Danbury News

Updated at 7 a.m.: RIDGEFIELD, Conn. -- A man who waved a handgun at police in the yard of a rural Ridgefield home was shot by an officer late Friday afternoon and died later at Danbury Hospital, state police confirmed.

Workers from Ferris Mulch clear debris left over from Superstorm Sandy on the BRT property in downtown Danbury, Conn.

IMS Health, a Danbury, Conn.-based prescription drug data-miner, has announced its third acquisition in as many months with the addition of cloud-based mobile sales and marketing systems provider 360 Vantage, Chandler, Ariz.

A $50 million fundraising campaign for Danbury Hospital and New Milford Hospital was publically launched this week at a high-energy, multimedia event at the Candlewood Inn in Brookfield, Connecticut.

A spring thunderstorm dumped more than 2.5 inches of rain in the area Thursday afternoon, resulting in scattered flooding and road closures in low-lying areas.

But on weekends, even the most obliging family doctor may not be on call. The same holds true for after office hours medical care.

"There are no old ones left," she said, amazed that not a single neighbor from her childhood on Hillside Avenue in Stratford still lives here.

The third annual Danbury Memorial Day 5K will take place on Monday at 8:45 a.m. directly preceding the city's annual Memorial Day Parade.

People cross Main Street in Danbury, Conn. the evening of Wednesday, May 22, 2013.

A jury on Wednesday convicted a Danbury woman of "coaching" her stepchildren to lie to authorities about being sexually abused by their mother.

The Danbury Police Department color guard partcipate in the annual memorial service which preceded an awards ceremony, Wednesday, May 22, 2013.

DANBURY, Conn. Mark Barra thinks he hit a home run with his new business in Danbury.

Ellen Schwartz , a music instructor from New Fairfield, will be a contestant on "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" in the episode airing Friday.

The first Connecticut officer to be charged with murder while acting in the line of duty has been found dead at the age of 41.

Danbury's Sharon Pereira is about a year away from attaining a college degree through the University of Bridgeport's IDEAL program.

One person was killed and a second injured after what police said was a high-speed accident at the Danbury Fair mall Saturday afternoon.

Philanthropy comes in many forms but the end result is the same -- goodwill and good works that in some measure better the lives of those in need.

Sharon J. Danosky, president of Danosky & Associates, is photographed in her office in New Milford, Conn., Tuesday, April 30, 2013.

Metro-North's Danbury branch is operating its regular schedule, and bus service will be in effect between Waterbury and Bridgeport but with no train connection.

What started as a small idea at a Rogers Park Middle School lunch table in December blossomed into a community event that rocked the city Saturday.