Prospect resident vies for Miss America title
Prospect resident Lauren Bergamo, 19, competes with 51 contestants in the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City. She previously won Miss Connecticut in May and Miss Connecticut Sweetheart in 1996, citing pageants as a source of skills, scholarships, and confidence. Bergamo majors in communication disorders at UMass Amherst and will skip a fall semester to prepare.
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Lauren Bergamo
Bergamo
Connecticut
Atlantic City
University of Massachusetts In
Amherst
Umass
Prosecutors recall Monica Lewinsky for second grand jury appearance
Prosecutors seek updated responses from Monica Lewinsky to Clinton testimony as the president’s affair admission fuels partisan debate. Lewinsky is asked to appear again while Clinton and family vacation in Massachusetts to de‑escalate tensions.
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Washington
Clinton
Monica Lewinsky
Congress
Ms. Lewinsky
Massachusetts
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Capitol Hill
Ity
Tom DeLay
Chelsea
Buddy
Martha's Vineyard
White House
Rose Garden
Kenneth Starr
New York Times
Starr
Naugatuck swimmer Jurzynski completes sixth Channel swim
Naugatuck native Peter Jurzynski successfully swam the English Channel for the sixth time in 14 years. After a failed attempt earlier this year, he completed the Dover to Cap Gris-Nez crossing in 16 hours and 16 minutes, starting at Shakespeare Beach and finishing in France.
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Folkstone
England
Naugatuck
Peter Jurzynski
Jurzynski
Shakespeare Beach
Dover
Cap Gris-Nez
France
Naugatuck remembers Black Friday flood of 1955
Former mayor Charles Clark recalls the collapse of spring floodwaters that killed 75 in the Naugatuck Valley and caused over 40 million dollars in municipal damage as photos at Howard Whittemore Memorial Library rekindle memories. Local historian Dana Blackwell confirms the magnitude of the disaster.
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Naugatuck
Charles Clark
Susan Brewer
Howard Whittemore Memorial Library
Clark
Dana Blackwell
Blackwell
Naugatuck Valley
Appeal by Mary Davis on Country Hollow subdivision dismissed
A Donovan Road resident's appeal against City Hill Associates 18 lot Country Hollow II subdivision in A-15 zone with no public water was dismissed. Davis contends zoning regulations allow waterless homes. her attorney argues the R-15 zone requires public water and sewer. Davis fears well impact. City Hill's attorney cites 100-foot aggrievement rule.
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Donovan Road
Mary Davis
Planning Commission
Country Hollow
City Hill Associates
Davis
Zoning Commission
Frederick Dlugokecki
Brendan Sharkey
Sharkey
Michael McVerry
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Erik Cote
Elliot Taylor
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