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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 — A new gas station and convenience store appears to coming to 126 Main St. The Planning and Zoning Commission asked Town Planner Rick Schultz to write a resolution for an approval with conditions for members to vote on…
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MONROE, CT — Some news stories attribute the 28-year-low in mortgage applications to the “bursting housing bubble,” but Danielle Rownin, a Realtor with Keller Williams Real Estate, calls the bubble a myth. During a town hall discussion on the housing…
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MONROE, CT — A developer wants to build Pond View luxury housing at 127 Main St., 196 upscale units in a complex loaded with amenities, with everything from a clubhouse with a fitness room, a large swimming pool, cabanas and…
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SHELTON, CT — They’re the champions. Masuk High’s hockey team blanked the Joel Barlow co-op team 3-0 in the SCC-SWC Tournament championship game at The Rinks at Shelton Friday. The game was scoreless through two periods and remained deadlock midway…
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MONROE, CT — Numerous top 10 individual and relay performances sparked host Masuk High’s boys swim team en route to a fourth-place finish in the South-West Conference Championships Thursday. Pomperaug of Southbury won the event with a score of 647.…
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Schools were closed Tuesday, in the aftermath of the region’s first significant snowstorm, dubbed “Winter Storm Anthony” by WFSB Connecticut News. Many children took advantage of their day off, and the conditions, by playing in the snow. The Gorman family shared…
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MONROE, CT — Several people were taken to the hospital for treatment of, what police believe to be, non-life-threatening injuries following a two-vehicle-crash at the intersection of Church Street and Monroe Turnpike (Route 111) Wednesday morning. At approximately 7:56 a.m.,…
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MONROE, CT — The Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously approved a special exception permit for the construction of Gateway Commons Thursday night. The mixed use development will have 57 units of housing, retail, office and storage uses on just over seven…
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MONROE, CT — SPCA of Connecticut Animal Shelter, which has had its share of controversies since opening in the early 2000s with opposition from neighbors, has helped thousands of animals find forever homes over the past two decades. But its…
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SHELTON, CT — Masuk High’s hockey team moved a step closer to clinching the SCC/SWC Championship by toppling Shepaug 8-1 at The Rinks at Shelton on Wednesday, March 1. Drew Scalia scored three times and A.J. Michetti, Christian LaBella, Nick…
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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…