Bethel School Budget Increases
The Bethel school board met last week, and adopted a higher 2023-24 spending plan than the one that Superintendent Christine Carver proposed back in January… a $54.4 million budget that adds two positions to support literacy and math instruction. It also brings the proposed year-over-year spending increase from 5.95 percent to 6.37 percent. Superintendent Carver […]
Read MoreLamont Nominates Cafferelli For New Position
Governor Ned Lamont is nominating Bryan Cafferelli to serve as commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection… saying Bryan has extensive experience working in and around Connecticut state government, including serving for several years as an attorney for the Department of Consumer Protection in a role that required him to oversee the agency’s drug […]
Read MoreCourts Closed Today
According to a message from Melissa Farley, the Executive Director of the External Affairs Division of the State Of Connecticut Judicial Branch in Hartford, all Judicial Branch courts and administrative offices in Connecticut will be closed today due to inclement weather. All cases scheduled for today, including those that would have been conducted via remote […]
Read MoreDanbury Mayor Issues Storm Statement
Danbury Mayor Dean Esposito declared a Level 2 Snow Emergency at 5pm on Monday, and he also announced that parking is prohibited on city streets. To avoid having your vehicle ticketed and towed, it must have been moved to off-street parking by 7PM Monday. The Patriot Parking Garage was opened at 5pm yesterday to accommodate […]
Read MoreState Office Buildings Closed Today
Governor Ned Lamont has ordered all executive branch state office buildings closed to the public today due to the winter storm. All level 2 state employees who are able to telework have been ordered to telework for the duration of the storm related closures, but all other level 2 state employees whose job duties cannot […]
Read MoreEversource Has Eye In The Sky
Lots of people have reported seeing a helicopter flying close to power lines in Newtown, but don’t worry… it’s just a way that Eversource is conducting power line inspections. According to a company spokesperson, the utility regularly inspects their power lines by air as it is the most cost effective way to cover a lot […]
Read MoreNewtown Pot Shop Nixed
Cannabis businesses remain barred from Newtown, and that is not sitting well with one area businessman. Tom Macre is the founder of Still River Wellness, a medical marijuana dispensary in Torrington. He was petitioning Newtown for permission to open a retail cannabis store on Route 25. But leaders denied his petition that called for the […]
Read MoreState Eyeing Young Marriages
A proposal here in Connecticut would… if it passes into law… prohibit marriage for those under the age of 18. It comes about after lawmakers were briefed about the dangers of child abuse, domestic violence, arranged marriages and the high rate of divorce among people who were married at young ages. The current state law […]
Read MoreBethel Project Aims To Provide A.E.D.
In Bethel, a volunteer firefighters’ campaign supports AEDs for the school’s sports complex. The Bethel and Stony Hill volunteer fire departments are encouraging residents to purchase and install a blue reflective address marker with proceeds going toward the purchase of an automated external defibrillator for the school sports complex. As of Feb. 19, the departments […]
Read MoreDanbury Man Sentenced In Shooting Case
A Danbury man is headed to prison for his part in a shooting that took place three years ago. 32 year old Andrew Fermin was sentenced in state superior court in Danbury, on two counts of second degree assault and criminal possession of a firearm, in connection with a shooting back in January 2020 at […]
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