Month: May 2023

Local News

Bethel Development Under Consideration

Redevelopment in Bethel is getting a closer look after a developer announced plans to demolish what is recognized as an historic home, to make way for a new apartment building. Now, some Bethel residents are urging town leaders to preserve the property on Nashville Road, where the more than a century old house would be […]

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Danbury Zoning Change Approved

In Danbury, the zoning commission has approved a change that will now allow developers to build as many as 10 apartments near the entrance to Rogers Park. The re-zoning decision affects three residential lots near an entrance to the park, with city officials calling deeming it consistent with the way the downtown’s central business district […]

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Grants Awarded – Local University Benefits

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending more than $1.3 million to the State of Connecticut to reimburse it for the cost of steps taken to open several temporary hospitals to handle what was then the expected overflow caused by COVID-19 patients during the pandemic. The FEMA Public Assistance grant will reimburse the Connecticut […]

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Former Tax Preparer Sentenced

A former tax preparer now living in Florida is headed to prison after she was sentenced in Federal Court here in Connecticut. 34 year old KEYANTE PAUL was sentenced to 12 months and one day behind bars, followed by one year of supervised release, for preparing false tax returns for numerous clients.Prosecutors said Paul, through […]

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Sr Center Funding

The Connecticut Department of Aging and Disability Services has been awarded $10 million in funding from the federal American Rescue Plan Act that will be used to support upgrades and enhancements at senior centers statewide here in Connecticut. The state is designating $9 million of this funding to be distributed to municipalities, who can then […]

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Southwest Diversion

Memorial Day was a big day for travel for many Americans, but for some passengers on one Southwest Airlines flight, it wasn’t what they expected when they boarded the plane. The aircraft had to make an unscheduled landing at Bradley International Airport due to what Southwest called an in-flight issue. The flight took off from […]

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Track and Field Upgrades

$3M in campus repairs and improvements will result in a replaced track and new turf at Danbury’s Immaculate High School Mustang Valley athletic field and track complex. Upgrades will also be done to the building and parking lot. A groundbreaking ceremony is set for 12:30pm on June 6 on the field which serves students from […]

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Bethel Baseball Association Awarded Settlement In Embezzlement Case

More than $200,000 has been awarded to the Bethel Baseball Association as part of the settlement in an embezzlement case. The former Bethel Baseball Association’s President and Treasurer, Kurt Dyer, has been ordered to pay the huge amount to the league after losing a lawsuit in state Superior Court in Danbury. That suit was filed […]

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Connecticut News

federal agriculture disaster declaration for all eight counties in Connecticut

Governor Ned Lamont has submitted a request to the U.S. Department of Agriculture seeking a federal agriculture disaster declaration for all eight counties in Connecticut due to the significant damage to crops in farms across the state caused by sub-freezing temperatures and frost that occurred in the early morning hours of May 18TH. In his […]

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State Police Release Holiday Traffic Stats

Three people died in car crashes on state highways over Memorial Day weekend. Connecticut State Police released statistics that show they responded to 246 crashes statewide over the long holiday weekend, with two involving serious injuries and three reported fatalities. While those numbers are sobering, they are better than last year’s Memorial Day statistics, which […]

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