Seymour News

Age: 37. Next gigs: Dec. 4 at Westside Bar & Grille's happy hour; Dec. 5 at Dunn's Pub in Hamden with Tom McNulty; every Wednesday at Dewey's Pub in Seymour and every Thursday at Twisted Vine in Derby.

When Seymour First Selectman Robert Koskelowski leaves office next month, he'll be taking little with him, aside from his colleague's good wishes.

Report cards used to be as simple as A-B-C. With one glance, a parent could tell how their kid was measuring up in the basic subjects like reading, math and the all important, conduct.

First Selectman Robert Koskelowski won't be taking much with him when he leaves office next month: his unpaid earned vacation days, memories of his years of service to the town and satisfaction with being a private citizen once again.

If residents in Seymour’s parks feel like they are being watched in the near future, they might be right.

It starts with the squeeze of a butt-cheek. When he’s ready to go, the last rifle-bearing officer in the line of Seymour Emergency Services Unit members signals by pinching the guy in front of him.

What the Seymour High girls swimming lacked in quantity, it compensated for it in quality.

Associate Superintendent Christine Syriac is pursuing two grant requests with the intention of improving the use of technology throughout the school district.

The Seymour School District failed to achieve its proficiency goals established for the 2008-2009 academic year, but administrators said they are making progress.

Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean, in center, poses for a photo with Mary Harvey, 4, of Fairfield, and her brother Robbie, 6, at the Greenwich Gallery Workshop in Seymour, Conn.

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.