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PROSPECT — The town’s 2020 net grand list increased 3% from 2019. A municipality’s net grand list is a tabulation of the assessed taxable values of real estate, personal property and motor vehicles. The 2020 grand list is $896.6 million, an increase of nearly $24.3 million from 2019. “I think it shows that the town is, in fact, doing very well,” Mayor Robert Chatfield said about the growth. An increase in real estate values drove the overall grand list growth. The asses...

Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering 08 Feb, 2021 Nobel Laureate Paul Crutzen. Photo credit: Carsten Costard, MPI-Chemie Science lost a brilliant researcher and the planet lost a steadfast advocate with the death of Paul Crutzen on Jan. 28. Crutzen, an atmospheric scientist, was one of the first to link human activities to ozone deterioration, leading to the worldwide ban on ozone-depleting substances. He was awarded the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, with Mario Molina and F. Sherwood R...

By Elio Gugliotti, Editor Prospect Mayor Robert Chatfield sits with his grandchildren Zachary Latozas, 12, and Mackenzie Latozas, 4, at his home on Jan. 29. Chatfield announced that he will seek his 23rd term as mayor. -JIM SHANNON/REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN PROSPECT — After 22 terms in office, Mayor Robert Chatfield says he still has work to do. Chatfield, a 77-year-old Republican, announced Jan. 29 at his home on Cornwall Avenue that he will seek the Prospect Republican Town Committee’s endorsem...

By 10 a.m., several inches of snow had already accumulated in downtown Waterbury. Heavy snowfall with strong winds is expected into Tuesday, with the most intense conditions between 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., according to meteorologist John Bagioni of Fax-Alert Weather Service in Burlington. Gov. Ned Lamont to people traveling CT roads at this time: "I would tell you head home." “This storm will continue to ramp up this morning with the overall nasty combination of heavy snow and strong winds occurr...

Local first responders, nursing home residents and staff getting inoculated Lisa DeTulio, a registered nurse, gives Beacon Hose Co. No. 1 firefighter and EMT Brayden Alves a COVID-19 vaccination shot at Waterbury Hospital in Waterbury on Jan. 7. -STEVEN VALENTI/REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN The vaccination of nursing home residents and staff as well as first responders in the battle against COVID-19 is underway. Glendale Center and Beacon Brook Health Center, both in Naugatuck, have partnered with CVS to...

188 PROSPECT — The Prospect Volunteer Fire Department won’t be hosting its annual Christmas tree bonfire due to COVID-19 restrictions, but residents can still drop off their Christmas trees for the department to burn. Typically, the fire department burns Christmas trees in a bonfire in January on the field across from the Prospect Community Center on Center Street, and people are invited to attend and roast some marshmallows provided by the town. Due to limits on gatherings, the annual bonf...

In Cheshire, rolling out the vaccine to protect those who protect us "If they all don’t have it then we’re not going to have first responders because they might be down also,” said Prospects mayor. Author: Lauren Zenzie (FOX61) Updated: 2:12 AM EST January 3, 2021 CHESHIRE, Conn — Connecticut continues to roll out Phase 1A of Covid vaccine distribution. Phase 1A includes healthcare workers, extended care facilities, and first responders. In Cheshire on Sa...

PROSPECT — The Prospect Town Council showed that giving doesn’t have a political affiliation. In a show of unity, all nine members of the council last week donated $50 — for a total of $450 — to the Town of Prospect Fuel Fund. “The Prospect Town Council has been elected by the taxpayers, and we aim to serve the taxpayers in any way possible. The council is always looking for ideas to help, so this year we felt that a donation to the fuel food is a much-needed investment considering th...

By Andreas Yilma, Staff Writer Waterbury Hospital clinical pharmacist Fabio Caetano shows the COVID-19 vaccine as staff began to administer vaccines Dec. 15 at the hospital. -JIM SHANNON/REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN The wait for COVID-19 vaccines is over, though it will be a while longer before vaccines are available for the general public. The state this week received its first shipment of nearly 32,000 doses of the vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc. and its German partner BioNTech. Frontline health care...