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MONROE, CT — Off duty Monroe police officers refilled patrons’ glasses of water, while assisting the waitstaff at Jennie’s Pizzeria during their annual Tip-A-Cop fundraiser for Special Olympics Connecticut at the restaurant at 380 Monroe Turnpike Wednesday night. Monroe Police Sgt. Todd Keeping, who is in charge of organizing his department’s fundraising efforts, said about a dozen officers participated, with several bringing their children to help. “I think we’ll do a little bit better than last year,” Keeping said, adding around $30,000 was raised through Monroe officers’ events. The main one is the Penguin Plunge, in which participants raise money…
Read MoreSTRATFORD, CT — Close to 400 guests seated in the dining room of Vazzano’s Four Seasons Tuesday night eagerly anticipated the entrance of the 2025 Barnum…
Read MoreMONROE, CT — Three leaders of Masuk High School’s elite softball program signed national letters of intent to continue playing the sport in college during a…
Read MoreMONROE, CT — Public officials gathered in front of St. Jude School on the church’s 707 Monroe Turnpike campus for a press conference announcing the completion…
Read MoreMONROE, CT — Members of the Spadaccino and Leo P. Gallagher & Son Community Funeral Home in Monroe attended the annual Newtown Giving Circle Breakfast for…
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Police Officer Brooke Larsen was honored with the Wesche Award in recognition for her expansion of the Locating Alzheimer’s Patients Safely (LAPS) program, which gives officers the information they need to find seniors registered in the program more quickly when…
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Lewis Tree Service trucks lined Route 110 Thursday morning as its crews trimmed back trees from Old Tannery to Wheeler roads. Police officers directed traffic, which was closed to one lane. Police Capt. Keith White said the work started around…
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Police K-9 officers Jeffrey Loomis and John McAulay brought their dogs, Riggs and Murphy, to the Monroe Senior Center for a demonstration Tuesday. Center patrons sat in folding chairs behind the building to watch the dogs sniff out narcotics and…
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Superintendent of Schools Jack Zamary and Assistant Superintendent Joseph Kobza visited schools in the district Wednesday morning to greet students, teachers and administrators as they started their first day of school. At Masuk High School smiling teachers walked across the…
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Maryann Welch O’Hara Hawkins was born May 31, 1935, in New Haven, Connecticut. She attended the Academy of our Lady of Mercy (Lauralton Hall) in Milford, Connecticut, for elementary and high school. She graduated from Regis College, Weston, MA, with…
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Teachers and administrators socialized over breakfast in the Masuk High School cafeteria, then fired each other up for the 2019-20 school year through a series of speakers at Convocation Tuesday morning. The day included the passing of the torch from…
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A teenager driving three other juveniles lost control of a Ford Focus on a curve while heading north on Wild Horse Court Aug. 22, went off the road and struck a utility box and a boulder. Police said the car…
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School is back in session Wednesday and yellow school busses will stopping to pick up and drop off students on neighborhood streets all over town. State Rep. JP Sredzinski, R-112, reminds drivers to stop for red flashing lights, while keeping bus safety in…
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A Birchwood Road man reported finding a snake inside his house on Aug. 16. An officer identified the snake as a nonvenomous, adult ribbon snake and removed it from the house. Exclusion methods were discussed and a species fact sheet was…
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Bonnie Maur, a longtime teacher at Chalk Hill and Jockey Hollow middle schools, is leading the Think Pink Monroe initiative, working with St. Vincent’s Swim Across the Sound and a committee of volunteers to raise breast cancer awareness. The cause…
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MONROE, CT — Off duty Monroe police officers refilled patrons’ glasses of water, while assisting the waitstaff at Jennie’s Pizzeria during their annual Tip-A-Cop fundraiser for Special Olympics Connecticut at the restaurant at 380 Monroe Turnpike Wednesday night. Monroe Police Sgt. Todd Keeping, who is in charge of organizing his…
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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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MONROE, CT — Three leaders of Masuk High School’s elite softball program signed national letters of intent to continue playing the sport in college during a ceremony inside the school library Wednesday afternoon. Julia Bacoulis will go to Florida Gulf Coast University, Alyssa Castillo will play at the University of Bridgeport, and Sofia Lieto has committed to play at Providence College. Athletic Director Brian Hourigan, who is also the boys head baseball coach, recalled seeing these young athletes honing their swings in the batting cages and working out over the summer, on days off, before and after practice. “This is…
Read MoreSuccess 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…
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…
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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 — Off duty Monroe police officers refilled patrons’ glasses of water, while assisting the waitstaff at…
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…
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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…