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Ridgefield dean Kevin Callahan returns to work after DUI arrest
Kevin Callahan has been Ridgefield’s football coach since 1999. (Jason Rearick/News-Times) Dean of Students and head football coach Kevin Callahan was reinstated by the district on May 26 following a...
View ArticleNewtown man facing weapon charges after Walmart incident
DANBURY – Police said a man was caught with a large knife last week after he fled a Walmart store with a stolen computer. John Lipusz, 36, was seen at about 9 a.m. Friday “actively stealing a computer”...
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Bethel’s Democratic selectmen seeking re-election
Bethel First Selectman Matt Knickerbocker in a 2009 event. File photo: Michael Duffy BETHEL — First Selectman Matt Knickerbocker and Selectman Richard Straiton announced Wednesday afternoon that they...
View ArticleWhalers will not be back at Danbury Arena; new FHL team coming to Brewster
The Danbury Whalers hockey team has packed up and left the Danbury Arena, and team CEO and Managing General Partner Herm Sorcher confirmed Wednesday afternoon that the team is not coming back. Sorcher...
View ArticleMan accused of yelling obscenities at Danbury shop
DANBURY — A city man is facing charges after police said he yelled obscenities at employees at Levine Auto & Truck Parts and refused to leave the store. Michael Morgan, 47, of New Street, was...
View ArticleSearch for ‘suspicious’ man puts Ridgefield schools on lockdown
RIDGEFIELD — Three schools were temporarily placed on “soft” lockdown Thursday morning while police investigated a report of a “suspicious male” possibly carrying a firearm near the center of town,...
View ArticleCops: Ridgefield man threatened to hurt himself to love interest
NEW CANAAN — A 49-year-old Ridgefield man was arrested for second-degree breach of peace Sunday after he allegedly told a 20-year-old female employee of New Canaan’s Food Emporium, 280 Elm St., that he...
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Deadly fire at Casagmo condos in Ridgefield deemed accidental
The scene the day after the fire at Casagmo condominiums in late April. (H John Voorhees III/News-Times) The fire at Casagmo condominiums in Ridgefield that killed 77-year-old Sandra Reyes in April was...
View ArticleVictim in fatal Bethel fire named
BETHEL — Officials have identified the victim in Thursday’s fatal house fire as 56-year-old Edward Bruce. The man died of smoke inhalation and thermal burns after the fire burned his single-family...
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Brookfield designer creates pendant for guide dog charity
The pendant, which is listed online, will be auctioned off June 8 in Mount Kisco. (Denise Cox) Designer Denise Cox has created a pendant to raise money for the Guiding Eyes for the Blind guide dog...
View ArticleDanbury man charged after suspicious weapon incident
DANBURY — A city man was arrested Wednesday after police said he was seen carrying a weapon and acting suspiciously on Beaver Brook Road. Officers were called to the apartment for a report about a man...
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Three more charged in ‘Operation Juice Box’
Newtown Police Department. File photo. A federal grand jury indicted three more men Thursday for their alleged connection with an illegal drug trafficking ring that officials say was led by a former...
View ArticleDanbury’s $53.5M school expansion passes
DANBURY — Voters in Danbury approved a $53.5 million expansion to Danbury High School Tuesday in a vote of 997 yes to 860 no. The approved plan is to build a 24-classroom wing on the back of Danbury...
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Sherman tractor trailer rollover update
Tractor trailer overturned on RT 55 at RT 39 intersection closed road Thursday UPDATE: JUNE 11: 6:50 p.m. State Police report Route 55 at intersection of Route 39 reopened from tractor trailer...
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Brookfield motorcycle crash death
Motorcycle crash in Brookfield that killed driver being investigated UPDATE: JUNE 15: 11 a.m. Brookfield Police have released the name of the motorcycle driver who died Sunday in a crash as William F....
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Pawling, NY woman in fair condition after Sunday crash
A Pawling, NY woman is in fair condition after a car crash Sunday in New Milford NEW MILFORD — A Pawling, NY woman was reported in fair condition Tuesday at Danbury Hospital where she had been...
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Danbury’s Bank Street closed to traffic
Bank Street in Danbury closed by police from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 24 UPDATE: 11:50 A.M. There have been no accidents on Bank Street, officials said. The street is closed for road work. ORIGINAL POST:...
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Roxbury fire on Painter Hill Road
Fire on Painter Hill in Roxbury June 24 in afternoon UPDATE: JUNE 24: 3:30 p.m. The Roxbury fire at 154 Painter Hill Road was reported to be under control by firefighters. Details on the blaze still...
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Danbury police search for armed burglar
A burglar is on the loose after stealing firearms and ammunition from a Danbury home in plain daylight, according to police. DANBURY — A burglar made off with several firearms and rounds of ammunition...
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NY Trooper crashed in New Milford
NY State Trooper and Rocky Hill man in 2 car MVA on Kent Road Saturday NEW MILFORD — A New York State Trooper and Rocky Hill man were entrapped in their respective vehicles Saturday after colliding...
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