After graduating from the University of Connecticut in 1981, Murray worked for six years as a commercial salmon fisherman in Ketchikan, Alaska. The seasonal job lasted four months and filled Murray’s ...

Waterbury Mayor Neil O’Leary announced this afternoon that he will not seek re-election for an historic 5 th term in office. O’Leary made the announcement at the Greater Waterbury Chamber of ...

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n investigation by The Waterbury Observer into six cold case murders going back to 1988. Despite a total breakdown in communication with victims’ families, and a cold case website that is rife with ...

September 2nd is a big day in history, and a special day in the Murray Family. 77 years ago, on September 2nd, 1945, the Japanese signed a peace treaty onboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, ending ...

The past thirty months have been a continuous roller coaster for the CHD Hospitality Center in Waterbury that serves the city’s struggling homeless population. On February 21, 2020, their building at ...

Picture the unfolding development projects in Waterbury as pieces of a massive jigsaw puzzle that has taken a decade to position across the landscape. There are a dizzying number of projects now at ...

As the first phase of a 7.1 mile greenway through Waterbury nears completion in the South End the city has reached an inflection point. There are a lot of critics of Waterbury who say city residents ...

Lisa Stokes Velez grew up in the Brooklyn neighborhood with seven brothers in the Stokes Family, and Vin Riddick was so close to the Stokes family, he was like an 8th brother to her. Both Lisa and Vin ...

Police agencies across America have struggled to attract recruits as crime increases and tensions grow between those who wear the badge and communities of color. “We need police officers like never ...

Buried deep in a 34-page police report on the death of Marie Thrasher, of Waterbury, are a few words that may explain her last troubled years—and reveal her humanity. But let’s jump to the sad end of ...

A funky old house on Central Avenue in Waterbury has triggered a philosophical debate about history, community good and real estate values. The proposed demolition of a Victorian era multi-family home ...