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Plans by a pair of brothers from Danbury to build a $2.3 Million multifamily apartment building in New Milford, have been approved. Scott and David Benincasa plan to build a four-story multifamily apartment building on Church Street in New Milford. There will be parking on the ground floor. The zoning commission has now given it the thumbs up. Now, the next step for the brothers is to apply for the actual building permit. They say in addition to providing more housing options in New Milford, the...

Cantor Penny Kessler, the senior clergy and spiritual leader at the United Jewish Center in Danbury, has announced her retirement. Kessler has been leading the prayers at UJC for 28 years. It was back in 1978 when Kessler and her husband relocated from her original home in Brooklyn, to Danbury, where her spouse planned to open his dental practice. She worked as a secretary for a while and then in her husband’s dental office. She also raised three children as she planned on becoming a denta...

A former pediatrician and infectious disease physician at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, has agreed to not renew his medical license to avoid punishment by the State Medical Examining Board. Dr. Nicholas Bennett is accused of having a sexual relationship with a patient. Today, the board will vote on whether or not to drop the charges against Bennett pending the expiration of his license on April 30th. Bennett is accused of “grooming” a patient from November 2017 to Nove...

Lawmakers in Hartford now want to restore Connecticut’s Shore Line East route, and they say they also have plans to add train service to New Milford. It comes along with Governor Lamont’s multi-billion-dollar effort to improve commuter rail service along the New Haven and Hartford lines. Republicans also want to extend the Danbury Branch line to include service to New Milford… a distance of about 15 miles. Bot projects are now part of a new single piece of rail legislation. Th...

That small plane that crashed earlier this week between two homes on Southern Boulevard in Danbury and was left on top of a shed, has been sawed up and removed. The Cessna 152 crashed on Monday. Yesterday afternoon it was finally taken away and now it will be gone over piece by piece as part of an investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board to determine just what happened. The FAA is also involved in that investigation. Meanwhile, the shed that it had been sitting on was completely...

A proposed charter school in Danbury will soon have a new organization to head it up, but it still can’t open without the necessary funding in place. Meanwhile, the tuition-free Danbury Charter School still hopes to open in the fall. Critics of the school say they believe it would drain money from the city’s underfunded public schools. Others counter however, and say that the charter school would give parents an option to choose the right learning environment for their kids.

Democratic Candidate for Danbury Mayor Roberto Alves  announced an historic $125,523 first-quarter fundraising total with 445 individual contributors in the 10 weeks following his campaign announcement. Alves  has raised more than any candidate in Danbury history in a single quarter and outpaced the incumbent Republican Mayor who began fundraising for re-election 38 weeks ago in July 2022.

Aquarion is fighting back after being handed a decision that reduces many Connecticut water bills. Aquarion Water has filed an appeal of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority ruling made last month that rejected a requested rate increase by the company and instead reduced rates for customers. The appeal now comes after PURA commissioners… back on March 15th… rejected a rate hike request made by Aquarion and instead approved a plan that would reduce customers water rates by abou...

Bethel Public Schools will be holding the annual STEAM Expo from 6 to 8pm NEXT Wednesday, April 19th at Bethel High School. During the expo, students from kindergarten through 12th grade will showoff what they have learned and how it relates to science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics. The expo will include many student displays, exploratory tables, presentations, and exhibits. The STEAM Expo is free and open to all. It’s one week from this Wednesday, April 19th at Bethel Hi...

The Brookfield Republican Town Committee is seeking qualified candidates to run for a long list of offices and/or commissions for the November Municipal Election. The list includes First Selectman; Selectman; Town Clerk; Treasurer; Board of Finance; Board of Education; Zoning Commission; and Board of Assessment Appeals. Interviews with interested candidates will be held in the coming weeks. Those interested can email information@brookfieldgop.com. The deadline is Wednesday, April 26th.