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MONROE, CT — A town-owned vehicle reported stolen from outside the Monroe Senior Center, 235 Cutlers Farm Road, Friday, was recovered at a shopping mall in Marlborough, Mass., over the weekend. Video showed the silver 2010 Ford Crown Victoria with an estimated value of $6,500 was taken at 9:15 p.m. on Thursday. A discarded Garmin GPS was found close to the area where the theft took place, but a flip phone left inside the vehicle was still not recovered at the time, according to police. On Saturday, the Marlborough Police Department found the car abandoned in front of a JCPenney…
Read MoreMONROE, CT – This weekend, Masuk drama students performed the play “You’re Only Young Once”, written by Glenn Hughes. The story takes place at Lincoln High…
Read MoreDecades ago, families descended upon Family Shoes at Chuck’s Corner, 150 Main St. in Monroe, before the new school year as shoppers bought shoes and sneakers…
Read MoreMONROE, CT — Capital Spirits, which began with two stores in Hartford, added a third location at 575 Monroe Turnpike this year. It is owned and…
Read MoreDaniel Joseph Ryan Jr., 82, beloved husband of Joan (Kellerstrass) Ryan for 55 years, passed away peacefully on November 10, 2024, surrounded by family at Hartford…
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MONROE, CT — The Masuk High softball team topped visiting Notre Dame-Fairfield 7-2 on Monday. Sofia Lieto hit and inside the park grand slam and Julia Bacoulis contributed with her pitching arm and bat. Bacoulis struck out a dozen batters…
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MONROE, CT — A man wearing a hooded-sweatshirt entered the unlocked screened-in porch of a house on Knollwood Street and tried to open a locked service door to the home late Saturday night, when a resident heard a rattling sound…
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Editor’s Note: The following is a budget message from First Selectman Ken Kellogg: The Town Council and Board of Finance have completed their responsibilities per our Town Charter and adopted their adjustments to the proposed budget for fiscal year 2023-2024.…
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MONROE, CT — First Selectman Ken Kellogg, Karen Cardi and Jonathan Stone of The Monroe First Foundation presented a $3,000 donation to the Masuk Post-Prom Committee, whose volunteers offer a night of fun activities for seniors in a safe environment…
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MONROE, CT — The American Legion District 3 is sponsoring a Kids Walk to benefit the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center at Great Hollow Lake Pavilion in Monroe on Saturday, April 29, at 10 a.m. The district consists of 23 local posts…
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MONROE, CT — Spring pickups in the Public Works Department’s Bulky Waste Program are still going on with pickup times available in May. Then the program will resume again in the fall, in September, October and November. This is a service…
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MONROE, CT — Masuk High’s baseball team shutdown visiting Brookfield’s offense in a 4-0 win on April 17. Then the Panthers came from behind for a 5-3 road win over Stratford on April 19, before falling to visiting New Fairfield…
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MONROE, CT — The Monroe Bicentennial Committee challenges residents to go on a Bicentennial digital scavenger hunt by answering multiple choice questions about the town’s 200 year history. How will you do?…
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MONROE, CT — Two homeowners shared surveillance camera footage of thieves trying door handles of vehicles early in the morning of April 16. Just before 4:20 a.m., a dark sedan pulled up to a driveway on Turkey Roost Road, one…
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MONROE, CT — Masuk High’s softball team extended its winning streak to six games and improved to 7-1 overall with an 18-9 win at Stratford on Wednesday and a 14-0 blanking of visiting New Fairfield the next day. The New…
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MONROE, CT — A town-owned vehicle reported stolen from outside the Monroe Senior Center, 235 Cutlers Farm Road, Friday, was recovered at a shopping mall in Marlborough, Mass., over the weekend. Video showed the silver 2010 Ford Crown Victoria with an estimated value of $6,500 was taken at 9:15 p.m.…
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Decades ago, families descended upon Family Shoes at Chuck’s Corner, 150 Main St. in Monroe, before the new school year as shoppers bought shoes and sneakers for classes and cleats for the upcoming baseball and football seasons. The store also bustled with activity before Easter. Stephen Chuckta Sr., whose close friends called him Chuck, started the business further down Route 25 as the Trumbull Family Shoe Outlet in 1963, before building Chuck’s Corner, the brick shopping center in Monroe, and moving his store there in 1973. Family Shoes fulfilled a niche in town, until big box stores came in the…
Read MoreMONROE, CT — Capital Spirits, which began with two stores in Hartford, added a third location at 575 Monroe Turnpike this year. It is owned and…
Read MoreMONROE, CT — Takumi Ramen & Grill, 435 Main St., offers a variety of noodle dishes with chicken, beef and seafood, as well as meals prepared…
Read MoreMONROE, CT — Shoppers welcomed the new Aldi supermarket to town with open arms Thursday morning, filling the parking lot in the upper level of Town…
Read MoreMONROE, CT — A developer plans to build a new 7,500-square-foot retail building at 685 Main St., near Northbrook Condominiums. A hot dog stand that used…
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Success the first time around is no guarantee it will happen again. Monroe Lions Head Coach Matthew Duffy’s fifth-grade youth football team had learned that valuable lesson last season, when they beat Newtown in the regular season, only to lose to them in the championship game. Now the Lions face a similar situation, squaring off against a familiar foe in the American Youth Football Shoreline League Championship game at North Haven High School this Saturday at 11 a.m. Fresh off Monroe’s convincing 31-12 playoff win against Southington at Masuk High School last weekend, Pomperaug is the only team standing in…
Read MoreThe Masuk High girls swimming and diving team placed eighth, with 266 points, in the Class M State Championships. Masuk had a team record-setting performance from…
Read MoreWESTON, CT — The Masuk High football team went to Weston and delivered a 56-6 win on Friday. With the victory the Panthers improved to 7-1.…
Read MoreMasuk High’s girls volleyball and girls soccer teams were eliminated from the Class LL State playoffs on Thursday, ending strong seasons for these teams. On the…
Read MoreMONROE, CT – Masuk High School welcomed Isabella “Bella” Vaitkus as the school’s new athletic trainer. Vaitkus, who currently serves as athletic trainer for the Yale…
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MONROE, CT – This weekend, Masuk drama students performed the play “You’re Only Young Once”, written by Glenn…
MONROE, CT — Monroe Elementary School fourth-graders sang patriotic songs for veterans visiting their school on Veterans Day…
MONROE, CT — Fawn Hollow Elementary School Principal Leigh Metcalf Ances shared photos from her school’s Veterans Day…
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MONROE, CT — A town-owned vehicle reported stolen from outside the Monroe Senior Center, 235 Cutlers Farm Road,…
MONROE, CT — Thousands of dollars worth of construction supplies were reported stolen in the burglary of a…
MONROE, CT — Officers with the Monroe Police Department will host a Tip-A-Cop event to benefit Special Olympics…
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You may not know the name, but you most likely have seen Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris). It is an…
Hummingbirds are a treat to see. They are so quick you often hear the hum before you see…
Have you ever read about the amazing journey of Monarch butterflies and wondered if you could help support…