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With Rising Enrollment Beecher School Will Need More Teachers

|Date: February 07, 2019

With Rising Enrollment Beecher School Will Need More Teachers

The Woodbridge School District is asking for a 5.77 percent budget increase for the 2019-20 school year, ...

The Woodbridge School District is asking for a 5.77 percent budget increase for the 2019-20 school year, in part to deal with the continued influx of new students at Beecher Road School. “This is not ...

February 07, 2019
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Woodbridge Democrats Unanimously Nominate First Selectman Beth Heller For Re-Election

|Date: February 07, 2019

Woodbridge Democrats Unanimously Nominate First Selectman Beth Heller For Re-Election

Incumbent First Selectman Beth Heller was nominated at the town’s Democratic caucus on February 1 to run ...

Incumbent First Selectman Beth Heller was nominated at the town’s Democratic caucus on February 1 to run again for First Selectman this year. Prior to her 2017 election as First Selectman, Heller was ...

February 07, 2019
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Republicans Announce Slate For 2019 Municipal Vote

|Date: February 07, 2019

Republicans Announce Slate For 2019 Municipal Vote

Woodbridge Republicans chose Ed Weinberg as their candidate for the spot of First Selectman in the upcomi ...

Woodbridge Republicans chose Ed Weinberg as their candidate for the spot of First Selectman in the upcoming municipal elections May 6. The slate also includes for the Board of Selectmen incumbents Jo ...

February 07, 2019
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New Nail Salon Opens In Woodbridge

|Date: February 07, 2019

New Nail Salon Opens In Woodbridge

Ceci’s Nails opened for business in mid-December in the 214 Amity Road shopping plaza, next door to the n ...

Ceci’s Nails opened for business in mid-December in the 214 Amity Road shopping plaza, next door to the newly expanded Lucky Soul Tattoo. Ceci’s Nails, owned by Cecilia Bermeo, offers waxing, eyelash ...

February 07, 2019
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Proposal To Merge School Districts With Nearby Towns Causes Concern Among Residents

|Date: February 07, 2019

Proposal To Merge School Districts With Nearby Towns Causes Concern Among Residents

With over 1,000 new bills before the General Assembly in the January session, one in particular is causin ...

With over 1,000 new bills before the General Assembly in the January session, one in particular is causing quite a stir in the tri-town BOWA community: Senator Martin Looney’s Proposed Bill No. ...

February 07, 2019
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First Selectman Looks To Lead Town Into The Next Decade

|Date: January 11, 2019

First Selectman Looks To Lead Town Into The Next Decade

First Selectman Beth Heller is looking forward to seeing the completion of a number of projects th ...

First Selectman Beth Heller is looking forward to seeing the completion of a number of projects that got underway last year, but the first issue at hand for her personally is to obtain the Demo ...

January 11, 2019
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Selectmen Ask Engineer To Assess Country Club ‘Constructability’

|Date: January 11, 2019

Selectmen Ask Engineer To Assess Country Club ‘Constructability’

The Woodbridge Board of Selectmen has asked the engineering firm of Criscuolo Engineering — the late Bob ...

The Woodbridge Board of Selectmen has asked the engineering firm of Criscuolo Engineering — the late Bob Criscuolo has been the town’s engineer for many years — to assess the pros and cons of developi ...

January 11, 2019
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The Woodbridge Center Planning For The Future

|Date: January 11, 2019

The Woodbridge Center Planning For The Future

The Woodbridge Center, located in the basement of what once served as the town’s elementary school, is in ...

The Woodbridge Center, located in the basement of what once served as the town’s elementary school, is in dire need of an upgrade, that’s the gist of Human Services Director Mary Ellen LaRocca’s prese ...

January 11, 2019
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Orange Community Nursery School to Reopen in Orange with New Location in Woodbridge

|Date: January 10, 2019

Orange Community Nursery School to Reopen in Orange with New Location in Woodbridge

When Orange Community Nursery School moves back into its newly renovated space at High Plains Community C ...

When Orange Community Nursery School moves back into its newly renovated space at High Plains Community Center for the next school year, a new location will be opening in Woodbridge. Last summer, fac ...

January 10, 2019
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Two New Country Club Proposals Do Not Include Golf

|Date: December 14, 2018

Two New Country Club Proposals Do Not Include Golf

The Woodbridge Board of Selectmen has set a date of Monday, December 17, for a public information session ...

The Woodbridge Board of Selectmen has set a date of Monday, December 17, for a public information session regarding two new proposals for the use of the Country Club of Woodbridge. The two proposals ...

