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LITCHFIELD — A proposed $31,429,255 town budget will be presented at a hearing tonight at 7 at the Litchfield Intermediate School auditorium. The spending plan being recommended by the Board of Finance includes an assessment of $20,041,980 for the new Region 20 Board of Education preparing for a merger of schools in Litchfield and the ..read more
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PROSPECT – United Way of Greater Waterbury celebrated its ongoing fundraising campaign to ensure that “every voice be heard” Wednesday night at its 37th annual awards dinner. The event at Aria Wedding & Banquet Facility featured the presentation of awards, and a salute to the organizations and individuals who assist United Way’s efforts to help ..read more
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WATERBURY – The city did not have just cause to fire a Waterbury police officer for yelling at a motorist who failed to stop at an intersection in December 2022, the state Board of Mediation and Arbitration said in a decision. Police Chief Fernando Spagnolo fired officer James Hinkle a month later following his interactions ..read more
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HARTFORD – Connecticut is poised to expand the state’s groundbreaking law on paid sick days to all businesses and nearly all workers following a breakthrough vote Wednesday. Democrats pushed a proposed sweeping expansion of the mandate through the state House in a 88-61 vote following a six- hour debate. Every House Republican present and nine ..read more
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DERBY – A federal judge sentenced former Derby alderman and Republican mayoral candidate Gino DiGiovanni Jr. to 10 days in prison for entering and remaining in the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot in 2021. DiGiovanni must turn himself in at federal prison by mid June, said his attorney, Martin J. Minnella. DiGiovanni’s sentence ..read more
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TORRINGTON – Three speakers, all district educators, implored the Board of Finance to support the proposed $82.6 million 2024-25 school budget during a hearing Tuesday night. The package carries a $3.8 million, or 4.9%, increase over the current $78.7 million budget. If the district doesn’t get its requested increase, Superintendent Michael Wilson said he would ..read more
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LITCHFIELD – U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-5th District, was in town Wednesday to tour the Litchfield Volunteer Ambulance headquarters, a dated building that eventually will be replaced with help from a $500,000 federal grant Hayes secured. Later in the day, Hayes toured the town’s wastewater treatment facility to gain an understanding of how it operates ..read more
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WARREN – Roadsides in town are looking much better after an Earth Day cleanup that saw the most trash and debris picked up by a crew from Stonewalls by George, a masonry business owned by George Criollo of Warren. Criollo offered more than a dozen of his workers, and in methodical fashion using two large ..read more
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The countdown is on for the Greater Waterbury Campership Fund’s spring fundraising kickoff event Sunday at Quassy Amusement Park and Waterpark in Middlebury. PURCHASE TICKETS HERE ..read more
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NAUGATUCK — A Bristol man is facing multiple charges, including reckless driving, after police clocked him traveling at 120 mph along Route 8 south Tuesday morning. Jean Rivera, 24, of 22 Barnes St., was arrested at about 9 a.m. after state police stopped his black BMW near Exit 24. Police said the vehicle was following ..read more