Newtown Police ask for help re: arson fire
NEWTOWN — Newtown Police and Fire Marshal are seeking public assistance in an investigation into a fire on Tauton Lake Road. On April 13 about 9:50 p.m. a neighbor to 52 Tauton Lake Road called 911...
View ArticleBrush fire in Redding
REDDING — Mutual aid with tankers was requested by Redding Fire Dept. from Bethel and Stony Hill fire departments Sunday at 2:54 p.m. for a brush fire in the woods at 57 Sanfordtown Road. Georgetown...
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Artist Tom Wolff to have opening reception at Cultural Alliance on Friday
Tom Wolff’s work will be on display through July 10. (Courtesy of the Cultural Alliance) Artist Tom Wolff’s solo show will open on Friday at the Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut. The...
View ArticleDanbury’s Do’s and Don’ts of Green Cleaning
DANBURY – The City is happy to pick up your leaf and yard debris this spring as long as you observe a few do’s and don’ts… SCHEDULE The spring debris pick-up program is divided by Interstate 84, with...
View ArticlePower outage in New Milford minor
NEW MILFORD — A power outage Monday morning affected 2,600 customers in the New Milford, Sherman and Kent area, according to Eversource Energy. The outage lasted just 30 minutes and was caused by an...
View ArticleRedding proposes cutting education budget for next year
The Redding Board of Finance has given its budget proposal for the 2015-16 fiscal year, and it includes a year-to-year decrease in the education budget of $96,502. The town Board of Education proposed...
View ArticleSewer Commission hearing on charges Monday
NEW MILFORD — The New Milford Sewer Commission will hold a public hearing Monday at 7 p.m. at the Waste Water Treatment Facility offices, 142 West St. The hearing will gather public input on a proposed...
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Monument readied for New Milford officer
Public Works crew installs foundation for monument in honor of fallen NMPD officer H. Kenneth Couch NEW MILFORD — A Public Works crew lays the foundation for a monument and plaque at New Milford Police...
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Weather Balloon Project at Danbury school
A weather balloon similar to this one at the Weather Festival in March in Brownsville, TX, will be launched at Westside Middle School Academy in Danbury DANBURY — The eighth-grade Exploration Class at...
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Jane Miller expelled from Brookfield GOP, Larry Miller remains in party
Jane Miller (left) is no longer a member of the Brookfield Republican Party. (H John Voorhees III) Jane Miller has been expelled from the Brookfield Republican Party for “lack of good-faith party...
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Candlewood Condos being rebuilt
An eight unit building is under construction at Candlewood Condos on Danbury Road in New Milford. NEW MILFORD — Construction is underway at Candlewood Condominiums on Danbury Road in New Milford to...
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March of 300 set for Sunday in Danbury
Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton, far right, with participants at the 2012 Danbury March for Babies at Matrix Corporate Center DANBURY – More than 300 people are scheduled to walk the annual March of Dimes...
View ArticleCops: Suspect brought heroin to Danbury police station
DANBURY — Police said a Danbury man was caught with heroin Monday while being booked on domestic violence charges at police headquarters. Julio Cabello, 35, of Foster Street, was initially charged with...
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Danbury woman accused of burning child due in court
Lidia Quilligana DANBURY – A baby sitter who police say was caught on camera burning a 3-year-old girl’s hands on a hot stove is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday morning. Lidia Quilligana, 31, of...
View ArticleVoters reject Bethel budgets, unofficial results show
Bethel voters rejected both the town and the Board of Education budgets at a referendum Tuesday, unofficial results show. The proposed $43.3 million schools budget is likely heading for a recount as it...
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Cops: Suspected drug dealer rammed into police car
Erick Ortiz-Aguayo DANBURY – A man being chased for drug dealing is facing multiple charges after he rammed into an unmarked police cruiser on Interstate 84, Danbury police said in a news release....
View ArticlePolice: Danbury man gave fake name to avoid DWI record
Southeast, N.Y. – A Danbury man stopped for driving too slow on a New York highway Sunday gave troopers a fictitious name to avoid arrest, police said. New York State Police Troop K stopped a car...
View ArticleNMPD assist feds in raid
UPDATE: APRIL 22: 12:09 p.m. The apprehension New Milford Police assisted AFT agents in happened on Kent Road in the Gaylordsville section of New Milford not on Park Lane Road, per Lt. Larry Ash, NMPD...
View ArticleRidgefield Barbecue Festival to be held May 2-3
The second annual Ridgefield Gone Country Barbecue Festival will be held May 2-3 at the Lounsbury House, Ridgefield’s Community Center, at 316 Main Street. The event will host two national barbecue...
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Ex-Brookfield school official appears in court
Brookfield’s former school finance director Art Colley, right, appears in Superior Court in Danbury, Conn., Wednesday morning, March 25, 2015, alongside his attorney, Eugene Riccio. File Photo: Carol...
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