WATERBURY – Nearly three years after forming what was then a new advocacy group with a goal to challenge “systems of oppression” in the city public schools, leaders of the nonprofit group Radical Advocates for Cross-Cultural Education, or RACCE, are…

WATERBURY – The 220 religious education students at All Saints Parish received a visit from their own version of the three kings Sunday morning, during what is considered the liturgical zenith of the Christmas season and one of the Catholic…

OXFORD – Old tennis courts behind Great Oak Middle School were transformed last year into a school garden where students will learn about agriculture by growing tomatoes, peppers, green beans and other crops. This year, plans to enhance it with…

CHESHIRE – The Cheshire Chamber of Commerce has selected a new leader to replace longtime President Sheldon Dill. The chambers’s board of directors unanimously chose Yetta Augur to replace Dill when he retires in April after a 12-year tenure at…

OXFORD – Firefighters made quick work extinguishing a chimney fire that had reportedly spread into the walls of a single-family home at 236 Park Road on Sunday afternoon. Oxford Fire Chief Scott L. Pelletier reported no injuries to residents or…

WINSTED – Trying to adhere to a state environmental law is apparently the main reason the town has yet to officially sell the former Lambert Kay pet supply factory. Town Manager Robert Geiger told the selectmen last week that the…

OXFORD – Old tennis courts behind Great Oak Middle School were transformed last year into a school garden where students will learn about agriculture by growing tomatoes, peppers, green beans and other crops. This year, plans to enhance it with…

LITCHFIELD – American Legion Post 44 maintained a winter tradition Saturday by recognizing as its veteran of the month a veteran of either the Civil War or the Revolutionary War. The January service at the Bantam Borough Hall honored Maj….

WOODBURY – The long-awaited flood management plan for the Nonnewaug High School renovation project has been approved and bids came in favorably and below the construction estimate. Now the project is set to move into phase two and finish about…

TORRINGTON – Walking through the doors of The Backstage Restaurant one last time Sunday, customer Jackie Tanner reminisced on all the birthdays, celebrations and family gatherings that were spent at the Main Street restaurant over the years. The Backstage Restaurant,…

SOUTHBURY Southbury Democrats are looking forward to the new year after a poor performance in the municipal election, two school board members defected to the GOP and the Democratic Town Committee’s chairwoman resigned at the end of 2017, criticizing the…

TORRINGTON Torrington’s Board of Education will make committee assignments and set its agenda tonight during a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. at the district’s headquarters at 355 Migeon Ave. Board members will staff up the usual committees – budget, personnel,…

WATERBURY Remember the time you put together that table from Ikea and there were a few nuts and bolts missing? An end table may survive the rigors of domestic life with a few pieces missing, but we’re pretty sure you…

WATERBURY Roses are red, violets are blue, here’s a bullet, because I’m thinking about you? Some people may wait until Valentine’s Day to send thoughtful gestures to each other. Most get roses or chocolates, but two Waterbury gangs are apparently…

It’s cold. As I write this on Thursday, it’s also snowy. Once upon a time, that was all you really needed – or wanted – to know. Cold. Snowy. And windy. You’d want to know that because the wind makes…

WATERTOWN – Members of local sports groups rallied to raise money to help VFW Post 5157 recoup after a rash of break-ins. Frank Trosky, quartermaster of at the Watertown VFW Post, said there are break-ins at the Thomaston Road building…

TORRINGTON The Torrington Area Health District inspected the establishments listed below between Dec. 18 and Dec. 29. A minimum score of 80 is required to pass. “Pre” means the operation was inspected at its opening, after a change of ownership…

TORRINGTON – The frigid temperatures of late have brought back memories of the early days in Christopher Smedick’s police career. Like all Torrington police rookies more than three decades ago, he was given a walking beat. Smedick recalls the sub-zero…

CHESHIRE – FoodWorks Natural Market will close its doors in Cheshire in the coming months. FoodWorks at 965 South Main Street is closing due to “a lack of business at the location”, store manager Nancy Edman said. Edman said the…

WATERBURY It was a Three Kings Day to remember for some of the city’s most recent arrivals – former Puerto Rico residents who fled the island after Hurricane Maria. Three Kings Day commemorates the arrival of the Wise Men at…