DUI CHECKPOINT ANNOUNCEMENT
The New Milford Police Department will be conducting a DUI checkpoint on Friday, September 4, 2026, between 7:00 PM and 3:00 AM.
Location: Danbury Road, in the area between Larson Road and Candlewood Lake Road South.

Remember:
• Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over
• Plan a safe ride home before you head out
• Use a designated driver, rideshare, or taxi
If you drink and drive, you risk your license, your freedom, and someone’s life.

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ASSUME OTHER TOWNS ALSO HAVE CHECKPOINTS. Get a designated driver, rideshare, taxi, or plan to stay over if you will be drinking. have a fun weekend.... but also make sure you live to see Tuesday.

Extra day in this week's post due to the holiday weekend!

Post things going on in the area this week! make sure to include the location, day of the week, time, cost (if any) and if there are any restrictions like age 21+.

Be safe Labor Day weekend! usually cops have extra DUI checkpoints set up and the Candlewood Lake Patrol will be more active. Be smart, be safe, get a designated driver.... especially for the boat!

From: Danbury Unites for Immigrants (DUFI)

This week in Danbury, at least 65 families have been torn apart by ICE’s abduction. On Monday 16 of our neighbors were abducted, on Tuesday 10 of our neighbors were abducted, on Wednesday 22 of our neighbors were abducted, and on Thursday 14 of our neighbors were abducted — while up to a dozen ICE vehicles patrolled our city each day.

Danbury’s immigrant community is essential to the city and to our entire state. When immigrants are targeted and racially profiled, the whole community is harmed.

We need to make clear that WE ARE NOT OK with the authoritarian takeover of any Connecticut city. CT stands with Danbury. ICE OUT OF CT!

We cannot stand by while our neighbors are targeted and our community is threatened. That's why Danbury Unites for Immigrants is coming together with Working Families Power, partners, and local businesses on Wednesday to host a Day Without An Immigrant — Strike & March on September 2nd.

A Day Without Immigrants - Danbury CT Citywide Shutdown

Wednesday Sept 2nd, 5:00 PM

Danbury Public Library Plaza, 170 Main St, Danbury, CT

NO WORK • NO SCHOOL • NO SHOPPING • CLOSE ALL BUSINESSES

This daylong shutdown and the evening march are strategic, nonviolent ways to resist ICE aggression and authoritarianism in Connecticut.

Local businesses are declaring a “DAY WITHOUT AN IMMIGRANT” on Sept 2nd. They will close their doors to show the power of immigrant communities and those who support them in Connecticut.

We're asking YOU to stand in solidarity. On Sept 2nd - Don’t go to work. Don’t go to school. Don’t go shopping. Join us at 5pm for a rally.

These actions help strengthen our solidarity power because they:

* Make the economic and social impact of ICE aggression highly visible by showing what a “day without immigrants” looks like.

* Help protect vulnerable people from potential encounters with enforcement during a period of heightened risk.

* Offer a powerful, peaceful, collective protest that clearly communicates our shared values and our refusal to be silent and accept this as “normal”.

Additional info through Action Network

questions should be directed to Danbury Unites for Immigrants. you could find multiple contact options though their Linktree

Hey everyone! I’m considering moving from Stamford to the Germantown area near Danbury Hospital and wanted to get some opinions from locals.

How do you like the area overall? Is it generally safe and quiet? Any nearby streets or areas you’d avoid? And how do you like living in Danbury in general?

I’ve driven around a few times and it seems nice overall, but I’m not super familiar with Danbury and would love some local insight before making the move. Thanks!

Drop your recco’s for waxing services in the area. Trying to find an eyebrow + Brazilian place. Does anyone do sugaring in the area? (Open to drive to neighboring towns)

Free clothing for adults and teens (size inclusive!), shoes, toiletries, makeup, nail polish, health supplies, snacks and hang out area, upstairs in at FCCB! Come in the front doors on ground level.

Please reserve the lot parking for those using a mobility aid. otherwise do on street parallel parking on Main st, or park around the corner at 81 Greenwood Ave in front Rainy Day Paperback and Bethel Printing.

Look up your polling place in Bethel

The owners have given the Town of Bethel a limited opportunity to purchase the property before the end of September. After that, they have indicated that they intend to offer the property for sale to developers.

The proposal is straightforward: the Town secures the property now, while the Bethel Land Trust raises the conservation funding needed to protect it permanently. The Land Trust expects that process to take approximately 12 to 18 months. Once funding is secured, the Land Trust would purchase the property from the Town and place a conservation easement on it. The BLT and the Town would then jointly manage the land.

This would be similar to the management done for the Franc Preserve in Bethel, which currently allows hiking, biking, and mushroom foraging. There is also the potential to continue agricultural use similar to how it is used now. (right now it has a wildflower meadow that is harvested for hay twice a year) Or add a community garden.

