New Fairfield News

Tim Murphy still has a State Open track meet left to coach before he retires from a long and worthwhile run at New Fairfield High.

At about 5:05 pm on May 17, motorist Philip Kurcon, 50, of Chelmsford, Mass., who was driving a 2010 Ford F-150 pickup truck eastward on Interstate 84 near Exit 9, slowed for traffic conditions and was then struck from behind by motorist Nicholas Cabral, 32, of Bethel, who was driving a 2012 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck, state police said.

The Consolidated School PTO will present the Vidbel Circus at the Gillotti Road baseball fields in front of the school Friday.

Malloy was pulled over last week during the U.S. Transportation Department "Click It or Ticket" seat belt campaign.

Jose Gomes, Sergeant at Arms of the Marine Corps League, salutes the American flag during the playing of the Star Spangled Banner at the Rose Arbor ceremony at Rogers Park after the Danbury Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 28, 2012.

The Brookfield Memorial Day Parade approaches Williams Park where the Memorial Ceremony had just concluded Sunday, May 27, 2012.

The Nighthawks captured their eighth consecutive conference crown with an 18-13 triumph over New Fairfield in the SWC Division I final on Friday.

EASTON, Conn. - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's remark this week that "millions of kids are getting a third world education" didn't set well with Joel Barlow High School Principal Thomas McMorran.

Dawn Blom, owner of DPZ on West, formerly known as Dawn's Pizzazz, of Danbury, has opened a second salon, DPZ North, at The Commons in Litchfield.

The Connecticut State Police, which have just announced they are accepting applications to fill vacant state trooper positions , recently awarded citations and medals to four troopers from Troop A in Southbury and a New Fairfield police officer for bravery, lifesavingA and outstanding service in the line of duty.

A former New Fairfield youth wrestling coach accused of molesting two pre-teen team members avoided jail time and won't have to register as a sex offender under a deal reached in state Superior Court on Tuesday.

It was put up this week and during nights and weekends it will connect people to the new regional dispatch center in Litchfield, 25 miles away.

Three people were arrested Monday afternoon and charged with burglarizing a home and making off with a haul worth about $3,400, a Danbury police spokesman said.

The following is a press release sent into Bethel Buzz regarding the Greater Danbury Open House Day Art, Culture, and History on June 9, 2012- June 9, 2012- Arts Network of Danbury invites the public to Greater Danbury Open House Day , a celebration of art, culture and history in association with Connecticut's statewide Open House Day.A Eleven ... (more)

Four state troopers from Troop A in Southbury and a New Fairfield police officer received awards May 11 for service in the Danbury area.

Some schools choose fancy party settings. On Friday, Newtown High School students danced at the Amber Room and Immaculate High School had its prom at the Matrix Conference Center, both in Danbury, while that night Joel Barlow High School students danced at Norwalk's Maritime Aquarium.

Steven Simpson II , of Alpine Road, was charged after police found his car parked in a southbound travel lane just before 3:10 a.m. NEW MILFORD-- Police charged a 25-year-old New Fairfield man with drunken driving on Route 7 early Sunday.

Broken foam and wooden docks, bags of cans and plastic, even a mattress, were hauled to shore by volunteers in 30 boats cleaning Candlewood Lake Saturday morning.

Three of the four new principals now hold jobs out of town. although two taught in Fairfield earlier in their careers.

The arrest of a New Fairfield man on Saturday has sparked fresh concerns from the Connecticut State Police Union over the recent consolidation of dispatch operations at the Troop L barracks in Litchfield.