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By Andreas Yilma Citizen's News PROSPECT -- Town officials are moving ahead to determine how to spend federal COVID-19 relief funds after gathering data from a town survey. The town received $1.4 million out of its total $2.8 million federal American Rescue Plan Act funds in June 2021 and $400

By Katrina Scalise Republican-American PROSPECT -- The town will receive $1.4 million in grant funding from the Small Town Economic Assistance Program next month, and will vote on how to spend the funds Aug. 15. A town subcommittee has been meeting over the course of the past year to discuss h

By Andreas Yilma Citizen's News PROSPECT -- Prospect residents on Tuesday approved a resolution to purchase a fire truck from The Volunteer Fire Department of Prospect, Inc. after the department acquired the newer apparatus. Town officials held a town meeting where a little more than a dozen m

Wallingford mayor apparent winner of 20th term, closest race in 30 years- WALLINGFORD — For the first time in 30 years, a Democratic candidate came within 1,000 votes of beating Republican incumbent Mayor William W. Dickinson Jr., who won a 20th consecutive term Tuesday.“The vote stands for what people are thinking right...

Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP At least one town in Connecticut won’t join the rest of the state in allowing recreational marijuana stores. Prospect is a conservative-leaning suburb of Waterbury, in the state’s Naugatuck Valley. Town officials voted unanimously to block retail sales at a Planning and Zoning Commission meeting.  “I’m totally against this coming in," said Prospect resident Rich Blank at the meeting. "I’m totally against the law being passed, even, but I have no say in ...

Dickinson seeking 20th term as Wallingford mayor in fall election Dickinson seeking 20th term as Wallingford mayor in fall election Mayor William W. Dickinson Jr. speaks after sworn-in to his 19th term during a special Town Council meeting at Wallingford Town Hall, Mon., Jan. 6, 2020. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal Advertisement By Lauren Takores, Record-Journal staff WALLINGFORD — Mayor William W. Dickinson Jr. has announced his intention to run for re-election and his 2...

By Elio Gugliotti and Andreas Yilma, Citizen’s News The color guard leads Naugatuck’s Memorial Day parade down Old Firehouse Road in 2019. Naugatuck and Prospect are holding parades again this year to observe Memorial Day. –FILE PHOTO Naugatuck and Prospect will again observe Memorial Day with parades, a year after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the traditional commemorations. The return of the parades comes after the state last week lifted most of the remaining coronavi...

PROSPECT — Town buildings will reopen to the public on a limited basis starting May 3. Mayor Robert Chatfield said officials are taking a cautious approach to reopening buildings. He said people must still maintain social distance and wear masks when in town buildings, most of which will close at 4 p.m. Chatfield said officials could close buildings again, if the town’s COVID-19 numbers spike. “Everybody’s going to have to be COVID cautious,” he said. Chatfield said board and commissi...

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 ...

By Elio Gugliotti, Editor PROSPECT — Mayor Robert Chatfield has proposed a municipal budget for 2021-22 that would increase town spending by 2.7%. Chatfield presented his recommended $9.3 million town budget, which is an increase of $246,806 over current town spending, to the Town Council during a special meeting March 10. Officials pointed to contractual costs, including 2.75% raises for employees, for driving much of the increase. Council Chairman Jeffrey Slapikas said salary increases a...