Beacon Falls News Archives

Lions Club member, Merchant's Association founder and local business owner Bob Bradley can recall the state of the Naugatuck River as he was growing up - it was a different color all the time, he said, depending on what the chemical plants upriver were dumping on any given day.

Two people are hurt after falling from a cliff in Beacon Falls. The DEP tells News Channel 8 that the victims are a 21-year-old Derby man and 20-year-old Naugatuck woman who fell from a cliff in Naugautuck State Forest.

Police say two people are recovering at the hospital after falling at least 50 feet from a cliff in Beacon Falls.

Police in Connecticut say two hikers were injured after falling at least 50 feet from a state forest cliff, while a third person escaped harm by grabbing onto a tree during the fall.

In 1910, when this photo was taken, Cogera TMs Mill was still grinding grains for residents.

In the early 1960s, when Region 16 Teacher of the Year Award recipient John Polletta was in elementary school, there were "no labels for kids," he said.

The finishing piece to the Sterling Opera House exterior makeover has arrived. On Thursday, the 2,500-pound cupola that will sit atop the Elizabeth Street building was delivered to a warehouse in Beacon Falls, where it will be stored until its installation next spring.

BEACON FALLS a ' After the second-worst season in program history, the Woodland gridiron gang is looking for any way possible to show it is ready to compete once again for another Naugatuck Valley League championship.

Shanna Costin knows you can't take someone's pulse with your thumb - because then you might be feeling your own pulse.