News • Published May 07, 2024 03 pm
Press Release from Office of State Senator Christine Cohen
The United States Senate is expected to vote to allocate $360 million in soon-to-expire American Rescue Plan A...
News • Published May 06, 2024 02 pm
By Laura Robida
A proposed $97.8 million spending package for the 2024-'25 fiscal year has begun making its way through budget season with a May 14 referendum on the horizon.
Representat...
News • Published May 06, 2024 02 pm
By Laura Robida
Plans to redevelop a historic Madison home are being met with resistance from neighbors who say the redevelopment will only create disruption, chaos, and congestion in wh...
News • Published Apr 30, 2024 09 am
Grade 12 High Honors
Cameran Aurora, Mary Baker, Santiago Barrera, Briana Bartlett Martinez, Vincent Benevento, Rory Biggs, Mary-Amma Blankson, Christopher Bonavita,...
News • Published Apr 23, 2024 01 pm
By Laura Robida
Construction is officially underway for Madison's newest public school. Town and state officials gathered on April 19 for an official groundbreaking ceremony of the Neck ...
News • Published Apr 22, 2024 04 pm
Press Release from Madison Police Department
On April 19 at approximately 5 a.m., the South-Central Connecticut tactical team assisted the Guilford Police Department (GPD...
News • Published Apr 22, 2024 03 pm
Plaques Honor 616 Dedicated Connecticut Service Members
News • Published Apr 10, 2024 01 pm
Press Release from Madison Community Services
Madison Community Services (MCS) proudly announces that it is renaming its food pantry to be called the Pauline Baldwin Food...
News • Published Apr 02, 2024 03 pm
By Laura Robida
If the flashes of spring weather have you thinking about summer, you're in luck: beach passes for the 2024 season are now on sale.
According to Beach, Recreation, and Sen...
News • Published Mar 26, 2024 05 pm
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month
News • Published Mar 19, 2024 01 pm
Press Release from The Country School
Students from The Country School in Madison recently participated in the Kingswood Oxford Model UN, which is an academic simulation ...
News • Published Mar 18, 2024 04 pm
By Laura Robida
Nearly $4 million is on the way to Town in the shape of several grants from the Congressionally Directed Spending program. More than $3.6 million is earmarked for renovat...
News • Published Mar 18, 2024 03 pm
By Pem McNerney
The Presidential Preference Primary will be held on April 2, and this year’s election will launch early voting in Connecticut. This is the first election in Connecticut t...
News • Published Mar 06, 2024 10 am
By Laura Robida
It's official. When Madison's newest elementary school opens its doors for the 2025-'26 school year, it'll do so as Neck River Elementary School. The decision comes after...
News • Published Feb 28, 2024 09 am
By Laura Robida
After nearly 10 years of planning and budgeting, work may soon begin on a redesigned and repaired Garvan Point.
Representatives from SLR International Corporation, the su...
News • Published Feb 22, 2024 12 am
Dean's List, President's List, Provost’s List
• Carson Hines was named to the Siena College Dean’s List for the fall 2023 semester.
• The following area students wer...
News • Published Feb 21, 2024 01 pm
By Laura Robida
Nearly one year after a select group of Madison households began participating in a pilot program to divert their food scraps into energy conversion, members of the Board...
News • Published Feb 21, 2024 01 pm
Press Release from Griswold Post 79
Griswold Post 79 of the American Legion in Madison is honored to have performed its ”5000” Military Funeral Honors on Jan. 22 at Beav...
Photo Galleries • Published Feb 15, 2024 01 pm
By Wes Bunnell
Daniel Hand High School at the Shoreline Conference Indoor Track Championship on Feb. 2 at Floyd Little Athletic Center
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News • Published Feb 14, 2024 09 am
By Ben Rayner
The Scranton Memorial Library has announced a new program designed to spark the imagination of kids of all ages. Leonardo’s Lab is a program focused on the life of invent...
News • Published Feb 14, 2024 07 am
Signs with reminders to “Be Kind” stand in front of the First Congregational Church of Madison on Feb. 13 as a storm starting early in the morning dropped several inches ...
News • Published Feb 06, 2024 12 pm
By Ben Rayner
The Garden Club of Madison (GCM) is celebrating 100 years of service to the Madison community. According to members, the award-winning group formed in September 1924 and ...
News • Published Feb 01, 2024 03 pm
Article by Henry Griggs, Madison Historical Society trustee
Every time a centuries-old house is torn down, a piece of local history is lost forever, and a sad marker is s...
News • Published Feb 01, 2024 12 am
The E.C. Scranton Library will host its fourth annual A Year in the Heart of Madison raffle, with the drawing on Wednesday, Feb. 14. This fundraiser benefits ticket purch...
News • Published Jan 31, 2024 04 pm
The Madison Historical Society will present its second annual Victorian Valentine’s Day Party on Wednesday, Feb. 14, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at its historic Allis-Bushnell Ho...
News • Published Jan 25, 2024 12 am
Dean's List, President's List, Provost’s List
• Meghan Doxsee of Killingworth and Jordan Kim of Madison were named to the Simmons University Dean’s List for the spri...
