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Dog Park Is Open To Help Get Rid Of Winter Blues

|Date: January 09, 2020

Dog Park Is Open To Help Get Rid Of Winter Blues

The Woodbridge Dog Park, a private endeavor brought to life through the enthusiasm and persistence of a g ...

The Woodbridge Dog Park, a private endeavor brought to life through the enthusiasm and persistence of a group of dog lovers, is now open to be used as a safe enclosure to let dogs run off-leash and en ...

January 09, 2020
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Larocca To Retire After 30 Years On The Job

|Date: January 09, 2020

Larocca To Retire After 30 Years On The Job

Mary Ellen LaRocca, the long-time Woodbridge Human Services Director, is going to retire later this month ...

Mary Ellen LaRocca, the long-time Woodbridge Human Services Director, is going to retire later this month. Her last day on the job is January 22. “It went by so quick,” she said with a touch of surp ...

January 09, 2020
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New Ice Skating Rink Open

|Date: January 09, 2020

New Ice Skating Rink Open

The Town of Woodbridge’s new ice skating rink is located at the Center Road tennis courts, 149 Center Roa ...

The Town of Woodbridge’s new ice skating rink is located at the Center Road tennis courts, 149 Center Road. The skating rink is managed by the Recreation Department, and is open for the season, weath ...

January 09, 2020
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Town Hires New Building Inspector

|Date: January 09, 2020

Town Hires New Building Inspector

Andy Rizzo has been hired as the Town’s new Building Inspector, starting January 2, 2020. Mr. Rizzo will ...

Andy Rizzo has been hired as the Town’s new Building Inspector, starting January 2, 2020. Mr. Rizzo will work part time, and plans to do inspections from 8 – 9 am, be in the office from 9 – 11 am and ...

January 09, 2020
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Belfonti to Serve as Chairman of Amity Regional Board of Education

|Date: January 09, 2020

Belfonti to Serve as Chairman of Amity Regional Board of Education

Board Elects Leadership for Next Two Years On December 9, 2019 the Amity Regional School District No. 5 B ...

Board Elects Leadership for Next Two Years On December 9, 2019 the Amity Regional School District No. 5 Board of Education elected Mr. John Belfonti to serve as Chairman. Mr. Belfonti, an Orange resi ...

January 09, 2020
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Friends and Co-Workers Mourn Loss of Terry Gilbertson

|Date: December 13, 2019

Friends and Co-Workers Mourn Loss of Terry Gilbertson

Terry Gilbertson, long-time Woodbridge building official, Inland Wetlands enforcement officer, and zoning ...

Terry Gilbertson, long-time Woodbridge building official, Inland Wetlands enforcement officer, and zoning enforcement officer, died October 28, at the age of 68 from complications of pneumonia. He ha ...

December 13, 2019
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From the First Selectman: December 2019

|Date: December 13, 2019

From the First Selectman: December 2019

I would like to begin by thanking the Woodbridge Town News for their prompt attention to correcting an un ...

I would like to begin by thanking the Woodbridge Town News for their prompt attention to correcting an unfortunate error. The first half of my column was accidentally deleted and did not appear in th ...

December 13, 2019
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Op-Ed: Reflections On The Purple Heart Award

|Date: December 13, 2019

Op-Ed: Reflections On The Purple Heart Award

The following remarks about the history of the Purple Heart was presented by Army Capt. Barry Josephs dur ...

The following remarks about the history of the Purple Heart was presented by Army Capt. Barry Josephs during the Woodbridge Veterans Day ceremony. Every now and then we read about someone who acquires ...

December 13, 2019
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New Chocolate Confectionary Opens

|Date: December 13, 2019

New Chocolate Confectionary Opens

Woodbridge has a new source for chocolate, cookies, gelato and espresso-based drinks. Chip in a Bottle, ...

Woodbridge has a new source for chocolate, cookies, gelato and espresso-based drinks. Chip in a Bottle, 26 Selden Street, will hold its grand opening on December 13 from noon to 8 pm. Samples will b ...

December 13, 2019
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Woodbridge Teacher Contracts Set In Arbitration

|Date: December 13, 2019

Woodbridge Teacher Contracts Set In Arbitration

For the first time in 18 years the Woodbridge School District and its teachers could not agree on teacher ...

For the first time in 18 years the Woodbridge School District and its teachers could not agree on teacher contracts for the three years starting in July 2020. After a summer-long negotiation marathon ...

