Danbury News-Times

The News-Times is a daily newspaper based in Danbury, Connecticut, with a circulation of 30,000 copies. It is owned by the Hearst Corporation, a global media company that generates around $4 billion in revenue.

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3 Danbury residents arrested after drug investigation raid on Michael Street, officials say

2 days ago | newstimes.com | Jessica Bravo

DANBURY — Three Danbury residents were apprehended after police conducted a raid at a Michael Street apartment, officials said. Investigators received "numerous citizen complaints regarding suspected narcotics activity at the residence" prior to Monday's raid, the Danbury Police Department said in a news release.
Blighted site in Brookfield finally set for demolition, cleanup to make way for 60 apartments

2 days ago | newstimes.com | Sandra Diamond Fox

The contract with Enviro is for $125,800, he said. The remaining balance of the grant award is for the soil and groundwater remediation and water testing for years to come after redevelopment is completed, Dembowski said. Construction of the new building will begin next April and will take 14 months, Rothman said. One of the conditions of the grant is the redevelopment must be completed within five years of the grant award, Dembowski said.
Danbury man charged in fatal stabbing on Granville Avenue on Saturday, official says

4 days ago | newstimes.com | Jessica Bravo

DANBURY — A 21-year-old local man was identified as the suspect of a fatal stabbing on Granville Avenue and taken into custody on Saturday, according to an official. Danbury Spokesperson Erin Henry said Bryan Eduardo Caceres-Pinguil was charged with murder, third-degree assault, two counts of risk of injury to a minor and disorderly conduct.
Woman charged in Danbury federal prison escape after convicted of Alabama church fire

1 week ago | newstimes.com | Peter Yankowski

A woman is facing charges after her December escape from Danbury Federal Correctional Institution, where she was serving an 8½-year sentence for arson and gun possession charges for setting fire to a church in Alabama, authorities said. Xiaoqin Yan, 31, was charged under an indictment with escape from the custody of the Attorney General, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut.
Connecticut Arts, Entertainment, Movies, Nightlife & Events

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Find entertainment news and reviews on movies, theater, music, TV and books, plus event listings in Connecticut
How a Connecticut CEO built LesserEvil into a Danbury success story that Hershey wants to buy

1 week ago | newstimes.com | Rob Ryser

DANBURY – The LesserEvil organic snack empire on the city’s industrial east end will keep popping along as a Danbury story — much as it has for the past decade — if regulators approve Hershey’s reported $750 million acquisition of the popcorn company, its CEO says. First look at Great Wolf Lodge at Mashantucket opening this springWatch MoreThat's at least for the foreseeable future.
Former Danbury man accused of 1989 kidnapping now charged in second decades-old case

2 weeks ago | newstimes.com | Kendra Baker

DANBURY — A former Danbury man charged last year for his alleged role in an April 1989 kidnapping of an 11-year-old girl has been charged with another felony. David Vincent Coffey, 53, was arraigned Wednesday at state Superior Court in Danbury on a first-degree kidnapping charge, stemming from another abduction that had gone unsolved for more than three decades.
CT Supreme Court denies Alex Jones’ appeal to throw out $1.4B Sandy Hook defamation damages

2 weeks ago | newstimes.com | Rob Ryser

HARTFORD – The state’s highest court denied an appeal by Alex Jones to overturn the $1.4 billion in defamation damages that a judge and jury in Waterbury awarded Sandy Hook families after a headline-grabbing three-week trial in 2022.
Brookfield bowling alley, closed since January fire, for sale with $2.8 million price tag

2 weeks ago | newstimes.com | Sandra Diamond Fox

BROOKFIELD — The town’s only bowling alley is on the market, but the current owners hope the action will continue on the lanes after it is sold. Mick Consalvo, a broker with Tower Realty Corp., originally listed Strikers of Brookfield at 840 Federal Road for sale in January for $2.975 million. The asking price for the 27,000-square-foot facility on 3 acres was recently reduced to $2.8 million. Article continues below this adShortly after listing the proerty in January, a small fire broke out there.
CT approves $20B takeover of Danbury’s Nuvance Health by NY heath-care giant Northwell: Stabilizing

2 weeks ago | newstimes.com | Rob Ryser

DANBURY – Connecticut has approved a New York health giant’s $20 billion takeover of the parent company that runs hospitals in Danbury, Norwalk, New Milford and Sharon. The approval announced Tuesday morning with the release of a 100-page settlement agreement means that New York-based Northwell Health will invest $1 billion in the struggling Danbury-based health-care system Nuvance over the next five years.