WATERBURY – New Saint Mary’s Hospital President Steve Schneider, M.D., wants to change the city of Waterbury and the nature of health care in Connecticut. With the help of the hospital’s new parent nonprofit, Trinity Health Of New England, Schneider…

OXFORD – Oxford’s infrastructure expanded and its revenue grew in 2017 and First Selectman George R. Temple expects the trend to continue into the new year. “We continue to move forward with our economic development,” he said. “I see a…

WATERBURY – A suspected whipping post removed from the city Green in July following public outcry is sitting in storage at the Mattatuck Museum. It will be several months, at least, before the museum has finished its research and is…

LITCHFIELD – State and local fire investigators are investigating the cause of a blaze at a group home in the Northville section Sunday night. Litchfield Fire Marshal Samuel Kinkade said he is “still trying to put the pieces together” to…

NAUGATUCK – As a new year rolls over, borough officials are looking to make improvements to Rubber Avenue, one of the main commercial strips in town. “Rubber Avenue is a more challenging part of town to upgrade because of its…

Bone-chilling cold gripped much of the United States as 2018 began Monday, breaking century-old records, icing over some New Year’s celebrations and leading to at least two deaths attributed to exposure to the elements. The National Weather Service issued wind…

WATERBURY – The Greater Waterbury area has a new addition – a healthy baby boy who has the honor of being the first born in the area in 2018. Drs. Muhammad Alvi and Tooba Munawar welcomed their first child, a…

STATE – Frigid temperatures have led to the cancellation of three free hikes planned for New Year’s Day today. The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has planned 13 hikes for the holiday across the state in order to…

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WATERBURY – On a recent Tuesday night only days after the Thanksgiving holiday, Steve Strand observed a scene not unfamiliar in public school classrooms. Strand, the school district’s director of teaching and learning, stood in the media center at Crosby…

WATERBURY – The Naugatuck River has been tied to the economic health of the Valley since the 18th century, when its waters were first used for industrial hydropower. Now, as Waterbury and its suburbs begin to pull themselves out of…

WATERBURY – James C. Smith retired Sunday with confidence that the bank his father started in the height of the Great Depression stands on solid footing for continued growth. Smith, on his final earnings call in November, celebrated 32 consecutive…

TORRINGTON – A Torrington man’s attempt to flee from police after a motor vehicle stop didn’t last long. On Dec. 21, Torrington police attempted to stop James Crowell on New Litchfield Street but he fled, according to police. Officer Matthew…

MORRIS – State police are investigating a report of a stolen firearm from a locked vehicle parked on South Street in Morris. State police from Troop L responded to Morris on Dec. 26 for the report. The firearm was reported…

WATERBURY – The city’s growing Albanian community is asking for its own cemetery. The Albanian American Cultural and Islamic Center, which runs a mosque on Columbia Boulevard, has applied for zoning permits to build a cemetery on a 7.4-acre wooded…

TORRINGTON – How sustainable is Torrington? A new statewide initiative could help the city determine how it’s doing on several areas and how it compares statewide to other cities and towns. The City Council voted on Dec. 18 to join…

I stand corrected – well, sort of. As I often do around New Year’s, I was thinking back on the past year. The first thing that came to mind was the saying “May you live in interesting times.” This past…

Brass Tacks is a weekly feature of insider news and notes from around the region. BARKHAMSTED – The death of astronaut Bruce McCandless, who completed the first untethered space walk in 1984, has rekindled memories of the glory days of…

Brass Tacks is a weekly feature of insider news and notes from around the region. NEW HAVEN – It’s good to be king, if you have a kingdom. Wilson Figueroa may call himself a West Haven resident, but his other…

Brass Tacks is a weekly feature of insider news and notes from around the region. HARTFORD – When a radio reporter asked Gov. Dannel P. Malloy last week if any New Year’s resolutions, he quipped: “Not to have any resolutions…