DANBURY -- When Ed Blackman started working for the New Haven Railroad in 1965, conventional wisdom was that the future of the rail line was in hauling freight -- passenger service eventually would be ...

1685 - Colonists from Norwalk settle Danbury, originally known as Pahquioque by the local Native Americans. The settlers chose the name Swampfield for their town. 1687 - Swampfield is renamed Danbury.

In 1895 newspaper editor James Montgomery Bailey published his locally famous work, "History of Danbury." Since then, there have been several unsuccessful attempts to continue what Bailey started -- ...

A scruffy four-legged railroad legend will be the star attraction at the Danbury Railway Museum, as the museum celebrates Owney, the unofficial mascot of the U.S. Railway Mail Service. The special ...

CONNECTICUT. FAIRFIELD COUNTY’S FOURTH LARGEST CITY. WE WERE ON THE TRAIL OF SOME LOCAL HISTORY. FOR INSTANCE, DID YOU KNOW DANBURY WAS ONCE KNOWN AS HAT CITY? IT’S RIGHT ON THE CITY SEAL. WE WERE THE ...

The city of Danbury is 325 years old this year, and quite a life it has led. The News-Times staff has been digging into Danbury history, and on Sunday, Sept. 5, we will report how an 18th-century ...

DANBURY -- Western Connecticut State University Professor of Education Dr. Darla Shaw and Danbury community theatre actor Barry Finch recently joined cast members from the Off-Broadway production of ...