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.
Mayor Mark Boughton delivers remarks from the City of Danbury during Immaculate High Schools Graduation Excercises at Western Connecticut State Universities O'Neill Center on Wednesday May, 31, 2017.
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.
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.
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.
DANBURY — Andrea Gartner has a lot of passions, and many of them are embodied in her new restaurant, Pour Me Coffee and Wine Café, which opened this month at 274 Main St.
"Batman" TV star Adam West has died
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.
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Bethel politician passes away
John “Jack” Dietter, a longtime resident who was involved in local politics and a leader in the state Independent Party, passed away Nov. 9, aged 83.
Dietter was born in Maybrook, N.Y., and graduated from the University of Bridgeport before serving in the U.S. Navyand then moving to Bethel in 1959, according to his obituary. He volunteered for the Stony Hill Fire Department and worked as fire marshal for the town. He spent many years on the Board of Finance, serving until his late 70s.
Dietter also helped build the Independent Party, with founder Robert Fand, and eventually became its chairman. Dietter led the Danbury faction of the party, which has been involved in a long-running legal battle with a rival Waterbury-based faction over whether the Independents should cross-endorse major-party candidates, among other issues.
Dietter is survived by his daughters, Denise Scharf and her husband, Cliff; Dina Valenti and her husband, Lou; Diedra Dietter - Schultz and her husband, Michael; by sons, John Dietter and his wife, Jennifer; Michael Dietter and his wife, Pamela; by 11 grandchildren; his caregiver, Lydia; along with his Dietter cousins in Millerton and Pine Plains, N.Y.
A memorial gathering to celebrate his life will be held at 1 p.m. Nov. 20 at the Stony Hill Fire Department. The family asks individuals to make a donation to the Stony Hill Fire Department in lieu of flowers.
Bethel and Redding firefighters to be honored by state
Two residents from Bethel and Redding will be among the 11 firefighters honored at this year’s Connecticut State Firefighters Association Hall of Fame Dinner.
Clarence Rees of the Bethel Volunteer Fire Department and David A. Sanford previously of the West Redding Fire Department will be honored at the ninth annual dinner. Rees has served the department for 44 years and was previously Bethel’s emergency management director and public works director. Sanford, who died in 2007, will be honored for his 45 years as a firefighter with the West Redding, Danbury, Wilton and Westport departments. The award will be presented to his family.
The inductees, which include nine other firefighters from across the state, were chosen by the association for being leaders and a motivating force for bettering the fire services in Connecticut. Each fire department or organization in the state can submit one nomination each year to be honored by the association.
The ninth annual dinner will be held April 6 at the Aqua Turf in Southington. It will include an open bar and dinner for $40 per person.
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Bethel’s outdoor sculpture exhibit to celebrate grand opening
Bethel Arts will host a ribbon cutting and grand opening reception Saturday for its second annual outdoor sculpture exhibit.
The event will run from 5 to 7 p.m., with a ribbon cutting on the Municipal Center lawn, followed by a reception at the Bethel Public Library.
The exhibit includes 11 sculptures from artists Thomas Manning, Matt Rink and Sarah Bade, Justin Perlman, Jodi Carlson, Steven Brooks, B.A. D'Alessandro, Daniel Lewis, Richard Pitt, Kate Winn, Todd Austin and David Boyajian.
Boyajian, a renowned sculpture artist, curated the exhibit. His sculpture barn in New Fairfield is home to creative works ranging from metal sculptures to works on paper and hosts an array of exhibits throughout the year representing a wide variety of artists.
Bethel Arts is a community-based nonprofit organization that aims to promote, build and support all facets of the arts and creative culture in town.
Knickerbocker, Straiton announce reelection campaigns in Bethel
Knickerbocker and Selectman Richard Straiton announced at a kickoff party Saturday that they are running for reelection in November.
Both Democrats were elected to their current positions in 2009 and are serving their fourth term in office.
The selectmen said in a press release that they want to continue to improve town services and noted several accomplishments, including securing approval to install the area’s first municipal solar farm, improving the town’s water system and beginning construction on the police station, which will celebrate its groundbreaking this week. Other projects coming online this summer also include refurbishing the town’s streetscape, installing new sidewalks and completing the revamp of the Plumtrees-Whittlesey intersection.
“Serving my community continues to be the single most rewarding chapter of my career,” Knickerbocker said in a statement. “We’ve accomplished a lot, but we still have a lot to do. Now more than ever, we must find new ways to provide the services our taxpayers expect while keeping costs low, especially with the likelihood of less state funding in the future.”
Knickerbocker worked for more than 30 years in the private industry and served on the Board of Education for 10 years before becoming first selectman. He was critically involved in the development of the newly formed regional council of governments and served as its chairman for the past two years.
Straiton is a veteran of The Connecticut National Guardand a lifelong resident of Bethel. He is retired after 23 years as the facility director of Bethel Health Care and Rehabilitation Center. He volunteers to help with many of the building and public works projects in town, including the police station.
“Considering our track record, Matt and I have the experience and the knowledge to guide our town through these challenging times,” Straiton said in a statement. “I look forward to the opportunity to serve my town for another two years.”
Bethel’s Plumtrees bridge project nearing completion
Bethel’s Plumtrees bridge project nearing completion
After more than two decades of planning and a year of construction, the new intersection on Plumtrees Road near the schools complex is starting to take shape.
