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On Wednesday, April 26, the City of Danbury First Responders are teaming up with the American Red Cross for a friendly competition to see who can save the most lives by donating blood in the Battle of the Badges Blood Drive. Danbury Police, Fire, Emergency Management, and Health and Human Services Departments will go head to head to see who can recruit the most donors. Last year, the Danbury Battle of the Badges blood drive collected 102 donations . The blood drive will be held at the Danbury Fa...

According to recently released figures, the Danbury Fair mall pays more property taxes than any other property in the city … a LOT more! In fact, the Danbury Square Mall pays more than the next four top-paying taxpayers on the list combined. Through just the first three quarters of the current fiscal year, the LLC that owns the mall has paid a staggering $5.7 million in property taxes to Danbury.

For the first time ever, a former Connecticut state trooper faces the potential loss of his police license. Former State Police Sgt. John McDonald… a 15 year veteran of the force… pleaded guilty to criminal charges and resigned in November 2021 amid two internal affairs probes following a crash back in 2019 that he is accused of causing while driving drunk. Two people were hurt. Now comes word that the Connecticut Police Officers Safety and Training Council is considering decertify...

Vandalism in Norwalk that caused thousands of internet outages has resulted in two arrests. 26 year old Keith Geddings and 30 year old Jillian Persons… both of Ashville, North Carolina… were arrested on Saturday after an investigation into the cutting of some 2,000 fiber optic cables in Norwalk on March 24th that cut off the internet for about 40,000 Optimum customers in Fairfield County. Both now face a long list of charges. Geddings and Persons are each now being held on $200,000...

A Newtown psychologist has been ordered to pay nearly $80,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to healthcare fraud… specifically Medicaid fraud. 66 year old Jeannie Pasacreta billed Medicaid for hundreds of fraudulent claims according to the state Division of Criminal Justice. Pasacreta is a psychologist and advanced registered nurse. Now, she will be excluded from certain federally funded health programs.

We recently told you about the high pay some Danbury public employees are earning… Now comes word that six of New Fairfield’s 10 highest-paid town employees are police, with some of the officers earning more than $245,000 thanks to overtime… that according to 2022 payroll data from New Fairfield. That’s more than half of all overtime paid by the town. In New Fairfield, of the $5.5 million paid to 211 municipal employees last year, $424,000 was overtime compensation for ...

At the meeting that is planned to be held tomorrow, the Charter Revision Commission in Ridgefield will continue reviewing almost 100 suggested changes to the town charter… changes that have been submitted by residents and town officials over the past two months. Some are simply minor clarifications to descriptions of various town boards. Others however, would mean big changes in the town’s form of government. Ridgefield residents are invited to suggest changes in person at the begin...

The owners of a 102-year-old horse farm offer are now offering to sell their land to Danbury for what has been termed a ‘negotiable’ price of $1.75 Million. If the current Happy Trails Farm on Mountainville Road is acquired by the city, it would mean more open space for education and possible expansion of nearby parks, including Rogers Park, Tarrywile Park, and the Old Quarry Nature Center. The deal with Ed and Lucy Prybylski, the owners of Happy Trails, calls for a five-year lease-b...

A long running investigation has led to the arrest of 3 Danbury residents on drug charges. 29 year old Robert Stevenson was taken into custody during a traffic stop Thursday. 2 other people in the car were also arrested. They are only identified so far as a 30-year-old Danbury man who was found in possession of cocaine, and a 29-year-old Danbury woman who was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia. The 30-year-old Danbury man and the 29-year-old Danbury woman were released on a written pr...

The former New Fairfield Middle School lunch aide who stands accused of sexually assaulting a student is due back in court today. 31 year old Andie Rosafort has pleaded not guilty to charges including second-degree sexual assault, enticing a minor by computer and risk of injury to a child. She is now bound by a protective order, prohibiting Rosafort from contacting the victim. She is also prohibited from talking to him, threatening him, or abusing, harassing, following or interfering with him. R...