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Help U.S. troops with Adopt-A-Soldier in Danbury
A benefit for Operation Adopt-A-Soldier will be at the Crowne Plaza, 18 Old Ridgebury Road in Danbury, Saturday, March 29 from noon to 3 p.m. Enjoy the day and help U.S. soldiers at the same time! The...
View ArticleDOT plans short closure of Bethel’s South Street 3/28-4/2
State DOT officials announced that beginning March 28, and continuing through April 2, South Street in Bethel will be closed to all traffic at the railroad crossing for replacement of the railroad...
View ArticleHVCEO opposes reduction in tree-trimming
The Housatonic Valley Council of Elected Officials said today that it opposes any reduction in tree-trimming work along area roads. Writing to the state’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, HVCEO...
View ArticleBrookfield Finance Board deliberate on budget
At 7 p.m. in the second-floor conference at Town Hall, the Board of Finance will tonight continue its budget deliberations with the expectation the six-member board will vote on a proposed figure for...
View ArticleTown to concentrate on Toll Brothers offer
The Ridgefield Board of Selectmen will concentrate their negotiations of selling 10 acres of land at the Schlumberger-Doll Research Center to Toll Brothers, which has offered to buy the land for $4...
View ArticleBrookfield hires long-time resident as human resources director
First Selectman Bill Tinsley announced this week the hiring of Fern Smenyak, a long-time Brookfield resident, to serve as the town’s new human resources director. Smenyak started her duties this week....
View ArticleEighteen Brookfield teachers accept early retirement
On Wednesday night, Board of Education Steve Harding said he was honored and privileged to have been taught over his 13 years in the school district by 11 of the 18 teachers who have accepted an early...
View ArticlePolice release new details in Ridgefield fatality
RIDGEFIELD — Police on Thursday released additional information about the accident that took the life of a 15-year-old Emma Sandhu last week. Although they continued to withhold the driver’s name,...
View ArticleBethel ed board sets two focus groups
The Bethel Board of Education and the C.E.S. Executive Search Team invite the Bethel community to participate in activities designed to identify leadership characteristics and attributes that the...
View ArticleVaughns Neck
What’s the future of Vaughns Neck – the peninsula that dominates the landscape of the northern half of Candlewood Lake. With luck, I will try and write about that for my Earth Matters column on Saturday
View ArticleCold, clear today; wet, warm Saturday in Danbury
DANBURY — It will look like spring in Danbury today with sunny skies but a high temperature in the mid 40s and a brisk wind will keep things a bit chilly. That will change tomorrow, when Saturday...
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Crash on Interstate 84 cleared
UPDATE 10:33 a.m. The multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 84 has been cleared, according to the state Department of Transportation. UPDATE – 10:10 a.m. Two patients are being transported from the crash...
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A trillion smells to smell
As the great Durante would say – the nose knows. For many years, the common consensus was that humans could distringuish about 10,000 different scents. That seems like a lot, but it’s a pitiful number...
View ArticleSelectmen discuss Schlumberger land sale
The Ridgfield Board of Selectmen will hold a special meeting Monday, March 24 at 3 p.m. to discuss the future of 10 acres of the Sclumberger-Doll Research Center property The board will meet in...
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Jeff “Tain’ Watts at Western
Acclaimed drummer Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts will perform with the Western Connecticut State University Jazz Orchestra, and with his quartet on Friday, April 25 at Western’s Ives Concert Hall at 7 p.m.. The...
View ArticleBrookfield Board of Finance approves 2014-15 budget, school leaders dismayed
UPDATE 9:30 P.M. Statement from Finance Board Chairman Phil Kurtz “As you know, no town budget process is an easy one and this years budget was especially hard. First we looked at the projected revenue...
View ArticleIf If If
It is always risky for a reporter to predict in a newspaper on Friday what you will be writing about on Monday. The world changes directions and we have to follow it. But….If the Ridgfield Board of...
View ArticleLifeStar at bicycle accident
Two bicyclists lost control of their bikes and were projected over a fence on Cherniske Road in New Milford Saturday morning around 10:45 a.m., police said. One rider is being transferred by LifeStar...
View ArticleBrookfield fire Saturday no injuries
A Brookfield family was displaced early Saturday morning by heavy smoke damage to their two-story Colonial home on Meadow View Drive. The house is listed on Vision Appraisal as being owned by John and...
View ArticleFilosa Convalescent Home fire minor
Patients were temporarily evacuated from Filosa Convalescent Home on Harkim Street in Danbury Saturday afternoon while firefighters put out a fire on the building’s second floor. The 911 call was...
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