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MONROE, Conn. — Richard Bierut and Eva Helmke, two emergency medical technicians for the Monroe Volunteer Emergency Medical Service, showed families equipment in and outside of an ambulance in the garage of EMS headquarters at 54 Jockey Hollow Road Sunday. “This is the stair chair,” Beirut said as he placed his hands on a wheelchair with tracks behind it. “These tracks make it nice and smooth while you go downstairs.” Then he showed children a stretcher, which moves up and down at the touch of a button. “If you guys want to play with the button, you can,” Bierut said,…
Read MoreMONROE, Conn. — Monroe Republican Town Committee members collected nonperishable food donations for the Monroe Food Pantry outside both entrances to Stop & Shop Sunday, while…
Read MoreMasuk High’s girls golf team had quite a spring, following up a South-West Conference Championship with a second-place finish in the Division II State Tournament, a…
Read MoreMONROE, Conn. — Robert Butler, of Scout Troop 62, led fellow members of his troop in building and installing kiosks at the start of the walking…
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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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MONROE, Conn. — Richard Bierut and Eva Helmke, two emergency medical technicians for the Monroe Volunteer Emergency Medical Service, showed families equipment in and outside of an ambulance in the garage of EMS headquarters at 54 Jockey Hollow Road Sunday. “This is the stair chair,” Beirut said as he placed…
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MONROE, Conn. — The Planning and Zoning Commission granted an approval with conditions for a proposal allowing Town Fair Tire to move into the former Rite Aid pharmacy at 508 Monroe Turnpike and renovate the building. During the hearing, residential neighbors had expressed opposition to the plan due to concerns of over noise, the smell of rubber, traffic, a potentially negative impact on property values, and the close proximity to Beardsley Brook, a waterway that feeds into the Far Mill River Watershed. However, at the zoning meeting on June 4, Commissioner Ryan Condon praised the applicant, Town Fair Centers of…
Read MoreMONROE, Conn. — The Monroe Chamber of Commerce’s first annual Lee Hossler Memorial Golf Tournament was played under a clear blue sky at the Chris Bargas…
Read MoreMONROE, Conn. — The Monroe Chamber of Commerce presents the first annual Lee Hossler Memorial Golf Tournament, which will be held at the Chris Bargas Golf…
Read MoreMONROE, Conn. — There is still time to sign up for the fourth annual Newtown Savings Bank Mile Down the Pike set for this Sunday, May…
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Masuk High’s girls golf team had quite a spring, following up a South-West Conference Championship with a second-place finish in the Division II State Tournament, a repeat of last year’s success. The Panthers finished runner-up to Berlin among 16 teams to score in the state competition, held at Trumbull’s Tashua Knolls Golf Course on Monday, Individually, Adriana Lupo tied for first with Daniel Hand’s Millie Gobleck with a score of 79. Alex Cecchino tied for seventh a score of 88, Abby Yeager tied for 16th with a score 94 and Emma McIntyre finished in a tie for 18th with a…
Read MoreBROOKFIELD, Conn. — Coming off the program’s first South-West Conference Championship in more than two decades, Masuk High’s girls lacrosse team’s bid for an encore in…
Read MoreNEW BRITAIN, Conn. — A magical Class L State Tournament run came to an end for underdog Masuk High’s baseball team on Tuesday night. The No.…
Read MoreMONROE, Conn. — National Banner Unified Champion Jockey Hollow Middle School’s Unified Sports team concluded a successful spring season with a celebration on May 28. Students…
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MONROE, Conn. — Masuk High School celebrated its 5th annual Culture Fair last Tuesday. Students representing over 30…
MONROE, Conn. — Superintendent Joseph Kobza announced that Jockey Hollow STEM teacher Susan Russell has been selected as…
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MONROE, Conn. — Richard Bierut and Eva Helmke, two emergency medical technicians for the Monroe Volunteer Emergency Medical…
MONROE, Conn. — A Monroe woman is trying to recoup nearly $50,000 that was stolen from her in…
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Frank J. Frulla, 73, of Monroe, Conn., passed away suddenly on May 27, 2026. He was born on…
Felicia Elizabeth Valus, (Wishneski), 93, formerly of Monroe, Conn., and most recently of Port Saint Lucie, Fla., passed…