Danbury native takes final step before priesthood
David Clark of Danbury is among three men who will be ordained to the Sacred Order of Deacon on June 14, 10 am at St. Augustine Cathedral in Bridgeport. Traditionally, ordination as a transitional...
View ArticleDanbury High shows near perfect pass rate on CNA test
Forty eight students from Danbury High School just passed their Certified Nurse’s Aide exam and earned their CNA certification. The DHS students had a 100 percent pass rate on the practical portion...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Strawberry moon
Thursday’s full moon is called the strawberry moon. It will be the same old pale gold color. But native Americans called it the strawberry moon because it shone on patches of ripe, wild strawberries....
View ArticleRidgfield VNA seeks new home
The Ridgefield Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday June 10 on the Ridgefield Visiting Nurse Association’s plans to relocate to a plaza on 27 Governor Street....
View ArticleClik here to view.
“We Care” T-Shirts spread the word
The New Milford Town Council donned T-Shirts Monday with the “We Care” logo of the drug-free movement at New Milford High School. The T-shirts were paid for by The New Milford Police Union and are also...
View ArticleBrookfield superintendent job hearing will be before graduation
Brookfield Schools Superintendent Tony Bivona’s request to have his job hearing before the Board of Education after graduation on June 21 was denied this week. As it stands, his hearing is now...
View ArticleBrookfield public hearings on Thursday at 7
The Brookfield Board of Selectmen will have two public hearings on Thursday night beginning at 7 p.m. in Town Hall’s first-floor conference room. A special Board of Selectmen meeting will follow at...
View ArticleState announced first EEE fatality
The state Department of Public Health has announced a man died in 2013 in eastern Connecticut after being infected with the virus that causes eastern equine encephalitis . It is the first EEE cases...
View ArticleNew Milford man charged with assault
NEW MILFORD – Police charged a 32-year-old New Milford man with an assault at the New Milford Hospital emergency room. James Kirk, of Park Lane Road, was taken into custody on Tuesday as a result of an...
View ArticleNew Preston Hill tower on hold
NEW MILFORD — AT&T has postponed a planned balloon float at the proposed location on New Preston Hill where a 130-foot monopole Cingular Wireless cell tower was proposed on the ridge line. The...
View ArticleDanbury police arrest stay-at-home drug dealer
After neighbors complained about the number of brief visitors stopping by a Stevens Street home, city police took a look for themselves and on Tuesday arrested a female resident for selling drugs....
View ArticleLoaves & Fishes building a No Go
NEW MILFORD — There will be no Loaves & Fishes Hospitality House at 25 Bridge St in New Milford. Zoning Commission Chairman Bill Taylor is having a resolution of disapproval written with a formal...
View ArticleBrookfield Rotary spruces up memorial garden at Town Hall
The Brookfield Rotary Club did a clean up of the memorial garden in front of Town Hall on Wednesday morning. About a dozen Rotarians, many of them local civic leaders, helped with the work, trimming,...
View ArticleLast school day in Ridgefield
The last day of the 2013-14 school year in Ridgefield has been tentatively scheduled for Thursday, June 19. All classes will have early dismissal on that day. The Ridgefield High School graduation...
View ArticleLaugh at American English in Bethel Saturday
What are you doing Saturday? You could be at “Laugh with Language: The Oddities of American English,” a talk by Dan Wolinsky based on his book, “Sines of the Bizarre.” The talk will be at Bethel...
View ArticleDanbury Hospital back to normal after morning threat hoax
UPDATE: Lt. Christian Carroccio of the Danbury Police Department clarified the reason for this morning’s lockdown at Danbury Hospital. He said that at approximately 8:45 a.m., a call was received at...
View ArticleClik here to view.
An honor to know Danbury’s Ann and Ed Wicks
Longtime Danbury residents Ann and Ed Wicks, now of South Carolina, are seen at their recent going-away party at Two-Steps Downtown Grille in Danbury, where more than 50 people gathered to wish them...
View ArticleDrug Abuse forum in Ridgefield
David Kloth, a Danbury pain physician and nationally-recognized expert on prescription drug abuse, will lead a community forum on the issue of prescription drug abuse at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 19...
View ArticleClik here to view.
superstitious night
If you suffer from selenophobia- fear of the moon – or triskaidekaphobia – fear of Friday the 13th - you have reasons to be unduly anxious Friday. That’s because there will be a full moon on Friday...
View ArticlePolice: Couple went on crime spree
BRIDGEPORT – A Weston couple are suspected of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars of antiques, guns and household items from dozens of homes and storage units in Bridgeport, Fairfield, Easton,...
View Article