South Kent Road has reopened. It was closed early yesterday morning by downed trees, wires and poles. Eversource completed the repairs this morning and the road was reopened to traffic.&nb...
A work van on fire in a Monroe driveway was quickly extinguished yesterday. Monroe Volunteer Fire Department says the van was very close to the Lynn Drive house. The van fire had...
Brookfield’s newest Police Officer has graduated from 6 months of training at the Connecticut Police Academy. Travis Kullgren now begins a 12-week Field Training program. He grew up ...
A public hearing is being held tonight in Danbury on the proposed temporary moratorium of recreational marijuana sales in the City. The Zoning Commission received a positive referral from the Pl...
An internal investigation is continuing into the Danbury Police officers who responded to the library last month when a YouTuber was filming inside, against library policy. In body camera footag...
Some mobile customers have reportedly had trouble getting through to 911 on their cell phones. Danbury officials say Verizon subscribers in the area may be experiencing issues completing phone c...
The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is forecasting moderate air quality today with some smoke and haze back in the region. The agency in charge of issuing air quality ale...
A meeting to discuss best practices will be held Thursday in Ridgefield about public safety. CERT, the Community Emergency Response Team, will provide a presentation on its pandemic response.&nb...
A parcel of land in Ridgefield will be turned over to the jurisdiction of the Conservation Commission. The Board of Selectmen discussed reasons for protecting the property at Turner Road and Bar...
Brookfield Library is applying for a grant to benefit the library staff and patrons by cleaning and sterilizing all surfaces including the outside of books and shelving. If awarded, the $22,000 w...
Like most of Connecticut, and the country, Danbury is seeing a rise in COVID-19 cases. Though the Health Department notes that the numbers are not yet approaching the caseload of even a few mont...
The Easton, Redding and Region 9 Boards of Education will be hosting three opportunities today for community members to share their insight on the hiring of the next Superintendent of Schools.&nb...
The state Bond Commission has approved $300,000 for Redding. The town will use the money for construction of their first section of the Norwalk River Valley Trail. The design for the trail...
New Milford Police and Fire officials are again talking about River Safety, especially by the Bleachery Dam. They note that the Housatonic River is not for swimming due to powerful currents and underc...
The Mark Twain Library Book Fair is taking place again this year. The event in Redding is one of the largest and oldest book fairs in New England. The 60th annual Book Fair will be held La...
A second juvenile has been charged for the June fatal shooting in Danbury. As the police investigation into the murder of 18-year-old Yhameek Johnson has been ongoing, an arrest warrant was gran...
The Bethel Police Department has recently received numerous complaints about rental property scams in which a person poses as a property owner and requests security deposits or other rental related ex...
Like most of the country, Connecticut and New Fairfield are seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases. In June, New Fairfield had fewer than 5 cases, but in the past three weeks, the town h...
Despite some spotty problems the Candlewood Lake Authority says every test for a toxin sometimes released by blue-green algae on Thursday was far below the state threshold. The Lake Authority ha...
The Redding Ridge fire station can be overhauled. The Redding Zoning Commission has signed off on the fire district's plans, as long as the Building Department also gives approval. The existing st...
