New Fairfield News

Cutting off a police vehicle on Mill Plain Road led to multiple charges against 21-year-old New Fairfield resident Matheus De-Santana on Monday night.

Local school officials and teachers have agreed to a contract for the district's 270 certified staff that provides a one percent raise for 2011 and higher health premiums, recognizing the town's tough economic times.

Look around. What do you have hiding in a closet or gathering dust on a shelf that may be valuable? What about that clock your grandmother left you? A painting you think might be done by a noteworthy artist? If you think any of your treasures might be worth something, bring them to the Candlewood Arts Fund Appraisal Day on Sunday from noon to 4 ...

Feral cats are wild by nature and don't trust human beings, but a New Fairfield resident has proved they can be domesticated.

Several local debates and forums are available at newstimes.com . Other campaign footage is available through cable providers Charter and Comcast.

Keith McEachern, 61, of 77 Woodereach Road, New Fairfield, was arrested on charges of cruelty to animals and criminal possession of a firearm on Oct.

Tolland defended its Class M boys title and New Fairfield won the girls title at the CIAC state cross country championships at Wickham Park, where the sun has come out and it is very windy up on top of the hill near the finish line.

When I returned to New Fairfield in 2005 to raise my family, I was happy to be home again.

For a brief moment, the festering sore of genteel, country-club racism in the white suburbs around Danbury was ripped open.

As incumbent John Hodge, a Republican, and his Democratic challenger, Monika Thiel, head toward the finish line in the race for first selectman, lawn signs and door-to-door campaigning have replaced controversies over a cancelled debate and a racially offensive e-mail that garnered early headlines.

A three-car accident sent six people to the hospital and closed part of Padanaram Road for more than an hour Tuesday.

A Danbury man has pleaded not guilty to a vehicular manslaughter charge stemming from a fatal accident on Federal Road earlier this month.

I have no problem with first selectman listing the accomplishments he deserves credit for in New Fairfield.

It is with great pleasure that I recommend Monika Thiel. I have known her all of her life, both as a former New Fairfield neighbor and now as a frequent visitor and 45-year friend of the family.

James Wygonik, pictured above, has been named as the new principal of Lyme-Old Lyme High School.

THUMBS UP to the Greater Danbury NAACP and New Fairfield officials who met and agreed on a series of community meetings to talk about the value of diversity and civility.

The toxic picture and pamphlet leached hate and ignorance into New Fairfield on Tuesday.

In response to the News-Times article "Democrats wants different sponsor for New Fairfield debate." In this article it is quoted by Monika Thiel that "a bias-free, independent" debate would be impossible and the Brookfield LWV should be brought in.

Jeff Wiggins, one of the most articulate and thoughtful men you will ever meet, struggled to put his heart on paper.

The town's first round of swine flu vaccinations was given Thursday evening to 2-, 3- and 4-year-olds. Following the state Department of Public Health's distribution plan, the first shipments of the nasal vaccine were administered to children from New Milford, Washington, Sherman and New Fairfield who attend day-care centers.