WATERBURY — A city-wide Red Out fundraising event back in February helped Katie Brown raise almost double her closest competitor in the Student of the Year challenge for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The Sacred Heart High School graduate championed Katie’s Quest for a Cure in the first Greater New Haven area challenge, raising $37,137. […]
WATERBURY — A city-wide Red Out fundraising event back in February helped Katie Brown raise almost double her closest competitor in the Student of the Year challenge for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The Sacred Heart High School graduate championed Katie’s Quest for a Cure in the first Greater New Haven area challenge, raising $37,137. […]
WATERBURY — Police say they’ve linked two women and a man to a robbery and home invasion of a 76-year-old man during two separate incidents earlier this year. The investigations that led to the arrest of Sonia Hernandez, 29, Johnny Khan, 28, and 32-year-old Trisha Morales-Cirillo began on Feb. 11 when police say they […]
WATERBURY — As the Juneteenth Unity Rally crowd peacefully marched around Waterbury on a hot Friday afternoon, the crowd seemed like it was growing at each stop. Starting from Silas Bronson Library, then marching to the Green, then to Martin Luther King Park and finally at the steps of City Hall, more people appeared to […]
State Street School Teaching Vice Principal Sean Blaney said the school’s graduating class has come a long way since they first started at the school. “Having known most of the graduates for many years, it gives me great satisfaction to see them complete their high school journey. When I first met many of them, when […]
WATERBURY — Mayor Neil M. O’Leary had a flag reading “Black Lives Matter” raised on the pole in front of City Hall Friday. The move was a gesture of solidarity for the national movement urging change and a drive toward racial equity in the wake of a string of high-profile killings of Black individuals, including […]
Waterbury police recently filed the following charges: ROOSEVELT BENJAMIN, 36, of 181 Belden St., New Britain, second-degree failure to appear. TRISHA MORALES-CIRILO, 32, of 49 Pleasant Valley Drive, Worcester, Mass., two counts second-degree robbery, two counts fifth-degree larceny, two counts home invasion, two counts second-degree burglary, two counts sixth-degree larceny. NEHEMIAH COATES, 19, of 266 […]
The next wave of openings this past week has breathed some much-needed life into the Brass City, especially on the restaurant scene, which has flung open its dining room doors so customers can enjoy their meals inside. But not everyone is in a rush to explore that option, and the restaurants that scrambled to get […]
WATERBURY — Schools are out and it’s time for those youngsters who are primed for summertime fun at camp to get their vacations off to rollicking starts. While the application numbers certainly were understandably down this year, Greater Waterbury Campership Fund has all tuition fees covered for the few dozen campers ready to enjoy their […]
WATERBURY – Jason Matos was shocked to see his neighbor’s home in flames when he arrived home Saturday night. Police and firefighters arrived on scene at 81 Walnut St. at 8:02 p.m. where smoke and flames bellowed from the second and third floors of the home and through the roof. “I had just gotten home […]
School Superintendent Verna Ruffin is not bowing to mounting pressure to hand over the diploma of a Waterbury Career Academy graduate who privately organized a drive-up graduation ceremony for a few dozen Waterbury seniors in a church parking lot Wednesday. Ruffin remains insistent that Jacqueline Henry put lives in danger and needs to come speak […]
WATERBURY – Curtis McKinley Rountree, 79, passed away peacefully on May 7, 2020, at Waterbury Hospital. Curtis, better known as “Tree,” “Pop” and “Poppa Curt,” was born in Elizabeth City, N.C., on Jan. 24, 1941. He was the son to the late John Edward and Alice Jordan Rountree. Curtis was a loving husband and devoted […]
MERIDEN – Mr. David B. Monahan, 58, passed away suddenly at his home on Wednesday, June 17, 2020. David was born on Feb. 7, 1962 in Waterbury, son of Bruce E. Monahan, of Middlefield, and the late Patricia Wootton. In addition to his father, David is survived by his stepmother, Joan A. Monahan of Middlefield; […]
WATERBURY – “Meridor” peacefully passed away at his home, surrounded by family, Friday morning. He was born in Yauco, Puerto Rico, and was the son of Enrique Martinez and Ramona Feliciano. He’d been a Waterbury resident for 57 years and has touched the lives of countless amount of people with his love, charm and colorful […]
TORRINGTON – Jonathan “Johnny” Burgos, 43, passed away on Saturday, June 13, 2020. Johnny was born in Waterbury on May 24, 1977, son of Carmelo Burgos Jr. and the late Pauline (O’Malley) Jackson, and his brother Martin Burgos, who is predeceased. Johnny was a kindhearted man who loved his family dearly. He was very creative, […]
WATERBURY – Mr. William Bellemare, 61, passed away on Sunday, June 14, 2020 after a long illness, in Middlesex Hospital. Bill was born on Jan. 24, 1959, in Waterbury, He was the son of Carol A. Crichton and Henry Bellemare, but his stepfather, the late David Crichton, raised him since he was 6 years old. […]
SOUTHBURY – Mrs. Livia (Rosa) Silvestre Albini, 79, of Heritage Village, entered into the gates of heaven on Monday, June 15, 2020, at Yale New Haven Hospital after complications from heart surgery. She was the widow of Louis J. Silvestre and Salvatore Albini. Livia was born in Waterbury on Jan. 29, 1941, a daughter of […]
The COVID-19 pandemic, which shuttered our offices and worship spaces, changed our rules of engagement and made facial masks the latest fashion accessory, now threatens that most cherished American ritual – the summer vacation. The travel industry has been hard hit and Americans have been cooped up. That should make for a buoyant summer vacation […]