Danbury News

On this frigid February morning, telephone lineman Bob Ingram had one more day of work ahead of him before he and two friends left for a two-week vacation in Ireland, England and France.

City officials have reached out to supermarket companies to gauge interest in taking over the A&P supermarket site on the south end of Main Street that is set to close next month.

Barbara Flynn, of New Fairfield, accidently threw away her husband's Social Security chcek, which was stored in the pages of a magazine, a week ago Saturday, but she was able to retrieve the check the following Monday with the help of Winters Bros.

A 26-year-old Danbury woman was charged with drunken driving after a traffic stop on White Street early Sunday.

Authorities are investigating the death of a man whose body may have been in the Mill River for more than a week before it was discovered over the weekend in New Haven.

The Hour of Norwalk reports that police say Jester Gabriel-Lopez tried Sunday to scale the steel bars in the booking cage where he was held on assault charges.

Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton is rejecting a $2.1 million federal grant for 14 new firefighters because he says hiring the firefighters would be too expensive as required by a labor contract turned down by firefighters.

Jeff Lemos, 27, of Danbury, wears his convictions on a white placard as he stands at the intersection of Federal Road and Candlewood Lake Road Wednesday afternoon.

For the 25th time in the last 26 seasons, the Danbury High wrestlers are the kings of the FCIAC.

Kevin Side of Ridgefield wrestles against Pascal Medor of Westhill in the 106-pound weight class of the FCIAC wrestling semi-finals at New Canaan High School on Saturday, February 11, 2012.

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.