Derby News

ANSONIA: 2 p.m. Sunday. The 106th parade starts at Nolan Field and proceeds along Wakelee Avenue, down Jackson Street passing in review at City Hall and proceeding to Big Y Shopping Plaza on Main Street.

Every day, the 52-year-old sits at the computer in her Ansonia home and browses job listings.

Announcement is made of the engagement of Lindsey Nicole Barriga and Michael Christopher Smith .

ANSONIA: 2 p.m. Sunday. The 106th parade starts at Nolan Field and proceeds along Wakelee Avenue, down Jackson Street passing in review at City Hall and proceeding to Big Y Shopping Plaza on Main Street.

Derby's Democratic Town Committee voted unanimously this week for full disclosure of a settlement former Finance Director Henry Domurad has reached with the City of Derby.

Woodbridge resident Aldon Hynes has accepted the Democratic nomination for State Representative in the 114th Assembly District.

Last week, Governor Dannel Malloy signed into law a bill that imposes harsher penalties on those who interfere with or vandalize war or veterans' memorials or monuments.

Starting in the mid-'50s, the U.S. went on a mall-building binge, peaking in the late '80s. Since then, demand has cratered, to the point that since 2006 only one major enclosed mall has been built in the entire country .

FRIDAY May 18, 2012 -- Women who eat a lot of "bad" saturated fat may hurt their overall brain function and memory over time, Harvard University researchers report.

Movies at the Strand - John Carter, PG-13, Friday and Saturday, 7 p.m.; Sunday, 4 p.m.; American Reunion, R, Friday and Saturday, 9:15 p.m.; Sunday, 6:15 p.m., The Strand Theater, 165 Main St., Seymour.

Text on the stolen Commodore Isaac Hull Bridge plaque: Named for the heroic commander of the U.S. Frigate "Constitution" during its great Naval victories in the War of 1812 Born in Derby March 9, 1773 Resided in Shelton 1785-1794 This memorial tablet placed by the Derby Historical Society 1951 SHELTON -- The Board of Aldermen has approved $2,200 to ... (more)

The State Police Major Crime Unit is handling the investigation of the city's first homicide in at least three years, Mayor Anthony Staffieri said Sunday night.

The State Police Major Crime Unit is handling the investigation of the city's first homicide in at least three years, Mayor Anthony Staffieri said Sunday night.

Police are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred at about 2 a.m. Saturday in the parking lot of R.J.'s Cafe at 148 Elizabeth St.

Cinda B. Buchter has been hired as the town's new tax collector, replacing Stanley Gorzelany who retired in March after 19 years of service.

The Naugatuck Valley Regional Fire Training School will be built on 11 acres of state-owned land in Beacon Falls' Pinesbridge Commerce Park.

Ansonia public schools serve more than 2,600 children in four schools: John G. Prendergast School , John C. Mead School , Ansonia Middle School , and Ansonia High School .

TUESDAY, May 8 -- Being physically active might lengthen the lives of people with breast and colon cancer, a new study suggests.

Buchter, who begins her new role on May 7, replaces Stanley Gorzelany, who had retired after 19 years of service.

Newly crowned 2012 Barnum Festival Queen Reim Alian, right of Derby, is hugged by outgoing 2011 Queen Paola Sanchez of Milford during the 2012 Barnum Festival King & Queen Coronation Ball at the Holiday Inn in Bridgeport on Sunday, May 6, 2012.