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Amid an uptick in coronavirus cases, Danbury is taking several steps including a delay to in-person learning. “I have three kids and I would love for them to back to school. So I just want this all to be over with,” said Kellie Vasquez of Danbury. The school district decided to postpone Monday’s planned return to in-person classes. For...

Amid an uptick in coronavirus cases, Danbury is taking several steps including a delay to in-person learning.

The city of Danbury is taking action amid an uptick in COVID-19 cases.

Danbury city officials announced Friday night that all schools will remain remote due to ongoing concerns about the spread of COVID-19 in the city.

After a playful feud that has gone on for months, the sewage plant in Danbury is now named after comedian John Oliver and the host of “Last Week Tonight” made the trip from New York City to Danbury for the renaming. “There is a reason that this sewer plant means so much to me and that’s that it represents...

After some good-natured ribbing between John Oliver and the City of Danbury, the mayor announced the city has officially named its sewage treatment plant after the show host.

Interstate 84 East was closed at exit 4 in Danbury after a tractor-trailer overturned between exits 3 and 4 around 6 a.m. The highway has reopened and the right lane remains closed as of 1 p.m. The fire department posted that there might have been a hazardous materials leak and crews were in the process of identifying and stopping the…

What started out as a potty joke has turned into a positive impact for many in Danbury.  According to Mayor Mark Boughton, comedian John Oliver has pledged over $50,000 to help the community. This is in exchange for having his name put on the city’s sewage plant. In an 18 – 1 vote Thursday night, Danbury Town Council agreed to…

The Danbury City Council voted to rename the city’s sewer plant after John Oliver, according to Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton. Oliver previously vowed to donate $55,000 to charity if officials followed through on the joke to rename its sewage treatment plant after him. The back and forth between the two started when Oliver took some shots at Boughton on his…

The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection responded to an oil spill in Sympaug Brook in Danbury. DEEP officials said the spill resulted from a hose failure at a manufacturing facility owned by Stanley Engineered Fastening on Shelter Rock Lane. About 1,800 gallons of waste oil containing metals was assumed lost, and while some waste was recovered from a secondary…

A Connecticut city won’t waste an opportunity to get a sizable donation from comedian John Oliver over a weekslong joke pertaining to the name of a sewage plant in the area. Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton said in a video posted on his Facebook page Sunday that the city would accept Oliver’s challenge. Boughton said the city would rename the...

The governor was joined by Mayor Mark Boughton, Connecticut Department of Public Health Acting Commissioner Dr. Deidre Gifford, City of Danbury Acting Health Director Kara Prunty, and other local officials to talk about the recent spike. The Connecticut Department of Public Health on Friday evening issued a COVID-19 alert for Danbury.

The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is closing the Lattins Cove state boat launch and limiting parking at the Squantz Cove state boat launch on Candlewood Lake to 50% after reports of large gatherings paired with an uptick in coronavirus cases in Danbury, state officials said Tuesday. State officials said there have been reports of activities at Candlewood…

The city of Danbury will start the school year online amid an uptick in COVID-19 cases, the fields are closed in an effort to stop the spread of the virus and the mayor said the boat launch will also be closed. “We’re doing these things because we want to make sure that we protect our residents,” Boughton said. City...

Danbury announced on Monday that its students will begin the school year remotely because the city has seen a recent uptick in coronavirus cases.

Days after the state Department of Public Health declared a COVID-19 alert for the city of Danbury following a recent spike in coronavirus cases, the superintendent announced that the school year will begin online. The school year will begin on Sept. 8 with all distance learning and Dr. Sal V. Pascarella will make a decision on Oct. 1 on how…

Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton is firing back at John Oliver a week after the comedian took some shots at Danbury on his HBO show “Last Week Tonight.” During a segment on his August 16 show on racial disparities in the jury selection process, Oliver mentioned issues that years ago accidentally left residents of Hartford and New Britain off jury pool…

“Well, we had the first case in the state and now we have the first surge in the state,” said Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton, after a day jam-packed with free testing in his city for residents with or without symptoms. Boughton said he, along with other city and state officials, are urging people to social distance, wear masks, wash your…

Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton is urging residents to take COVID-19 precautions seriously after a recent spike in cases in the city.

Students at Western Connecticut State University will not be allowed to return to university residence halls for at least two weeks, President Dr. John B. Clark said in a statement. The decision comes after the Connecticut Department of Public Health declared a COVID-19 alert following a recent spike in cases. Clark said the only exception will be for students who…