News • Published Jan 23, 2024 12 pm
By Ben Rayner
Voters appropriated over $800,000 for a geothermal project at the Town Campus at a special town meeting held near the end of 2023. According to town officials, the approp...
News • Published Jan 17, 2024 12 pm
Press release from Madison Historical Society
The Madison Historical Society (MHS) will present the second of its 17th annual Frederick Lee Lectures on Sunday, Feb. 11 in...
News • Published Jan 16, 2024 01 pm
By Ben Rayner
Town officials have been busy seeking grant monies for several construction projects across Madison over the last year. Their efforts are paying off for the town’s new em...
News • Published Jan 11, 2024 12 am
In June 2023, the Connecticut General Assembly voted to raise the minimum age for automatic entry into public schools in Connecticut. Effective July 2024, Section 1 of Pu...
News • Published Jan 10, 2024 04 pm
North Madison Congregational Church (NMCC), 1271 Durham Road, Madison, will celebrate the life of Rev. Dr. Martin L. King Jr on Sunday, Jan. 14, during worship and brunch...
News • Published Jan 10, 2024 12 pm
The Madison Historical Society will continue its popular History Happy Hour series on Friday, Jan. 19, from 6 to 7 p.m., at the Society’s Allis-Bushnell House at 853 Bost...
News • Published Jan 10, 2024 07 am
Daniel Hand High School’s VIBE Show Choir hosted its cabaret fundraiser, Velveteen, to kick off its season on Jan. 7 at the high school auditorium. The show, based on the...
News • Published Jan 09, 2024 01 pm
By Ben Rayner
For sale signs are going up following the demolition of a former nursing home just a few paces from Boston Post Road. The newly razed 2.96-acre parcel will now find new l...
News • Published Jan 02, 2024 04 pm
By Ben Rayner
January
Madison extends its moratorium on cannabis retail sales and cultivation to July 1 to allow the Planning and Zoning Commission (PZC) to gather additional feed...
News • Published Dec 28, 2023 12 am
Grade 12 High Honors
Emilie Agamie, Nicholas Antonetti, Mary Baker, Santiago Barrera, Sadie Bartholomew, Rory Biggs, Mary-Amma Blankson, Christopher Bonavita, Tessa ...
News • Published Dec 28, 2023 12 am
Shoreline Soup Kitchens & Pantries (SSKP) announced the delivery of a new truck, generously funded with equal contributions of $10,000 each by all 11 towns served by SSKP...
News • Published Dec 28, 2023 12 am
By Ben Rayner
Since 1971, Friends of Scranton Library has been a critical component of funding for Madison’s beloved library. The organization has helped make up funding shortfalls on ...
News • Published Dec 27, 2023 07 am
The Boston Post Road in downtown Madison is shown on Christmas Eve decorated for the holidays as the taillights and headlights of cars streak by in the background from a ...
News • Published Dec 20, 2023 07 am
Pastor Todd Better sings Christmas carols along with parishioners at First Congregational church on Dec. 17, accompanied by organ music. The event was planned to take pla...
News • Published Dec 19, 2023 04 pm
By Ben Rayner
The Madison Police Department (MPD) has announced a new partnership aimed at creating relationships between first responders and members of the special needs community.
A...
News • Published Dec 19, 2023 10 am
A candlelight vigil will take place on the Town Green on Saturday, Dec. 23 at 6 p.m. in remembrance of Nicholas Donofrio, Daniel Hand High School (DHHS) grad and Madison ...
Photo Galleries • Published Dec 15, 2023 12 pm
By Wes Bunnell
Daniel Hand High School defeated Rockville 57-20 to claim the Class M football championship at Arute Field on Dec. 9.
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Photo Galleries • Published Dec 15, 2023 12 pm
By Wes Bunnell
Daniel Hand defeated New Canaan 1-0 in overtime to claim the 2023 Class M CIAC Field Hockey State Championship at Wethersfield High School on Nov 18.
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News • Published Dec 14, 2023 12 am
This Advent season, North Madison Congregational Church (NMCC) will celebrate the connection between Advent and winter solstice. The NMCC community will be building an ou...
News • Published Dec 13, 2023 08 am
By Ben Rayner
A show choir may sound like a staid, button-down type of performance. Still, Daniel Hand High School’s (DHHS) choir travels the country competing against groups that are ...
News • Published Dec 12, 2023 08 am
By Ben Rayner
Residents may be noticing the new signs going up around town that are welcoming travelers to Madison. The large signs are slated to be erected at most primary entry roadw...
News • Published Dec 05, 2023 12 pm
By Ben Rayner
MADISON
After a resounding victory for Democrats in November’s election, First Selectwoman Peggy Lyons said she is excited to propel several long-planned projects an...
News • Published Dec 05, 2023 12 pm
Abby, left, age 7, smiles while standing with her sister Harper, age 4, as their mother, Ashley Hayman, helps pick out decorations for their fairy garden from Christine S...
News • Published Nov 29, 2023 07 am
Runners make strides at the start of the 45th annual Lenny & Joe’s Madison Turkey Trot, which was held on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 23. The trot featured a 5-mile race and 2...
