Danbury News Briefs

The Danbury Early Childhood Fair called “OFF TO A GREAT START” takes place from noon to 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Broadview Middle School, 72 Hospital Ave., Danbury.

The event is free and open to the public. The fair will give parents information, a fun time and a bunch of ideas about pre-school programs, services and other learning opportunities for families with young children. The event includes theater for the children, as well as information about registering for Kindergarten. The event is sponsored by the 3R’s Early Childhood Collaborative for Danbury.

For more information, visit WWW.danbury3rs.org.

The state Department of Motor Vehicles is starting a study of repeat offenders with a goal of figuring out a way to cut the number of repeat offenders driving on the state’s roads.

The state estimates that about 130,000 people driving on Connecticut highways and roads have suspended licenses. That’s 3 percent of drivers, according to the state Department of Motor Vehicles. About 64,000 of them failed to appear in court, which cost them their licenses. Another 19,000 were suspended for failing to get driver re-training.

Included in the 130.000 are 1,000 people who have six or more points on their license. Once a person reaches 10 points, the state suspends their license for 30 days.

DMV Commissioner Melody A. Currey said the study will look at driver statistics, current laws and regulations with a goal of reducing the number of drivers on the road with suspended licenses.

The study is aimed at habitual offenders.

Danbury Senator Michael McLachlan’s bill on autopsy privacy went to a public hearing Monday. The bill would allow the parents of a child who was killed to keep that child’s autopsy report private if the child died by homicide. Current law releases the autopsy to the public.

Dr. William Petit Jr., the survivor of a lethal assault on his family in Cheshire, spoke in favor of the law on Monday. Petit’s wife and two daughters were murdered in the 2007 home invasion.

The proposed law would let the parent or guardian seal the autopsy results from the public, but it would remain available to law enforcement, social service agencies, defense attorneys, civil litigants and others with legal rights in court cases.

Danbury’s Cartus (formerly Cendant Mobility) won the Platinum Award in the Business Council of Fairfield County’s Healthy Workplace Employer Recognition Program. The award was given for Cartus’ efforts to promote wellness through its walk in Wellness Center, which sees 4,000 employees a year through a series of seminars on such issues as cancer, smoking, nutrition. The company-wide emphasis is focused on fitness and healthy eating.

Danbury’s Union Savings Bank has embarked on a food drive through the United Way of Western Connecticut’s 8^th Annual “Food for Your Neighbor,” drive. The drive runs through March 9, and it involves bringing non-perishable food donations to Union Savings Bank branches. The food will be distributed in the towns where it is collected through FISH, Friendly Hands Food Bank, Fishes & Loaves in Canaan, and through the Winsted and Torrington Salvation Army Food Banks.