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BY ANDREAS YILMA REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN BEACON FALLS — Residents expressed mixed feelings about the current two speed humps on Burton Road and the possibility of having more installed to curb speeding. The Board of Selectmen held a special meeting on July 19 at Woodland Regional High Schoo
BY ANDREAS YILMA REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN BEACON FALLS — The town’s police department now has a new four-legged addition to help with search and rescue. First Selectman Gerard Smith swore in Echo, an 8-year-old Dutch shepherd, who stood alongside her trainer Beacon Falls police officer Celes
BEACON FALLS – Officials are considering installing more speed humps throughout the town and are seeking residents’ input. The Board of Selectmen will have a special meeting tonight at 7 p.m. in the auditorium at Woodland Regional High School, 135 Black Rimmon Road. “We need everybody to chime
BY ANDREAS YILMA REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN BEACON FALLS — The town’s 2023-24 operating budget has passed — with a 3.26% increase from this fiscal year and a slight mill rate increase. Town residents voted 40 to 3 to approve an $8.8 million town operating budget and $541,014 for the 2023-24 no
BY ANDREAS YILMA REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN BEACON FALLS — The town is exploring the possibility of adding more speed humps on a few more town roads as speeding still proves to be an issue. The Board of Selectmen, also the town’s traffic authority, approved in August 2022 the installation of t