The Town, in effect, serves as the bridge—giving the Bethel Land Trust time needed to secure conservation funding without losing the property in the meantime.

The total outlay is about $3 million. The town has enough reserve funds to buy it outright without bonding. The vote is to approve the outlay. The grants to then cover the outlay are then applied to to pay back the money to the general fund. The town specifically qualifies for federal assistance under the Highland Conservation Act (2004) to preserve this type of land. There are also additional state and private grants that will help cover it that both the town and Bethel Land trust will be applying for to cover the cost.

from what was discussed at the public meeting, they expect most of the $3 million to be paid back to the general fund within that 18 month window stated above. Some would get paid back in this year!

The town will be purchasing the land outright and signing a letter of intent with the Land trust to do the eventual transfer. There will be additional public meetings during next year to determine if the town transfers all of it or holds back a few acres, based on final plan. For example, the town might keep a few hundred feet of road frontage so it has space to install drainage or straighten sections of the road 20 years from now. But the majority is intended for conservation. there's just a little wiggle room there to make more logical choices about future needs in the area before doing the transfer.

The town will fully own the property and if for some reason the Land Trust cannot raise funds for purchase, the town may then seek out another partner or keep it as town owned land with a conservation easement, similar to the Franc property.

You can see pictures of the property and a drone flyover in this previous post.

Bethel peeps, get out and vote! and if you're not in Bethel but got friends there, remind them to vote!

hi!! does anyone have any recommendations for a salon that can do color & alternative hairstyles?

I moved 2yrs ago, and I live in Dutchess County, but we are so close to Danbury, I figured I’d ask here too

thanks in advance :>

(I literally haven’t had a haircut in 2 years, its getting too long!!)

SATURDAY — MASS DAY OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH & CANVASSING
Kennedy Park on Main and Elm, Danbury
9:00 AM start time

Danbury Unites for Immigrants will be out in the community talking with our neighbors, sharing our helpline phone number, outreaching to businesses, building community trust, and making sure people know their rights and how they can support.

What’s in our canvassing packets? Know your rights info, information how to contact our helpline, and guidance on what to do if you see ICE presence.

Why are we distributing this information? This week has shown that Danbury has become the epicenter of ICE’s violence, with daily raids and intimidation targeting immigrant families. Many families are afraid to leave their homes, send their kids to school, and go to the grocery store, but we know that understanding your rights is our first line of defense.

Never canvassed before? No worries,we'll do a short training at 9am to provide you with all the instructions and materials you need to have a successful experience!

We need people in the streets. We need people knocking doors. We need people standing with their neighbors.

This is the moment to show up.
This is the moment to organize.
This is the moment to defend our community.

Saturday. 9 AM. Kennedy Park. Be there.

SAVE THE DATE we;re coming together with partners and local business on Wednesday to host a DAY WITHOUT AN IMMIGRANT — STRIKE & MARCH on September 2nd
Danbury Public Library, 170 Main St, Danbury, CT
5:00 PM

Wooster Village was the shit. You'd grab a soda at Roma's, swing in to Edmund's for some Now and Laters, then go play Commando, Ghosts 'n Goblins or After Burner in the Laundromat. I haven't been back in years, but maybe some old Park Avenue kids know what's up...

Closure from 7PM Friday night to 6AM Monday. Seek alternate route of follow detours.

Has anyone used Laurie Gallo as their attorney for a custody case or divorce? If so, how was she and would you use her again?

Hi there,
I am looking for a hair stylist that can come to a hotel in Danbury on a saturday 9/12 morning to style hair for a few wedding guests (not bride or bridesmaids).

Please direct message me and I will provide details, thank you.

Additional info From Danbury Area Justice Network (8/25)

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED. Please come to Danbury courthouse with signs if available! High presence today and we need to alert community. 7+ people detained, over a dozen cars driving all over the city. WE NEED PEOPLE

Keep in mind people who are coming to the courthouse to deal with immigration issues are already complying with court orders! if they're supposed to get arrested or handed over to law enforcement there, the court will do it. Snatching people outside so they can't make their court appointment is something ICE has done previously and why they're asking for people AT the court.

Links for Danbury Unites for Immigrants

Danbury Immigrant Support Fund, so we can provide support to the families impacted https://bit.ly/DanburyImmigrantFund

Welcome Calls on Sept 9th and Sept 24th to get started with Danbury Unites for Immigrantshttps://bit.ly/WelcomeCallDUFI

Hello all!

I, 25M, haven’t played volleyball since high school and really looking to get back into it. Everywhere I have seen in the area have been youth leagues. Does anyone have a group or know anywhere I can go to play some casual games? The 2 I have seen have been either through Woodbury Parks and Rec or at the Brookfield YMCA. Any other recommendations would be much appreciated!
Not in the Stamford/Norwalk area.