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Sunday, May 31, 2009

May 2009 - Month In Review

Rell vows to veto death penalty bill
Saturday May 30 Connecticut Post
... actually asked the [state] Senate to send the bill directly to her, and they declined," said Rep. Robert Godfrey, D-Danbury, who voted against repealing the death penalty. "She understood there would be a lot of pressure up until the time she ...

Boehringer Ingelheim helps families hit hardest by economy: national emerging trend study
Thursday May 28 Drugs.com
AmeriCares and Boehringer Ingelheim Open New, Expanded Free Clinic to Help Families Hit Hardest by Economic Hardship Clinic provides needed services with increasing numbers losing access to healthcare Danbury, Conn.

Your tax dollars at work?!? w/Photo
Saturday May 30 Hat City Blog
... 100,000 of YOUR taxpayers dollars on something which was a losing battle from the beginning, the last honest man in Danbury is ready to spend more money for a losing cause. "Getting a Siting Council decision overturned is a difficult process and ...

City woman recalls Danbury High School Class of 1939 on its 70th anniversary w/Photo
Friday May 29 News Times
Brian Koonz/ photographer. Mary Esposito Rickert, who graduated from Danbury High School in 1939, browses through her yearbook Friday.

Students restore '70s mural in downtown Danbury
Friday May 29 News Times
... a phoenix that will rise from the ashes into the sun. "We liked it because it's representative of what's going on in Danbury right now," Emily said. "There is also phoenix on the city seal." The seal, according to the city's Web site, depicts a ...

BLAST continues its Lyme prevention message
Friday May 29 News Times
... Ridgefield Department of Health. But that may be changing as well. There are now at least 10 CVS pharmacies in the Danbury area that have a BLAST display -- along with insecticides and tick removal kits. Any profit CVS makes from items sold at the ...

Patterson woman gets prison term in Brazilian water scam
Friday May 29 The Patent Trader
... of committing fraud against three banks. Kuehl deposited forged South American checks at banks in Putnam County and Danbury, Conn., between November 2006 and May 2007, then withdrew the cash or wired it to overseas accounts, according to federal ...

95-year-old Danbury woman loves her Yankees
Friday May 29 NewsTimesLive.com
... any sports talk radio host. The 95-year-old Sokolow, who lives with her daughter and son-in-law on Abigail Road in Danbury, is an avid Yankees fan who's followed the fortunes of her favorite team since she was a child growing up in the Bronx. And ...

Soccer field at Rogers Park in Danbury nearly complete
Friday May 29 NewsTimesLive.com
Crews began putting the finishing touches on a new artificial turf field in Rogers Park.

Danbury Firehouse Rock fundraiser Sunday
Friday May 29 NewsTimesLive.com
The second annual Firehouse Rock to raise money for the Miry Brook Volunteer Fire Department will be held at the firehouse Sunday.

Beautillion offers lessons for manhood
Friday May 29 NewsTimesLive.com
... how to prepare for a job interview, to manage money, and even the best way to shake hands professionally. Six Danbury High School seniors learned these things for their passage into manhood, in the program called the Beautillion, sponsored by the ...

Stocks 5.30
Friday May 29 News Times
... on this region. Priceline.com Inc., the Norwalk-based online discount travel service, closed at $110.11, up $2.33. Danbury-based Praxair Inc., which makes and distributes industrial gases such as oxygen, nitrogen, argon and rare gases, was up $1.83 ...

Screenwriter gives insight into craft at Connecticut Film Festival
Friday May 29 News Times
... in the QA below. But you can ask him your own questions following a screening of "August Rush" Thursday in Danbury. The 7 p.m. screening -- part of the Connecticut Film Festival -- will be at the Palace Theatre, 165 Main St. After the show Hart will ...

Danbury Children First to release survey results at two public meetings
Friday May 29 News Times
Danbury Children First has been working on its Parent Resource Initiative for the past year.

Page Turns: Book Talk brings authors to Southbury
Friday May 29 Connecticut Post
... Talk draws readers to hear directly from authors about their new books. Judy Lundberg and Lois Wolsch, both former Danbury residents now living in Southbury, have been the driving forces behind the Book Talk program for years. "Judy finds the

Danbury will appeal state's OK for cell tower on Stadley Rough Road
Friday May 29 NewsTimesLive.com
... but three members of the council voting against the application is encouraging. State Sen. Michael McLachlan, R-Danbury, said he introduced legislation earlier this year that would give towns some say in cell tower applications. The legislation, he ...

