Derby News

The Derby Fire Department is used to responding to those in need, and now they're coming to the aid of a city tradition in danger of being lost.

The city of Derby is onto something with a proposal that could make a firefighter's job a little safer.

Metro-North says that it will operate buses on its Waterbury branch from July 13 through August 14.

The crowd of cackling politicians that rallied recently to save the Derby courthouse has returned to Hartford.

The police officers who responded to the report of a fight in the parking lot of the River Restaurant on New Haven Avenue in January did nothing wrong and are not responsible for the death of one of the men involved, according to the findings of a State Police and State's Attorney office investigation.

A seemingly small addition to certain city buildings may make firefighting a lot safer for the city's volunteer fire department.

A local accountant was arrested Thursday for allegedly obtaining health insurance fraudulently.

Democrats say part of their budget proposal includes the closing of two prisons in the state.

The city is taking steps to put several Caroline Street properties in the downtown redevelopment district on its blight list, despite property owners' claims that they were told not to invest in the sites because they wouldn't recoup their money when the city eventually took the land.

They recalled a cherished community institution that died an unceremonious death - and welcomed a new one by the same name.

When Fire Chief Scott Andrews sat down almost two years ago to start planning for the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Citizens Engine Company #2, he wanted a blend of old and new.

Closing the Derby Superior Courthouse will save the state about $100,000 but will cost the local community about ten times that amount, local legislatures said Monday during a rally in front of the Elizabeth Street court.

The name of the victim of last night's fatal stabbing at the Olson Drive housing complex was released by police this morning, along with the name of a female suspect who is in custody.

Ansonia police are investigating a fatal stabbing in an apartment complex over the weekend.

It will be a day of good food, good music and lots of fun and games. Sounds like Derby Day is right around the corner.

The Danbury Fish Game Club, which hosted the 38th annual Kids' Fishing Derby, May 16, 2009 at the Danbury Town Park, would like to thank all our sponsors and donors for supporting this year's event.

Not so long ago, the Naugatuck River resembled a chameleon -- a waterway adept at changing color.

Police arrested an 18-year-old high school student and charged him with sexually assaulting a female student at Ansonia High School.

The Derby Education Association has rejected the school administrators' request for wage and benefit concessions and has instead proposed its own recommendations.

The city's Hall of Fame will be inducting five more members into the group on June 20.