Milford News

Mile-a-minute vine, the kudzu of the North, may be less troublesome in 2010. The state Department of Environmental Protection last week announced it will give New Milford $14,000 and Newtown $11,000 to fight the fast-growing and highly invasive weed.

A man so broke that he said he didn't have the money to visit his son 30 minutes away opened fire Friday at the engineering firm that fired him two years ago, killing one person and wounding five, authorities said.

A 19-year-old was injured Monday night when he was attacked by a group of six to eight other males at his car after leaving the All Aboard Restaurant, police said.

Change is difficult for some people. That's how some Democrats view their party's crushing defeat Tuesday, with their slate of fresh, young faces soundly trounced by a resurgent GOP.

Candidates lined the driveways to polling stations here this evening, anxious to greet voters arriving from work.

A kayaker who flipped over Monday morning in choppy water off Point Lookout did everything right, a fire official said.

Democratic mayoral challenger Robert Coppola has devoted much of his 42-year educational career to helping gifted and special needs children maximize their talents.

If you want to know where to buy an original hamburger or how French fries got their shape, ask a Northville Elementary School third-grader. Or maybe you want to know the origins of Silly Putty or the Frisbee.

For 40 years, members of the old Myrtle Beach Methodist Church have been part of the congregation at Mary Taylor Memorial Church downtown.

Except for the untouched trays of cookies in the foyer, it was business as usual Friday at Milford Fabricating Co.

A 39-year-old Salvadoran national who worked for a Columbian drug gang that supplied heroin and cocaine to a New Milford-based ring was sentenced to 12 years in prison by a federal court judge Wednesday.

Tae Duffy, dressed as a white-faced vampire, walks through her Sun Pond Lane front yard to show off the crowning touch of her ghoulish Halloween decor: a "haunted'' black hearse with a makeshift coffin.

Toni Dessereaux sees giving to the United Way of Western Connecticut as the best way to ensure charity dollars are spread around to those most in need in southern Litchfield County.

Little more than 24 hours after Bank of America was robbed, Fairfield police had a suspect in custody.

Some people celebrated Diwali, a major Hindu holiday known as the festival of lights, with a day of chanting ancient Vedic mantras.

An old proverb says, "Be careful what you wish for.'' Several times in the past 20 years -- and as recently as 2005 -- voters here had only one candidate for mayor.

A "Hotel for Dogs'' will be coming to Gulf Street, offering pooches posh treatment and around-the-clock care.

Some residents of a condominium complex in Milford, Conn., said that they are opposed to the opening of a new dog day care , Hartford television station WFSB reported.

This shore line community was the picture of a quaint New England town in the 1950's 1960's and 1970's. Milford Connecticut had many surprises, like our cop in the bucket in the center of town.

By Brian McCready, Milford Bureau Chief MILFORD — When it comes to fundraising for candidates, city Republicans are outpacing Democratic and independent foes. Republican Town Chairman Thomas Jagodinski said the hefty advantage will help the GOP get its message to voters in the final stretch. But Democratic Town Chairman Richard Smith said the numbers are not surprising as the GOP receives a lot of money from special interests and people doing business with the city. Prior to release of third quarter fundraising numbers last week, the Republican Town Committee had raised $19,392, Democratic Town Committee, $10,792, Republican Mayor James L. Richetelli Jr., $7,950, Democratic mayoral candidate Genevieve Salvatore, $6,500, and Milford Independent Party mayoral candidate Peter Spalthoff, $6,790. After third-quarter numbers were factored in, the Republican Town Committee raised $33,286, for a total of $52,678. The Democrats raised $11,175 during the third quarter, for $21,967. Spalthoff raised $10,660, for a total $17,450. Independent mayoral candidate Timothy Chaucer raised less than $1,000. “It’s also an indication of the enthusiasm people have for the town committee and the mayor. We’ve never seen this many people or this much enthusiasm.” “Unlike the Republicans who sit in their offices calling fat-cat contributors, Genevieve is out taking her message out to the front porches, living rooms and backyards of Milford’s voters. Smith noted developers Robert Smith, of Smith Craft Real Estate Corp., and Louis D’Amato, two of the city’s largest taxpayers, contributed to the mayor’s campaign, as did architect William Silver, who has designed several school construction projects. City Attorney Win Smith Jr. also contributed $1,000 to Richetelli’s campaign, Richard Smith said. Richetelli appointed Win Smith as city attorney in January.