the following adjacent counties are eligible to apply only for SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs): Hartford, Middlesex in Connecticut; Berkshire and Hampden in Massachusetts; and Dutchess, Putnam and Westchester in New York.
