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NEWTOWN — School officials left a Saturday morning retreat still considering how best to tackle declining school enrollment, a trend that has re-opened discussions about closing an elementary school.

Much of Saturday’s meeting focused on whether Superintendent Joe Erardi should further study shuttering a school— and idea heavily debated and ultimately tabled last summer — or if reconfiguring the district’s facilities could open space for municipal use, an early childhood education center or other options.

Newtown’s school population, like many districts in western Connecticut an

State police said that a vehicle with occupants crashed into Lake Lillinonah from the boat launch on Saturday.

Police said dive teams, a marine one boat and a heavy duty wrecker were responding to the scene.

Police in New Milford and Newtown said dive teams from their departments had been dispatched to the scene. Brookfield Police also confirmed their units were responding.

Arena’s Disney ice shows a go after Friday cancellation

BRIDGEPORT - Thousands of people planning to attend the Disney on Ice show at the Webster Bank Arena were disappointed Friday night when they were told the performance was cancelled.

DANBURY — A controversial housing proposal that gained a second life in the courts after being rejected by the city’s Planning Commission was opposed by homeowners this week as an unacceptable threat to neighborhood character.

The hearing called by the Planning Commission was closed after 11 people spoke against proposal, citing fears about flooding, traffic congestion and environmental degradation.

“In addition to the reduction in the number of units, we are reducing the length of the driveway and we added a couple of extra visitor parking spaces,” Dainius Virbickas, an engineer wo

DANBURY — Shortly after pleading not guilty to charges of witness tampering, a Danbury pet shop owner learned that prosecutors are considering adding to previously filed charges of animal cruelty against him.

[...] state Prosecutor Jonathan Lewin told The News-Times the investigation into Doyle’s witness tampering charges revealed more instances of animal cruelty, which will likely yield additional misdemeanor animal cruelty charges.

In once instance, officials said, Doyle performed surgery on a Neapolitan mastiff’s inner eyelid, causing severe bleeding, even though he wasn’t licens

Arctic blast to bring bitter temps to Conn.

[...] we’re going to pay the price over the next few days with bitterly cold evening temperatures on Monday and Tuesday.

A strong cold front is foreast to roll in Sunday evening bringing a rush of Arctic air and bone-chilling temperatures.

The National Weather Service says the coldest readings will be on Monday night when the thermometer will fall into the single numbers in interior sections of Connecticut.

Temps will be a few degrees warmer along the coast.

The NWS says the combined temperatures of November and December set all time records

Spano and his wife then met Wharton in his Danbury Road office on Sept.

Southwest Connecticut is getting its first taste of wintry weather with a combination of snow, sleet and cold rain.

[...] that’s creating slick road conditions.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for interior Fairfield and New Haven counties until 11 a.m.

State troopers were dispatched to Wooster Mountain Shooting Range, 74 Sugar Hollow Road, about 2 p.m. after the facility manager noticed that a gun owner smelled like alcohol and was having trouble walking, according to a news release.

When troopers arrived, they seized his firearms and ammunition and escorted him to the parking lot, where Straub failed the field sobriety tests, according to the release.

Some of the apartments on the second floor and one of the apartments on the third floor were damaged by the flames, but the firefighters were able to keep it from spreading to the attic.

The Music Guild, a music shop located on the first floor, is OK, although Omasta said there is some water and smoke damage throughout the three-story building.