Teacher of year aims to empower students to find their own voices
BY ANDREAS YILMA
REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
NAUGATUCK — Teacher Lisa Taft believes it’s important to empower students, and now she is the one who is getting the positive...
Victim: ‘I took a hell of a beating’
BY ANDREAS YILMA
REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
NAUGATUCK — Borough police are investigating after an 86-year-old apartment tenant was attacked and robbed of about $900 on June 6.
John Hutt,...
12,369 rubber ducks help raise money for nonprofits
BY ANDREAS YILMA
REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
NAUGATUCK — A cloudy and chilly June day didn’t get in the way of a couple of thousand people attending the 18th...
Blaze displaces 11
BY ANDREAS YILMA REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
NAUGATUCK — At least 11 borough residents were displaced from six units after a fire damaged the 18-unit Southwood Apartments complex...
A salute to those who sacrificed their lives
The Naugatuck Memorial Day Parade was held in Naugatuck on May 29.
Naugapalooza draws a hungry crowd
BY ANDREAS YILMA
REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
NAUGATUCK — The borough’s second Naugapalooza, a festival with a food truck battle, energized guests from across the state with numerous...
Planting a tree for Camilla
BY ANDREAS YILMA
REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
NAUGATUCK — Exactly six months after the murder of 11-month old Camilla Francisquini, borough police honored her with a tree planting outside...
Naugatuck OK’s new budget
BY ANDREAS YILMA
REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
NAUGATUCK — The Joint Boards of Mayor and Burgesses and the Board of Finance on May 17 adopted a $137.3 million budget...
3.26% budget hike passes in Beacon Falls
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...
Greenway gets boost from state grants
BY STEVE BIGHAM
REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
WATERBURY — The ongoing expansion of the Naugatuck River Greenway trail system got a big boost May 15 when the state announced...
