Kurt Moffett

1 week ago | ctinsider.com | Kurt Moffett

LITCHFIELD - Taxpayers in Litchfield, Goshen, Morris and Warren will head to the polls May 6 to decide whether the Region 20 school district can borrow $3.5 million to cover a $2.3 million deficit in its operating budget. School officials say while taking out a loan is not ideal, spreading out the payments over 20 years is preferable over paying it back it all back in one year. As it stands now, the assessment for each of the member towns is going up 12.7%.

2 weeks ago | ctinsider.com | Kurt Moffett

THOMASTON - If they're keeping score - and they do - the Thomaston Little League has new signs at Reeves Field thanks to the generosity of the team that won the Berkshire League championship at Thomaston High School in 1970. Ray Wells, a pitcher on that championship team, said he came up with the idea when he'd walk past the field while walking his dog, Gracie, and notice how faded the old signs were.

2 weeks ago | ctinsider.com | Kurt Moffett

WOLCOTT - A former police officer who sued the town after the town rejected his disability claims has reached a settlement in which the town will pay him $250,000. Mayor Thomas G. Dunn signed the settlement on Friday, following the Town Council's unanimous vote on March 18 to approve it and authorize Dunn to execute it. The officer, Thomas Daddona, filed his lawsuit in 2019 in Waterbury Superior Court after the town rejected his claims for compensation.

3 weeks ago | ctinsider.com | Kurt Moffett

LITCHFIELD - The Region 20 Board of Education has scheduled a hearing for 6 p.m. on Thursday at Litchfield Intermediate School regarding a $3.5 million bond to help spread out the taxpayers' burden of paying back a projected $2.3 million deficit. The bond would also include $1,129,000 for capital projects and $100,000 for closing costs. Capital items include security upgrades, improvements to facilities and operating expenses incurred as part of the establishment of the regional school district.

3 weeks ago | ctinsider.com | Kurt Moffett

LITCHFIELD - Less than two months before he was hired last week by the Region 20 school district as superintendent, Jeffrey A. Villar was criticized by members of the Southbridge Town Council for not getting that town's school system out of state control soon enough. Villar has been the state-appointed receiver of Southbridge Public Schools in Massachusetts since February 2018. His last day there is April 30, and his first day with Region 20 is May 1.