Here are some of the top stories from the past week in Danbury.
Dr. Patrick Broderick, 56, accidentally broke a finger off a statue of the Virgin Mary in a museum in Italy while measuring his hand against the marble sculpture.
After nearly 20 years of housing female inmates, the federal prison in Danbury is being converted back to a low-security male facility. Beginning in this month, the Federal Bureau of Prisons will start transferring the female inmates a new prison in Aliceville, Ala.
Also at the Danbury prison, an employee pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of a ward because of a relationship with an inmate. Steven Wolff worked as a utilities systems repair operator foreman. He faces a maximum prison term of 15 years and a fine of up to $250,000.
A man lying in the middle of the road on White Street near downtown was critically injured when he was struck by a flatbed wrecker, police said.
The owners of a Middle Eastern restaurant in Danbury opened another location of their eatery, Kibberia, in Westport.
The Dakota Unity Riders made a stop in Danbury to honor Alfred Afraid of Hawk, who died June 28, 1900, in Danbury, as well as the volunteers who worked to return his remains to his family and home in South Dakota.
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