Jake’s Diggity Dogs opens in downtown Milford
Jeff ‘Jake’ Russell, left, and Stuart Walls stand outside Jake’s Diggity Dogs, which Russell recently opened at 40 Broad Street in downtown Milford, in a building that Walls owns. Downtown Milford has...
View ArticleZoning permit ends litigation against Milford Auto Group
A unanimous Planning and Zoning Board approval on July 2 for a special exception and special permit with site plan review for an auto dealership at 1698 Boston Post Road ends litigation against the...
View ArticleGulf Street vet moving down the road
The Animal Clinic of Milford is on the move, but clients need not worry because it is relocating only 500 feet away to another building on Gulf Street. The clinic currently located at 135 Gulf Street...
View ArticleBayview Beach celebrates 4th with annual parade
Bayview Beach was filled with Independence Day festivities on July 4. Residents gathered with friends and family for July 4 picnics and the annual neighborhood parade at 6 p.m. The post Bayview Beach...
View ArticleCity History: Milford held a giant July 4 party in 1876
On the 100th anniversary of the founding of the country on July 4, 1876, the Milford Sentinel newspaper reported the events of the day with its longest bank of headlines ever: The Glorious Fourth!!! A...
View ArticleHoliday trash pickup schedule
July 4, 2019 – Fourth of July holiday trash schedule in Milford: Thursday’s garbage and recycling will be picked up on Friday. Friday’s garbage and recycling will be picked up on Saturday. The Transfer...
View ArticleElementary school hires first male secretary
Armando Pereira was recently hired as the school secretary at Live Oaks Elementary School in Milford, Conn. In Milford’s eight public elementary schools, the secretary — often the first person children...
View ArticleVandalism at Milford cemeteries worst case in 34 years
Headstones were knocked over at Kings Highway Cemetery in Milford, Conn., last week, as well as at the nearby Milford Cemetery. The damage done last week at two Milford cemeteries is the worst case of...
View ArticleMilford Rotary Club holds 43rd annual Lobster Bake July 27
The Milford Rotary Club will hold their 43rd annual Lobster Bake on Saturday, July 27, from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m., at Milford Boat Works, 1 High Street. Last meal is served at 7 p.m. The event is held rain...
View ArticleLETTER: Egan Center needs work
To the Editor: If the City of Milford is so interested in renovating itself, why hasn’t anything been done with the Margaret Egan Center on Matthew Street? The poor building has needed work for...
View ArticleCops: Tenn. man breaks into church, claims pastor ‘pushed LGBT agenda’
Mary Taylor Memorial United Methodist Church. Police said a Tennessee man broke into a Milford church and damaged an office door because he believed the church and its pastor “were supporting and...
View ArticleMilford man accused of recording women in bathroom
A local man was arrested Friday after allegedly recording women in a public bathroom. According to police reports, police arrested Tyler Snyder, 19, of Milford at 10:15 a.m. Friday on an active warrant...
View ArticleBridgeport man accused of sex assault in Milford
A Bridgeport man is accused of sexual assault after an “incident” at Walnut Beach, police said. According to police, on June 24 police arrested Tyrone Craddock, 43 of Bridgeport on an active warrant,...
View ArticleAAA finds new site for its fleet service center
AAA Northeast has found a new location in Milford for its fleet service center and is ending efforts to buy property and build a facility on Rowe Avenue, where neighbors opposed the plan. AAA officials...
View ArticleBoys & Girls Village celebrates graduates
On June 13 and 14, Boys & Girls Village celebrated the year-end success of students attending their Charles F. Hayden School. All of the school’s 86 students attended the two-day graduation...
View ArticleRain doesn’t stop Milford’s Kick Off to Summer
Dan Worroll thought he had lucked out again with the weather. He didn’t think it was going to rain Saturday night. As the band Hit List played and people lined up for chicken sandwiches, pizza and more...
View ArticleLand Trust cleans new open space parcel
Alessandra Alling and Joseph DeSisto gather up lawn clippings, branches and invasive plant species as they help clean a piece of Milford Land Conservation Trust property June 29, 2019. The bit of...
View ArticleMAC presents Tango Passion Show July 19
Tango Sueño and the Milford Arts Council (the MAC) present the Tango Passion Show 2019 on Friday, July 19, at 8 p.m., at the MAC, 40 Railroad Ave., Milford. The show features Latin Grammy winner...
View ArticlePhoto Scavenger Hunt to benefit MAC
Milford Arts Council will hold their third annual Photo Scavenger Hunt fund-raiser on Sunday, July 21, from noon to 4 p.m. Teams will complete a series of “photo tasks” around Milford. All proceeds...
View ArticleWalk Milford Challenge set for Sept. 8
Walks with Buddy, Inc. along with the Milford Prevention Council will be hosting the 2nd annual Walk Milford Challenge on Sept. 8. Last year, more than 100 participants joined the Walk Milford...
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