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Race Fan to Win Newly-Designed Cory-Mac Dragster-Inspired Speedboat
Thursday May 28 Motorsports Blog
... unit within the Honeywell Transportation Systems segment of Honeywell International Inc., has headquarters in Danbury, Conn. Its leading automotive care products include FRAMA oil, air, transmission and fuel filters; AutoliteA spark plugs, ignition ...

Masuk tops Brookfield in softball
Saturday May 23 NewsTimesLive.com
... Brookfield (13-8) will find out where it's seeded in the state tournament on Friday. Boys lacrosse Amity 14, Danbury 10 -- Dan Crean had three goals and an assist and Mike Gillotti netted three goals as the Hatters (3-13) closed out a rough season. ...

Ceremony honors patients buried at state hospital
Saturday May 23 NewsTimesLive.com
... his disappearance in 1902 until 1906, the Byrnie family believes James was living at an almshouse, or poorhouse, in Danbury. "Our grandfather had an interesting story, as they all did," Grace said. "And their stories would never be told." As the ...

Bethel man arrested for DUI after sideswiping two cars
Friday May 22 News Times
... obriety tests and was subsequently arrested, police said. He posted $1,000 bond and is scheduled to appear June 1 in Danbury Superior Court.

Route 7 nightmares w/Photo
Friday May 22 NewsTimesLive.com
... their schedules because of the construction. Two widening projects, a 2-mile stretch started earlier this year in Danbury and a 3 1/2-mile section in Wilton, where work began about three years ago, are blamed for many of the problems. Most ...

Danbury men rescue much more than an old plaque
Friday May 22 NewsTimesLive.com
This weekend, the monuments and plaques outside the War Memorial will shine in honor of the Danbury men and women who served their nation with dignity and courage.

Kostoroski named circulation director
Friday May 22 Bainbridge Island Review
... to carrier delivery. In the summer of 2007, James took advantage of an opportunity to move back to the East coast to Danbury, Connecticut to serve as the Circulation Operations Manager for The News-Times (Hearst Corporation). Sound Publishing, Inc. ...

How they met: Timing of phone calls critical for Danbury couple
Friday May 22 Connecticut Post
Timing turned out to be everything for Danbury residents Barry and Lisa Abrams. They've been married for 10 years now, but it was lucky timing that allowed them to meet in the first place.

St. John's Episcopal rector in New Milford leaves legacy of social activism
Friday May 22 News Times
... In 2007, she took a regional role in defense of immigrants. In August of that year, she took part in a vigil in Danbury that she described at the time as a chance to recognize how many immigrants have now become the targets of hate, fear and anger. ...

March of Dimes needs more support
Friday May 22 NewsTimesLive.com
He was born in 1710, Stratford, Conn., shot in Ridgefield, yet he was buried in Danbury on his first visit to that town.

Don't Panic if You Need New License
Friday May 22 WVIT-TV
... if you need a new license in Fairfield, New Haven or Litchfield Counties: - 143 Cedar St., Branford - 93 Lake Ave., Danbury - 2276 Whitney Ave., Hamden - 527 Boston Post Road, Orange - 623 Newfield Avenue, Stamford - 555 Lordship Blvd., Stratford - ...

Candlewood Lake patrols resume for Memorial Day weekend
Friday May 22 News Times
The 27-member Candlewood Lake Marine Patrol -- temporarily beached because of insurance issues -- is back on the lake for Memorial Day weekend.

Hat Day pride
Friday May 22 WBBH-TV
... caps, baseball caps, Stetsons, and other head gear. Turns out it was the annual Hat Day, which honors the history of Danbury, Conn. The city became famous in the 1800s as America's leading producer of hats. When hats lost their popularity, Danbury's ...

Managed Ethernet Switches suit IP video network management.
Friday May 22 ThomasNet
... path in case of network failure. ComNet Models Introduce SFP Fiber Connection for Increased Design Flexibility Danbury, CT. February 11, 2009, Communication Networks of Danbury, Connecticut, doing business as ComNet(TM), has introduced and ...

Danbury man fought the Germans on skis in World War II
Friday May 22 News Times
Like many of his peers from the Greatest Generation, Danbury's Bill Duncan fought the Germans in World

Iraqi native to talk Sunday in Danbury
Friday May 22 News Times
... across the United States. The 24-year-old will talk during two services at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Danbury on Sunday morning. The public is welcome. Despite his youth, Hamza's life has taken some dramatic turns. Within a few years, he ...

