Cost of SROs to be debated by school board
On Wednesday night, April 2, the Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. in the Brookfield High School library. On the agenda will be a discussion of the proposed budget for next year. And it is likely...
View ArticleBethel woman charged with DUI in New York
BEEKMAN, N.Y. — State Police charged a Bethel woman with aggravated drunken driving after an accident on Gardner Hollow Road on Monday. Cassandra K. Parisi, 30, was found to have a blood-alcohol level...
View ArticleBethel woman charged with DUI in New Fairfield
NEW FAIRFIELD — A 23-year-old Bethel; woman was charged with drunken driving after she was stopped for speeding on Meadowbrook Road on Sunday, state police said. Lisa Rogers, of Benson Road, was also...
View ArticleMan shot on Rose Street
UPDATE DANBURY -Police are looking for three men in a green Jeep after one of them shot a young man in the area of Rose Street and Kennedy Avenue about 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. The victim, who appeared...
View ArticleDanbury schools hold “Parent University” March 29
Danbury Public Schools hold their PARENT UNIVERSITY called “Together We Can Achieve More”, a Conference for Families on Saturday, March 29 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Rogers Park Middle School, 21...
View ArticleYale holds workshop on mental health of refugees on 4/5
Yale University School of Medicine and the PIER/MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies present a teacher workshop that will address the mental health issues of refugee students on April...
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Seeing Mars
Mars is getting closer to earth, looking brighter and redder in the night sky – something that happens every two years. People will have a chance for even a better view when The Discovery Center at...
View ArticleFood waste program to start in Bridgewater
Bridgewater’s residential curbside food scrap recycling program will start officially on Friday, April 4 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Burnham Elementary School at 11:30 a.m., The pilot program...
View ArticleShepaug senior to share Nepal treasures
Taylor Weston of Bridgewater is a Shepaug High School senior who in December had the rare opportunity to travel to Nepal and see the appalling state of health care in that country. Devoted to becoming...
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Birth of the Cool in Bethel
For the last three years, there’s been a remarkably lovely concert at Pizzeria Lauretano in Bethel _ a recreation of the Miles Davis Birth of the Cool sessions. It’s happening again on Sunday, April...
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Another Dunkin’ Donuts comes to Brookfield
For those like me who are loyal Dunkin’ Donuts visitors, Brookfield will soon have a third location from which to purchase your favorite caffeine beverages and tasty doughnuts _ right now, the oreo...
View ArticleEnrollment declines prompting debate in area schools
The reality of declining enrollments across the region is prompting lots of tough conversations between town and school officials about how to calculate budgets and determine space needs over the next...
View ArticleRidgefield planners discuss settlement
The Ridgefield Planning and Zoning Commission will continue its settlement discussions on an affordable housing proposal when it meets Tuesday, April 1. The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the...
View ArticleWhat you said about the Danbury area
The public has spoken – about the Danbury area Danbury and Bethel were named two of the best places to live in Connecticut by the real estate site Movoto. Earlier this week we asked you, the residents,...
View ArticlePlanning and Zoning and Inland Wetlands
In Ridgefield, the Planning and Zoning Commission also serves as the town’s Inland Wetland Commission. The town’s Charter Revision Commission is considering whether or not to split it into two separate...
View ArticleDanbury High competes Monday at state math event
Danbury High School senior Jinyun Wang stands at the top of the Fairfield County Math League as the top schools move on to the state competition Monday, March 31. The state event will be held at RHAM...
View ArticleLou Rell Funeral Saturday
Former governor Jodi Rell entered the Brookfield Congregational Church Saturday morning arm-in-arm with her son, Michael, and daughter Meredith. They were entering to say a final farewell to husband...
View ArticleCounterfeit $100 bills in Newtown
A man and woman from Elmhurst, NY, were arrested in Newtown after passing counterfeit $100 bills, police said. Azicema Z. Amcako, 32, and Ivan Javier Gonzalez, 39, both of Denman St, Elmhurst were...
View ArticleDrunken driving arrest New Milford
A 21-year-old New Milford man is facing charges of drunken driving and evading responsibility after leaving the scene of a one car crash on Chapin Road. Tyrell Cornelius, of Spring St, New Milford was...
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Bethel native naked, but not afraid on Discovery Channel reality show
Posted on March 26, 2014 | By Scott Gargan Eva Rupert was cold, hungry and dehydrated, with only lizards for food and a partner bent on Mother Nature’s destruction. And she was naked the entire...
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