10/15/09 The Danbury Briefing

• Connecticut fall foliage nearing peak
  posted on October 16, 2009 08:16:50 am
  ... trees were so well-fed with water in June and July." Sandy Moy knows within a week or two many of the trees across Danbury's Tarrywile Park, including its maples, nut trees, beeches, birches, sycamores and other hardwoods, will begin to show the ...
• Danbury man charged with trespassing
  posted on October 16, 2009 07:25:26 am
  A 42-year-old city man was arraigned Thursday on charges that stemmed from his alleged refusal to leave a residential area.
• Snow hits Danbury area, expected to continue
  posted on October 16, 2009 07:25:01 am
  The snow in the Danbury area is expected to continue into Thursday's evening hours, according to the Western Connecticut State University Weather Center.
• Halloween parties are scary, not kids with Down syndrome
  posted on October 16, 2009 07:24:18 am
  ... nothing. Just wait until Oct. 24, when Flanagan really goes all out at the 8th Annual Boo Bash, sponsored by the Danbury Area Playgroup for Children with Down Syndrome. The Boo Bash -- a Halloween party for kids with Down Syndrome and their families ...
• Whither Super 7? Consider all transit needs of region before spending more on old plan
  posted on October 16, 2009 07:23:36 am
  ... traffic corridor linking I-84 to I-95 -- is generating new, and in these parts unwanted, attention. The path from Danbury to Norwalk is etched in history. It was white settlers from Norwalk who ventured north to the hills in the 1680s to establish ...
• Indian organization hosts Diwali celebration in Danbury
  posted on October 16, 2009 07:21:20 am
  ... Association of Western Connecticut will be celebrating the Hindu holiday of Diwali on Saturday, Oct. 24 at PAL of Danbury, on 35 Hayestown Road. The event will feature a pooja, or prayer, to the Hindu deity Ganesh and the Hindu goddess Lakshmi. ...
• Chief Richard T. McGlynn
  posted on October 16, 2009 05:08:38 am
  ... he held until his retirement in 1989. He had early hobbies of fishing, hunting, and racecar driving at the former Danbury Fair grounds. A member of the Connecticut and Fairfield County Fire Chiefs' Association, he was also a member of St Mary's ...
• Purple Stride Event Supports Pancreatic Cancer Awareness
  posted on October 16, 2009 05:05:27 am
  ... Angell, marched in the 2009 Labor Day Parade. Volunteers and participants are still being sought for the walk at Danbury Fair Mall. It is estimated that 42,470 men and women will be diagnosed with and that 35,240 men and women will die of cancer of ...
• Danbury hires architect to study Palace renovation.
  posted on October 16, 2009 03:27:20 am
  The city has hired the Hartford-based JCJ Architecture to study what's needed to renovate the Palace Theater on Main Street.
• Cops: Danbury optometrist, ex-police officer brawl
  posted on October 15, 2009 11:53:18 pm
  ... arrested after police said they got into a tussle in the doctor's driveway. Dr. Dean Harvey, 39, whose office is in Danbury, was charged with disorderly conduct and third-degree assault while a former Philadelphia cop, Paul Natali, 62, was charged ...
• Danbury man charged with trespass at WestConn
  posted on October 15, 2009 10:38:55 pm
  Western Connecticut State University Police said they charged a 22-year-old city man with first-degree criminal trespass on Wednesday after he was found in the WestConn White Street parking garage.
• Newtown woman charged with risk of injury after routine stop
  posted on October 15, 2009 05:43:34 pm
  ... nsported to the Newtown Police Department, and released after posting $100 bond. She is scheduled to be arraigned in Danbury Superior Court on Oct. 20.
• Czerwinski: Emptying a box of fishing memories
  posted on October 15, 2009 05:42:46 pm
  ... a fly-fishing show to benefit the Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum on Nov. 14 and 15 at the Ethan Allen Inn in Danbury, Conn. All of the proceeds go to the museum, which is one of the treasured spots for fly-fishers in the Northeast. The show ...
• Danbury mayoral candidates exchange claims in debate
  posted on October 15, 2009 05:41:51 pm
  ... Mayor Mark Boughton and his Democratic challenger, Gary Goncalves. Speaking at a debate sponsored by the Greater Danbury Chamber of Commerce and held at the Holiday Inn, Goncalves repeatedly tried to portray Boughton as a man who has raised taxes on ...
• Disagreement over boyfriend results in arrest in Danbury
  posted on October 15, 2009 05:41:36 pm
  A city woman was arrested after police said she approached another woman, got involved in a discussion about a boyfriend of one of them, then pushed the other woman to the ground, allegedly grabbed the woman's cell phone and ran off.
• Pro athletes' antics set poor example for kids
  posted on October 15, 2009 05:31:28 am
  ... V shows it all plus the laugh track and foreground music. Blessed are the "mute" buttons of the world. C. Rodney Dow DANBURY
• Cold weather offers a good reminder to support Greater Danbury food and fuel banks
  posted on October 15, 2009 05:30:54 am
  As the mercury and the leaves start to fall in Greater Danbury, it reminds us of the less fortunate in our midst, the residents and families who may be cold and hungry this winter without our help.
• Registering to vote
  posted on October 15, 2009 05:30:06 am
  ... fill out and submit their ballot, Kaback said. Doran said that as of Oct. 1, there are 33,133 registered voters in Danbury. Of those registered to vote, 10,774 are registered Democrats, 6,461 are registered Republicans and 15,519 are unaffiliated ...
• The perfect pair
  posted on October 15, 2009 12:03:46 am
  ... last year, for the past four years he has been manager at Kilometers, a 5-year-old running specialty store on Danbury Road in Ridgefield, owned by Marc and Bonnie Chapman. "If you wear the wrong type of sneakers for your sport, they won't feel as ...
• Danbury mayoral candidates square off today in first of two debates this week
  posted on October 14, 2009 10:42:33 pm
  ... debates in just over a 48-hour period this week. The first of those meetings will be held today at the Greater Danbury Chamber of Commerce Mayoralty Forum at the Holiday Inn on Newtown Road. That event, which includes a social half-hour and lunch, .