01/01/13 The Raw Danbury News Feed

From The Danbury Roundup Newsroom...

• Family Resource Center: Save the Date _{2013-01-01, 10:34 pm}
  ... Ridge Family Resource Center (203) 790-2896. Applebee's Neighborhood Grill and Bar is located on Federal Road in Danbury. It is a casual dining restaurant chain that began in the 1980s in Atlanta, Georgia. In addition to a fun, upbeat atmosphere, it ...
• Disney on Ice presents "Treasure Trove" - coming to the tri-state area Jan 2013 _{2013-01-01, 10:27 pm}
  A full list of location, dates, and times are as follows: Angela DeFini, a production editor in Danbury, Connecticut, is a kid at heart and loves spending time with her family .
• Train crash victim still critical _{2013-01-01, 08:42 pm}
  A 19-year-old Danbury woman who was injured Sunday when a car was hit by a train at a railroad crossing remains in critical condition at Danbury Hospital Tuesday.
• Security Takes Center Stage at Danbury Schools _{2013-01-01, 07:56 pm}
  Danbury Schools Superintendent Sal Pascarella alerted parents Tuesday night that each school will have security Wednesday that will be checking both the interiors and school parking lots.
• Speaker to Focus on Health, Focus at Women's Biz Group _{2013-01-01, 07:33 pm}
  ... Cucina Italiana is an Italian restaurant owned by Bianca Demasi Occhino, the former owner of Nico's Restaurant in Danbury. Sagi has a wide variety of choices on the menu and offers homemade pastas like bucatini, tagliatelle, ravioli and gnocchi as ...
• Danbury and Guatemalan youth share artistic visions _{2013-01-01, 05:56 pm}
  ... Connections manager, discusses the Children's Art Exhibit on display at Ortega's restaurant on Ives Street in Danbury. Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012 Photo: Scott Mullin / The News-Times Freelance Mayrena Morales Puga, a fifth-grade teacher in Guatemala, ...
• Danbury man killed in train accident _{2013-01-01, 05:21 pm}
  A 21-year-old Danbury man was killed and three others critically injured when a southbound Metro-North work train struck their car at an ungated crossing near the West Redding station Sunday afternoon.
• Piper named CEO of Waveny Care _{2013-01-01, 12:14 pm}
  ... the entire Waveny community." Piper received his undergraduate degree from Western Connecticut State University in Danbury and holds a master's degree in health care administration from Quinnipiac University . Located on two campuses in New Canaan, ...
• Sandy Hook Fire & Rescue T-Shirt Sales Support Fund _{2013-01-01, 08:30 am}
  The Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department normally sports blue shirts. But the department worked with a Danbury-based company to create green T-shirts specially designed to honor the 26 victims of the school shootin g, in an effort to ...
• Lauren Rousseau Never Let Go Of Her Dream _{2012-12-31, 08:33 pm}
  ... in 2006, just before the recession hit and teachers were being laid off. So she worked shifts at Starbucks in Danbury and weekends serving wedding parties at the Fox Hill Inn in Brookfield to supplement her $75-a-day pay as a substitute teacher. ...
• Friends of Man Killed in Redding Sunday Mourn Loss _{2013-01-01, 06:45 am}
  As news spread of their loss of Wayne Balacky, 21, of Danbury, friends turned to Twitter to express their grief.
• Deaths summary _{2013-01-01, 02:22 am}
  ... McKenney, 80, of Charleston, S.C., widow of Terrance M. Rowley, died Friday. Arrangements by Green Funeral Home of Danbury, Conn. HAMILTON, Paul, 92, of Alvin, an employee of the Santee River Wool plant, farmer and pulpwood businessman, died Monday. ...
• A First Night for all _{2012-12-31, 11:52 pm}
  The 2012-2013 5K Run into the New Year heads down Crosby Street in Danbury, Monday, Dec.
• Leaving 2012 in the past _{2012-12-31, 10:28 pm}
  ... her thoughts about 2012 and the new year to come, Dec. 31, 2012. Photo: Carol Kaliff / The News-Times Iesha Brown of Danbury, gives her thoughts about 2012 and the new year to come, Dec. 31, 2012. Photo: Carol Kaliff / The News-Times Giorgio ...
• Danbury man charged with car burglaries _{2012-12-31, 07:48 pm}
  A 36-year-old Danbury man was charged with breaking into several cars Sunday morning outside of St.
• Danbury fund set up for a Newtown memorial _{2012-12-31, 03:00 am}
  In the wake of the shooting deaths of 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the Danbury Township Board of Trustees has established a memorial fund at the Marblehead Bank to provide for the purchase and planting of 26 trees and a dedication sign in Newtown, Conn.
• New Year's Day 2013 Family Ice Skating Locations _{2012-12-31, 12:54 pm}
  ... Sandy. Check for more information. Angela DeFini, a production editor in Danbury, Connecticut, is a kid at heart and loves spending time with her family (and seeing/hearing of other families doing the ...
• 1 Died, 3 Injured in Redding Car vs. Train Accident _{2012-12-31, 12:53 pm}
  A 21-year-old Danbury man died Sunday afternoon and three Danbury residents in a car were seriously injured when it was hit by a train at a Redding train crossing.
• After a century, US Arabs look for pieces of past _{2012-12-29, 03:00 am}
  ... from the early 1960s, when he said he came to Detroit in 1915 to make cars after spending three years making hats in Danbury, Conn. For many Arabs, a version of the story is true. U.S.-bound Middle Easterners were on the Titanic and other ships ...
• New Year's Eve sparkles as 23rd First Night Danbury rocks _{2012-12-31, 08:23 am}
  First Night Danbury 2012-2013, enjoying its 23rd year as a family friendly New Year's Eve celebration, salutes "Danbury Fare." The pun is intended, with memories of Danbury's historic and iconic "Fair" along with recognition of our City's "Fare," continuing to develop and service within our CityCenter downtown hub.