Connecticut
Two in Connecticut Named as “Wealthiest Towns in the Entire Country'
Did you know that the richest town in all of the United States is Atherton, California? I didn’t either until I read an article on veranda.com, where they’ve listed the 20 richest towns in the US. As I scrolled down the list, I found that Connecticut is home to two of the Top 20.
It really should be no surprise to us, as the area that both are located in is known as Connecticut’s Gold Coast. But, according to veranda.com, Old Greenwich is the 16th richest town in all of the US. The average household income in Old Greenwich is a whopping $321,377. the article also highlights that Old Greenwich was founded in 1641, and ‘The tony town sits on Long Island Sound and was known as Sound beach in the nineteenth century.’ According to wikipedia, Old Greenwich’s notable residents have included Bernie Madoff’s wife Ruth, Edwin Binney, the co-founder of Crayola, and the great comedian Victor Borge.
Darien, Connecticut is even richer, landing as the tenth richest town in the US on veranda.com’s list. Darien’s average household income was a beefy $352,839. Veranda.com mentions also that the median home value in Darien is over $1.6 million dollars. Wikipedia’s list of notable residents of Darien’s past includes quite a few very familiar names: Charles Lindbergh, Andrew Carnegie, Robert Downey Jr., Kate Bosworth, Chloe Sevigny, Gus Van Sant, Mary Tyler Moore and Grant Tinker, Brian Cashman, Scot Pelley, and Ashleigh Banfield.
Sorry to disappoint you Ridgefield, New Canaan, and Wilton, maybe next year.
Westport Hidden Gem: The Community Mural Project
We chose Westport to finish off our Christmas shopping, and while the stores and boutiques were posh, what really caught my eye was a new community mural project that was just completed by some talented Westport families and their kids.
Gallery Credit: Large Dave
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Man arrested after stealing from Connecticut Children’s Hospital donation bin
ENFIELD, Conn. (WFSB) – Police arrested a Connecticut man on Sunday morning after he allegedly stole bottles and cans from a Connecticut Children’s Hospital donation bin.
Officers received a call at around 8 a.m. for a report of a larceny from a “Cans For Kids” donation bin at located on Raffia Road, according to the police department.
Police said they used used local surveillance cameras and municipal license plate readers to identify a vehicle and suspect.
Officials identified the individual as Joshua Wilcox of Broad Brook
With the help of Wethersfield police officers, Wilcox was found and detained. Enfield police arrested Wilcox and charged him with sixth-degree larceny and first-degree criminal trespass.
It was also revealed that this is the second incident involving Wilcox at the same location, police said.
No further details were released.
Eyewitness News will provide more details as soon as they become available.
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Danbury OKs expanded building plans for west side cancer center
“(T)he applicant is proposing a minor building addition of 1,300 square feet to the basement level because the specialized proton equipment required a slightly larger support space,” said Allie Smith, an associate planner with the city’s professional planning and zoning department.
Smith is referring to what would be the second proton therapy cancer treatment center between New York City and Boston, after the Connecticut Proton center in Wallingford, which is scheduled to open later this year.
Proton therapy is considered advanced radiation treatment because it uses the positively charged particles to “target cancer with exceptional precision,” reducing damage to nearby healthy tissue.
The expanded building plans for Danbury Proton are the latest development in a prolonged effort to serve western Connecticut and nearby New York residents with the novel cancer treatment.
The project, which was set to break ground on a 3-acre site overlooking Danbury Municipal Airport this spring, is “very busy marketing and selling the bonds,” a spokesman said.
“We’re ready to break ground as soon as we close on the bonds,” said Drew Crandall on Friday. “We are in conversation with investors every day and we are making good progress.”
In March, Danbury’s City Council agreed to use its bonding power to help Danbury Proton get low-cost financing under a “conduit issuer” agreement. Around the same time, the city’s Planning Commission extended approvals for the project, which were scheduled to expire in July.
All that means that Danbury Proton expects to open its 17,000-square-foot facility at 85 Wooster Heights Road in late 2027 or early 2028.
“The day is coming when we will be treating patients with revolutionary proton therapy cancer treatment,” Crandall said in a newsletter to supporters last week. “Countless patients and their families will benefit from proton therapy.”
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Fire extends from attic of well-known Clinton donut shop
Several businesses and residents are displaced after a well-known donut shop in Clinton caught fire Saturday morning according to fire department officials.
Clinton Volunteer Fire Department officials say officers received reports of a fire at Beach Donut where they found heavy smoke and a fire extending to the attic.
They say people were evacuated while firefighters work to bring the fire under control.
One person was transported by Clinton EMS for evaluation.
The displaced residents are being treated by the American Red Cross and the fire is still under investigation by the Clinton Fire Marshal’s Office with assistance from the Connecticut State Police Fire and Explosives Investigation Unit.
The fire department received mutual aid from several fire stations and EMS from neighboring towns.
According to the Beach Donut Facebook, the business will be temporarily closed until notice.
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