Monroe News

The uncertainty about when -- and under what circumstances -- Monroe will get access to the former Chalk Hill School , now known as Sandy Hook Elementary School , has been resolved.

On those nights when Amy DeLoughy's children can't sleep, haunted by memories of the massacre at their elementary school, or on those mornings when they can't face the daily routine, she calls in the ducks.

Emmett Lee spotted this black bear in his Monroe backyard on Thursday June 13 and Friday June 14, 2013.

Nicholas Debenedetto, 20, of Shelton, was one of three people arrested for the attempted robbery of a Mobil gas station in Monroe on Thursday, June 13, 2013.

Monroe officer Todd Keeping discusses "The Ducks Of Sandy Hook Elementary" and how they have become a coping mechanism for the students.

A bus traveling from Newtown, Conn., to Monroe stops in front of 26 angels along the roadside on the first day of classes for Sandy Hook Elementary School students after the Dec. 14 shooting, in Monroe, Conn., Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013.

A suspect in two break-ins to local businesses in 2010 turned himself in after DNA evidence linked him to the scene, police said.

Lighted angels hang from a tree in Monroe, Conn., on Jan. 14, 2013, on the one-month anniversary of the shooting at Sandy Hook elementary School in Newtown that killed 20 children and six staff members.

Vanessa Heid and son Jaxon, 23 months, of Stratford, keep cool at the beach by the Seawall in Stratford, Conn.

An acting principal at a high school in West Hartford was hired Wednesday as the new principal at Newtown Middle School and an intermediate school principal in Thomaston was chosen to become principal at Reed Intermediate School .

A principal loved by many will take a year off as she continues to battle cancer, the Janesville School District announced Wednesday.

Less than six months after a gunman killed 20 first-graders and six educators inside Sandy Hook Elementary School, Treehouse Comedy Productions plans to put on a show at the Edmond Town Hall in Newtown, Conn., to benefit those affected by the massacre.

The Supreme Court will consider whether the state of Mississippi can bring a state-level lawsuit in a global LCD screen price-fixing conspiracy.

Air tankers are expected to resume their attack on a wildfire that sent thousands of campers fleeing the mountains near Santa Barbara.

U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan joined Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and members of Connecticut's congressional delegation at a town hall-style forum on Friday to discuss what he described as the difficult task between balancing school safety and creating an atmosphere of fear.

Monroe volunteer EMT Bob Zawatski shows some of the water damage caused by the old, leaking roof at Station 2 at 54 Jockey Hollow Road in Monroe, Conn.

That was before a month's worth of rain fell on the region, lawns got shaggy and unkempt and puddles grew to the size of small lakes.

If you see a bear: Enjoy it from a distance. Advertise your presence by shouting and waving your arms or walk slowly away.

The Connecticut Council of Small Towns is pleased to announce that Patricia Llodra, First Selectman of the Town of Newtown, has been appointed to COSTaAos Board of Directors effective November 8, 2012.

Sacred Heart University undergrads celebrate the 47th Commencement on Sunday, May 19, 2013.