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'Give the neighborhood some breathing room' Zoning board approves purchase of former Catholic school Bill Bloxsom FacebookTwitterEmail St. Gabriel School in Milford in 2016.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media MILFORD—The Planning and Zoning Board has approved the city’s purchase of the former St. Gabriel School on Tudor road. The unanimous vote on the $2.3 million deal came at the board’s Jan. 19 meeting. The city assessor had valued the building and grounds at nearly $3.2 million in 2019. The 24,000-square-foot, single-story school building was constructed in 1965. The owner is liste...

MILFORD — The state has begun accepting COVID-19 vaccination appointments for people in...

Some of the stories that made 2020 a year to remember FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 A sign for the Subway World Headquarters in MilfordArnold Gold / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 2of5 Joe DiVincenzo of New Haven carries his groceries to his car at Ferraro's Market in New Haven on December 18, 2020.Arnold Gold / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 3of5 The statue of Christopher Columbus was removed from Wooster Square park Wednesday afternoon hours after a skirmish erupted early in the morning between people of opposing viewpoints on June 24.Peter Hvizdak / Hearst Connecticut M...

'A little cheer into a year that had so little': Decorated street signs lift holiday spirit Donald Eng FacebookTwitterEmail 1of8 Several hundred people decorated their street signs as part of the Milford ChallengeContributedShow MoreShow Less 2of8Several hundred people decorated their street signs as part of the Milford ChallengeContributed /Show MoreShow Less 3of8 Morgan Hughes stands next to the stop sign she and her mother Keisha Martin-Velez decorated at the intersection of Jewett Street and Root Ave.ContributedShow MoreShow Less 4of8 A street sign is decorated for the holidays in Milford...

It’s become so widespread even Milford Mayor Ben Blake is weighing in on the holiday happenings. "We need this at this point we need to do whatever it takes to make sure a smile is on everyone’s face," said Blake. Bob Asmussen and Monica Bartolommeo live in the Milford community and love the holidays. The two decorated their street sign along with their entire house and they say this year everyone in the neighborhood is getting in the spirit. NBC Connecticut A festive home in Milford, Conn. "You can’t even go to the store and buy any more lights or anything everything is out of stock ...