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The owner of a popular chain of Mexican restaurants is facing prison time and a hefty financial penalty after pleading guilty in federal court Tuesday to unlawful employment of aliens.

First Selectwoman Mary Ann Drayton-Rogers made it official recently by saying she will seek a second term in office.

Jack Ribas, left, executive director of the Boys and Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley, has his hair cut by Beatrice Cohen, owner of On Location Salon in Oxford.

Skies across the region will light up in the coming days with fireworks displays in celebration of the nation's birthday.

I had the pleasure of riding Annie on the Air Line trail last weekend through Marlborough , Colchester and Hebron.

Anna LoPresti and Seymour Middle School students will have the opportunity to get extra help after school next year thanks to a portion of the federal stimulus funds the district is slated to receive.

If you prefer the convenience of donating used clothing by dropping it into a charity collection bin, the state has a message for you: donor beware.

A two-story home on Great Hill Road suffered damage Monday afternoon when a fire broke out on its top floor.

Pet owners who pick up a stray pooch at the local dog pound would have to pay the cost that their town or city paid to advertise the animal, under a bill that won unanimous approval Friday in the state Senate.

The proposed appropriation of $614,000 to replace the one-lane Wells Hill Road bridge is up for a Town Meeting vote Monday.

A 21-year-old Oxford man is being held on charges from a stymied purse grabbing at a Seymour shopping plaza, foiled by a group of angry women.

Busted again, an Oxford man continues to rack up the criminal charges. Hea s now facing charges in three states, including Connecticut.

Christine Akcer, Law softball -- Struck out 10 and had the game-winning single in the bottom of the seventh in Law's 6-5 victory over Hamden.

Two Connecticut men are facing charges stemming from the discovery of hundreds of marijuana plants at a house that caught fire in Sandisfield last summer.

The state Department of Transportation announced that construction will resume on Route 188 in Oxford today on a project that will be ongoing until July.

It wasn't business as usual Thursday for almost 70 Griffin Hospital employees. They spent the morning hauling cartons of food they purchased to replenish Valley food banks.

A 20-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy were arrested Friday after police said they went for a joyride in a pickup truck.

A Valley Emergency Medical Service paramedic recently resigned after being suspended without pay for reportedly sleeping on the job.

In his lifetime, Walter Trzcinski wore many hats. There were the helmets he wore serving in the Polish and then the U.S. Army in World War II.

Much as the interior of a home or business can get worn and dated, so, too, can the inside of an airplane or helicopter.