Eatery offers Mediterranean spice
Thursday May 21 NewsTimesLive.com
... behind the counter at Baba Ghannouj, a Mediterranean-American restaurant, that recently opened at 172 White St. in Danbury. Omar and Crystal Tork, husband and wife, own the restaurant that serves cuisine from Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Turkey, ...

Brookfield surges past Danbury in boys lacrosse battle
Saturday May 16 NewsTimesLive.com
Trailing Danbury by two goals late in the first half, the Brookfield High boys lacrosse team got an offensive surge from an unlikely place.

Danbury school leaders to meet with state Department of Education...
Saturday May 16 NewsTimesLive.com
Danbury education leaders are off to Hartford Tuesday in what might be akin to a visit to the principal's

Danbury family raises money in honor of their deceased son
Saturday May 16 NewsTimesLive.com
As a kid growing up on Kingswood Road in Danbury, Bobby Forlastro loved stock car racing.

Full steam ahead
Saturday May 16 NewsTimesLive.com
... only complaint was that they didn't stay long enough," she said. There seems to be a lot excitement surrounding the Danbury Branch rail line these days. A renewed interest in the line, as well as an infusion of state and federal dollars, may lead to ...

Engaged: Kathleen Hanley, Paul Iaciofano
Saturday May 16 NewsTimesLive.com
... The future bride graduated from New Fairfield High School and attended Western Connecticut State University in Danbury. She is the director of business development for Stream Global Services in Florida. The future bridegroom graduated from ...

Lilyan G. Picow
Friday May 15 The State - South Carolina
... fondly called her Mimi, all of Columbia. Survivors also include brother, Philip Ginsburg and sister-in-law, Jane of Danbury, Conn.; and nephews, Jeff and Gary Ginsburg of Sherman, Conn. She was predeceased by her brother, Morris Ginsburg of Danbury, ...

Danbury murder suspect asks for speedy trial, again
Friday May 15 News Times
Julio Morquecho wants a new trial, and fast. Public Defender Jeffrey Hutcoe, who represents the former Balmforth Avenue man accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend, filed a new motion for a speedy trial in Superior Court on Wednesday, a day after the murder case was continued to mid-June. If granted, the motion could mean a new trial within 30 days

Authority patrols suspended on Candlewood Lake
Friday May 15 NewsTimesLive.com
... out on the lake? Does that increase their liability? "I'm of the opinion they shouldn't be carrying weapons," Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton said Friday. "I'm not clear on whether it's a good idea." "I don't see any need for weapons on what's a ...

Agreement reach on new library hours
Friday May 15 NewsTimesLive.com
City and library officials have agreed on a new schedule. The good news is Danbury Library will be open Fridays after Memorial Day.

Keep looking
Friday May 15 NewsTimesLive.com
... Mary Badaracco, a Sherman woman who disappeared in 1984 and is believed dead. Earlier this month, a jury acquitted a Danbury man, Ernest Dachenhausen, of interfering with a 2007 police investigation into Badaracco's disappearance. "Our case is not ...

Brookfield students to sell plants Sunday
Friday May 15 NewsTimesLive.com
... Heather McLoone's favorite activity. The third-grader at the Western Connecticut Academy of International Studies in Danbury said, "It tickles when they crawl around on your hand. I really love ladybugs." All the students, including first-grader ...

Cystic Fibrosis walk celebrates bill passage
Friday May 15 NewsTimesLive.com
... Rogers Park Sunday will have reason to celebrate. This year, through the efforts of State Sen. Michael McLachlan, R-Danbury, the General Assembly has passed legislation requiring that all infants get screened for cystic fibrosis at birth. The ...

Loaded images instead of any real substance
Friday May 15 NewsTimesLive.com
... then, and repeatedly says it's willing to accept a two-state solution based on the 1967 borders. Gulamhusein A. Abba DANBURY Nearly $65,000 raised to fight Alzheimer's The 2009 New Milford Memory Walk was a tremendous success. On May 2, over 500 ...

Morgan Avenue recognized by the Norwalk Historical Society
Friday May 15 Norwalk Citizen News
... some of Norwalk's upper-middle class families. The new street was near The Green; the trolley lines; the Norwalk and Danbury Railroad station on Water Street; Episcopal, Baptist and Congregational churches; Norwalk City Hall and the retail center of ...

