The Fairfield Hills Master Plan Review Committee, a group that convenes every five years to reassess the Master Plan for Fairfield Hills redevelopment, welcomed public input for current potential uses for recreation and town services at Fairfield Hills, Tuesday, January 22.

A town official is raising concerns about the environmental effects of a major industrial development project proposed for a 138-acre Hawleyville site, near Exit 9 of Interstate 84, saying that the construction work, as proposed, would require the earthen filling of about three acres of environmentally sensitive wetlands.

Stephen J. Sedensky III, the State’s Attorney for the Judicial District of Danbury, has ruled that March 25, 2018, death of a prisoner at Garner Correctional Institution in Newtown is “not criminal in nature.”

Ambulance calls in Newtown, Conn., for the period of January 17-23, 2019.

The first winter storm of 2019 may not have left as much snow on the ground as had been predicted, but ice and freezing temperatures that accompanied the January 20 weather event certainly made up for the precipitation that did not arrive. Sunshine on Monday sparkled off ice-covered branches across town, creating a beautiful scene in the dangerously cold temperatures that continued for a second day.

Drilling into the 2019-20 municipal budget proposal presented January 22 by First Selectman Dan Rosenthal, it becomes clear the first selectman is taking advantage of several opportunities that have aligned recently to craft a spending plan that is not only innovative, but lays down groundwork that could help save taxpayers substantially more money in the future.

Fire reports covering Newtown, Conn., for the period of January 17-24, 2019.

Police reports covering Newtown, Conn., for the period of January 14-22, 2019.

The Pootatuck River was raging Thursday afternoon.

The National Weather Service out of New York City has issued a special weather statement for northern Fairfield County, until 4 pm, Thursday, January 24.