" The New York and Harlem Railroad was finished to this place and the depot was built in that year, and what is now the Main street was opened, for the purpose of allowing the stages from Danbury to come to the station.

Danbury finished the regular season with 95 points, second place in the Eastern Division, 9 points behind Adirondack.

Danbury finished the season strong with a seven game win streak in March and finished the year on a six game win streak.

Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum recommended to the Federal Bureau of Prisons ( BOP ) that Stewart be given her first choice, Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury, or her second choice, Federal Correctional Complex, Coleman.

As of 2011, Danbury Fair is the second largest shopping mall in Connecticut as well as the fifth largest in New England.

In the second round Danbury faced the Muskegon Fury who led the Central division with 111 points.

Facing elimination Danbury won the final two games to win the series 4 – 2 and advance to the second round.

National Semiconductor was founded in Danbury, Connecticut by Dr. Bernard J Rothlein on May 27, 1959, when he and seven colleagues had left their employment at the semiconductor division of Sperry Rand Corporation.

During the Revolutionary War, in 1777 the British used Wilton as an escape route after their successful raid on Danbury.

Originally called Paquiack (" open plain " or " cleared land ") by local American Indians, the settlers chose the name Swampfield for their town, but in October 1687, the general court decreed the name Danbury.

The land was set aside for residents of the Connecticut towns of Danbury, Fairfield, Greenwich, Groton, New Haven, New London, Norwalk, and Ridgefield who lost their homes in 1779 and 1781 due to fires set by British forces during the American Revolutionary War.

Because of their popularity, Darling along with Cohen and Hernandez have created a website ( www. pitchinforagoodcause. org ), where the net profit from the merchandise sold by the website goes to charity ; specifically, the Cobble Hill Health Center, Juvenile Diabetes Research Center, and The Danbury Women's Center.

The Fury lost to the Danbury Trashers in the 2005-2006 playoffs in their bid for a third consecutive Colonial Cup championship.

The Danbury Baptist Association of Danbury, Connecticut sent a letter, dated October 7, 1801, to the newly elected President Thomas Jefferson, expressing concern over the lack in their state constitution of explicit protection of religious liberty, and against a government establishment of religion.

In their letter to the President, the Danbury Baptists affirmed that " Our Sentiments are uniformly on the side of Religious Liberty — That Religion is at all times and places a matter between God and individuals — That no man ought to suffer in name, person, or effects on account of his religious Opinions — That the legitimate Power of civil government extends no further than to punish the man who works ill to his neighbor ..." This doctrine, known as the " wall of separation " or " strict separationism ," would later become highly influential in 20th century Supreme Court understandings of the relationship between church and state.

Though they would lose the championship, Danbury handed the Kalamazoo Wings their only loss of the playoffs.

Danbury again found success after the brawl going 8 – 3 – 0 in their next 11 games.

Daigle was taken by the Port Huron Flags in an expansion draft and traded to Danbury for their top goal scorer Mike Bayrack.

Adirondack failed to secure an arena lease and disbanded, with their closest geographical competitor gone, Danbury folded over financial concerns, including travel costs.

After their arrest, the Sobles were interviewed numerous times, Jack at the Federal Correction Facility in Danbury, Connecticut and Myra at the Women's House of Detention, in New York City, where they provided some information.

Conrail continued to operate the line south of New Milford, and the old Danbury and Norwalk Railroad was conveyed to the Metro-North Commuter Railroad on January 1, 1983, becoming their Danbury Branch.

By the 1880s, the three railroads that served the city — the Danbury and Norwalk, Housatonic and New York and New England — had built small, separate stations for their lines in the vicinity of the current building.

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He was the 1981 track champion in the Modified Sportsman division at the Danbury Fair Racearena.

In 1984 and 1985, while he was serving his sentence in Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury, Connecticut, American UC members launched a public-relations campaign claiming that the charges against him were unjust and politically motivated.

From the late 17th to early 18th centuries, several new towns were incorporated in western Connecticut and added to Fairfield County, namely Danbury ( 1687 ), Ridgefield ( 1709 ), Newtown ( 1711 ), and New Fairfield ( 1740 ).

Two Dymaxion houses were prototyped – one indoor ( the " Barwise " house ) and one outdoor ( the " Danbury " house ).

In 1800, there were 165 people living in Danbury, according to the first official census.

By 1921, however, only five firms were left, and by 1960, all had departed for places such as Norwalk and Danbury, Connecticut.

Several locations in the Firelands were named in honor of those cities, including Danbury, Greenwich, Groton, New Haven, New London, Norwalk, Norwich, and Ridgefield.

After 1981, the fairgrounds were demolished to make room for the Danbury Fair Mall, which opened in the fall of 1986.

In 1850, the organization's vast plans were scaled back and it was renamed the Danbury and Norwalk Railroad.

On 12 March Reich and Silvert were sent to Danbury Federal Prison.

Franklin Mint and Danbury Mint were two companies offering diecast vehicles mainly through mail catalogs and flyers ( Johnson 1998, p. 78 ).

Sometimes the company was seen as catering to the general public rather than to miniature collectors specifically, thus there sometimes has been a feeling that Franklin and Danbury were not always taken seriously by collectors who sought authenticity in miniature models.

His children were Sir Anthony ; Humphrey of Danbury Place, Essex, father of Sir Henry Mildmay ; Winifred, wife of Sir William Fitzwilliam of Gains Park, Essex ; Martha, wife of Sir William Brouncker ; and Christian, wife successively of Charles Barrett of Aveley in Essex, and Sir John Leveson of Kent, Knight.

Youth Of Today was formed in Danbury, Connecticut in 1985 by two members of the hardcore band Violent Children, Ray Cappo ( vocals ) and John Porcelly ( Porcell ) ( guitar ) were aiming to start a Straight Edge band at a time when most old school straight edge bands had disbanded.

The craft made its debut in November 1946 at Danbury, Connecticut, and they were built in Danbury by Robert Fulton, President ; Franz Alverez, VP and Engineer ; Ted Polhemus Mechanical and Electrical Master ; Frazer Dougherty, Test Pilot ; Wayne Dasher ( Dash ), top flight A & E Mechanic ; Fred, Tool and Die Maker ; Ross Stevens, Aeronautical Engineer and Structural Engineer.

The previous designations of the new alignment south of Great Barrington were: Route 17 to North Canaan, State Highway 134 to New Milford, State Highway 128 to Danbury, Route 3 to Ridgefield, and State Highway 126 to Norwalk.

Although it was almost called Lake Danbury, the new body of water ultimately got its name from New Milford's Candlewood Mountain-which was named after the Candlewood tree, whose sapling branches were sometimes used as candles by early settlers.

The current record for a single Connecticut BioBlitz was set in 2001 at Tarrywile Park in Danbury, where 2519 species were recorded in the 24 hour period.

The Danbury Trashers were founded as an expansion team in the United Hockey League ( UHL ) on April 1, 2004 by James Galante, a garbage disposal mogul, who paid a $ 500, 000 franchise fee to the league.

The Trashers were to play in the Danbury Ice Arena, a 750 seat ice rink, used for the local hockey leagues.

His concerns were later proved accurate as Danbury started the year with a 4 – 5 – 2 record.

Danbury lost the first two games of the seven game series at home and were facing games 3 – 5 on the road.

The players from both Danbury and Adirondack were placed into a dispersal draft and selected by the remaining teams in the UHL.