From modest beginnings, state film festival develops
Friday May 15 Connecticut Post
... car into a major movie event that draws filmmakers from around the globe. The festival returns to downtown Danbury June 2-7. Discussing this fast-approaching event recently, Carruthers had all the enthusiasm -- if not the dramatic voice -- of a ...

Danbury car fire put out
Friday May 15 News Times
A Danbury firefighter hoses down the engine compartment to a car, which caught fire on Down Street in Danbury Friday afternoon

DWI charge for man hanging out of parked car on I-684
Friday May 15 Journal News
... of his car, which was stopped on the right shoulder of Interstate 684, state police said. Sachin Talreja, 36, of Danbury, Conn., was charged with driving while intoxicated and with a blood-alcohol level greater than 0.08 percent, misdemeanors,

Local youth wrestlers win titles at national championships
Friday May 15 NewsTimesLive.com
... him discuss wrestling techniques and effective methods to shave pounds off made it quite obvious, though. Shay and Danbury 10-year-old Rocco Swensen recently won first place at the Mid-Atlantic Wrestling Association (MAWA) Eastern National ...

Gas prices again on the rise
Thursday May 14 NewsTimesLive.com
... slowing down for Kathleen Gaboardi -- and now higher gas prices are starting to eat away at her profits. Gaboardi of Danbury drives more than 100 miles during a typical day repairing windshields, often for dealers who have less work available for ...

Forum on faith Celebrate denominations' differences, not just...
May 10, 2009 NewsTimesLive.com
... sn't matter. You pick." If only we, too, could be that way. The Rev. Robert M. Ross is chaplain at Wooster School in Danbury. His e-mail address is robert.ross@woosterschool.org .

Record day for Danbury High track and field star Guider
May 9, 2009 News Times
Add another record to the resume for Danbury High senior Robert Guider. Guider established a new Connecticut scholastic standard in the hammer throw Saturday at the prestigious 38th Annual Hartford Public High School Invitation Track and Field meet at Veterans Stadium in New Britain.

Shopping on a SNAP budget
May 9, 2009 News Times
... She wants them to live well on a budget. "It's a good, healthy way for anyone,'' said Valeri, a member of the Danbury Housing Partnership, the private/public entity trying to improve housing opportunities in the city. "You can eat healthier foods, ...

Setback in Badaracco case
May 9, 2009 News Times
... a month later Dominic was renting the house to another family, who told police he had been living with a sister in Danbury. Members of that family told state police Mary Badaracco's car -- a 1982 Chevrolet Cavalier station wagon -- had been parked ...

Danbury's Castillo ties homer mark at Eastern
May 9, 2009 NewsTimesLive.com
Eastern Connecticut State University junior third baseman Melvin Castillo of Danbury tied the school career home run record by hitting hits 37th and 38th career blasts Saturday as the second-seeded Warriors won their seventh Little East Conference baseball tournament championship in 13 years with a 14-5 win over third-seeded Keene State

Moms come home
May 9, 2009 NewsTimesLive.com
... resident Teresa Kallivrousis, a Realtor, and her husband, Nick, who owns Three Brothers Diner on White Street in Danbury, said when they gets older, they hope to live with her son, Stanley. Kallivrousis said she can't imagine not being around ...

For Veterans Back From War, Writing Proves to Be a Balm w/Photo
May 9, 2009 New York Times
... a few steps. I stared at the cloud of smoke, mesmerized. From "Go Now, You Are Forgiven," by Dario DiBattista Jr. DANBURY WHEN Dario DiBattista Jr., now 25, enrolled at Central Connecticut State University three years ago, after two tours of duty in ...

New Fairfield woman becomes a better mother with help from Danbury non-profit
May 9, 2009 NewsTimesLive.com
... told her husband, repeating the words for good luck. "One day, it will be us." Today, like women all across Greater Danbury, Ortiz will celebrate Mother's Day with her husband, Vic, the transit worker, and their three sons -- Daniel, Andrew and ...

All aboard
May 9, 2009 NewsTimesLive.com
It's been nearly 40 years since the last commuter train chugged down the tracks from New Milford to Danbury

Do you remember? State DOT to get weather reports from WestConn
May 9, 2009 NewsTimesLive.com
Next winter, when chilly gusts are pushing the first snowstorms into the state, the Department of Transportation will get its advance warning from the weather service at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, under a new agreement effective July 1 . WestConn officials said the state's decision to drop an out-of-state weather service in ...

