Seymour News

After witnessing the horticultural monster on display in the cheery, blood-drenched "The Little Shop of Horrors," you may question the motives of anyone who brings you a potted plant as a house gift.

Dominic Franchella, owner of Stamford Ford Lincoln Mercury on Magee Avenue in Stamford, center, hands the keys to a Ford GT 500 Mustang to Sgt.

An early morning fire destroyed a Bassett Street residence Wednesday, leaving seven people homeless and by afternoon only a pile of debris where the home had stood.

We'll begin today with a little quiz. What are a tattered copy of the Constitution, a tea bag, a piece of string, a clump of peat moss and the severed, desiccated ear of a communist? There are two acceptable, right answers: Either "things Rob Simmons keeps in his pockets" or "the entire budget of the Jim Amann for Governor campaign." I am just ...

When Ansonia Mayor Jim Della Volpe was first elected to office about 10 years ago, he quickly learned there was a huge difference between being a mayoral candidate and an actual mayor.

With a few notable exceptions, Tuesday was a bad day to be an incumbent. Across the region, voters sent mayors and first selectmen out the door in surprising numbers.

Hoots, hollers and chants of hip-hip hooray rang out from the Democratic headquarters on Bank Street Tuesday night.

The race in this town is pitting three-term incumbent Republican Robert Koskelowski, 65, against Democrat Paul Roy, 60.

"The Little Shop of Horrors," the near-cult musical, opens Friday night at 8 at the Brookfield Theatre for the Arts, Route 25, behind Brookfield Library.

BEACON FALLS a ' It was something like a championshipa ' the Crosby Bulldogs were in eight place in the NVL and Woodland was nipping at their heels going into Thursday's match.

Just minutes after he left a Black Rock bank with what he believed was a cash haul Tuesday, a would-be bank robber was nabbed by police -- after being dropped off by his taxi in front of a city police precinct.

A man was taken to the hospital with a mangled leg Monday after claiming he'd been hit by a Metro-North train as it was leaving the Seymour station.

Head coach Tom Lennon refuses to look for excuses lamenting his team as one that hits the weight room and practices just like everyone else so there should be no drop off regardless of who suits up.

The owner of Tri-Town Plaza is endorsing Democratic First Selectman candidate Paul Roy in next month's election, believing Roy will be easier to work with than current office holder Robert Koskelowski.

After 11 years of waiting, fishermen will finally see a fish bypass channel at the Tingue Dam on the Naugatuck River.

Two new milling and resurfacing projects, on routes 2 and 8, will be added to the list of this year's Department of Transportation jobs being funded through federal stimulus grants.

Thumbs up to the folks who turned out to give blood at the donor center organized by Jackson County Chapter of the American Red Cross during this year's Seymour Oktoberfest.

NAME Albert Llosas Barrueco AGE 27 NEIGHBORHOOD YOU LIVE IN Downtown PROFESSION Attorney FAMILY Single live in Seymour, CT) YEARS IN HARTFORD Moved to the Hartford Area for law school in 2004.

A town appeal in a nearly five year old case involving the town's wetland commission and a subdivision off Bungay Road was dismissed by the state Supreme Court Thursday.

Fans across the Naugatuck Valley League were wondering if the Derby Red Raiders were for real.