By Andreas Yilma, Staff Writer
Linda Gregg, a nurse at Andrew Avenue Elementary School, administers a COVID-19 vaccine to Mary Schone, a school counselor at Andrew Avenue Elementary School, during a vaccination clinic for Naugatuck school staff March 6 at Naugatuck High School. -LARAINE WESCHLER/NAUGATUCK PUBLIC SCHOOLS
NAUGATUCK Hundreds of Naugatuck Public Schools employees received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine March 6.
Superintendent of Schools Christopher Montini said about 500 people were vaccinated at the clinic, which was run with the Naugatuck Valley Health District at Naugatuck High School.
“We are grateful for the partnership with NVHD and that our dedicated front-line teachers and staff are now being vaccinated,” Montini said.
By Andreas Yilma, Staff Writer
NAUGATUCK The Board of Education on March 11 approved a $64.8 million budget proposal for the 2021-22 fiscal year.
The spending plan increases the borough’s allocation for schools by $1.8 million, or 2.98%, over this fiscal year.
The $64.8 million would be what the borough dedicates for schools. The overall proposed 2021-22 school operating budget, which includes additional grant and supplemental revenue, is $75 million, an increase of a little more than $2 million, or about 2.8%.
“So we talk about a budget, but what we’re really talking about are our Naugatuck students and the resources that they require in their journey and in their education to be productive members of the global world,” Superintendent of Schools Christopher Montini said as he presented the budget to the school board.
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The business has been in operation for more than 100 years in Naugatuck. (Patch graphic. )
NAUGATUCK, CT The iconic Rosenblatt s Department Store on Maple Street which has been in business for more than 100 years will be closing this summer or fall, My Citizen s News reports.
The store s owner, Howard Howie Rosenblatt died in February at the age of 74. His wife, Julie Rosenblatt told My Citizen s News that the family is in the process of selling the building as she can t run the store alone.
The store is open for limited hours and people can call 203-729-374 to leave a message or leave a message on their Facebook page, which you can find here.
Naugatuck loses icon, longtime department store to close
Howard ‘Howie’ Rosenblatt is shown a couple years ago with his granddaughters, Ashley, left, and Lily, at Rosenblatt’s Department Store in Naugatuck. –CONTRIBUTED
NAUGATUCK The Rosenblatts have put the “family” in family business for over 100 years a legacy that was proudly carried on by Howard “Howie” Rosenblatt.
Rosenblatt, a pillar of the Naugatuck community and owner of Rosenblatt’s Department Store on Maple Street, died Feb. 15 of cancer. He was 74.
Rosenblatt’s Department Store first opened its doors over a century ago in the Union City section of Naugatuck. A family business through and through, Howie Rosenblatt’s grandfather, Morris Rosenblatt, started the store and passed it on to his son, William Rosenblatt.
James J. Miele
NAUGATUCK – James J. Miele, age 75, passed away on Wednesday March 3, 2021, at Saint Mary’s Hospital.
He was born in Naugatuck, Conn., on Dec. 30, 1945, son of the late Anthony Miele Sr. and the late Carmella (Palmieri) Miele.
Passion is not something that will eventually go away, it only burns brighter with age. The first thing Jim Miele does when his feet hit the floor every morning is to head off to the Naugatuck YMCA to shoot basketball. That’s pretty typical for a kid who loves the game of basketball, but hardly the norm for a 69 year old man. But as Miele says, “It’s in my blood.” Maybe he’s been spelling his name wrong all these years, and the name should be spelled Gym.