WATERBURY — A water main break Saturday morning on Wolcott Street caused significant damage to the roadway and caused surrounding businesses to lose water. As of 3 p.m. the water has been turned back on. Superintendent of Water Rob Langenauer said crews will then begin back filling the hole and road restoration. He said he […]
WATERBURY — A water main break Saturday morning on Wolcott Street caused significant damage to the roadway and caused surrounding businesses to lose water. As of 3 p.m. the water has been turned back on. Superintendent of Water Rob Langenauer said crews will then begin back filling the hole and road restoration. He said he […]
WATERTOWN – Glenna Misunas, 84, passed away Saturday, May 16, 2020, from complications caused by COVID-19, at Beacon Brook Health Center. She was born Oct. 6, 1935, in Watonga, Okla., daughter of the late Robert G. and Mildred (Bliss) Eckhart. She was raised in Simsbury and graduated from Simsbury High School. She married her husband […]
WATERTOWN – Walter W. Swiderski, 80, of Watertown, passed away Wednesday, June 10, 2020, in the VITAS Inpatient Hospice Unit in Saint Mary’s Hospital in Waterbury. He was the husband of Roseann (Petruzzi) Swiderski. Walter was born in Waterbury, Nov. 15, 1939, son of the late Theodore and Stella (Slomczyski) Swiderski. He was employed by […]
WATERBURY – Mary (Fahy) Shea, age 97 of Waterbury, passed away peacefully at the Middlebury Convalescent Home after an extended illness. She was the widow of Jeremiah Shea. Mrs. Shea was born on July 20, 1922 in Waterbury, the daughter of the late Richard and Mary (Sheehy) Fahy. She was a lifelong resident of Waterbury […]
WATERBURY – Pamela Czarsty, 54, of Waterbury, died Friday, June 12, 2020, at Yale New Haven Hospital after a long illness. Pam was born in Waterbury on April 16, 1966, daughter of Lucille (Lavorgna) Czarsty and the late Ronald Czarsty. Pam was a 1984 graduate of Wilby High School and worked in the Waterbury School […]
WATERBURY — At least 42 youngsters will enjoy camp this summer as part of the 2020 Greater Waterbury Campership Fund. Monday is the deadline for applicants for this summer, when at least some of the fund’s participating camps will be open, with attendance limits and health regulations to protect campers and staff from catching or […]
The owners of Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. have paid out $658 million in fees and dividends to shareholders, even as hospitals owned by Prospect — including Waterbury Hospital, Manchester Memorial and Rockville General — face ongoing financial difficulties. The total payments include $457 million in 2018, according to a May report from the Private Equity […]
WATERBURY — Waterbury Police Athletic League officers distributed more than 30,000 pounds of food Saturday to families in need. “We’re just trying to help the best we can,” said Waterbury Officer and PAL Coordinator Terrance Lott Jr. “We just want to make sure people are taken care of during COVID-19.” Thirteen hundred cases of produce […]
The Waterbury Police Department in 2014 received a $733,000 heavily armored mine-resistant vehicle from the Pentagon. It was part of a program critics charge has militarized state and local police departments and contributed to an increase in violence in law enforcement. Waterbury’s armored vehicle is just one example of the $20 million worth of military […]
Waterbury police recently filed the following charges: JASON MOREL, 21, of 379 Hill St., two counts sale of narcotic substance, two counts possession of controlled substance within 1,500 feet of a school, public housing project or daycare center. YANKETIA WISE, 35, of 223 Farren Ave., New Haven, interfering with an officer/resisting arrest, possession of less […]
WOLCOTT – Mr. David B. Lewis II, 75, formerly of Torrington, Conn., passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 14, 2020, at Waterbury Hospital. He was the loving husband of the late Rose (Langyel) Lewis. David was born in Mount Vernon, N.Y., on Jan. 3, 1945. Prior to his retirement in 2011, David worked as a […]
WATERTOWN – Betty C. Durso, 87, of Watertown, passed away peacefully on June 12, 2020, at Autumn Lake Healthcare, Waterbury. She was the beloved wife of Joseph A. Durso. Besides her late husband of 68 years, she leaves her daughters, Nancy E. (Durso) Totton and her husband James, of Boston, Mass., Carol (Durso) Donzella and […]
There is no vaccine to halt the COVID-19 virus yet, but a group of scientists at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore has developed what might be the next best thing. The smartphone app they have created could become what one of the researchers, Waterbury native Michael Desjardins, calls “an early warning system” to sound an […]
WATERBURY – A Sandy Hook man was arrested Tuesday after state police say they found 2 pounds of marijuana in his car, which had been pulled over along Interstate 84 westbound near Exit 25 in Waterbury. Tanner Stergue, 19, was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to sell and drug paraphernalia. Stergue originally was […]
There are arguably very few people who would love to see the Yankees and Red Sox play a Friday night game at a packed Fenway Park than Waterbury native and former Major League Baseball commissioner Fay Vincent. The Yale law school graduate speaks about the game with a poetic reverence, but his passion doesn’t keep […]
Over the past 15 months many of you have seen me as Community Karen covering some of the most fun and celebratory events in the Greater Waterbury Area. But as with any strong relationship, it is imperative to be there for one another through the great times as well as the challenging times. In light […]
WATERBURY – Families heading into district schools Monday morning to pick up free meals being distributed by the city also received a digital thermometer that can be tied to a computer application for tracking health. The city is distributing 5,000 Kinsa-brand thermometers it received from the State Department of Public Health, through the ongoing school […]
WATERBURY – Mayor Neil M. O’Leary has announced a series of radio call-in town halls in response to protests against racial inequity sparked by the May 25 killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. O’Leary, who condemned the killing as a murder, is opening up this series of four forums to hear from residents about […]
WATERBURY — Rudin Lloga was about 8 years old when he immigrated from Macedonia, but he’s still well aware of the repression faced by his family and other ethnic Albanians. In Macedonia, their language and culture was suppressed. They faced job discrimination, a lack of education and had little prospects without leaving the country. A […]
ANSONIA – Henry Rosa, 81, beloved husband of Barbara Kirpas Rosa of Ansonia, died peacefully on Feb. 28, 2020, at the Connecticut Hospice in Branford. Born in Waterbury on Oct. 12, 1938, he was the son of the late Frank and Teresa Pettine Rosa. Mr. Rosa was raised in Waterbury, graduated from Sacred Heart High […]