by | May 3, 2024 5:56 am
SEYMOUR — Voters rejected a $66.6 million town and school budget for fiscal year 2024 – 2025 during a referendum Thursday (May 2).
Voters shot down the $26.6 million town side of the budget by a vote 469 – 458.
They also shot down the $39.9 million Seymour Board of Education budget by a vote of 517 – 415.
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by | May 2, 2024 10:00 pm
SEYMOUR — The Valley Indy is happy and humbled to report we exceeded our fundraising goal during The Great Give, a 36-hour online fundraiser benefiting more than 500 nonprofit groups in greater New Haven.
According to the unofficial tally, 140 people donated $12,086 to The Valley Indy. The goal was $10,000.
The Valley Indy is deeply grateful for the support.
The Valley Indy was live on the Internet for about 23 of the 36 hours, interviewing nonprofit leaders and local newsmakers. The entire livestream is posted below, in six parts.
The Valley Indy thanks the following Great Give supporters:
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THE VALLEY – The Great Give is May 1 and May 2!
Once again The Valley Indy plans to livestream a series of interviews with local officials and nonprofit leaders whose groups are benefiting from the 36-hour online fundraiser.
You can watch the videos during The Great Give on The Valley Indy’s Facebook page, where you can ask questions or just say ‘hi’ when we’re live, or you can watch them here on ValleyIndy.org.
Click this link to support a nonprofit you love during The Great Give.
Consider supporting The Valley Indy by visiting Donate.ValleyIndy.org.
Here is the 2024 Valley Indy Great Give Livestream schedule. It is subject to change.
(If you’re a nonprofit bummed you’re not included on the interview list, we also plan to have the phone lines open during the streams. Call in 15 minutes before the top of an hour to shout out your participating group. The phone number will be included in our stream.)
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Mayor David Cassetti proposes his budget to the Aldermen and Board of Apportionment and Taxation.
by | Apr 28, 2024 12:35 pm
ANSONIA – Mayor David Cassetti unveiled a $67.1 million budget proposal on Thursday (April 25) that would bump up the mill rate in Ansonia for the first time since 2019.
The proposed budget would increase the mill rate from 26.24 mills to 26.49 mills. That’s an increase of 0.25 mills.
If the budget is accepted as proposed, a single-family house on Holbrook Street assessed at $180,000 would pay $45 more per year in taxes.
A house on Gardners Lane assessed at $248,000 would pay $62 more per year.
A house on High Acres Road assessed at $366,000 would pay $91.50 more per year.
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by | Apr 25, 2024 7:56 pm
SEYMOUR — The town and school budgets are scheduled to go to a public referendum from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 2 at the Seymour Community Center on Pine Street.
Budget Basics
The budgets are asked as separate questions on the ballot.
Combined they total $66.6 million. The town side of the budget – public works, town hall, the police department and all town departments – totals $26.6 million.
The school budget totals $39.9 million.
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