The Valley Independent Sentinel will use this page to keep track of factual mistakes made by our reporters.
Aug. 18, 2011: A story about a court case for an alleged kidnapper misstated the address where the assault took place. The Cumberland Farms is located on River Road. The address was corrected in the story.
Aug. 12, 2011: An article about a court case misstated which family prosecutors wanted to confer with.
Aug. 10, 2011: In an article on Seymour flood damage, we did not clarify the difference between possible FEMA reimbursement and loans possibly available for private property owners. The article was updated with better information.
Aug. 10, 2011: In an article about incentive housing overlay zones, we did not fully explain what was happening on the state level with the issue. The article was updated with additional comments to clarify the issue.
Aug. 10, 2011: In the article ‘Poll: Should The Town Buy A New Seymour FD Rescue Truck‘ we had John Conroy’s first name wrong.
Aug. 8, 2011: Democrats who attended a Democratic nominating convention did not nominate Jeanne Loda for a spot on the school board. The article was corrected and we printed a column by a Seymour official pointing out the mistake.
July and August 2011: In three articles on an Oxford dog mauling, we had the initial date of the attack incorrect, along with the spelling of the dead dog’s name.
- Note: The Valley Indy corrects errors quickly. Some of these mistakes were online for less than an hour. A few were brought to our attention or discovered by us days after publication. If you see a mistake, please .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and put ‘error’ in the subject field.
