New Fairfield News

Gun control is on everyone's mind these days, including President Barack Obama and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy .

Back in February, the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents and The Connecticut Association of Schools challenged students in grades 6-12 to develop short videos highlighting their best ideas for improving education.

A majestic horse dubbed "Big Red," made from scrap steel and inspired by an old red wheelbarrow, is just one of 24 works from Connecticut sculptors that's on display at the Governor's Residence in Hartford.

Parks and Recreation Director Dennis DiPinto talks about the revitalization project Brookfield, Conn., is considering for the Brookfield Town Beach and Cadigan Park Monday, June 10, 2013.

Katie Marsan , who just graduated from Western Connecticut State University in May, has won a prestigious Fulbright fellowship to study at the University of Tartu in Estonia for nine months.

His name may have been William, John or Charles. You may have seen him walking down Main Street -- perhaps headed to his job at one of the many hat factories in Danbury back in the 1800s.

Western Connecticut Regional Adult and Continuing Education program presented high school credit diplomas to 35 area residents during its graduation ceremony Tuesday.

The annual Candlewood Lake cleanup to be held June 21 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. needs additional boats to pick up and transport the debris that people have gather.

All proceeds will go directly to provide scholarships to New Fairfield High School graduating seniors who plan to pursue a career in education.

Lindsay Beale , 23, of New Fairfield, was in the back seat when the white Hyundai Veloster collided with a truck making a turn.

The Connecticut Post reports that Bridgeport, Guilford, Milford, New Fairfield, North Haven, New Haven and LEARN, a regional education service center in southeastern Connecticut, shared the money.

Trucker Robert Gomper, 55, of East Hartford, who was driving a 2009 Hino truck loaded with cargo eastward on Botsford Hill Road at about 12:25 pm on June 4, drove past a warning sign stating that the Housatonic Railroad's train overpass there had a clearance limit of 11 feet, 5 inches, police said.

The defendants, former board members and residents of the plaintiff, Candlewood Hills Tax District, appeal from the judgment of the trial court declaring invalid actions taken by the defendants to reduce the boundaries of the district containing the defendants' property.

This summer, TheatreWorks New Milford is honored to host the world premiere of the musical comedy EARNEST OR WHAT'S IN A NAME?, an original adaptation of Oscar Wilde 's 'The Importance of Being Earnest' in the style of Gilbert and Sullivan.

The annual Candlewood Lake Cleanup event, organized by the five Candlewood Lake town leaders, is scheduled for June 15 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. As in the past, the drop-off point for lake debris will be at the Cottonwood Cove Marina in New Fairfield.

Fire police extinguish a house fire on Smoke Hill Drive in New Fairfield, Conn. on Thursday, May 30, 2013.

The carved, painted and framed porcelain wall sculptures of Jean A. Mann will be on exhibit at the Barn Gallery, 82 Route 37, from June 8 to 29.

After a nearly five-hour debate, the Democrat-dominated House of Representatives late Wednesday pushed through a year-and-a-half phase-in for higher minimum wages.

On Wednesday, Raymond Massagli of New Fairfield became the fourth defendant to plead guilty to being part of a Danbury area marijuana ring.

Luchina Fisher and Chris Creter, both of New Fairfield, will perform in "Prop 8" at the Unitarian Universalist Society in Stamford on Sunday, June 2. Photo: Contributed Photo There is a moment in "8" -- Dustin Lance Black 's play dramatizing the federal trial surrounding California's anti-gay-marriage Proposition 8 -- that brings Luchina Fisher to ... (more)