Seymour News

A ruptured oil line sparked a fire at a Seymour factory. It happened in the machine room at the JV Precision Machine Company on Cogwheel Lane.

A ruptured oil line sparked a smoky fire at JV Precision Machine on Friday morning.

Crews were called to a fire in Seymour on Friday morning. The fire was reported at JV Precision Machine Co.

Blood found on a path at the Fountain Lake Reservoir Monday morning was from an Ansonia man who had inflicted a wound on himself, according to police.

State police were called to assist Seymour police in a lake search on Monday, Connecticut State Police Lt.

Abraham, a yellow lab, takes his toy back to owner Alisa Wayland, of Seymour, Conn., on Friday during the Keystone DockDogs competition at the Codorus Summer Blast.

When Fire Chief Scott Andrews sat down almost two years ago to start planning for the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Citizens Engine Company #2, he wanted a blend of old and new.

Frank Warecke's retirement after 24 years as Seymour High School's machine shop teacher marks the end of vocational education at the school.

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.

It was a day of journeys for the 245 Seymour High School graduates as they reflected on the trips they had taken to get to Friday evening's ceremony and the roads they have yet to travel.

" I really love WNPR and I want to make sure that none of my favorite programs are cut due to our recent economic climate.

Seymour Middle School teachers are upset about the way they are treated by both principal Bernadette Hamad and Supt.

With the success of the first phase of a Bank Street elderly housing project already documented, the developers of that complex are hoping the Planning and Zoning Commission will see fit to approve the second phase.

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.

The Seymour Police Department will be conducting a DWI sobriety checkpoint along the Route 67 corridor from 7 p.m. Friday to 3 a.m. Saturday.

"Revaluation is controversial," Westport First Selectman Gordon Joseloff said last Friday, describing a process that puts a value on 10,330 acres of taxable property -- residential, industrial and commercial.

This is a picture of the 1929 troop on the steps of the Derby 2nd Congregational Church, when Troop 3 won the Presidents Cup from the Housatonic Council Boy Scouts of America.

Residents got a double dose of financial good news recently -- their taxes won't be going up and the city's bond rating is better than ever.

For more than a century, it survived a host of calamities, both natural and manmade -- but now a local institution is closing its doors for good.

WWII veterans, Patrick Burdo of Trumbull and Dante Somma of Norwalk are among the 130 WWII veterans being flown to Washington, D.C. on May 23, to visit various WWII monuments, at no cost to them, . The images burn as vividly, the emotions feel as powerful today as they did more than 60 years ago.