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Danbury prison employee pleads guilty to bribery
Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury. File photo: Paul Desmarais HARTFORD – A case manager at the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury pleaded guilty Monday to participating in a scheme...
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New Fairfield teacher recognized for psychiatric work
submitted photo (left to right) Otto Wahl, PhD, University of Hartford; Edna Mullally, New Fairfield High School; Godfrey Pearlson, MD, Director of the Olin Research Center, Institute of Living and...
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Cultural Alliance in Danbury to host painting and wine event
Susan Jackson (Courtesy of the Cultural Alliance) An evening of painting and wine is on tap Friday at the Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut. Teaching artist Susan Jackson will host her popular...
View ArticleDanbury Fires Teacher Facing Sex Charge
DANBURY – A Danbury High School teacher accused of having sex with her 17-year-old student has been fired, a city school official confirmed Tuesday. Kayla Mooney was fired because she failed to...
View ArticleTwo Western Connecticut professors honored for excellence
West Conn professors Nicholas Greco and Jessica Eckstein have been awarded for their professional excellence in the 2014-15 school year by the state Board of Regents for Higher Education. Greco, an...
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Voters Pass Newtown Budget
NEWTOWN – Voters Tuesday approved a $111.7 million budget for next year that increases spending for raises, road repair and information technology. The budget also carries a tax rate decrease of 0.7...
View ArticleCNBC goes inside Danbury prison
A new documentary premiering tonight on CNBC will feature an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury. “White Collar Convicts: Life on the Inside,” will take viewers inside federal...
View ArticleBethel hosting emergency response training
The Bethel, Redding and Ridgefield communities are invited to join the annual All Hazard Emergency Response Refresher Training Event this weekend. The event will take place in Bethel at the Clifford J....
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Village Farm opens in New Milford
This rooster welcomes shoppers to The Village Farm in Gaylordsville NEW MILFORD — A unique farm stand and farm products shop has opened in the Gaylordsville section of New Milford. The Village Farm,...
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Shepaug senior marketing own cosmetic line
Shepaug Valley School senior Lauren Osipow has created and is marketing a line of natural and organic beauty products for her senior project. WASHINGTON — Shepaug Valley School senior Lauren Osipow has...
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Medication drop box a success at NMPD
New Milford Police Chief Shawn Boyne demonstrates how to dispose of drugs in the medication drop box in the NMPD lobby NEW MILFORD — A medication drop box installed at the New Milford Police Department...
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Got Bulk? Danbury Has You Covered
DANBURY – Drop off your household bulk waste at City Hall or any of four other locations in the city Saturday morning. The free service is limited to Danbury residents and does not include Electronics...
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Remembrance of Sandy Hook victim rides again
Submitted photo. An event honoring the life of one of the students killed at Sandy Hook will ride again Sunday. The Second Company Governor’s Horse Guard is hosting Pony Rides for a Purpose from 11...
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Man dies in Danbury crash
UPDATE 6:50 PM: A 56-year-old man died after his truck went off the road on Lake Avenue Extension and stuck some trees. The man who was driving a small mason type truck is believed to have worked for...
View ArticlePolice ID victim in fatal Danbury crash
UPDATE: WEDNESDAY 9:05 A.M. Samuel Crews, the victim in Wednesday’s fatal one-car accident in Danbury, worked for more than 10 years for the Tarrywile Park Authority, said Becky Burr-Petro, the...
View ArticleBethel cuts $300,000 from school budget
BETHEL — After a narrow defeat in the polls last week, the Board of Finance reduced Tuesday the proposed budget by $542,000, with $300,000 coming from the education budget. The new plan would now pose...
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Newtown Cycling and Running Fundraiser Debuts On Saturday to Benefit Slain...
Dylan Hockley NEWTOWN – An inaugural running and cycling event to raise money for the foundation of a slain Sandy Hook first-grader is planned for Saturday. The first annual Newtown Wingathlon planned...
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Police arrest second suspect in beating of Danbury man
Fakeem Mouning Police arrested Wednesday another suspect believed to have robbed and beaten a 57-year-old man who had “accidentally brushed up against” another man in downtown Danbury last month....
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Cops: Dealer caught selling crack in Danbury
Jerome Weathers A drug dealer was arrested with crack cocaine and heroin after a drug transaction in downtown Danbury Wednesday afternoon, police said. Officers conducting surveillance in the area of...
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St. Stephen’s Church in Ridgefield to host anniversary concert
Mary Phillips, a mezzo-soprano, will be the guest soloist at Sunday’s concert. (Handout) The St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Ridgefield’s Concert Choir will perform Vivaldi’s “Gloria” at 5 p.m....
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