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Town Council Chairman Chris Pia said the review is “something to be proud of.”

Groton — The Town Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a fiscal year 2022 budget of $137,736,367, which includes a $7,282,383, or 5.6%, increase over the current year’s budget. The council sent the proposed spending plan to the Representative Town Meeting for its review and set a tentative tax rate for next year of 25.99 mills, a 0.88-mill increase over the current rate of 25.11 mills. Finance Director Cindy Landry said the council will set a final tax rate once the RTM completes its budget review. Town Manager John Burt at a public hearing last month had presented a proposed budget o...

By Andreas Yilma, Staff Writer Basketball courts at the Pent Road Recreation Center in Beacon Falls are shown March 23. The town is planning a project to replace the basketball courts, tennis courts and playscape at the recreation complex. –ANDREAS YILMA BEACON FALLS — Town officials are getting the ball rolling with a project to replace the basketball and tennis courts at the Pent Road Recreation Center. The Board of Selectman and the Board of Finance on March 23 approved appropriating a total of $222,039 for the project. Officials want to appropriate $142,039 from Local Capital Improvem...

By Andreas Yilma, Staff Writer NAUGATUCK — The Board of Mayor and Burgesses this month supported a five-year paving plan officials hope will get worn-out streets on the road to recovery. “In the next five years we want to make a major dent in completing the town and getting our roads up to standard,” Mayor N. Warren “Pete” Hess said. Under the plan, the borough is looking to do about $1.6 million worth of road work in the spring of 2021. The plan is to pave 34 roads in the spring, including all or parts of Maple Hill Street, City Hill Court, Maple Terrace, Curtis Court and Central A...

Shelton City Hall closes for security enhancements Brian Gioiele FacebookTwitterEmail Shelton City Hall.Contributed photo SHELTON — Several planned renovations — including new security enhancements — will keep City Hall closed for the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day, according to Mayor Mark Lauretti. Lauretti announced on Friday that City Hall will be closed starting Dec. 28 and will reopen Jan. 4. The city clerk’s office, which will be undergoing renovations, will be closed from Dec. 23 through Jan. 5. “There is a lot of work going on in this building over the next coup...