DANBURY — King Street Early Learning Center and the King Street United Church of Christ will host a day of family fun this Saturday.

The Family Fun Fest at 201 South King St. will include an interactive music program at 11:15 a...

DANBURY — A young Ridgefield resident will be the beneficiary of Danbury Professional Fire Fighters Local 801’s fifth annual fundraiser on June 9.

Proceeds from the event will go to help fund treatments for 11-year-old Brooke Blake, who has been battling a type of brain tumor called diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma for the past four years...

SHERMAN - A 65-year-old man accused of killing his husband in their hilltop farmhouse was arraigned at Waterbury Hospital on a murder charge Friday, prosecutors said...

Photronics marked on Tuesday its 50th year in business, with the Brookfield-based company manufacturing photomasks used to create circuitry by semiconductor makers.

Founded in 1969 by Constantine Macricostas in Danbury, who remains executive chairman, Photronics today employs nearly 1,600 people.

DANBURY — The police department will offer an 11-week Citizen Police Academy for those who live, work or own business in Danbury residents, workers or business owners beginning Tuesday, March 12.

The program is designed to educate community members about police department operations and procedures, as well as foster enhanced understanding and cooperation between police and the community...

The Danbury Fire Department responded to a motor vehicle accident with injuries on I-84 eastbound between exits 3 and 4 around 10:15 this morning.

State police on scene said a female victim was going in and out of consciousness.

DANBURY — An iconic piece of Danbury history is on its way home Thursday afternoon.

The gigantic, 38-foot-tall Uncle Sam that once overlooked the Danbury Fair is strapped to a flatbed truck and barreling down Interstate 87 from its long-time home at the Magic Forest family amusement park in Lake George, N...

DANBURY — Three men face drug-related charges after an investigation into drug trafficking in the city, police said.

Abdulwali “Tamel” Peterson, 30, of Naugatuck, was charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance with the intent to sell and sale of a controlled substance.

DANBURY - A motorist was killed on Padanaram Road Tuesday after a tree fell on a pick up truck.

Authorities have yet to release the name of the person who was killed, but the road has been closed while emergency crews respond...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — The Danbury Westerners dropped their second straight game Friday, falling 9-0 to the New Bedford Bay Sox in a New England Collegiate Baseball League game.

Randy Taveras had two hits for Danbury to improve his batting average to .329, and Jake Frasca and Walker Imwalle each had one.

A smile stretches across Jerry DeJulia’s face as he gazes out across the fields at Rogers Park in Danbury on a sun-drenched afternoon perfect for a game or two of softball.

At nearly 85 years old, DeJulia has spent a great portion of his adult life on these fields and similar ones in towns all over greater Danbury as a softball player, manager, umpire and administrator.

DANBURY, Conn. (AP) — Doctors at a Connecticut hospital say they removed a 132-pound tumor from a woman's abdomen, and she is expected to recover fully...

The Workspace Collective at 287 Main St. in Danbury will hold a Fashion Revolution makers party from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday, April 27. The event will celebrate sustainable fashion and those who make it.

DANBURY — Public school officials are reevaluating after learning they likely will receive slightly less money than they requested in next year’s city budget.

Mayor Mark Boughton’s proposed $257 million budget for 2018-19, unveiled at the City Council meeting Tuesday night, includes $132...

DANBURY — Longtime Democratic leader and former mayor Gene Eriquez is stepping aside as chairman of the party’s town committee this year.

In his stead, the committee unanimously selected Andrea Gartner as its new chairwoman at its meeting Monday night...

DANBURY — Police checking on a suspicious car Friday night ended up taking a Danbury man into custody on a string of outstanding charges.

Officers were called to Boat Road around 10:20 p.m. for reports of suspicious activity and found Lenny Almonte, 22, and another person sitting in a car...

DANBURY — The number of homeless people in the Danbury area appears to be trending down for the fourth straight year, according to early data collected this week.

Only four people were found staying outdoors Tuesdayd evening during the annual one-night census of the homeless across the state, tying the lowest number recorded locally since 2011.

DANBURY — Early Christmas morning, well before most children awoke to see what Santa left under the tree, Dr...

On behalf of the Board of Trustees for the Friends of the Danbury Library, I would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the community for the overwhelming support to the Book Fair that was held last month at the PAL Building...

Savings Bank of Danbury applied for state approval to open loan offices in Greenwich and Stamford, while winning permission to open a new branch in Waterbury.

The new offices would represent the Danbury-based bank’s lone locations in lower Fairfield County, with Savings Bank of Danbury eyeing a loan office at 133 E...

