Prom Promise program highlights dangers of drunk driving
NHS students and staff stage a mock accident in the Naugatuck High School parking lot to educate on drunk driving. A senior student was killed earlier by a drunk driver, and organizers say the skits shock and move students, reinforcing year round drug and alcohol education in the school curriculum.
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Naugatuck High School
Monica Padeiro
Denise Swan
Health and Fitness
Swan
Fitzgerald Seeks Burgess Post To Shape Town Direction
Democrat Joseph Fitzgerald aims for his first term as burgess on May 5. A lifelong resident, he joined the campaign to study how the town operates and why things are done. He pledges involvement but has no stated plans on issues such as legal fees and taxes.
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Joseph Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Naugatuck
Knowles seeks lower taxes in borough race
Kevin Knowles, a three term Hartford state representative from 1987 to 1993, runs for burgess saying he wants lower real estate and car taxes through revaluation. He calls for more recreational space, renovating unused areas like the yard behind the police station for new fields, and supports portable classrooms.
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Kevin Knowles
Hartford
Burgess
Knowles
Burns seeks another term on town board after 23 years
Democrat Bob Burns, long time member of the Board of Mayor and Burgesses, Welfare Board, Charter Revision Commission, and former chair of the Pension and Legal Claims boards, earned the Book of Golden Deeds Award from the Naugatuck Elks Club. He cites taxes and education as top election issues and aims to address school space needs.
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Bob Burns
Board of Mayor and Burgesses
Welfare Board
Charter Revision Commission
Pension Board
Legal Claims Commission
Police
Parks Departments
Burns
Naugatuck Elks Club
Final mayoral debate outlines paths for Naugatuck before May election
Four candidates faced off at City Hill Middle School in a Taxpayers in Revolt sponsored finale. They argued privatization, borough vision, and police department issues, with Erickson urging limits on overbuilding and a tax reform push, Fragoso championing open government, Barth calling for a business friendly climate and fair taxes, and Zandvliet emphasizing realistic, steady progress.
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City Hill
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Reform
Fayne Erickson
Tim Barth
Barth
Mindy Fragoso
Naugatuck
Naugatuck First Party
Rebecca Zandvliet
Fragoso
Erickson
Repre
Reg 16 Sept awards new contract to Helene Skrzyniarz
The Region 16 Board of Education extended Superintendent Helene Skrzyniarz for three years starting July 1. The agreement increases her current salary by 2,960 to 84,460, with final two years to be set after a performance review by the board. Chairman Priscilla Cretella called her one of the region’s most valuable officials.
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Region 16 Board of Education
Helene Skrzyniarz
Skrzyniarz
Long River Middle School
Board of Education
Priscilla Cretella
Witnesses tied to Cosby shooting witness accounts emerge
Court documents and a relative of a witness say two friends of Michael Markhasev saw him shoot Ennis Cosby in Arlington. The two, Eli Zakaria and Sara Peters, were questioned and released, with officials not confirming if they remain suspects.
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Arlington
Bill Cosby
Ennis
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USA Today
Michael Markhasev
Eli Zakaria
Sara Ann Peters
Huntington Beach
Los Angeles
Markhasev
Zakaria
Carlos Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Ramseys Agree to Secret Interviews With Police
After protracted wrangling over interview conditions JonBenet Ramsey's parents consented to separate meetings with investigators. Interviews ran from 8 a.m. to about 5 p.m. under terms that Patricia Ramsey be questioned first, sessions be taped, last indefinitely with breaks, and that lawyers accompany them. The DA would not say if more sessions would follow.
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Tom Koby
Alex Hunter
Patricia
Ramsey
JonBenet
John Ramsey
Hunter
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