08/20/08 The Danbury Briefing

Comprehensive News Feed for Danbury, CT.

• Jumpseat
  posted on August 20, 2009 07:31:15 pm
  ... the caller ID indicated that Dan Favio was calling. Dan had spent two years as an air traffic controller at the Danbury, Connecticut, tower up until his transfer to Naples, Florida, a year and a half earlier. He had transferred again and had begun ...
• Republican leaders in Danbury to hear business woes, talk about lack of state budget
  posted on August 20, 2009 05:59:46 am
  State Republican legislative leaders are in Danbury this morning for a roundtable discussion with half-a-dozen business people.
• Danbury Hospital creates center for pediatric care
  posted on August 20, 2009 05:31:13 am
  ... an illness serious enough to require a specialist makes life all that much harder. Now, add this to the equation: In Danbury, pediatric specialists often don't have any one place to call home. Many of them come to the area from New York Medical ...
• Experts: Sooner or later, big one will hit Danbury area
  posted on August 20, 2009 05:30:03 am
  Michael McCrea, 17, left, and Santos Figueroa, 16, swim with inflatable tubes in the flooded waters under the West Street bridge in Danbury following Hurricane Floyd in September 1999.
• Danbury, Connecticut's Meghani Insurance Announces the Launch of ...
  posted on August 19, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  Meghani Insurance has partnered with Astonish Results, LP, a digital marketing and training company for the insurance industry, to create a new online marketing campaign.
• Initial Electronics: Bigger Resources a Better Target Markets
  posted on November 01, 2006 04:00:00 pm
  ... increase of 90.9 percent in 2005. This was due to its acquisition of two systems integrators, ISS, with offices in Danbury, Conn., and New Haven, Conn., and Video Master, New Lenox, Ill. Initial Electronics ranked twenty-third on this year's SDM Top ...
• DOT: Lane shift on Merritt, street closed in Danbury
  posted on August 19, 2009 09:51:49 pm
  ... is part of a $66.5 million project that also includes restoration of 13 bridges along the Merritt. Meanwhile, in Danbury, the DOT says that because of the widening of U.S. Route 7, there will be a nighttime closure of Wooster Heights Road at Route 7 ...
• Danbury 12's fall short again
  posted on August 19, 2009 09:48:05 pm
  Danbury's Pete Rosetti strode to the plate Tuesday with his team down to its last out in the fourth day of pool play in the 2009 Cal Ripken World Series, trailing the Maryland champion, Upper Montgomery, 7-6. With teammate John Cartagena on first, Rosetti took a curve outside for a ball, then smacked a fastball to straight-away center.
• Danbury Grassroots Tennis a hit with kids
  posted on August 19, 2009 09:46:06 pm
  ... line eagerly waiting their turns. Each Monday through Thursday for the last four summers, the nonprofit organization Danbury Grassroots Tennis has brought dozens of area youths to the courts at Rogers Park to teach them valuable life lessons through ...
• Spec-Clean maintains tidiness
  posted on August 19, 2009 09:43:39 pm
  Maria Izquierdo of Danbury, an employee of Spec-Clean LLC., vacuums beneath raised flooring in a local company's computer room.
• Danbury area towns consider collective purchase of sand, salt
  posted on August 19, 2009 09:41:05 pm
  ... about collectively purchasing sand and salt to tame slick winter roads to help cut costs. Several towns, including Danbury, New Milford and Bethel, are taking a closer look at the idea. "If we get together to purchase a larger quantity, maybe we can ...
• Three charged in Bethel incident
  posted on August 19, 2009 09:40:37 pm
  ... was released to the custody of his parents after they posted $1,500 bond and is scheduled to be arraigned Aug. 28 in Danbury Superior Court. Contact Melissa Bruen at mbruen@newstimes.com or 203-731-3350.
• New school thrills Danbury community
  posted on August 19, 2009 09:40:05 pm
  ... University. WestConn wanted to reclaim Roberts Avenue School, the former training school for students at the then-Danbury State Teachers College. For several years, the city and the state negotiated the sale of the school building before reaching a ...
• Inside Ci: Collaborating for Success
  posted on August 19, 2009 07:10:29 am
  ... C. Maru, Ph.D., executive vice president and chief technology officer of Fuel Cell Energy, Inc., headquartered in Danbury, Conn. "Continued support from the U.S. government, along with increased participation from the national laboratories, the ...
• Area Index
  posted on August 19, 2009 02:54:16 am
  ... orders totaling $9.6 million for its Hiide and Pier biometric recognition systems. Ethan Allen Interiors Inc., a Danbury-based maker of home furnishings that recently announced plans to become a custom-order business, dropped $1.21 to close at ...
• Comedian Bob Nelson hits Stratford, Danbury
  posted on August 19, 2009 02:46:02 am
  ... his wacky cast of oddball characters and impersonations to the Treehouse Comedy Club in Stratford on Friday and Danbury on Saturday. Nelson discussed his life as a comic, as well as the characters he impersonates, in a recent interview. Here's what ...
• Alter Ego Takes Credit
  posted on July 23, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... Untitled is Hard Enough... Enter the Cypher Fri., Aug. 21 at 9 p.m. $5. Sub Rosa Party, Cousin Larry's, 1 Elm St. Danbury. (203) 730-0035, www.myspace.com/subrosaparty On last month's "Uncommon Radio," the podcast of Brooklyn-based label Uncommon ...
• 7 Days
  posted on July 16, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... today on the Courthouse Green. 1970s-style roots reggae band The Skanktones (pictured) are coming down from Danbury, and Green Stripe, a reggae cover band from Trumbull (yes, you read that right), is also playing. There will also be a Jamaican jerk ...
• Ceramic Innovations: Reinforcing Plastics with Nanoclays
  posted on May 09, 2006 03:00:00 pm
  ... Grewell knows a lot about: he worked for 10 years in research and development for the Branson Ultrasonics Corp. of Danbury, Conn., and used ultrasonics to freeze strawberries, process rice and handle many other applications. According to Grewell, ...
• Heat advisory alert in Danbury Monday
  posted on August 18, 2009 07:22:29 am
  ... is issuing a heat advisory for Monday and is offering tips on what to do to prevent illness from the hot weather. Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton and the city's Health, Housing and Welfare Department advised in the alert: n Drink plenty of water. n ...