08/19/12 The Raw Danbury News Feed

This Just In To The Danbury Roundup Newsroom...

• Militia to put undefeated record on the line Saturday in Bridgeport _{2012-08-17, 03:00 am}
  ... edy Stadium. The Militia's next home game is Sept. 16 at 1:30 p.m. against the Bearcats at Immaculate High School in Danbury.
• Former Negro Leaguer to speak at Danbury Museum baseball exhibit _{2012-08-18, 08:27 pm}
  ... Polo Grounds in Upper Manhattan. Black went on to enlist in the army and start a life off the field. Since moving to Danbury in 1985, he's made it a personal mission to preserve a dark but important chapter in the history of the national pastime ...
• Bandits 12-year-olds place third in Cooperstown tournament _{2012-08-18, 08:27 pm}
  The Bandits 12U baseball team -- comprised of boys from the Danbury area -- placed third at the Cooperstown All-Star Village Tournament of Champions last week.
• Indian festival explodes with color _{2012-08-18, 08:25 pm}
  Sarada Nori performs traditional Indian dance during the Jai Ho India festival in Danbury, Saturday, Aug.
• Golf tournament set to benefit Hospice _{2012-08-18, 06:26 pm}
  ... annual golf tournament to benefit Regional Hospice and Home Care is set for Aug. 27 at Ridgewood Country Club in Danbury. The golf committee members are Neumann, Gerard Benziger, Brian Crotty, Danielle Durgy, Patricia Dyer, James Foley, Michael ...
• Three arrested in Danbury melee _{2012-08-18, 01:34 pm}
  ... Da Silva , 40, of East Liberty Street, was charged with breach of peace. The three were all held Saturday at the Danbury Police Department : Silva on $100,000 bail; Costa on $50,000 bail and Da Silva on $2,500 bail. All three are scheduled to appear ...
• Comings & Goings: Moja to Wilton Road _{2012-08-18, 10:17 am}
  ... for five years until 2007 when he sold it. (it eventually closed around New Year's Day in 2009.) Moja's chef, Danbury resident Rick Demers (r), a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., said the restaurant will have a ...
• North Haven Police Blotter: Aug. 10 - Aug. 17 _{2012-08-18, 06:59 am}
  ... injury/impairing morals on Wednesday, Aug. 15. The court date is Aug. 30. Tavonne Dangerfield, 21, of 181 White St., Danbury was charged with evading responsibility on Tuesday, Aug. 14. The court date is Aug. 28. Frederick Keller, 41, of 1051 ...
• Urban Archeologist: History Hiding in the Attic _{2012-08-18, 05:52 am}
  ... to the past. Back in March of this year I wrote about a program from a musical performed by the students of the Danbury State Technical School in 1939. Gary Arbesman reached out to me after hearing about the article from his cousin. Dear Mr. Van ...
• Bedbugs Close Hamden's Miller Memorial Library _{2012-08-18, 05:52 am}
  ... the library as a precautionary measure and the dogs used to locate bedbugs found a location that needed treatment. Danbury had bedbugs in Danbury Public Library about eight months ago, said Public Building Superintendent Rick Palanzo and Danbury ...
• Militia to put undefeated record on the line Saturday in Bridgeport _{2012-08-18, 01:04 am}
  ... Stadium. The Militia's next home game is Sept. 16 at 1:30 p.m. against the Bearcats at Immaculate High School in Danbury. The Western Connecticut Militia semi-pro football team will put its perfect 4-0 record on the line on Saturday when it visits ...
• Cruelty to animals forbidden in Judaism _{2012-08-18, 01:02 am}
  Rabbi Nelly Altenburger of Danbury at the Congregation B'Nai Isreal on Clapboard Ridge in Danbury on Monday Sept.
• Albert emerges to thanks _{2012-08-18, 12:47 am}
  ... The "Rough Rider" in "Buffalo Bill's Wild West" show succumbed to food poisoning when the show passed through Danbury in 1900. He'd been buried in an unmarked grave. As time passed, his story became almost forgotten, a rumor. A Sioux buried at ...
• Nominees sought for Warrior Award _{2012-08-17, 07:21 pm}
  ... he nomination. Nominations must be received by Sept. 30. They can be mailed to Mary Teicholz, 6 Shannon Ridge Drive, Danbury, CT 06810.
• $55 million bond plan goes to hearing _{2012-08-17, 07:19 pm}
  ... of bridges on Crosby Street, Long Ridge Road and East Franklin Street $550,000 for water system improvements DANBURY -- Residents will have a chance to voice their opinion Monday about a $55 million bond proposal before the City Council decides ...
• Magic comes to Danbury Fair mall _{2012-08-17, 07:18 pm}
  Mario the Magician performs his Amazing Magic Show to the delight of audience members including Madison Luchsinger, 6, of Danbury, during Danbury Kidz Camp at the Danbury Fair mall Tuesday, Aug.
• Kimchuk announces Danbury expansion _{2012-08-17, 07:18 pm}
  ... attacks. "People were looking at us cross-eyed at the time," Marquis has said. "But it's been a home run." Greater Danbury Chamber of Commerce President Stephen Bull said Marquis has the ability not only to build a company but to "create jobs in an ...
• Fairs and festivals all around this weekend _{2012-08-17, 07:17 pm}
  ... tonight, then resuming Saturday from noon to midnight, food, music and fun can be found at 17 Granville Ave. in Danbury. Craving Lebanese food but no time to hang out at the festival? You can pre-order your drive-thru take out selections at ...
• Afraid of Hawk family thanks helpers _{2012-08-16, 03:00 am}
  ... that "Buffalo Bill's Wild West" show, which 20-year-old Albert was performing with when he died of food poisoning in Danbury in June 1900, didn't just bury him in a plain pine box.
• Romney's Island-Hop for Fundraising _{2012-08-17, 01:41 pm}
  ... an estimated net worth of $36.3 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index . The News-Times newspaper in Danbury, Connecticut, has reported that one of Romney's stops on Nantucket will be at the island home of Barry Sternlicht, the ...