DANBURY – An overgrown former hat factory site with mercury in the soil and a vacant former county courthouse with asbestos and lead paint in its interior are the target of separate cleanup ...

The old Fairfield County Courthouse at 71 S. Main St. in Danbury. State lawmakers will consider a bill that would convey the property from the state, which owns it, to the city of Danbury.

The Cotter Building, erected in the 1930s as part of the Depression-era federal construction programs, was renamed in 1982 in honor of William R. Cotter, who represented the state’s First ...

It is likely the Ribicoff building, built in 1963 and named in 1980 after a former governor and U.S. senator, would still be used for a consolidation of federal offices if a new courthouse is built.