New Milford News

A 19-year-old was injured Monday night when he was attacked by a group of six to eight other males at his car after leaving the All Aboard Restaurant, police said.

The Connecticut Department of Transportation said that a Route 67 bypass detour will be in effect beginning Wednesday for the realignment of Grove Street and Prospect Hill Road in New Milford.

New Republican Board of Education member Lynette Celli Rigdon conducted a rigorous campaign that went beyond just decorating her van with signs and handing out nail files embossed with her slogan.

Robert Cockroft, of Bel Air Drive, was arrested Tuesday as a result of an investigation of the Oct.

There have been several important Connecticut rail announcements in recent months, including news that Metro-North's Danbury line will get a $52 million upgrade to its old-fashioned manual signal system.

Probate Judge Martin Landgrebe was making the rounds of the town's seven polling places today to check on voter turnout.

The New Milford Shelter Coalition will open its overnight shelter for the season next Monday.

Police have recovered one of the blood pressure cuffs vandals stole last month from Our Daily Bread food pantry at the United Methodist Church on Route 7. Someone found a box containing the cuff near the Summit Apartments next to Sarah Noble Intermediate School last week.

Democratic mayoral challenger Robert Coppola has devoted much of his 42-year educational career to helping gifted and special needs children maximize their talents.

If you want to know where to buy an original hamburger or how French fries got their shape, ask a Northville Elementary School third-grader. Or maybe you want to know the origins of Silly Putty or the Frisbee.

Republican incumbent Mayor Patricia Murphy finds the allure of her elected job is often not the public appearances that catch everyone's attention -- ribbon-cuttings for a new facility or a ceremony to celebrate a major town achievement.

Mile-a-minute vine -- the kudzu of the North -- may be less enveloping in 2010, thanks to grants from the state Department of Environmental Protection.

Mile-a-minute vine -- the kudzu of the north -- may be less enveloping in 2010, thanks to grants from the state Department of Environmental Protection.

Tae Duffy, dressed as a white-faced vampire, walks through her Sun Pond Lane front yard to show off the crowning touch of her ghoulish Halloween decor: a "haunted'' black hearse with a makeshift coffin.

In the waning days of the political season, New Milford First party leader and Town Council candidate Eileen Monaghan wants town leaders to give voters a chance to support a $8 million library expansion.

"Harvest Time" has arrived just in time. The exhibit, by artist Rosemary Connor, opens Thursday at New Milford's historic 30 Bridge Street building.

Toni Dessereaux sees giving to the United Way of Western Connecticut as the best way to ensure charity dollars are spread around to those most in need in southern Litchfield County.

As the out-of-control Chevy barreled toward him, Sokhak Ros glanced to his right and realized he had nowhere to go.

There have been several important Connecticut rail announcements in recent months, including the news that Metro-North's Danbury line will get a $52 million upgrade to its old-fashioned manual signal system.

The public is invited to the reception of "Harvest Time," an exhibit by Rosemary Connor, who is known locally and nationally for her art.