Paul Newman Donates to Build Bridge

DANBURY, Conn. (AP) â€” Actor Paul Newman donated $10,000 to build a pedestrian bridge that will help complete a 2.2-mile walking trail along the revitalized Still River. <br><br>``We are ecstatic that

Monday, January 15th 2001, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

DANBURY, Conn. (AP) â€” Actor Paul Newman donated $10,000 to build a pedestrian bridge that will help complete a 2.2-mile walking trail along the revitalized Still River.

``We are ecstatic that Paul Newman has chosen to support this environmental initiative,'' Mayor Gene Eriquez said Friday.

For years, the river was polluted by the hat factories that once filled Danbury. Six years after the revitalization project began, there are trout and smallmouth bass in the river and a walking trail dotted with environmental education markers.

Since starting Westport-based Newman's Own food line in 1982, Newman has donated all after-tax profits of more than $200 million to thousands of charities.