Monroe News

The Monroe Chamber of Commerce is excited to present the fifth annual Meet Monroe, the town's largest business exposition, open to the public.

Monroe - Senator Kevin Kelly and Representative DebraLee Hovey joined local officials at the Monroe Board of Education meeting on Tuesday night.

After 26 years in business, Country Hearts, located in the Clock Tower Square Plaza in Monroe, has reinvented itself as Lorraine K., a boutique carrying women's clothing, accessories and giftware.

After learning that police held a warrant for her arrest, Sandra Ballard, 53, of Danbury went to the police station about 4:30 pm on April 2 and was charged with violation of probation, police report.

Fairfield Family Law Attorney/Filmmaker Larry Sarezky and his Co-Producer, Danbury Attorney Deborah Grover will present their Telly Award winning short film, "Talk to Strangers" at the Bethel Cinema at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday April 23. The screening will mark the film's premiere public screening in Connecticut.

Enrollment in the Newtown Public School District dropped by almost 250 students in the year following the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

From left, grandmother Susan Nute, Logan Collins, 5 months, Bentley Collins, 2, and mother Lauren Collins, of Newtown, feed geese at Hawley Pond in Newtown, Conn.

Come join all of us at Creative Music Center for an open mic night! This event is taking place on April 5th at 7pm at Nuvita Frozen Yogurt & Cafe located at Clock Tower Square, 477 Main Street, Monroe.

Monroe residents and property owners voting in Tuesday's referendum defeated the first proposed 2014-15 budget by a margin of 229.

Police have charged a Monroe man with three counts of sale of a controlled substance for allegedly selling synthetic marijuana.

Looking northward on High Rock Road from a point near its intersection with Kelly Court, fire vehicles from Botsford and Sandy Hook were positioned on the road as firefighters worked to put out multiple brush fires Wednesday afternoon.

It may seem like a small part of police work, but enforcing laws against distracted driving has proved one of the more challenging aspects of the job.

For fans of choral music, there are few things more impressive than listening to a giant choir full of accomplished voices.

Monroe residents and property owners will be heading to the polls next week for the first vote on the 2014-15 budget, which includes just over $2 million in increased spending and a 2.4 percent rise in the mill rate.

Claudia Huydic, 34, of 241 Turkey Roost Road, Monroe, was arrested March 14 on a charge of driving while intoxicated.

Marlene Chaves, left, and Fairfield Warde High School senior Faith Spardo, stand ready to help customers with their purchases of baked goods at the new Chaves Bakery, 401 King's Highway, in Fairfield.

On Thursday, March 20, 2014 Brendan Fearon was sworn in as a Westport Police Officer by First Selectman Jim Marpe.

Monroe's January unemployment rate - 6.3 percent - is just a touch over the 2013 average but well below the 7.4 percent recorded at the same time last year.

Fairfield University student Katherine Pitz, left, and Amalia Rusu, an associate professor, have been named finalists for the Women of Innovation Awards.