More than three dozen employees of the state’s 18 hospital chains made more than $1 million in salary and benefits in fiscal year 2016.

The state Department of Public Health has released the 10 highest-paid employees at every health system, and at every hospital...

DANBURY — Do you know the signs that a teenager is suicidal?

A discussion on teen suicide at the Danbury Library this Thursday hopes to answer that and other questions about the issue.

Teen suicide is one of the leading causes of death among teens, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

DANBURY - Two men who police said were dealing prescription drugs out of a downtown area apartment were arrested Thursday.

According to a statement released by police, Jeremy “Popp” Colon, of Chestnut Street in Bethel, and Robert Frey, who lives in an apartment on Harding Place near West Street, are facing numerous drug charges including the sale of narcotics after investigators discovered them with of Xanax and Oxycodone pills...

DANBURY—Danbury police and Mayor Mark Boughton will launch the police department’s recruitment campaign with a press conference Tuesday.

The event, to be held in the Danbury Police Department community room, will include information about the recruitment process and the release of a video produced by RMedia.

The next Hearst Movie & A Martini gathering in Danbury will feature the new rock ‘n’ roll documentary “Shot!”

Subtitled “The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock,” the movie profiles one of pop music’s greatest living photographers, Mick Rock.

DANBURY — Jeffrey “Gus” Sackett is giving the wood from old decks, pallets and barns new life, and at the same time helping to add variety to the retail scene in downtown.

Sackett recently opened Greenworks Woodworking at 246 Main St...

DANBURY — Networking is “ginormous,” follow your instincts, work long hours and learn local traffic patterns.

To make it in today’s changing small-business environment, entrepreneurs need to do the big things and small things, according to a panel of five local business owners who spoke at the Entrepreneur Expo held Monday morning at the Microsoft Store in Danbury Fair mall...

DANBURY - Danbury Youth Services will host its third annual spin fundraiser on Saturday.

The event, planned from 7 a.m. to noon at S.E.T. Gym, 47 West St., will feature five one-hour sessions led by spin instructors, according to a release.

DANBURY - The city is seeking volunteers to supervise homeless people as part of a work-reward program planned for the warm weather season.

The city’s ‘Clean Start’ program, which was launched last year, pays homeless people with gift cards who help beautify Danbury...

DANBURY - A man facing sexual assault charges for purportedly having sex with a young girl was taken into custody by federal immigration officials when he appeared at Superior Court for a pre-trial hearing Wednesday.

DANBURY - A Superior Court refused to lower a $250,000 cash bond Tuesday levied against a Westport man who police say was involved in a human trafficking operation that preyed on young adult males with psychological issues.

Commuters who use the Danbury Branch rail line are being invited to a meeting with state Department of Transportation Commissioner James Redeker next week.

DANBURY - A man accused of pressuring mentally troubled young men into paid sex with wealthy male clients told police he “didn’t know I was causing any harm.”

“My crime was trying to help people,” Robert King insisted in an interview with police recounted in an affidavit filed Friday in Superior Court.

DANBURY—Garfield Sanderson said Thursday that he was acting in self-defense when he shot and killed Jeiel Kingston after a brawl at the Mambo Café three years ago.

Sanderson, taking the stand in his own defense Thursday, said he felt threatened by Kingston after a history of altercations between the two Bridgeport men over a woman they were both dating and because they were members of rival gangs...

DANBURY - A city businesswoman has arranged an autism awareness event at City Hall in early April that will flood the building in blue light.

Emanuela Palmares, editor-in-chief of La Tribuna, said she is organizing the April 10 event to honor her son, who has autism...

A hardy band of movie buffs spent the better part of a recent Saturday watching all of this year’s Oscar-nominated shorts at the Palace Theatre in Danbury.

The special edition of the Hearst Movie & A Martini series was a marathon that added up to six-and-a-half hours of animated, live action and documentary films...

Mark Twain Library will host a history program at 3 p.m. this Sunday as part of Redding’s 250th anniversary.

The program will focus on the Danbury Raid and how it affected Redding and the fight for independence.

DANBURY - Jurors will get to hear from at least two witnesses who claim to have seen Garfield Sanderson shoot and kill Jeiel Kingston after a brawl at the Mambo Cafe three years ago.

A Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday that two women who claim to have seen the shooting would be able to testify in the case.

I want to take a moment to thank you for your honest reporting regarding many of the issues that have been plaguing our country since November.

Your reporting on the Immigrants Day Strike was a good example of how many of us feel — that Danbury is not a Hate City, but one that embraces the immigrants of the past and present.