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Today's riddle: What is the difference between black eyed peas and chick peas? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. New Video Shows ICE Activity Near Danbury School Bus Stop: Mayor (patch.com) — Danbury residents are learning more about a recent ICE operation after newly released school bus video shows federal agents conducting enforcement activity near a local bus stop just after children boarded. Mayor Roberto Alves says the footage supports community concerns about immigration arrests happening close to kids, and he's pressing for enforcement practices that protect Danbury families while federal officials maintain their earlier account of the incident.
2. Former Danbury Man Gets 10 Years In Cocaine Trafficking Case (patch.com) — A former Danbury resident has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for a cocaine trafficking scheme that moved drugs from Puerto Rico to Connecticut through the mail. Investigators searched his Danbury home and storage unit, seizing cocaine, fentanyl, cash, jewelry and a pickup truck, with Danbury police helping federal agencies unravel the operation.
3. 12 Hearthstone Way, Danbury, CT 06810 (redfin.com) — A Planned Neighborhood Development zone is being applied to 12 Hearthstone Way in Danbury, outlining how the large site can be redeveloped into a mixed-use neighborhood. The rules emphasize varied housing, walkability, open space, and protections for sensitive environmental and historic areas, while allowing flexible, phased development under a master plan.
4. Admissions to some Connecticut college majors are more competitive. Here's why (newstimes.com) — Prospective Danbury students looking at Western Connecticut State University will find nursing, engineering, and computer science among the most competitive majors, with separate admissions and higher academic expectations. WestConn leaders stress small faculty-student ratios in nursing and remind applicants that choosing exploratory studies or being undecided is common and acceptable across Connecticut campuses.
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