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Police are continuing their search for two people who they say robbed The Cloud 9 Smoke Shop in Danbury, and in doing so, fought with an employee and a witness. It happened Tuesday evening, just before 7 at the business on German Road. An employee told police that two men wearing ski masks arrived in a grey Volkswagen. They run out of the store with cases of product. Nobody was hurt. Anyone with any information that they think might help nab the thieves should call Danbury Police.

We have the results of the BROOKFIELD REFERENDUM…. The School Operating Budget was voted down, 844 to 809. The non binding advisory on the School Operating budget showed 818 people think it is too high; 527 believe it is adequate; and 284 said it was too low. As for the town operating budget, it passed, 878 to 776. The non binding advisory showed that 752 people thought it was too high; 736 felt it was adequate; and 138 people thought it was too low. The referendum on Capital Investments ...

Danbury firefighters were called out around 10:30 Monday night after a structure fire was reported on Main St. Crews arrived to find flames shooting from the rear of a 2 and a half story residential building. It was feared that there were still people inside, so more fire companies were called in. First responders quickly searched the building and determined that everyone inside had gotten out safely, and all occupants had been accounted for.The fire was brought under control in under 45 minutes...

State Senator Julie Kushner of Danbury… who has been hiking Connecticut’s trails for more than a decade… welcomed an announcement Monday by the Lamont administration that Bennett’s Pond State Park in Ridgefield has been awarded a $34,125 grant through the state’s Recreational Trails Program to restore the 4.4-mile Green Trail at the park. The 460-acre Bennett’s Pond State Park abuts another 1,800 contiguous acres of open space in both Ridgefield and Danbury ...

Following a call with New York City Mayor Eric Adams and other officials in New York, Putnam County Executive Kevin Byrne sent a letter to the Mayor’s office expressing deep concern about plans to relocate illegal migrants to Hudson Valley counties without proper coordination with local municipalities. In the letter, Byrne requests New York City Mayor Adams’ advocacy in communicating the dismay with President Joe Biden. Byrne and his office have also been in communication with all ne...

In New Milford, plans to convert an old funeral home into housing have been given the green light. ANZ Petroleum… a fuel supplier in New Milford… has received approval from the Zoning Commission to partially demolish and convert a former funeral home at 87 Park Lane Road into a single-family house… along with approval to build a four-unit multifamily building on the property too. Built in 1731, the old funeral home has been recognized by the state as the oldest house in New ...

United Way of Western Connecticut received $1,050,000 million in Senate Directed Funds to support the launch of a Food as Medicine, “Greater Danbury Food Farmacy” initiative, in partnership with Nuvance Health. The Food Farmacy will be a grocery-style food pantry co-located with the Connecticut Institute for Communities’ Community Center in downtown Danbury. A ceremony will be held on Friday morning at 10, at 120 Main Street in Danbury, and many dignitaries will be there, inclu...

  The Connecticut Fire Academy will present certificates of completion to the 44 graduates of the Recruit Firefighter Program’s Class 71 on Wednesday May 24th. http://wlad-new.EDHISTED.COM/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2023-05-10-WLAD-LOGAN-FIREFIGHTERS.mp3

Dr. Keshia Smith-Davis, Principal of Great Plain Elementary School, in Danbury Public Schools, has been named the Connecticut Association of Schools’ 2023 Elementary School Principal of the Year. Dr. Smith-Davis began her career as a public school educator in New York and Virginia before joining Danbury Public Schools in 2004 as Principal of Great Plain Elementary School. Her vision and leadership have culminated in a host of recognitions and awards for her school. Superintendent Kevin Wal...

Governor Ned Lamont… as a mark of solemn respect for the victims of the mass shooting in Allen, Texas on Saturday… directed U.S. and state flags in Connecticut to fly at half-staff until sunset on Thursday. Since no flag should fly higher than the U.S. flag, all other flags, including state, municipal, corporate, or otherwise, should also be lowered during this same duration of time.