Mark Capanna News Today

PROSPECT — Eugene “Gene” McCarthy left his mark on Prospect in more ways than one. McCarthy, the town’s former longtime assistant director of public works, died April 16. He was 83 years old. The late former Mayor George Sabo Jr. hired McCarthy in March 1977, before even Mayor Robert Chatfield’s tenure in office started. “From that day forward, Gene molded the public works department to what it is today and taught me an awful lot about construction,” said Chatfield, who was first ...