SHERMAN — Rumor has it that in 1802, the same year the town was incorporated, an 18-year-old built a colonial house in the middle of town.
Doctors successfully removed a benign tumor from Mayor Mark Boughton’s brain during a complex procedure Tuesday at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Doctors successfully removed a benign tumor from Mayor Mark Boughton’s brain during a complex procedure Tuesday at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
For more than three decades, Lt. Albert Mion has driven to work at the Danbury Fire Department, aware that he could be tasked with saving someone’s life.
Summertime in the Greater Danbury area means lazy lake days for many. From boating to tubing, wakeboarding, swimming and general partying, Candlewood Lake is a playground for area residents in the summer.
Summertime in the Greater Danbury area means lazy lake days for many. From boating to tubing, wakeboarding, swimming and general partying, Candlewood Lake is a playground for area residents in the summer.
Danbury native Oscar Bordoy scored a win in his second career boxing match, defeating Felip Nazario at Uptown Live in Charlotte, North Carolina on Saturday. Bordoy is now 2-0 as a lightweight fighter.
July 19 is National Hot Dog Day! If you're in the mood for a good dog tonight, seems you should head to Fairfield. Three of the top 10 most Yelp-reviewed hot dog spots in southwestern Connecticut are found in Fairfield.
The spirit of “buy local” is as strong as ever. It’s the practice that often falls short.
DANBURY — Hidden gems produced by local companies and grown on local farms lurk among the shelves of even the largest supermarkets in the area.
DANBURY — Hidden gems produced by local companies and grown on local farms lurk among the shelves of even the largest supermarkets in the area.
Millennials aren’t the only ones who want to live in downtowns, where restaurants, shops and other amenities are only a walking distance away. So do Baby Boomers.
New Milford football played its spring game, the Green and White game, Thursday, June 15, 2017.
Site names Newtown's Ferris Acres the best ice cream in Connecticut
DANBURY - The $50 million expansion of the state’s largest high school is in high gear, with only 70 more days of summer for workers to complete key upgrades before classes resume in September.
Homelessness in Danbury has dropped 12 percent since 2016
Kyle Lyra receives his diploma during Danbury High Schools Commencement Exercises that were held on Tuesday June 20, 2017.
Homelessness in Danbury has dropped 12 percent since 2016
Kyle Lyra receives his diploma during Danbury High Schools Commencement Exercises that were held on Tuesday June 20, 2017.
Bob's Stores is closing at 114 Federal Rd. in Danbury, Conn., one of three locations in southwestern Connecticut getting the ax by bankrupt parent company Eastern Outfitters of Meriden.
"Batman" TV star Adam West has died
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Book Unearths Personal Stories of Litchfield County History doesn’t often create a buzz. Mostly it lies quietly on shelves or tucked away in museums. Sometimes it lies scattered in front of you - road names, decaying structures, abandoned equipment, art deco chairs. Even then, it’s still hidden - in sight but out of mind.
That is, until someone gives voice to the relics and weaves a rich account of the people, the inventions, the controversies and struggles that gave birth to each new period of history and eventually, to today.
This is what Peter Vermilyea does in his “Hidden History of Litchfield County,” a book that unearths the personal stories of Litchfield County that still linger and speak from the local landscape.
Vermilyea, a Litchfield resident who teaches history at Housatonic Valley Regional High School in Falls Village and at Western Connecticut State University, is described as “beloved,” “engaging,” “exciting” in bringing history to life. He penned “Hidden History of Litchfield County,” which was published by The History Press in late 2014.
The book, he says in its introduction, “provides a thematic journey through Litchfield County’s rich history by exploring the physical reminders of that past that have become hidden in plain sight.”
Residents, and to be sure local historians, are enthralled.
“Every time he comes up in conversation it’s ‘he was my favorite history teacher,’ ‘he’s written great things,’ ‘he’s got this blog.’ He’s getting a lot of buzz and we got a hold of his book - it’s fantastic,” said Moira Conlan, executive director of the Sharon Historical Society. “We reached out to see if he would be willing to come to a talk and book signing.”
The Sharon Historical Society is not the only venue in Litchfield County to recruit Vermilyea to speak. He has already appeared at the New Milford Public Library, the Litchfield Historical Society and House of Books. In the next few weeks, he’ll speak Saturday, Jan. 31 at 3 p.m. at the Sharon Historical Society, Saturday, Feb. 7 at 11 a.m. at the Gunn Memorial Library and Sunday, Feb. 8 at 2 p.m. at Kent Town Hall.
“We like to promote the stories that make up history and connect people to the past, that are more intimate and not everyday, but the things you kind of forget, that just because someone lived in the 1800s doesn’t mean he didn’t have the same struggles we do. Peter Vermilyea’s history fits into that. It’s right under our nose. You just have to peek behind the tree and look a little bit closer and realize what’s still there is what’s connecting us to the past,” Conlan said.
Lucy C. Pierpont, at the Kent Memorial Library, shared the same sentiment.
$7.5 million settlement approved in Wal-Mart same-sex benefits case
A $7.5 million class action settlement between Wal-Mart and a former employee who challenged the retail chain’s lack of health insurance benefits for her same-sex spouse was approved by a federal judge on Monday.
The settlement will pay for claims by current and former Wal-Mart associates in the U.S. and Puerto Rico that they were unable to obtain health insurance for their same-sex spouses from 2011 to 2013. About 380 claims have been submitted.
U.S. District Judge William Young approved the settlement after a brief hearing in federal court in Boston.
The lawsuit was filed in 2015 by Jacqueline Cote, a Wal-Mart associate from Massachusetts who said the company denied medical insurance for her wife. Bentonville, Arkansas-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc. began offering benefits for same-sex spouses in 2014.
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Torrington police ID man who died in motorcycle crash
Police have released the name of the man who died after a two-vehicle collision on Elm Street by Red Mountain Road in Torrington Monday morning.
Michael Hersey, 29, of 187 Lovers Lane, Torrington, died from his injuries after he fled the scene of a traffic stop on Prospect Street and drove into a minivan at the intersection of North Elm Street and Red Mountain Road, police said. Torrington police reported that Hersey was stopped by an officer for driving without a license plate. At the intersection of North Elm and Red Mountain Avenue, the motorcycle struck a Dodge Caravan minivan, driven by an adult and carrying two small children, police said.
“The operator of the motorcycle was pulled from the vehicle as the motorcycle burst into flames,” police said in their report.
The victim was taken to Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, where he died as a result of his injuries, police said. The three occupants of the Dodge Caravan were taken to Charlotte Hungerford Hospital for treatment for nonlife-threatening injuries, police said.
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