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Lifelong Waterbury resident Bill Pierpont is marking his 75th year as a proud and prominent leading member of the famed Mattatuck Drum Band. Pierpont was 11 when he joined in 1949, making him by far the longest-serving member of the oldest marching band in the nation. Now 87, Pierpont in his earl
By Elio Gugliotti and Andreas Yilma, Citizen’s News The color guard leads Naugatuck’s Memorial Day parade down Old Firehouse Road in 2019. Naugatuck and Prospect are holding parades again this year to observe Memorial Day. –FILE PHOTO Naugatuck and Prospect will again observe Memorial Day with parades, a year after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the traditional commemorations. The return of the parades comes after the state last week lifted most of the remaining coronavirus-restrictions. In Naugatuck, the parade will be shorter than residents are used to seeing. Rather...