07/09/09 The Raw Danbury News Feed

HVCEO changes Ridgefield's Bennett's Pond Farm designation from...posted on July 09, 2009 01:18:17 pm... a member of the Ridgefield Open Space Association, points to the now green ridgeline that lines Route 7 from the Danbury-Ridgefield town line to the Route 35 interchange, where the land's owner, Eureka V wants to build hundred of housing units "It ...

Two charged in Danbury drug saleposted on July 09, 2009 10:25:01 amA Danbury resident and a Newtown resident face drug charges after police observed a suspected narcotics transaction Wednesday afternoon at Mill Ridge Plaza.

Marchers mark one month since mother and daughter were fatally struck by vehicleposted on July 09, 2009 09:28:37 am... country illegally, was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of driving while intoxicated. Segundo Ordonez-Tanay, 26, of Danbury, Conn., is also charged with refusing a chemical test, running a stop sign, failing to signal and failing to obtain a valid ...

Fourth Danbury counterfeiter sentenced to prisonposted on July 09, 2009 10:24:29 amA Danbury man found last year with more than $35,000 in counterfeit U.S. currency was sentenced by a federal court judge Wednesday to a year and a day in prison.

Rell veto slows land plans in Danbury and Ridgefieldposted on July 09, 2009 08:13:05 am... said Wednesday. "I think this is indicative of the budget atmosphere,'' said State Sen. Michael McLachlan, R-Danbury. Rell's veto will touch on two parcels in the region. One is state land owned by the Department of Transportation behind Jackson ...

Lawyer: Appeal from owners of Brookfield cornfield could cost town $20,000 to $40,000posted on July 09, 2009 08:12:53 am... conversations discussing the case, which totaled 4.2 billable hours, a rate of $190 per hour. Neil Marcus, a Danbury attorney knowledgeable about land-use issues, said Wednesday that the total cost to the town to defend the appeal will depend ...

Look both waysposted on July 09, 2009 08:12:42 amThis week's car vs. pedestrian accident at Library Place in Danbury was a reminder that crosswalks are more than white stripes painted across the street.

Become knowledgeable on waste transfer plansposted on July 09, 2009 08:12:22 am... waste transfer plan for this region. I encourage all of the citizens of Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Danbury, New Milford, New Fairfield, Newtown, Redding, Ridgefield, Sherman, and Kent to become knowledgeable about the critical issues facing ...

Danbury artist Michael Whelan remembers Michael Jacksonposted on July 09, 2009 01:03:46 am... look of the night sky at the end of Steven Spielberg's movie "Close Encounters of the Third Kind.'' Working in Danbury, Whelan did the background of the painting and sketched in the singers' figures. Then he and Audrey and their daughter, Alexa, and ...

Cooler temps to prevailposted on July 08, 2009 09:05:15 pm... little cooler on Thursday. The normal high for this time of year is in the low 80s along the shore, and about 84 in Danbury. Lows will visit the mid to low 50s tomorrow morning, the National Weather Service says. The record low for July 9 in ...

Feds: Putnam blew it in letting man goposted on July 08, 2009 03:00:00 pm... warrant on a drunken driving suspect who appears to be in the country illegally. Segundo Ordonez-Tanay, 26, of Danbury, Conn., was released from the jail Saturday after posting bail. He had been charged Friday with drunken driving in Brewster, ...

Governors pledge help for former Ethan Allen employeesposted on July 08, 2009 07:32:41 pm... as saying turning timber into jobs could be the region's future. According to Ethan Allen's 2008 annual report, the Danbury, Conn.-based company operates 10 manufacturing and five distribution facilities in North Carolina, Vermont, Pennsylvania, ...

Goodrich Receives 2009 James S. Cogswell Award from DSSposted on July 08, 2009 05:46:21 pmGoodrich Corporation's ISR Systems business in Danbury, Conn. received the 2009 James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award from the U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Security Service .