Danbury News/History, 1960-2012

1960s - new zoning law; 1970s - unemployment tops 10 percent, new city charter, racial tension closes high school for three days, Ethan Allen moves from New York City to Danbury, concerns about deteriorating downtown; 1980s - ending of Danbury Fair, death of News-Times editor Stephen Collins; 1994 - Danbury in WWII retrospective; 1996 - 10-year anniversary of Danbury Fair Mall; 1999 - Danbury Public Library fire, Union Carbide sold, Nathan Ancell dies; 2000 - Future of Route 84, history of Irish in Danbury; 2001 - population grows; 2002 - Trading Post closes after 50 years, history of Lake Waubeeka and NYC firemen; 2003 - Lindburgh and Danbury airport, dangerous intersections; 2004 - Durkin's Awnings - 100 year anniversary; 2005 - Brazilian immigrants in Danbury; 2006 - Danbury as immigrant hub; 2007 - WWII photographer Bill Morrison, Danbury has highest percentage of immigrants in state; 2008 - Danbury buys Taylor Farm, commercial space vacancy in Danbury leads Fairfield County, 30-year anniversary of Interlude, The Great Recession, day laborers; 2009 - Route 84 update and toll plaza study, News-Times stops printing in Danbury, Galante's waste hauling empire AWD up for sale; 2010 - Danbury's 325th anniversary, multiple religions thrive in Danbury, murder trial of Marash Gojcaj begins, rise and fall of Union Carbide, William Goodman dies, 20-year anniversary of Hubble telescope, Joe DaSilva, Lebanese immigrant monument dedicated, Danbury Hospital addition; 2011- Former mayor James Dyer dies, revitalizing downtown; 2012 - growth challenges for Danbury.