Waterbury has been referred to as “The Brass City” and “The Brass Capitol of The World”. This article is the first in a four part series written by Raechel Guest exploring the history and legacy of ...

The permitting process to allow F&G to operate a garbage plant in the South End of Waterbury has not met the legal outreach requirements that protect a distressed Hispanic population living within a ...

(Editor’s note – this is 7th article in a series The Waterbury Observer is publishing about unsolved murders of Waterbury women in the past 34 years, six of whose bodies were hidden in the forest ...

It was 1921 when 17-year –old Frances Splettstocher landed a job at the Waterbury Clock Company on Cherry Street. It was a glamorous job, for she and her young colleagues worked with radium – the ...

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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 ...

Father Ronald Ferraro waved to the procession honoring his 60 years in the priesthood. Father Ronald Ferraro was honored today by the City of Waterbury on the 60th anniversary of his ordination as a ...

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 ...

(Subscribe to The Brass File to get it e-mailed free to your in-box by clicking on the link at the bottom of this page. Thank you.) Column By John Murray Autumn is a time for reflection and letting go ...

(Subscribe to The Brass File to get it e-mailed free to your in-box by clicking on the link at the bottom of this page. Thank you.) Story By John Murray John Regan is so dangerous that even after ...

Today Waterbury Mayor Neil O’Leary was joined by Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz, Brass City Harvest Executive Director Susan Pronovost, Department of Agriculture Commissioner Bryan Hurlburt, State ...

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 ...