New Milford Police Chief in 3 vehicle crash
UPDATE: JAN. 15: 2 p.m.: New Milford Police Chief Shawn Boyne was treated and released from Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington following a three-vehicle crash Wednesday, according to New...
View ArticleScattered snow showers in New Milford
New Milford and surrounding towns will be seeing some scattered snow showers throughout Friday. As an artic cold front crosses the region, northern towns will be hit with some snow, according to the...
View ArticleTwo Danbury residents arrested in drug bust
A Danbury man out on a bond for several drug charges was arrested again on Thursday night for selling crack cocaine and heroin out of his car, police said. Jason Danzy, 37, and a unidentified woman...
View ArticleRidgefield hotel plan suddenly scrapped
RIDGEFIELD – The developer of a proposed 48-suite extended-stay hotel has abruptly withdrawn his application, citing conflict with the town’s land use commissions. Developer Steve Zemo wrote a letter...
View ArticleRidgefield doctor pleads guilty to health care fraud
Dr. David Lester Johnston, photographed in his Ridgefield office August 2010. Photo: Carol Kaliff David Lester Johnston, a Ridgefield doctor of alternative medicine with a practice on Copps Hill,...
View ArticleDanbury museum launches Hat City Ball
More than 240 people gathered at the Amber Room Colonnade for the Danbury Museum and Historical Society’s first Hat City Ball. The Danbury Museum and Historical Society launched a new annual event...
View ArticleDanbury hit-and-run victim hospitalized
A Danbury man is in the hospital after he was hit by a car on Staples Street early Saturday morning, according to police. Franklin Pelaez, 29, of Hakim Street, was walking northbound on Staples Street...
View ArticleDangerous Roads
Brookfield by pass a parking lot. Car spun out into guard rail southbound. Police advising if out on roads sit to side and wait for state and town trucks
View ArticleRt 202 on New Milford closed
NEW MILFORD — Roué 202 (Litchfield Road) is closed at Wheaton Road due to an accident. No eta on when road will reopen. Sunday 12:45 pm
View ArticleTemperature rises in Danbury
The national weather service repots at 1:30 p. m. Sunday that temperatures have risen to 43 degrees in the Danbury area. However, state police are advising residents to stay off the roads. Secondary...
View ArticlePower outage Danbury mall
Update 6:30 pm: The Danbury Fair mall closed Sunday evening after losing power late in the afternoon. The lights went out around 4 p.m., leaving the over 300 store facility in the dark. Power was...
View ArticleFlood warning for Brookfield and Danbury
A flood warning is in effect for Danbury and parts of Brookfield until late Monday morning. At 10 p.m. Sunday night, the Still River at Brookfield was at 12.7 feet. According to the National Weather...
View ArticleNew Fairfield man charged for fondling two women
A New Fairfield man turned himself into Ridgefield police after two women reported he inappropriately touched their breasts, police said. Javier Fernandez, 36, has been charged with two counts of...
View ArticleDanbury King tribute brings crowd to its feet
DANBURY – An applauding crowd rose to its feet to salute the keynote speech Monday morning at New Hope Baptist Church’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration breakfast. “We are all given a...
View ArticleRidgefield toddler’s father has court date continued
Kyle Seitz, of Ridgefield, right, was in Danbury Superior Court for his arraignment on charges of criminally negligent homicide in the death of his 15-month old son, Benjamin, who died after being left...
View ArticleNew Fairfield mother in court for 12 child abuse charges
Alexandra Aucapina, 27, of New Fairfield, Conn., center, is in Danbury Superior Court Monday, August 11, 2014, with her Public Defender Rosemarie Chapdelaine, left, and spanish intrepretor, John...
View ArticleHelp for Sherman family displaced by fire
SHERMAN — A fire at 15 Anderson Road in Sherman on Jan. 9 displaced the family of Ged and Kathy Diemer. The Diemers lost everything in the blaze. Gift card to purchase household items are being...
View ArticleDanbury officer fired over excessive force complaints
Fired Danbury police officer Daniel Sellner. DANBURY – A veteran police officer with a history of excessive force complaints has been fired by the mayor after the officer was accused of injuring a...
View ArticleNewtown man involved in a police standoff pleads not guilty
Steven Hernly, 23, of Newtown, right, in Danbury Superior Court, with his attorney Gene Zingaro, on Tuesday, January 20, 2015, in Danbury, Conn. Photo: H John Voorhees III Steven Hernly, 23, appeared...
View ArticlePolice chase sends one to hospital and backed up Route 7 traffic
A police surveillance stop turned into a dangerous car accident that sent one man to the hospital and caused a massive back up in traffic on Route 7. Andrew Parra. Contributed by the Department of...
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