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BY ANDREAS YILMA Citizens News NAUGATUCK - Borough delegates praised the teamwork from their end and from local officials to secure funding for the enhancement of the Rubber Avenue corridor and highlighted some details of the funds. The borough was awarded last month a $5.7 million in a Communi

The Government Administration and Elections Committee debated a bill Friday that would prevent public libraries from engaging in certain contracts in the hope of bringing down digital and audio book costs for all libraries.

NAUGATUCK - State Rep. Seth Bronko, R-Naugatuck, has announced he will seek a second term serving the 70th House District in the Nov. 5 election.Bronko, who serves on the state legislature's Finance Revenue and Bonding, Government Administration and Elections, and Transportation committees, defeated

NAUGATUCK - The Naugatuck Economic Development Corporation's annual meeting showed grounds for optimism about the future of the borough and the state. The state has gone through 10 years of contraction, otherwise known as "the lost decade," but now that has changed, state Chief Innovation Officer Da

NAUGATUCK - The Naugatuck Economic Development Corporation's annual meeting showed grounds for optimism about the future of the borough and the state. The state has gone through 10 years of contraction, otherwise known as "the lost decade," but now that has changed, state Chief Innovation Officer Da

BY STEVE BIGHAM CITIZEN'S NEWS NAUGATUCK — State and local officials gathered at the former Uniroyal Chemical/United States Rubber Co. complex Friday to celebrate the recent awarding of $3 million in state aid to support the ongoing redevelopment of the 86-acre site, which has been dormant for

BY ANDREAS YILMA REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN NAUGATUCK — Jesse Camille’s Restaurant owner Larry Erickson was recently honored for his contributions to the borough. United Way of Naugatuck and Beacon Falls honored Erickson with the 2022 Mary Connolly Community Caring Award at the 60th annual mee

CONTRIBUTED Rep. Seth Bronko, R-Naugatuck, visited Maple Hill Elementary School on March 2 where he participated in Read Across America Day, an event that promotes literacy in local schools and is celebrated on the birthday of children’s author Dr. Seuss. Bronko read Seuss’s ‘Fox in Socks’ to a kind

BY ANDREAS YILMA REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN NAUGATUCK — Local legislators took part in the first Town Hall meeting since the beginning of the pandemic, and one of the major themes was public safety. State Reps. David K. Labriola (R-131st), Rep. Seth Bronko (R-70th) along with state Sens. Joan

BY ANDREAS YILMA REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN NAUGATUCK — An expanding vegetable farm has received a state grant to upgrade its food safety. Sunset Farm on Andrew Mountain Road in Naugatuck was awarded a $4,355 state grant to create a covered wash station with sinks, sprayers, tanks and water he