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Voters Approve Town & School Budgets In Seymour

by | May 16, 2024 9:28 pm | Comments (0)

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SEYMOUR –Voters approved a $66.4 million budget for fiscal year 2024 – 2025 at a second referendum Thursday (May 16).

Voters approved the $26.6 million town side of the budget by a vote of 860 – 628.

They also approved the $39.7 million budget for the board of education by a vote of 828 – 665.

The approved budget carries a mill rate of 36.84 mills.

That’s a .88 mill increase over the current mill rate of 35.98.

A single-family house on .28 acres on Wood Street assessed at $139,720 would pay $120 more in taxes next year.

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Plea Offers Rejected In Fatal Seymour Hit-And-Run

by | May 15, 2024 4:15 pm | Comments (0)

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DERBY — Two brothers arrested in connection to the 2021 hit-and-run death of an elderly couple on Route 67 rejected a plea deal on May 15 that would have put them behind bars for a decade.

Jair Irigoyen-Flores is accused of driving the vehicle that struck and killed James and Barbara Tamborra, both 81, of Shelton, as they attempted to cross the road at about 6 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 10, 2021.

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Second Seymour Budget Vote Is Thursday, May 16

by | May 13, 2024 6:24 am | Comments (0)

SEYMOUR — Voters are scheduled to head to the polls for a second time on Thursday, May 16 to decide the fate of the Seymour town and school budgets.

The Seymour Community Center on Pine Street is the polling location.

Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

The combined budgets total $66.4 million.

The proposed mill rate is 36.84 mills. That’s a .88 mill increase over the current mill rate of 35.98.

On May 2 voters rejected a budget that carried a mill rate of 37.25.

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SEYMOUR HIGH CLASS OF 1974 TO BE HONORED AT THE 2024 GRADUATION

by | May 8, 2024 3:30 pm | Comments (0)

SEYMOUR — The Seymour High School Administration and the Seymour High School Alumni Association are planning to honor members of the Class of 1974 who graduated 50 years ago during the graduation ceremony for the Class of 2024 at 6:00 p.m. on June 11, 2024. The rain date is June 12, 2024.

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Seymour Reduces Town, School Budgets By $240,000

by | May 8, 2024 6:22 am | Comments (0)

SEYMOUR – The Seymour Board of Finance on Wednesday (May 8) unanimously approved a reduced town and school budget for fiscal year 2024 – 2025, nearly a week after voters rejected both budgets.

The board met via Zoom where members approved a $66.4 million bottom line. That is $240,000 less than the budget rejected by voters on May 2.

A second budget referendum is scheduled for 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. May 16 at the Seymour Community Center, 20 Pine St.

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More Than $500,000 Raised For Valley Nonprofits During 'The Great Give'

by | May 7, 2024 11:06 am | Comments (0)

DERBY – Valley nonprofits raised more than $507,000 during the 2024 Great Give last week, making the 36-hour online giving event one of its most successful.

In all, donors gave more than $3.8 million supporting 550 nonprofits throughout the Valley and Greater New Haven region. 

Of that total, just over $431,000 was donated to nonprofit organizations in Ansonia, Derby, Oxford, Seymour, and Shelton.

By the end of the fundraising event, 58 Valley-based organizations had participated, and 1,440 individual donations were made by people who live and/or work in the Valley.

Also, more than $234,000 of the Valley total was donated by 25 Valley Community Foundation (VCF) Donor Advised fundholders.

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