December 13, 2019
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Amity Towns Vote For Improvements To Fields, Buildings

|Date: December 12, 2019

Amity Towns Vote For Improvements To Fields, Buildings

Woodbridge Voters Reject Artificial Turf Field Bethany, Woodbridge and Orange residents voted in favor of ...

Woodbridge Voters Reject Artificial Turf Field Bethany, Woodbridge and Orange residents voted in favor of updating the fields at the high school and — in a separate question — the air handlers and mis ...

December 12, 2019
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Beecher School Honors Veterans

|Date: November 21, 2019

Beecher School Honors Veterans

Beecher Road School, on November 11, celebrated the Nation’s veterans with a special ceremony in the scho ...

Beecher Road School, on November 11, celebrated the Nation’s veterans with a special ceremony in the school’s South gym. Community members who have served, as well as relatives of local students who ...

November 21, 2019
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Historical Society Is Considering Moving Out

|Date: November 21, 2019

Historical Society Is Considering Moving Out

The town and the Amity Woodbridge Historical Society have not been able to work out their differences wit ...

The town and the Amity Woodbridge Historical Society have not been able to work out their differences with regards to the museum caretaker at the Historic Thomas Darling House and after months of risi ...

November 21, 2019
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Ceremony Held to Commemorate Veteran’s Newly Restored Gravestone

|Date: November 21, 2019

Ceremony Held to Commemorate Veteran’s Newly Restored Gravestone

Steven Sappo was clearing his backyard on Johnson Road some 15 years ago with the help of his father, Joh ...

Steven Sappo was clearing his backyard on Johnson Road some 15 years ago with the help of his father, John, when the older Sappo called out to him to stop. He had found a stone with an inscription th ...

November 21, 2019
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Beecher Road School Addresses Waste Awareness & Reduction

|Date: November 21, 2019

Beecher Road School Addresses Waste Awareness & Reduction

Beecher Road School made some exciting changes for Fall 2019 with respect to waste awareness and reductio ...

Beecher Road School made some exciting changes for Fall 2019 with respect to waste awareness and reduction. Through a combined effort, the school administration, teachers and the Board of Education A ...

November 21, 2019
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Woodbridge Native Earns All-Liberty League Honors

|Date: November 21, 2019

Woodbridge Native Earns All-Liberty League Honors

Former Amity, Loomis Star Has Best Year for Union College Schenectady, N.Y.– Jeremy Conn, a former New E ...

Former Amity, Loomis Star Has Best Year for Union College Schenectady, N.Y.– Jeremy Conn, a former New England prep school all-star soccer forward at Loomis Chaffee School and an Amity High School gr ...

November 21, 2019
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Selectmen Postpone Country Club Vote

|Date: October 31, 2019

Selectmen Postpone Country Club Vote

The Board of Selectmen on October 21 cancelled the special Town Meeting and referendum it had scheduled j ...

The Board of Selectmen on October 21 cancelled the special Town Meeting and referendum it had scheduled just a week earlier regarding the sale of a portion of the Country Club of Woodbridge property t ...

October 31, 2019
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Woodbridge Superintendent On Medical Leave While Search For New Principal Is Under Way

|Date: October 31, 2019

Woodbridge Superintendent On Medical Leave While Search For New Principal Is Under Way

Woodbridge School Supt. Robert Gilbert is out on medical leave this fall. Filling in for him in an inter ...

Woodbridge School Supt. Robert Gilbert is out on medical leave this fall. Filling in for him in an interim capacity is Director of Special Services Cheryl Mammen. In an email to the Beecher Road Scho ...

October 31, 2019
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Woodbridge Running Company Celebrates 20 Years!

|Date: October 31, 2019

Woodbridge Running Company Celebrates 20 Years!

In 1999, Woodbridge native and lifelong runner Chris Dickerson was named New Haven Register Cross Country ...

In 1999, Woodbridge native and lifelong runner Chris Dickerson was named New Haven Register Cross Country Coach of the Year. He was the Head Girls Cross Country Coach and Assistant Girls Track & ...

October 31, 2019
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Woodbridge Ranked as One of the Safest Cities in CT

|Date: October 31, 2019

Woodbridge Ranked as One of the Safest Cities in CT

Easton has the highest safety score in the state. Woodbridge was found to have a score of 86.33 ranking i ...

Easton has the highest safety score in the state. Woodbridge was found to have a score of 86.33 ranking it #22. There is a citizen-to-officer ratio of 2.72 per 1,000 citizens in Woodbridge. Safety Fir ...

October 31, 2019
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