New Milford News

An 11-year-old boy hit by a car Wednesday evening while riding a bicycle on Bennitt Street was taken by ambulance to Danbury Hospital for treatment of injuries police described as "non-life threatening." The boy was not identified because he is a minor, and without a name hospital officials cannot provide condition checks.

The sentencing of a former New Milford police officer who plead guilty under the Alford Doctrine in November to a misdemeanor charge of second-degree breach of peace was rescheduled from Friday to March 2. Brant Cadovius, 41, accepted a plea bargain that allows him to maintain his innocence in a case related to the alleged theft of his wallet at ... (more)

Classical Magnet School parents, students and faculty met with Superintendent Christina Kishimoto Monday night to air their frustrations over the mid-year transfer of their principal.

Melissa Bowers didn't spend a long time in New Milford -- one year of middle school and two years of high school -- before moving back to Pittsburgh with her family nearly 20 years ago.

The board of selectmen will hold a special meeting Wednesday to review an offer by the owner of a Portland water park to buy the former Powder Ridge ski area.

Of the 14,400 people released from Connecticut prisons in 2005, nearly 80 percent were re-arrested by 2010, and just under half returned to prison with new sentences, according to a just-completed report that contains the most complete data ever compiled on the state's recidivism rate.

New Milford Mayor Pat Murphy touted the achievements of town departments and the Board of Education Monday night when she presented her proposed 2012-13 fiscal year budget of $93.02 million.

The United States should arm and assist Syrian opposition forces working to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad, Sen.

The Coastal Chordsmen Barbershop Chorus will send quartets out to present Singing Valentines throughout Fairfield and New Haven counties from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. ... The Stratford Professional Firefighters Burn Foundation and The Bridgeport Hospital Foundation will present a wine tasting to benefit the Connecticut Burn Center at Bridgeport Hospital ... (more)

Chocolate, the ultimate sin and savior, is the embodiment of the romantic escape known as Valentine's Day.

Over the weekend, officials from the East Fishkill andA Southeast barracks A arrested: New Milford, CT resident Thomas P. Dobson, 24, around 6:10 a.m. Sunday on Interstate 684/Route 22 in Southeast.

New Milford continued its dominance over its conference rivals by capturing its ninth straight SWC team title and its 11th overall since the SWC's inception prior to the 1995-96 season.

Police charged a 25-year-old New Milford man with drunken driving after police said he caused another driver to have an accident on Route 7 early Thursday.

This was the scene recently at the St. John's Episcopal Church parish hall as New Milford Cub Scout Pack 467 hosted its all-day annual pinewood derby.

Hayward Mclain, 32, picks up his son, Cordell, who turns 5 on Friday, from day care on Main Street in Danbury at the end of his work day.

Three Newtown women with ties to other towns in the region are slated to be judges at the 2012 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, the world's most famous dog show.

Dr. Ken Hoffman, of Sherman, uses an allergy elimination technique with New Milford resident Sharon McGee, at SOPHIA, a health center in Brookfield.

Wilbur the horse looks very different today from the broken-down, starving creature he was when rescued from a Wethersfield farm last August by police and state animal control authorities.

Because snow is expected Saturday, the kickoff event for the Relay For Life of New Milford has been postponed until Saturday, Feb.

Deborah Weymouth is senior vice president of operations and executive vice president of New Milford Hospital.