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Now displaying: August, 2020
Aug 26, 2020

Members of the Seymour Board of Police Commissioners questioned the leaders of the department last week regarding whether enough steps were taken to make sure officers were OK after responding to two horrific car crashes on the same day.

Aug 19, 2020

In the 1990s and early 2000s developer Donald Trump wanted to build a golf course next to Byram Lake, a reservoir that served as drinking water for residents of Mount Kisco, N.Y.

Byram Lake isn't in Mount Kisco.

It's actually located in the wealthier towns of Bedford and North Castle in Westchester County, N.Y.

All the towns opposed Trump's plan, despite of the falsehood he asserts in this interview, which he sought out when I  was a 20-something reporter at The Patent Trader, a now dead newspaper in the Bedford area.

The worries were over pollution, though Trump promised 'state of the art' procedures.

Trump lost.

Houses were eventually built in some parts of the property.

Aug 19, 2020

Members of the Derby Planning and Zoning Commission ordered an investigation Tuesday into the alleged use of a garage at 49 Burtville Ave. as a clubhouse for The Punishers Motorcycle Club.

The research will be conducted by Barbara Schellenberg, the P&Z's lawyer, and Ryan McEvoy, of Milone & MacBroom, the city's engineering firm.

Aug 18, 2020

In this episode Valley Indy reporter Eugene Driscoll discusses:

1. Charter Revision in Derby

2. Valley Firefighter Softball

3. Derby ZEO Controversy

Press play!

Aug 13, 2020

Sharon Closius, president and chief executive officer of The Valley Community Foundation, talks about what Naugatuck Valley residents can do to help neighbors & nonprofits that will be hurt by the looming COVID-19 economic impact.

Aug 8, 2020

Press play for an interview with Jorge Cabrera, a union official from Hamden who is running as a Democrat for the 17th State Senate District seat.

That seat is currently held by Sen. George Logan, R-Ansonia, to whom Cabrera lost by just 77 votes two years ago.

While Cabrera is his party’s officially endorsed candidate, he isn’t the only Democrat running.

Justin Farmer, a “politician activist” from Hamden’s Legislative Council, is challenging Cabrera on a Democratic primary Tuesday, Aug. 11.

Aug 6, 2020

Press play for an interview with Justin Farmer, a Legislative Councilman in Hamden, who is running as a Democrat for the 17th State Senate District seat.

That seat is currently held by Sen. George Logan, R-Ansonia.

Farmer isn’t the only Democrat running.

Jorge Cabrera is the party’s officially endorsed candidate.

Farmer and Cabrera face off in a Democratic primary Aug. 11, 2020.

Aug 3, 2020

A group in Derby has been working diligently to determine whether changes should be made to the Derby Charter.

The group will be making recommendations to the Derby Board of Aldermen/Alderwomen. Alderman Rob Hyder is the Charter Revision Commission's chairman.

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