Bethel News

Five people were charged with drunken driving as a result of traffic stops or accidents over the holiday weekend, according to police in Danbury and Brookfield.

Joseph Ekuom might be originally from Kenya, but he seemed right at home in downtown Bethel for the 44th annual John DeMille Firecracker 8K Road Race and Fun Walk.

In an ordinary season, John Holbrook would have all his tomato plants in the ground at Holbrook Farm in Bethel.

Bethel resident Penny Kessler used to joke with her husband about the "full body armor" they wore whenever they went for a motorcycle ride.

A Tuesday morning joy ride ended with the arrests of two 20-year-olds from out of town.

It's not enough to just get your hair cut anymore. It's all about what salon has the best stylists, prices and atmosphere.

State Rep. David Scribner, who also serves as Brookfield's town treasurer, has a federal tax lien filed against him for more than $75,000. Scribner on Tuesday confirmed the Internal Revenue Service filed a lien for $76,253 in August 2006.

Rona Rothhouse has a high-energy personality. Her husband, Gary Lehman, is a bit more mellow.

It seemed an unlikely way to spend a day at the start of summer vacation. But for nine Bethel teens, scooping powdered milk and measuring Farina was worth it.

Democrat Matt Knickerbocker has thrown his hat in the ring as a candidate for first selectman of Bethel this year.

The Bethel man whose green BMW swerved onto the grass and into several parked cars at the War Memorial nearly two weeks ago is now listed in fair condition at Danbury Hospital, according to an official there.

It is truly a small world, as AFS student Arnold Geng discovered this past Saturday.

A program Western Connecticut State University created with Danbury and Bethel schools to prepare students for college will get $100,000 to expand if a proposal by U.S. Rep.

A license plate left at the scene helped police find a Danbury driver suspected of being involved in a hit-and-run accident early Saturday.

During the nineteen-eighties, there was a sort of competition among certain members of the American independent-rock scene to make the most hideous noise possible.

Dean White threw a complete game one-hitter as Bethel defeated Newtown 5-1 in both teams' first game in this season's U-18 Senior Babe Ruth action.

A Bethel man was critically injured Sunday morning when he careened his speeding BMW onto the sidewalk and across the lawn at the War Memorial where he then proceeded to crash into five cars parked in the building's rear lot, police said.

The owners of the cornfield property off Junction Road have filed a 10-page "administrative appeal" against the Zoning Commission and a local resident concerning a petition to prohibit major shopping centers on large industrial properties.

The Bethel Visiting Nurse Association would like to thank the individuals and businesses of Bethel, Newtown, Redding, Danbury and Brookfield for their support in making our annual fundraising event, "Breakfast for Care," a smashing success.

A Danbury man was arrested on drug charges Tuesday after he was stopped for running a stop sign on Walnut Hill Road.