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A burglary and theft at the Southbury Training School campus that took place earlier this month is now under investigation by state police. Somebody broke into a building, used for administrative purposes and repairs of equipment like wheelchairs and hospital beds, and stole about $500 worth of tools. State Police say there was also about $200 in property damage. Anyone with information is asked to contact Connecticut State Police, who say all information will be kept confidential.

Danbury officials admit they are a little behind on some audits, so they have seeked out a consultant to speed up city financial reports. A$100,000 appropriation has been authorized by City Council to help the city catch up on its overdue audit for the fiscal year 2022 combined city and Board of Education budget. The delays were reportedly caused by a prolonged delay in completing the combined audit of the city’s 2021 general and education budgets.

The town of New Fairfield is seeking a $500,000 grant for its first town green. It was back in December 2021, when the town of New Fairfield purchased 13 and 15 Route 37 with a vision at that time, of turning the properties into a town green. Now, two years later, plans for building a public downtown gathering space are moving forward. New Fairfield has applied for a $500,000 grant through the state’s Small Town Economic Assistance Program that would cover half the estimated cost.

The Danbury Music Centre is presenting An Evening of Chamber Music tonight, at the Centre’s Anderson Recital Hall on Main Street in Danbury. Members will perform in their chamber ensembles to raise money for the programs of the Danbury Music Centre. Donations will be accepted at the door, and parking is available on the street and in the Bardo Parking Garage directly behind the Danbury Music Centre on Library Place. Handicapped parking is available in the garage adjacent to the elevators.

A man from Ridgefield has been arrested by Danbury Police in connection with a stabbing that happened last month in Danbury. 29 year old Zachary Orsher is now facing charges including second degree assault and disorderly conduct after the incident involving a box cutter that happened back on August 26th at a home on Washington Avenue in Danbury as Orsher and the other man argued over money. The victim was treated at Danbury Hospital. Orsher turned himself in, but when he did he was found to be i...

In New Milford, talks are centering around a building on East Street that until recently served as the headquarters of the Board of Education. The building is now empty after mold was discovered in it. The talks are aimed at deciding if it’s worth spending many millions of dollars to repair the building to bring it up to code. There are now plans to decommission the building’s boiler and drain the piping to kill off some of the mold.

Last Friday, members of the Connecticut Department of Liquor Control along with members of the Danbury Police Special Investigations Division and officers from the Patrol Division, inspected seven area businesses to ensure their compliance with State of Connecticut liquor laws. The investigation began after the Danbury Police Department received a growing number of complaints. Four businesses were cited. The full list of those businesses is available below: **************************************...

A new report is good news for Danbury construction workers. During the first six months of 2023, total construction spending in the United States amounted to $917.4 billion—an inflation-adjusted increase of 16.5% from the same period in 2020. As of this past July, there were over 7.9 million people employed nationwide in construction, an all-time high. Construction workers in the Danbury metro area earn a median annual wage of slightly more than $7,000 more than the national average.

Big things are happening at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield. The museum has received $500,000 from the state’s Good to Great Grant Program to implement major renovations of the exterior campus. While the attendance at the museum is respectable by any measure, a planned outdoor renovation is expected to draw even more visitors. The $3.25 million renovation of its 3-acre campus will include new and more accessible pedestrian pathways to link Main Street and the sculpture ga...

A group of teenagers in Ridgefield is now pushing for limits on gas-powered leaf blowers… claiming that among their favorite things to do on Sunday mornings is to sleep in. They say they can’t do that because all too often they are awakened by the loud noise of leaf blowers outside their windows. The teens… along with some adult volunteers… are now busy, trying to collect hundreds of signatures for a petition that would limit the use of gas-powered leaf blowers to six-...