December 14, 2018
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Town Faces Multiple Capital Projects

|Date: December 14, 2018

Town Faces Multiple Capital Projects

The town’s departments submitted their capital requests for the 2019-2020 fiscal year, and even if the ma ...

The town’s departments submitted their capital requests for the 2019-2020 fiscal year, and even if the majority of these requests is unlikely to make it through the budget vetting process, there are s ...

December 14, 2018
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Selectmen Unanimously Vote to Close the Pool at the Country Club

|Date: December 14, 2018

Selectmen Unanimously Vote to Close the Pool at the Country Club

Faced with declining summer pool membership on the one hand and the need for substantial investment to re ...

Faced with declining summer pool membership on the one hand and the need for substantial investment to repair the pool itself, the Board of Selectmen at its November meeting decided unanimously to clo ...

December 14, 2018
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“Stuff a Cruiser”

|Date: December 14, 2018

“Stuff a Cruiser”

On Saturday December 1, 2018, members of the Woodbridge Police Department, in conjunction with Starbucks ...

On Saturday December 1, 2018, members of the Woodbridge Police Department, in conjunction with Starbucks and Katz’s Deli, conducted a holiday toy drive to collect donations for the Connecticut Childre ...

December 14, 2018
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Amity Regional High School Art Students Give Back

|Date: December 13, 2018

Amity Regional High School Art Students Give Back

On December 13th, Amity Regional High School’s National Art Honor Society hosted the annual Empty Bowls e ...

On December 13th, Amity Regional High School’s National Art Honor Society hosted the annual Empty Bowls event. This grass roots event invites our community to help those who are less fortunate in our ...

December 13, 2018
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Senator Logan Favored to Win Second Term in Recount

|Date: November 16, 2018

Senator Logan Favored to Win Second Term in Recount

The November 6 mid-term election stirred up emotions nationwide, but even this corner of Connecticut saw ...

The November 6 mid-term election stirred up emotions nationwide, but even this corner of Connecticut saw its share of election drama, with the results in the 17th state senatorial district requiring a ...

November 16, 2018
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Mrs. Connecticut Is Cheerleader-In-Chief For Her Home State

|Date: November 16, 2018

Mrs. Connecticut Is Cheerleader-In-Chief For Her Home State

Many members of the Beecher Road School community know Teresa Nakouzi as a talented teacher and the schoo ...

Many members of the Beecher Road School community know Teresa Nakouzi as a talented teacher and the school’s language arts specialist. But lately she has been seen at public events in the area, weari ...

November 16, 2018
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Zoners Get Pushback from Residents on Proposed Revision

|Date: November 16, 2018

Zoners Get Pushback from Residents on Proposed Revision

The Woodbridge Town Plan and Zoning Commission has agreed to scrap any reference to a T4 zone in the prop ...

The Woodbridge Town Plan and Zoning Commission has agreed to scrap any reference to a T4 zone in the proposed regulation revision after it got increasingly hostile push-back, mainly from residents of ...

November 16, 2018
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In Woodbridge – Democrats Carry Election Day

|Date: November 16, 2018

In Woodbridge – Democrats Carry Election Day

Pouring rain notwithstanding, voter turnout at the mid-term elections was unusually high. About 75.6% of ...

Pouring rain notwithstanding, voter turnout at the mid-term elections was unusually high. About 75.6% of eligible voters came out to cast their ballot, either at the polls or ahead of time by absentee ...

November 16, 2018
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As Nights Grow Longer United Illuminating Helps Communities Light the Streets for Less

|Date: November 16, 2018

As Nights Grow Longer United Illuminating Helps Communities Light the Streets for Less

With the long nights of winter looming, United Illuminating, a subsidiary of AVANGRID, Inc. (NYSE: AGR), ...

With the long nights of winter looming, United Illuminating, a subsidiary of AVANGRID, Inc. (NYSE: AGR), is helping communities save energy and money by installing efficient LED street lighting across ...

November 16, 2018
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Registrar Expects Lively Turnout For Mid-Terms

|Date: November 05, 2018

Registrar Expects Lively Turnout For Mid-Terms

Voter registration has been swift in Woodbridge in the weeks leading up to the 2018 mid-term election. “ ...

Voter registration has been swift in Woodbridge in the weeks leading up to the 2018 mid-term election. “We’ve been getting a lot of registrations,” said Registrar of Voters Anna Dickerson, adding, “w ...

November 05, 2018
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