On Tuesday, crews paved the realigned section of Whittlesey Drive that leads to a new four-way intersection with Plumtrees and Walnut Hill roads. Officials said the traffic light at the intersection likely will be activated Wednesday and the new road will be opened to drivers by Thursday afternoon.
Plans originally called for construction on the $3 million project to be completed by October, but the work is running nearly four months ahead of schedule. The majority of the work should be completed by June, town officials said.
“The project is significantly ahead of schedule and has been running very smoothly,” said First Selectman Matt Knickerbocker. “It’s really been amazing how fast the project has come along.”
Replacement of the bridge and realignment of the intersection — an area long plagued by traffic jams and accidents — has been on the drawing board for decades.
Knickerbocker credited former First Selectman Judy Novacheck with reviving and moving the project forward during her tenure more than 15 years ago.
“The state had plans to rebuild the bridge, but they weren’t going to expand it,” Knickerbocker said. “To her credit, she saw that the plans didn’t make sense and asked for the project to be redesigned into a four-way intersection with dedicated turning lanes.”
The project sat on the shelf for several years, and Knickerbocker said the state Department of Transportation was ready to pull its funding when he took office in 2009.
“We began working on the project again in January 2010, but there was a tremendous amount of environmental and watercourse studies that took years to complete before we could move forward with construction,” Knickerbocker said. Construction finally began in April 2016.
The Plumtrees bridge, which was built in 1975, spans East Swamp Brook.
Under the old configuration, Whittlesey Driver intersected Plumtrees just east of the bridge, and Walnut Hill just to the west, creating an awkward and dangerous alignment. Under the new configuration, Whittlesey has been realigned to create a four-way intersection.
Knickerbocker credited the rapid pace of construction to the coordination and teamwork provided by the contractor, Monroe-based Nagy Brothers Construction, and engineering consultant Newington-based WMC Consulting Engineers.
“Not only did they work really well together, and with our town staff, but they also suggested changing some steps in the process that saved both time and money. We couldn’t be happier with the work.”
Public Works Director Douglas Arndt said once the new section of Whittlesey is completed, construction crews will begin working on expanding Plumtrees Road near the intersection, with the final paving completed in early June. The old section of Wittlesey Drive is being abandoned and will be broken up before covered with topsoil and seeded with grass.
“We are hoping to use the same consultant on the upcoming Walnut Hill Road project we’re hoping to have as much success there,” Ardnt said.
After more than two decades of planning and a year of construction, the new intersection on Plumtrees Road near the schools complex is starting to take shape.
On Tuesday, crews paved the realigned section of Whittlesey Drive that leads to a new four-way intersection with Plumtrees and Walnut Hill roads. Officials said the traffic light at the intersection likely will be activated Wednesday and the new road will be opened to drivers by Thursday afternoon.
Plans originally called for construction on the $3 million project to be completed by October, but the work is running nearly four months ahead of schedule. The majority of the work should be completed by June, town officials said.
“The project is significantly ahead of schedule and has been running very smoothly,” said First Selectman Matt Knickerbocker. “It’s really been amazing how fast the project has come along.”
Replacement of the bridge and realignment of the intersection — an area long plagued by traffic jams and accidents — has been on the drawing board for decades.
Knickerbocker credited former First Selectman Judy Novacheck with reviving and moving the project forward during her tenure more than 15 years ago.
“The state had plans to rebuild the bridge, but they weren’t going to expand it,” Knickerbocker said. “To her credit, she saw that the plans didn’t make sense and asked for the project to be redesigned into a four-way intersection with dedicated turning lanes.”
The project sat on the shelf for several years, and Knickerbocker said the state Department of Transportation was ready to pull its funding when he took office in 2009.
“We began working on the project again in January 2010, but there was a tremendous amount of environmental and watercourse studies that took years to complete before we could move forward with construction,” Knickerbocker said. Construction finally began in April 2016.
The Plumtrees bridge, which was built in 1975, spans East Swamp Brook.
Under the old configuration, Whittlesey Driver intersected Plumtrees just east of the bridge, and Walnut Hill just to the west, creating an awkward and dangerous alignment. Under the new configuration, Whittlesey has been realigned to create a four-way intersection.
Knickerbocker credited the rapid pace of construction to the coordination and teamwork provided by the contractor, Monroe-based Nagy Brothers Construction, and engineering consultant Newington-based WMC Consulting Engineers.
“Not only did they work really well together, and with our town staff, but they also suggested changing some steps in the process that saved both time and money. We couldn’t be happier with the work.”
Public Works Director Douglas Arndt said once the new section of Whittlesey is completed, construction crews will begin working on expanding Plumtrees Road near the intersection, with the final paving completed in early June. The old section of Wittlesey Drive is being abandoned and will be broken up before covered with topsoil and seeded with grass.
“We are hoping to use the same consultant on the upcoming Walnut Hill Road project we’re hoping to have as much success there,” Ardnt said.
Bethel Memorial Day parade draws crowd
Hundreds turned out on a sunny spring day to watch Bethel’s annual Memorial Day parade, complete with marching bands, floats, Boy and Girl Scouts and veterans commemorating those who were lost in battles during America’s wars.
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