CT confirms 11 new swine flu cases
May 9, 2009 WTNH
... infected are recovering without needing to be hospitalized. The DPH on Saturday confirmed new cases in Ridgefield, Danbury, Darien, Derby, Greenwich, Old Saybrook, Waterbury and Wilton. Of the 29 confirmed and probable cases, people infected range ...

Live Blog: Thousands without power
May 9, 2009 Salt Lake Tribune
Click the box below to replay a minute-by-minute account of what happened in Danbury during Wednesday's ice storm.

'Bar brawl' in Danbury sends two to hospital
May 9, 2009 NewsTimesLive.com
Two people were treated at Danbury Hospital after a brawl at a Federal Road bar early Wednesday.

Newtown board remains split on bus contract
May 9, 2009 Customer Interaction Solutions
... News-Times or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.newstimes.com . Copyright (c) 2009, The News-Times, Danbury, Conn. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For reprints, email tmsreprints@permissionsgroup.com, call ...

Exchange Club to honor Bethel police officer
May 8, 2009 News Times
... 26-year-old Brookfield native, on the job for just over three and a half years, will be honored this Thursday by the Danbury Exchange Club as Bethel's Police Officer of the Year. Christos, who is assigned to the patrol division, was selected because ...

Brookfield High School plans major schedule overhaul
May 8, 2009 NewsTimesLive.com
... Bethel's, with eight classes rotating over six periods, but Newtown has 50-minute periods. Neither New Milford nor Danbury have block scheduling. Ridgefield High School has traditional scheduling with an eight-period day, but principal Jeff Jaslow ...

"Clean City Danbury Day" has 'fantastic' turnout, best in six years
May 3, 2009 NewsTimesLive.com
City officials are calling Saturday's "Clean City Danbury Day" the most successful yet out of the six years the citywide cleanup event has been held.

Danbury native is driving force behind mental health organization
May 3, 2009 News Times
... Colonnade, Samaha said. "But we want to make it an annual event, along with our Comedy Club in the fall." Samaha, a Danbury native, founded the institute in 1996 as an outpatient mental health facility for children and adults with attention deficit ...

Lessons from the swine flu of 1976
May 3, 2009 News Times
... now is not like that, and not likely to be like that," said Dr. Gregory Dworkin, chief of pediatric pulmonology at Danbury Hospital and one of the people responsible for planning the local response to the current outbreak. "What you think at the ...

Danbury woman charged in credit card theft
May 3, 2009 News Times
A 22-year-old Danbury woman was charged with 2nd-degree larceny Friday after allegedly claiming another woman's purse at Sports Authority and using credit cards found in the purse to purchase over $6,000 worth of items at the Danbury Fair mall, police said.

Couple coping with early Alzheimer's
May 3, 2009 The Oregonian
DANBURY, Conn. - John Whitcomb of Danbury was first attracted to his wife, Pita, now 56, because of her fascinating life story, talents, and the near constant "sparkle in her eye." Whitcomb, a 59-year-old entrepreneur and chief examiner for the Danbury Civil Service Commission, longs to be reunited with that delightful, intelligent woman he married ...

Danbury man accused of interfering in Badaracco investigation to...
May 3, 2009 NewsTimesLive.com
Ernest Dachenhausen, the city man charged last year with interfering in the investigation of Mary Badaracco's 1984 disappearance from Sherman, will begin standing trial on the charge next week.

Mexican immigrants in Danbury worry about friends, family back home...
May 3, 2009 News Times
... in Mexico, about 40 miles from the village where the first case of swine flu was discovered. "A lot of people in Danbury are from Veracruz," she said. "Most of the people who work in the kitchen have family there." Vazquez said her husband was going ...

Southeast, Danbury eye exclusive property
May 3, 2009 Journal News
Potential bids by Southeast and Danbury, Conn., to buy open space from a company that runs the exclusive Morefar golf club has brought fresh attention to a course whose origins are tied to American International Group - the insurance giant that received billions in taxpayer bailout dollars.

Swine flu masks flying off shelves
May 2, 2009 NewsTimesLive.com
For months, the boxes of medical face masks just sat on the shelves of AWA Medical Supplies on Main Street in Danbury.

Engaged: Sara Yarrish, Steven Spranzman
May 2, 2009 News Times
Louis and Sally Yarrish of Ridgefield announce the engagement of their daughter, Sara Christine Yarrish, to Steven Scott Spranzman, son of Gus and Wendy Spranzman of Danbury.

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