Danbury News

Police said Bruemmer was involved in an accident on Locust Avenue when another vehicle backed into the road and struck Brummer's car shortly after midnight Saturday.

Eduardo Almodovar , 24, of Fairfield Avenue, was charged Saturday with five courts of third-degree assault, one court of sixth-degree larceny and one count of breach of peace.

The Danbury Museum and Historical Society is looking for volunteers to give museum tours in Spanish, Portuguese and other languages to complement its tours in English.

Eviction timeline Jan. 14 -- family receives eviction notice Jan. 28 -- deadline for them to leave house Feb.

See it yourself The Norwalk River Valley Trail Steering Committee will hold another public meeting about the trail from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Gilbert & Bennett School, New Street, Georgetown.

The Connecticut Parent Advisory Center will have a meeting with parents about the Planning and Placement Team process from 7 to 9 p.m. Feb.

Harry Rosvally, the curriculum administrator in K-12 science, technology, engineering and math for the Danbury public schools, was the recipient of the first Paul Heilman Award for outstanding volunteer service at the 12th annual Southern Connecticut Invitational Science and Engineering Fair.

Dr. Gary Chesley speaks during a going-away party for him at The Amber Room Colonnade in Danbury on Thursday, Feb.

Danbury is rejecting a federal $2.3 million grant that would have hired 14 firefighters, because firefighters rejected a contract 77-22. "If there were retirements, at least we'd have bodies," said Lou Demici, the local firefighters union head.

Kathryn L. Koch, of Fairfield, daughter of Donna Brown , of Fairfield,,and Edward Koch , of New York City, and a graduate of Wooster School in Danbury, recently graduated from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa., with a bachelor of arts degree in art history.

Deborah Weymouth is senior vice president of operations and executive vice president of New Milford Hospital.

Sara Bromley, Stamford native and captain of the Extraordinary Machine Walk MS fundraising team, poses by the Norwalk Harbor outside of the National MS Society, Connecticut Chapter, office in Norwalk.

Daisy Coco De Filippis , president of Naugatuck Valley Community College, visits an introduction to computers class at the school's downtown Danbury facility Thursday.

Donte Hall Age: 31 Charges: First-degree assault, first-degree criminal mischief Sentence: 15 years, suspended after 10 served, five years of probation DANBURY-- A 31-year-old Danbury man pleaded guilty in state Superior Court on Thursday to charges stemming from a pre-Christmas shooting in a Wal-Mart parking lot.

Members of the Western Connecticut State University Theater Department's production of "Sweeny Todd" appeared as a flash mob during the Ives Concert Park Cocktail Reception & Awards Presentation at the Amber Room Colonnade in Danbury Thursday, Feb.

Kevin Gutzman, Western Connecticut State University professor of history and non-Western cultures, will read from his latest book, " James Madison and the Making of America," Monday, Feb.

To hear Dori Berinstein tell it, all she had to do was mention that she was making a film about... Melinda 'Mindy' Brennan, a mother of four, was arrested in her new hometown of Danbury, Conn., accused of offering to perform sexual acts for an undercover officer.

The Fourth District Court of Appeals upheld a Dodge County circuit judge ruling Thursday that Dexter the cat belongs to Roger Kueffer and not his ex-girlfriend, Julee Lawler .

The former top executive of First National Bank of Suffield, who resigned unexpectedly last month, has taken a senior position at another local bank and is in line to become its chief executive.

WESTPORT, Conn. - A missing child might be a parent's worst nightmare, but thanks to Joe Grugel, it's less likely to happen.