Jonathan Law Drama brings Addams Family to stage in April
Justin Amaro as Gomez Addams and Alaina McCarvill as Morticia Addams rehearse for the upcoming Jonathan Law High School play. The Jonathan Law High School Drama Club will be performing The Addams...
View ArticleMarilla ‘Billie’ Rogers Sweet celebrates 100th birthday
Marilla ‘Billie’ Rogers Sweet gets a look at the elaborate pink birthday cake at her 100th birthday party March 9 in Milford. Friends and family surrounded Marilla “Billie” Rogers Sweet at the First...
View ArticleLibrary event focuses on renewable energy options
On March 23, the Milford Energy Advisory Board will host Milford residents and business owners to discuss ideas on how to implement energy efficiency projects and how to install renewable energy...
View ArticleWalsh’s Wonderings — New rules for talking
Robert F. Walsh I’m all for free and open communication, and goodness knows we could use more of that in the legislative buildings of Hartford and D.C. these days. However, there’s a reason for the old...
View ArticlePolice say suspect robbed food deliverer at gunpoint
Maurice Johnson Milford police this week arrested a suspect in connection with a February robbery in which a food delivery person was held up at gunpoint. Police said the strong-arm robbery took place...
View ArticleMaroney comments on college admissions scandal
James Maroney State Senator James Maroney (D-Milford) released a statement this week in response to news about a college admissions scandal in which multiple people have been arrested in connection...
View ArticleRescued owl takes flight
Rose Crisci, a licensed raptor rehabilitator and educator, holds the barred owl that was hit by a car in Milford in January, as she gets ready to release it back into the wild on Wednesday, March 13....
View ArticleSenior Center calendar 3-25 to 3-31
The Milford Senior Center at 9 Jepson Drive offers a variety of programs, activities and services for Milford residents 55 years of age and older. Effective July 1, 2014, the Milford Council on Aging...
View ArticleHome for the holidays
Michaela My trip home from college for the holidays went a lot differently than I had imagined. All of my older friends had told me that some things would seem different while others would be exactly...
View ArticleMary Taylor Church emphasizes support of gay community
This sign posted in front of Mary Taylor Memorial United Methodist Church in Milford at the end of February went missing, and church officials initially thought it had been stolen. The sign states, ‘To...
View ArticleMilford mayor ‘taps brakes’ on new police station
Milford Mayor Ben Blake has ‘tapped the brakes’ on plans to build a new police station because, he said, costs are coming in too high. Milford Mayor Ben Blake has decided to sideline plans for a new...
View ArticleBoard of Finance moves budget plan along
Milford’s Board of Finance voted forward a 2019-20 budget plan Monday night, which is little changed from the plans submitted by the mayor and the Board of Education. There were some technical changes...
View ArticleMan charged with embezzling retirement funds
Travis Smith Milford police arrested a Hamden man March 19 and charged him with embezzling money that he was entrusted with investing. Police said a complaint was filed last October, stating that...
View ArticleFire Destroys Silver Sands Construction Project In Milford
Fire destroys construction project at Silver Sands State Park. Photo by Battalion Chief Ron Wetmore Silver Sands State Park was closed Wednesday after a fire the night before destroyed three...
View ArticleWalkers return to Silver Sands State Park
The three buildings that had been nearly completed at Silver Sands State Park stood charred and burned Wednesday morning, following Tuesday night’s fire. Portions of the park are scheduled to reopen...
View ArticleMilford schools defend budget plan to Board of Finance
School Supt. Dr. Anna Cutaia Milford’s new school superintendent didn’t get the warmest welcome at her first Board of Finance budget vote March 18, when two members took the school board to task and...
View ArticleResidents invited to hearing on Milford Hospital ownership transfer
The Connecticut Office of Health Strategy will hold a public hearing Tuesday, March 26, in Orange, for the Certificate of Need application that would transfer ownership of Milford Health and Medical,...
View ArticleSunday’s Silver Sands fire ruled arson
Investigators on the scene of a fire Sunday morning at construction trailers at Silver Sands State Park. UPDATE: Investigators said Sunday morning’s fire at Silver Sands State Park was intentionally...
View ArticlePolice say gunshots fired early Sunday morning outside hookah lounge
Photo from Milford Police Twitter Milford police responded to a call about shots fired outside the Olive Tree Hookah Lounge on Bridgeport Avenue at 3:30 a.m. Sunday, according to a Milford Police...
View ArticlePedestrian seriously injured in Milford accident, driver arrested
Vincent Lopez A fight that began on Naugatuck Avenue early Monday morning ended with a pedestrian being struck by the car driven by one of the participants who then fled the scene. Police said Vincent...
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