Danbury to hold parent meeting on redistricting
The Danbury Board of Education hosts a parent meeting Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. at Broadview Middle School in the Auditorium to discuss a proposal for redistricting some of the city schools to reduce over...
View ArticleSandy Hook
On Monday, State’s attorney Stephen Sedensky is expected to release a 40-page summery of the state’s investigation into the killings at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012. It’s been long...
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Festival of Trees at The Matrix
The Festival of Trees by Ann’s Place at The Matrix this weekend The 11th Annual Festival of Trees fundraiser for Ann’ Place runs Saturday, Nov. 23 & Sunday, Nov. 24 from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at The...
View ArticleNewtown officer’s wife has gun arrest
NEWTOWN Elen Cole, 53, the wife of Newtown Police Sgt. John Cole, is facing several criminal charges after allegedly firing a gun during an argument with her husband in a Salisbury hotel where they...
View ArticleUnwind after work at Rustier Nail
Those of us working Monday through Friday near Brookfield have a spot to unwind after the workday at The Rustier Nail, 640 Federal Road (off of Super 7′s Exit 12). Happy hour runs a full two hours from...
View ArticleLoaves & Fishes and Thanksgiving
The Voices of Poetry fundraiser for Loaves & Fishes Hospitality House raised over $1,000 on Nov. 9 but Loaves & Fishes still has a long way to go in order to fund its Board of Director’s dream:...
View ArticleDanbury residents still can apply for school board
Danbury residents, both Republican and Democrat, who are interested in applying for two vacancies on the 11-member Board of Education should sent a letter of application to: Richard Hawley, Secretary...
View ArticleOut With the Old
A fast food restaurant is planned for the site where a two-story, white house now sits next to the United Methodist Church of New Milford on Danbury Road. The property, originally owned by the church,...
View ArticleReport of armed person on Yale campus
UPDATE: There is a confirmed report of a person with a gun on or near Yale’s Old campus area, near Chapel and High streets, officials say. Here is the message from the university web site: Yale Alert...
View ArticleState Police announce Thanksgiving DUI enforcement plans
State police on Monday announced Operation CA.R.E., a plan aimed at reducing motor vehicle crashes during the Thanksgiving holiday with a focus on drunk-driving enforcement. The Combined Accident...
View ArticleAre you a sneaker fanatic or do you know someone who is?
We are working on a feature about local people who are into sneakers and sneaker fashions. We’re talking to people, adults and kids, who collect sneakers or design their own on company websites. These...
View ArticleLooking – not seeing -ISON
I’ve gotten up three times over the past two week at around 5 a.m. to try and see Comet ISON. So far, bupkis. Once, I drove to my sighting place of choice about a half-mile from my house. The eastern...
View ArticleHandcrafted in America items for sale in New Milford
The Local Artists Crafts Group will sell “Handcrafted in America” items at the New Milford Railroad Station, 11 Railroad St. in New Milford, Friday, Nov. 29 through Sunday, Dec. 1, from 10 a.m. to 5...
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Stretch of weather could complicate T-Day travel
Source: National Weather Service DANBURY — The rain and snow expected to make its way to the Danbury area this morning will likely be the start to a stretch of weather that could make the year’s...
View ArticleEnd of an Era: O’Brien sits last meeting
Monday night New Milford Town Council member Ray O’Brien served in his final meeting of a 41-year career of town service. O’Brien, 77, was a member of the Board of Selectmen/Town Council since 1975. He...
View ArticleJury in Bell trial resuming deliberations
DANBURY — The jury in the manslaughter trial of Robert Bell resumes deliberations this morning. Bell is accused of shooting his wife, Svetlana, to death in their New Fairfield home in December 2012. He...
View ArticleWind power in CT blows
The state wants to use more forms of renewable energy. But at the same time, it’s continuing its moratorium on any construction of wind turbines. Ther’s no wind power in Connecticut. I’ll be working on...
View ArticlePedestrian struck in Danbury crash
DANBURY — City police said a car struck a woman on Hospital Avenue on Tuesday. The crash occurred at about 5:20 p.m. when Madian Yahya, of Danbury, drove her Subaru Impreza west on Hospital Avenue hit...
View ArticleFlash flood warning issued for Danbury
DANBURY -- The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for Fairfield County as well as Westchester and Rockland counties in New York. The warning lasts until 11 a.m. and warns of...
View ArticleTinsley statement on plea in theft case
BROOKFIELD — The town’s newly-elected First Selectman Bill Tinsley issued a statement late Tuesday on the plea he entered that morning in Vermont court on petit larceny and embezzlement charges. “The...
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