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Steve and Kim Bigham knew that running a business wouldnt be easy, but they didnt count on floods, pandemics and other challenges.

A home at 46 Ridgewood Road Extension was heavily damaged in a structure fire Sunday afternoon in Woodbury.Woodbury firefighters responded to the scene just after 2:25 p.m. and discovered smoke billowing out of the two-story structure.A neighbor said the homeowner is not often at home and that appea

MIDDLEBURY - First Selectman Ed St. John called out residents who are driving around with out-of-state license plates during Wednesday's Board of Selectmen meeting.The plates typically are from states that charge little or no motor vehicle taxes.It's become a statewide problem brought on by the COVI

WOODBURY -- Current and former campers from the decades-old summer nature program at Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust gathered Thursday for a reunion picnic at the South Barn.The event was held in celebration of Flanders' 60th anniversary as a preserve, where people are invited to celebrate n

WATERBURY Grace DeMunda McGrath is doing her best to continue the full-service dry cleaning tradition her family began here in Bunker Hill more than a century ago But, she admits, it's not easy. DeMunda McGrath is the long-time owner of Perry's Dry Cleaners, located at 595 Watertown Avenue, wh

SOUTHBURY - First Selectman Jeffery Manville was endorsed by the Republican Town Committee Tuesday and will now seek re-election to a fifth term in office in November.Manville, 64, has not always had it run so smoothly at his party's caucus in past years.Two years ago, he was challenged by Emily Gra

SOUTHBURY - More than 90 local residents were honored for their service to their country during the Korean and Vietnam wars during a ceremony Wednesday at the senior center.The event was hosted by Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz, who said she has been on a decades long quest to meet and recognize Connectic

SEYMOUR - U.S. Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-3rd District, on Tuesday announced the acquisition of $3 million in federal funds for the continued revitalization of the Naugatuck Valley, specifically Beacon Falls and Seymour.DeLauro joined state and local officials to celebrate the news at Seymour Town Hall

BY STEVE BIGHAM CITIZEN'S NEWS WATERBURY — William “Boomer” Boucher, one of the state’s first paramedics in the 1970s, was honored May 31 during a special ceremony for emergency responders put on by Waterbury Hospital. Boucher, who has been responding to emergency calls as a Waterbury para

By Steve Bigham Republican-American ANSONIA -- Emmett O'Brien Technical School celebrated National Manufacturing Month Tues, Oct. 28 by inviting several notable women in manufacturing to meet with the 32 female students who make up the school's precision machining technology program. "It was a