Emergency Communication 100 percent
A final report on Phase II of New Milford’s Emergency Communication System construction showed the project coming in some $97,000 below budget with 100 percent coverage in the town. The construction...
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Icelandic elves
In Connecticut, road construction might be held up for fear the new highway might damage the habitat of bog turtles or nesting sites of saltmarsh sparrows. in Iceland, they also worry about elves....
View ArticleLynn Deming improvements
The New Milford Town Council gave the go-ahead Monday for a reveie by the Planning Commission on proposed improvements to Lynn Deming park. The improvements would include 37 new parking spaces, traffic...
View ArticleLow recommends $85.6 million budget
Ridgefield School superintendent Deborah Low has recommended the Board of Education approve a $85.6 million budget for the 2014-15 school year. Low’s proposed budget is a $2.76 million , or 3.34...
View ArticleDanbury’s community college holds walk in registration
Area residents considering taking classes for college credit this spring are invited to attend one of Naugatuck Valley Community College’s Express Start Walk-In days. Walk-In days are an opportunity...
View ArticleBoughton brings in high-powered media team for guv run
Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton appears to have learned a lesson from the last time he ran for the top office in the state. Four years ago he went after the GOP nomination for governor, then reading the...
View ArticleThe worst pothole is….?
The pothole season is approaching. What the worst one you’ve seen so far? Email me at bmiller@newstimes.com with your entries.
View ArticleRight lane closed on Interstate 84 in Newtown
NEWTOWN — The right lane of Interstate 84 eastbound is closed in the Newtown area. The lane was closed between exits 4 and 9 earlier this morning in order for crews to work in the area The lane is...
View ArticleDanbury High grad fund raises for once in lifetime opportunity
Danbury High School graduate Ryan Bulson just danced the lead role of Petrushka, in the ballet of the same name, at The Hartt School in Hartford in November. A junior at the Hartt School, Bulson is...
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Gospel choir to honor Martin Luther King in Newtown Friday
In recognition of Martin Luther King Day, Congregation Adath Israel of Newtown will host a renowned Hartford gospel choir in the synagogue sanctuary at 7:30 p.m. Friday Jan. 17. Voices LLC,...
View ArticleDanbury juvenile courthouse re-opens after threat
DANBURY — State police have cleared the juvenile courthouse on Main Street after a threat prompted its evacuation this morning. State police responded to the courthouse shortly after 11 a.m. on a...
View ArticleBrookfield school budget public hearing tonight
The current budget is $38.295 million.If you have some thoughts on the 2014-2015 Schools Superintendent Tony Bivona has proposed to the Board of Education, you should come and let your thoughts be...
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Brookfield Democrats seek to renenergize with new faces
Brookfield Democrats elected new leadership, and appointed nine new people to a slate of 25 town Committee members, with the focus being on reclaiming the voice the party feels it lost in the most...
View ArticleBethel joins energy program
The Bethel Board of Selectmen recently voted to join the Connecticut Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy program, know as C-PACE. The program is available to all commercial property owners in the...
View ArticleNewtown school board to select new superintendent
At 7:30 p.m. tomorrow night (Friday, Jan. 17), the Newtown School Board will have a special, one-item agenda meeting in the Municipal Center chambers to discuss and announce its choice for a new...
View ArticleSix people, many doctors, three kidneys
Two Danbury men- the father a donor, the son a recipient - took part in a six-person, three hospital, three state kidney transplant in December. It worked like this. Rolando Dasilva of Danbury...
View ArticleCourt upholds July trial on ed adequacy lawsuit
Hartford Superior Court Judge Kevin Dubay today denied the motions of the State of Connecticut that sought to modify the court’s December 2011 scheduling order and push to 2015 a trial on the lawsuit...
View ArticleWill “Eleanor Rigby” be at Brookfield Library tomorrow night?
The anniversary of an event that rocked the world of teen girls in the U.S. is fast approaching. Reminisce, or learn more about it, when “The Beatles: Band of the Sixties” is presented at the...
View ArticleVeterans can note in on drivers’ licenses
On Friday morning, Gov. Malloy will announce a new option for veterans of the U.S. military to have their service marked on their driver’s licenses and state-issued ID cards. He said it recognizes that...
View ArticleSandy Hook group hears autism experts on Friday
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the Sandy Hook Advisory Commission meets on Friday, Jan. 17, at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford. They will receive presentations from several...
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