Email: mark.langlois@patch.com
Tel: 203-209-7371
Your Beliefs: Patch asks me to share with you my beliefs, so I must tell you I believe in small town democracy (town meetings, committees and boards) where people can see government at work. If people had been watching, the boards and commissions in California who voted each other outrageous pensions and salaries might have been stopped. It's easier for me to write about neighborhoods and government than it is to write about crime and corruption, but crime and corruption are my rave favs. I love knowing something and telling people about it before they heard it somewhere else. I want to beat the competition every day.
Politics: I am a registered Democrat, but because I've been a newspaper reporter since 1982, I have never been active in politics. Because both parties know how I am registered, I have to treat both sides of the aisle with visible and obvious equality. In practice, that means I am equally disliked on both parties. I defend the first ammendment rights of everyone to speak their mind, whether or not I find what they say reprehensible. I publish what they say in their words and in a way where when they read it over, they agree they said it and it's what they think.
Religion: I am a practicing Roman Catholic, and I enjoy the religious diversity in Danbury. I'd love to visit your church, Catholic or otherwise.
Local hot button issues: The local hot button issues in Danbury today are the proposed army reserve facility overlooking Danbury Fair Mall and Danbury Airport. The second issue that simmers in Danbury and is alive across the country is immigration and illegal immigration. I won't be confident the army reserve facility is gone until the Pentagon tells me so. I don't think the congress and the president have the courage to tackle the immigration issue.
Where do I stand on the issues?
My question about the army reserve facility is why buy a property in Danbury when the state owns one in Newtown. Both are linked by good roads to lower Fairfield County, and both are near I-84. My suspicion is the opposition by Newtown residents couldn't be overcome, and I also suspect this facility will make use of the Danbury Airport. One thing opponents have to consider is what are the alternative uses for the land. Would it be less offensive to the neighbors as condominiums, as factories, office space or retail? It is unlikely to remain undeveloped forever.
On the second issue, I think federal immigration law is the problem, and it needs reforming. I can understand a person's hurry to leave squalor to a piece of the good life. Somehow we have to fix the law.
The honor roll was submitted by Broadview Middle School. To search for a name, type command F, and then type their name in the box. Hit 'next' or 'previous' to find the person. Congratulations, Broadview students.
Danbury police charged a Danbury man and a Brookfield woman with possession of crack and possession of more than half-a-gram of crack with intent to sell, along with other charges.
Ridgefield Police are investigating the circumstances that led to a car rollover Wednesday at about 6:30 p.m.
The Ridgefield Town Clerk provided the following information about homes sold in the last week.
A Bethel man was charged with several marijuana violations in Danbury Wednesday.
The Town Clerk provided the following information about sales at Arrowwood Condos, Woodside Avenue, Grace Street, Spring Ridge Court, Sienna Drive and Middle River Road.
A computer security problem at Western Connecticut State University exposed the records of about 235,000 people collected by the university over 13 years.
A computer security problem at Western Connecticut State University exposed the records of about 235,000 people collected by the university over 13 years.
A computer security problem at Western Connecticut State University exposed the records of about 235,000 people collected by the university over 13 years.
A computer security problem at Western Connecticut State University exposed the records of about 235,000 people collected by the university over 13 years.
Danbury is once again opening its collection point on Kennedy Avenue for Hurricane Sandy tree debris.
Jacqueline Salame and Bill Starbuck, no strangers to retail trade, opened The Cave, a liquor store, at 44 Lake Avenue Extension.
Under a settlement, several bus companies, including that in Naugatuck, will pay a $35,000 penalty and perform environmental projects valued at $131,000.
Two Danbury residents were charged with narcotics crimes Tuesday at about 9 a.m. by the Community Conditions Unit of the Danbury Police Department
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder came to New Haven to talk up a new community-based program, according to this press release.
This year's Danbury Project Homeless Connect will bring together dozens of social service agencies and non-profit organizations who to help homeless people receive medical and other care.
Did you decorate your house for the holidays this year? Enter our "Deck the House" contest and you could win $100,000 for your local school district and $500 to pay your electric bills!
PriceRite, a relative of Shop Rite and the Wakefern cooperative, will open in the former Waldbaum Food Mart on Danbury's Main Street.
Danbury Police stop a driver on Swanson Avenue and discover he had been drinking.
Danbury Police charged one city man with burglary and larceny, and a second with driving under the influence and other driving violations.
