07/25/09 The Raw Danbury News Feed By Robo Blogger (Updated)

• Four teens arrested at Brookfield High
  posted on July 25, 2009 05:20:20 pm
  ... by a minor in a public location. He was released on $500 cash bond and given a court date of Aug. 4 at 10 a.m. at Danbury Superior Court. Daniel Villani, 18, of Rutland Drive, Brewster, is charged with loitering on school grounds. He was released on ...
• Brookfield business denies signing contract produced by trash hauler
  posted on July 25, 2009 03:33:21 pm
  ... once owned by Galante are on the auction block. So is Galante's former transfer station at 307 White St. in Danbury. Cheryl Reedy, executive director of the Housatonic Resources Recovery Authority, said she hopes the impending sale will bring a ...
• Danbury should expand its recruiting to attract more minority police officers
  posted on July 25, 2009 12:59:48 pm
  ... $5,000 signing bonus, paid police-academy training and a take-home car. So what if Albuquerque was 2,000 miles away? Danbury could learn a thing or two from Albuquerque, or even the Seattle Police Department, which put up its own recruiting ...
• Hiring of African-Americans lags in Danbury police, fire departments
  posted on July 25, 2009 12:59:38 pm
  Ask George Johnson the date he was promoted to sergeant in the Danbury Police Department, and he'll answer the question almost before you can finish asking it.
• Bethel agency's Growing Possibilities provides jobs for autistic...
  posted on July 25, 2009 12:59:09 pm
  ... Pinchbeck said. Now flowers from the farm are again in bloom. The first batch made its way to Stew Leonard's in Danbury last week. The plan is to train and hire about 25 people with autism and other disabilities to cultivate, cut and package the ...
• Goncalves tagged to run for mayor spot
  posted on July 25, 2009 12:58:55 pm
  ... for the fall election. "Gary has really turned out to be a great candidate," said Joseph DaSilva, chairman of the Danbury Democratic Town Committee. "He's not afraid to take a position or look you straight in the eyes and tell you what he thinks. He ...
• Four teens arrested at Brookfield High
  posted on July 25, 2009 11:13:49 am
  ... by a minor in a public location. He was released on $500 cash bond and given a court date of Aug. 4 at 10 a.m. at Danbury Superior Court. Daniel Villani, 18, of Rutland Drive, Brewster, is charged with loitering on school grounds. He was released on ...
• Danbury murder suspect to return to court Aug. 5
  posted on July 25, 2009 11:13:08 am
  Julio Morquecho, the former Balmforth Avenue man accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend in April 2006 in a case that deadlocked a jury this year, is due in court next week as his case plods toward a retrial.
• Bethel bidder blasts Danbury officials
  posted on July 25, 2009 11:06:40 am
  The owner of a Bethel copy company is furious that Danbury school officials awarded a $900,000 copy-machine contract to another bidder.
• A 12-year-old boy is rescued unconscious from swim area at Lyn...
  posted on July 25, 2009 11:05:47 am
  ... Children's Medical Center in Hartford. As of press time Friday, the condition of the boy, who is reportedly from Danbury, was not known. At the New Milford town beach on Candlewood Lake, Police Lt. James Duda said the ambulance crew immediately ...
• New Fairfield man arrested on DUI charge in Brookfield
  posted on July 25, 2009 10:38:03 am
  ... the driver. He was given field sobriety tests, which he failed, police said. Corrales posted $500 bond and is due in Danbury Superior Court on Aug. 7 at 10 a.m.
• Danbury man arrested for 'doing doughnuts' on Main Street
  posted on July 25, 2009 07:16:20 am
  A 20-year-old man will be arraigned Monday after he allegedly revved his car's engine and "did doughnuts" on Main Street early last Saturday.
• No music needed in operating room
  posted on July 25, 2009 07:14:33 am
  ... melted, American planes shot down by the Japanese and wrecked by the treacherous high winds and down-drafts. The Danbury Hospital has managed to create a tremendously positive reputation. On their outpatient survey, you would have no difficulty ...
• More diversity needed in Danbury's police and fire departments
  posted on July 25, 2009 07:13:55 am
  A quick stroll down Main Street is all it takes to see the wide spectrum of faces in Danbury.
• My friend Bob DiNardo was truly a great man
  posted on July 25, 2009 07:13:34 am
  The city of Danbury has lost one of its best citizens, my friend Bob DiNardo. Bob and I came to know each other through competing in sports, mostly basketball at the War Memorial and football in the Danbury touch football league.
• Danbury Democrats have four school board candidates
  posted on July 25, 2009 07:13:17 am
  ... parallel programs, and making the high school be one of the best, she said. "The goal is to raise test scores so Danbury becomes one of the best towns for young families to move [to] for educational purposes," she said. Democratic candidates for ...
• Downed wires close 5th Avenue in Danbury
  posted on July 25, 2009 02:54:02 am
  Police closed 5th Avenue between White Street and Osborne Street Friday morning due to low-hanging wires.
• Police blotter
  posted on July 24, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  Route 6: Jermaine D. Carter, 17, of Danbury, Conn., and Cynthia Contini, 50, of Mahopac were charged at 3 a.m. July 10 with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor, after a traffic stop.
• Danbury company open for business after federal raid
  posted on July 24, 2009 05:24:26 pm
  Preferred Utilities Manufacturing Corp. was open for business Thursday after the company was shut down Tuesday by agents with the Internal Revenue Service's Criminal Investigations Division.
• Learning gun safety: Prospective cops attend Danbury's first Junior Police Academy
  posted on July 24, 2009 04:43:06 pm
  ... for almost a month, so the last place you might expect to find a bunch of teenagers would be in a classroom. But the Danbury High School students who spent five precious days of their summer vacation at the Danbury police headquarters this week were ...