Seymour News

More than a month after the Board of Selectmen rejected hiring longtime Public Works Department employee Craig Stevens as the new assistant foreman, the board unanimously voted Tuesday to offer Stevens the job.

Valley municipalities are crafting charter revisions that will affect how local governments function.

' A federal and state investigation into the 2004 disappearance of Waterbury resident William Smolinski Jr.

Members of Christ Episcopal Church in Ansonia are on a mission to help people in a village on the west coast of Ecuador.

Rumble strips commonly used on major highways and interstates may soon be installed on town roads in an effort to cut down on speeding and heavy traffic in residential neighborhoods.

Notifying residents about an oil spill in their neighborhood, a flood warning, a power outage or even when a town vote will be held will soon be just a phone call away.

Investigators on Monday continued excavating property on Bungay Road in the search for a Waterbury man who has been missing for four years.

Police investigating the case of a man missing since 2004 are excavating at private land in Seymour.

Posted August 10, 2008 9:00 PM Seymour -- Throughout the weekend, police have been digging for clues on a Bungay Road property.

When Terri Mauro posed the question, "What's so bad about peanut-butter bans?" on her website, she never expected the volume of cold and angry comments she received.

Valley leaders are debating an issue very close to home. They're discussing the practice of keeping city and town halls open just four days each week, and are divided as to whether it would save money and ...

An afternoon thunderstorm shook up plenty of people in southwestern Connecticut on Saturday, leaving thousands without power and several drivers in need of a little assistance in getting out of high waters.

Parents and students went to the mat Monday, pleading with the Board of Education to reinstate the wrestling program at Seymour High School.

For Jay Grayson, nothing tops the briny taste of a fresh-caught clam dug up in Cockenoe Flats, a relaxing walk from his home overlooking Long Island Sound.

Since Route 8 is a commonly traveled roadway through the Naugatuck Valley, officials said they're looking at building an alternative expressway.

Any plan to build a Route 8 connector between Seymour and Beacon Falls should include a greenway and bicycle trail to beautify the area along the Housatonic River, a town conservation official said.

Veteran firefighter Allan Pratt Jr. loved to take his kids camping and fishing on his boat, even if it meant occasionally falling overboard.

Sunday's stifling heat didn't deter about 50 people from gathering in the Seymour Historical Society's meeting room on West Street to learn about the Native Americans who lived along local rivers.

Police are investigating a head-on collision Saturday night that left one driver dead.

A public information session on the pending construction of a connector road between Route 67 in Seymour and Route 42 in Beacon Falls will be held Wednesday, July 30 at 6 p.m. in the Seymour Community Center on ...