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Monroe police charge New Haven man in stolen car with DUI

MONROE, CT — A New Haven man was arrested on a slew of charges after police say he was passed out behind the wheel of a stolen gray Acura TLX, parked on Gaylor Drive with the engine running and its lights on late Sunday morning. Officers responding to a neighborhood complaint spoke to the driver, Tayvon LaMar Harris, 29, who appeared to have just woken up, according to police. Police said Harris admitted to drinking at a bar and told officers he was dropping off a friend in the area. Officers smelled the odor of an alcoholic beverage on Harris’…

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Great Hollow Lake gets an early spring cleaning

MONROE, Conn. — Monroe Congregational Church’s Senior Pilgrim Fellowship, a youth group with high school students from Masuk and surrounding towns, picked up trash from around Great Hollow Lake up to the soccer fields at Wolfe Park Sunday afternoon. The…

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Shak’s Boxing and Fitness trains new wave of champions in Monroe

Shakha Moore honed his boxing skills under the tutelage of the legendary Deacon John Harris at age 11, while growing up in South Norwalk. Harris taught the sport to keep kids out of trouble amid the temptation of drug dealing and street gangs. “He was the greatest man alive in my book, because he did a lot for the community,” Moore said of Harris. “He would scope out kids getting into trouble and approach them outside the courthouse to offer them an opportunity to improve their lives.” One day Moore was playing with his childhood friend, Terrance Mapp, who told…

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