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WATERBURY - The razing of the third and final building of the former Anaconda American Brass Co. factory complex is nearing completion just over a month after demolition crews first converged on the site at 170 Freight St. Six excavators were in operation Tuesday, taking down the last skeletal re

MIDDLEBURY - The Board of Selectmen made an unexpected move Monday when it voted 3-0 against supporting a proposed distribution center coming to town. It did so after being urged for months to take a position on the issue. First Selectman Ed St. John said he voted in response to townwide opposition

SOUTHBURY - The Board of Selectmen has passed an ordinance establishing the town's first independent police department, one that, at least for now, will not answer to a police commission.Instead, the six-member Board of Selectmen will have final say on all police matters, including the search for an

WOODBURY - An antique map of town dating back to its vibrant pre-Civil War days now hangs at Town Hall.The 54-by-46-inch map recently was donated by sisters Rosalie Manzi-Platt and Louise Manzi-Gray, whose family has deep roots in town. The map comes with drawings of a handful of the town's more pro

WOODBURY -- About two dozen military veterans were honored Wednesday morning during a moving Veterans Day ceremony at Nonnewaug High School. Among them was Woodbury resident, Daniel Gombos, a World War II veteran who just happened to be celebrating his 99th birthday. Gombos was greeted by

WATERBURY - Workers Monday officially broke ground on the Adams Street Redevelopment project in the Crownbrook neighborhood in city's North End, seven years in the making and the future home of six modern and affordable two-family houses, a park, new lighting, sidewalks, sewer and water.The estimate

WATERBURY - The offices of Community Development & Strategy officially opened for business Monday at 188 Bank St., easily accessible by foot and staffed by city officials who specialize in addressing those with social service and housing needs.City officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday

WATERBURY -- A nonprofit organization dedicated to helping local women succeed in business celebrated its arrival in the city's downtown at a ceremony Tuesday. The new offices at 132 Grand St. will allow the Women's Business Development Council to have a larger physical presence here to carry out

WOODBURY -- A local cornfield off Quassapaug Road will be the setting of an upcoming science fiction film due out next year on Amazon Prime.Opening scenes from the movie "Article 92" were shot here last weekend, including one in which a man discovers a dead alien and is then confronted by members of

SOUTHBURY - Gainfield Elementary School music teacher Ashley Dunne got the surprise of a lifetime Wednesday when she was honored with the nationally acclaimed Milken Educator Award. Dunne, 34, was with the rest of the school at an assembly inside the gymnasium when it was announced she was select