by | May 3, 2024 5:56 am | Comments (0)
SEYMOUR — Voters rejected a $66.6 million town and school budget for fiscal year 2024 – 2025 during a referendum Thursday (May 2).
Voters shot down the $26.6 million town side of the budget by a vote 469 – 458.
They also shot down the $39.9 million Seymour Board of Education budget by a vote of 517 – 415.
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by | May 2, 2024 10:00 pm | Comments (0)
SEYMOUR — The Valley Indy is happy and humbled to report we exceeded our fundraising goal during The Great Give, a 36-hour online fundraiser benefiting more than 500 nonprofit groups in greater New Haven.
According to the unofficial tally, 140 people donated $12,086 to The Valley Indy. The goal was $10,000.
The Valley Indy is deeply grateful for the support.
The Valley Indy was live on the Internet for about 23 of the 36 hours, interviewing nonprofit leaders and local newsmakers. The entire livestream is posted below, in six parts.
The Valley Indy thanks the following Great Give supporters:
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by | Apr 30, 2024 5:40 pm | Comments (0)
This contributed photo shows flames on the front porch of a house in Seymour.
SEYMOUR — The fire marshal said a fire at a two-story house at 4 Laurel Lane Tuesday (April 30) was started by accident.
Seymour Fire Marshal Timothy Willis said the fire was reported at 11:22 a.m. on the front porch.
“The fire was accidental and caused by careless disposal of smoking materials,” Willis said.
More than 50 firefighters from the Seymour Fire Department, with assistance from neighboring fire departments in Ansonia, Beacon Falls and Oxford, responded to the scene, according to Seymour Fire Chief Chris Edwards. Derby fire department crews provided station coverage for Seymour.
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by | Apr 29, 2024 11:57 am | Comments (0)
THE VALLEY – The Great Give is May 1 and May 2!
Once again The Valley Indy plans to livestream a series of interviews with local officials and nonprofit leaders whose groups are benefiting from the 36-hour online fundraiser.
You can watch the videos during The Great Give on The Valley Indy’s Facebook page, where you can ask questions or just say ‘hi’ when we’re live, or you can watch them here on ValleyIndy.org.
Click this link to support a nonprofit you love during The Great Give.
Consider supporting The Valley Indy by visiting Donate.ValleyIndy.org.
Here is the 2024 Valley Indy Great Give Livestream schedule. It is subject to change.
(If you’re a nonprofit bummed you’re not included on the interview list, we also plan to have the phone lines open during the streams. Call in 15 minutes before the top of an hour to shout out your participating group. The phone number will be included in our stream.)
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by | Apr 29, 2024 9:49 am | Comments (0)
The Sarah Riggs Humphreys-Mary Silliman Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) reminds everyone that Thursday, May 2, 2024 is the National Day of Prayer.
The National Day of Prayer is an annual observance held on the first Thursday of May inviting every one of all faiths to pray for the nation. The tradition began in 1775 when the First Continental Congress called for a national Day of Prayer, continued when President Lincoln called for a Day of Prayer in 1863 and was made into law in 1952 by a joint resolution of Congress and signed into law by President Truman.
by | Apr 25, 2024 7:56 pm | Comments (0)
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SEYMOUR — The town and school budgets are scheduled to go to a public referendum from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 2 at the Seymour Community Center on Pine Street.
Budget Basics
The budgets are asked as separate questions on the ballot.
Combined they total $66.6 million. The town side of the budget – public works, town hall, the police department and all town departments – totals $26.6 million.
The school budget totals $39.9 million.
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by | Apr 24, 2024 3:51 pm | Comments (0)
THE VALLEY (AND BEYOND) — The Great Give, an annual online fundraiser that benefits just about every nonprofit group in the greater Naugatuck Valley, is scheduled to start at 8 a.m. Wednesday, May 1 and continue until 8 p.m. Thursday, May 2.
Click this link to find and support a nonprofit you love.
Last year’s Great Give raised more than $3.4 million for nonprofit organizations, including $12,000 for The Valley Indy, which uses The Great Give as its annual reader drive.
Please consider supporting The Valley Indy by making a tax-deductible donation at Donate.ValleyIndy.org.
The Valley Indy will also be live from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. on May 1 and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. May 2 interviewing various Great Give groups and local leaders.
Visit The Valley Indy Facebook page to participate in live chats during The Great Give.
We’ll publish a livestream schedule as soon as we nail it down.
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by | Apr 24, 2024 9:41 am | Comments (0)
RESOLVED: That taxes on the Motor Vehicle Grand List levied against all taxable motor vehicle property in the Town of Seymour shall be due and payable in two equal installments, one half thereof on July 1, and the second half thereof on the following January 1, commencing with the October 1, 2024 Grand List. Any tax, the aggregate amount of which shall not exceed $100.00, shall be due and payable in one payment on July 1.
by | Apr 24, 2024 9:38 am | Comments (0)
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING THE NAMING OF FACILITIES AND AREAS OWNED BY THE TOWN OF SEYMOUR
The Board of Selectpersons of the Town of Seymour (the “Board”) shall be the authority authorized to name Facilities and Areas as hereinafter defined own.cl by the Town of Seymour in accordance with the following procedure:
1. A proposal to name a Facility or Area, or to change or otherwise modify the name of Facility or Area, shall be presented in writing to the Board. The proposal shall identify the Facility or Area, the proposed name and the reason or background for the proposed naming of the same;
by | Apr 24, 2024 6:30 am | Comments (0)
This week in history!
From the digital files of The Evening Sentinel, courtesy of The Ansonia Historical Commission.
Note: the summaries are paraphrased from the original Sentinel articles if parts of the original were unreadable.
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