WATERBURY— Former Mayor Neil M. O'Leary circled the old Odd Fellows Hall time and again walking the downtown beat as a rookie police officer in 1980, never imagining the building would be renamed ...

Founded in 1827, the school that eventually became known as Shurtleff College was relocated to Upper Alton in 1832. It remained a vital part of our community until it closed in 1957. John Mason Peck, ...