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By Elio Gugliotti and Andreas Yilma, Citizen’s News
The color guard leads Naugatuck’s Memorial Day parade down Old Firehouse Road in 2019. Naugatuck and Prospect are holding parades again this year to observe Memorial Day. –FILE PHOTO
Naugatuck and Prospect will again observe Memorial Day with parades, a year after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the traditional commemorations.
The return of the parades comes after the state last week lifted most of the remaining coronavirus-restrictions.
In Naugatuck, the parade will be shorter than residents are used to seeing. Rather than starting in the Union City section of the borough, the parade will step off at 11:30 a.m. May 31 downtown at the intersection of Maple and Water streets. The parade route will head down Maple Street, Old Firehouse Road, Rubber Avenue and Church Street to the Naugatuck Green for a ceremony at 12 p.m.
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WATERBURY Facing decreased demand for the coronavirus vaccine, Waterbury Hospital will close its drive-thru vaccination clinic at Post University on May 26.
The clinic operate three days a week through May 26 on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Hospital officials said the closure comes after a dramatic drop in COVID-19 vaccine appointments at the site as more vaccine and more options have become available to the public.
Waterbury HEALTH will continue to operate a drive-thru clinic at the Naugatuck Park and Recreation building, the former armory on Rubber Avenue in the borough. Any second-dose vaccines that would have been administered at Post after May 26 will be rescheduled to the Naugatuck drive-thru clinic.
By Andreas Yilma, Staff Writer
A temporary outdoor dining area is set up in front of La Casita Cantina & Restaurant on Church Street in Naugatuck. Borough officials are exploring making this section of the street one-way to accommodate more permanent outdoor dining. –ANDREAS YILMA
NAUGATUCK Borough officials are considering changes to a section of Church Street to make the downtown atmosphere more vibrant for businesses.
At the center of discussions is making the section of Church Street between Rubber Avenue and Maple Street one-way to allow for outdoor dining for restaurants.
“We have a lot of restaurants who have some preliminary interest,” said Mayor N. Warren “Pete” Hess as the Board of Mayor and Burgesses discussed the idea at its May 4 meeting.
426 Video footage released by police shows the Nissan Pathfinder officers believe was used in a suspected shoplifting from Stop & Shop in Naugatuck on Sunday night. –CONTRIBUTED Video footage released by police shows one of two people suspected of shoplifting from Stop & Shop in Naugatuck on Sunday night. –CONTRIBUTED Video footage released by police shows one of two people suspected of shoplifting from Stop & Shop in Naugatuck on Sunday night. –CONTRIBUTED
NAUGATUCK Two shoplifters stole shrimp, bacon and Kool Aid from Stop & Shop on Rubber Avenue on Sunday night, police said.
At about 7:30 p.m., the thieves filled multiple reusable shopping bags with the groceries, then fled through a rear fire escape door, police said. Video surveillance shows them arriving in a white Nissan Pathfinder.