In fall 2007, during her 12th week of pregnancy, Garance Genicot and her husband, Shub Debgupta, received worrisome news from the doctor: A preliminary test showed there was a strong possibility   Read More »

Earlier this month, Lauren Price's daughter, six-year-old Elizabeth, awoke with a cough, headache and sore throat. Not particularly serious symptoms, Price reckoned, but when she came back after   Read More »

At holiday time, trains whiz through Richard Kloewer's yard, past the lighted evergreen trees, dolls, teddy bears, even a miniature Harley Davidson display.   Read More »

On November 2, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Veterinary Medicine issued an alert warning pet parents and veterinarians to keep a close eye on animals receiving the insulin   Read More »

Nicholas, Joseph and Abigail Francoletti, from left, and Gianna Pulito get a start on Halloween night with a stop at Jo-Jo's News Stop in Fairfield. Proprietor Joe D'Costa offered a selection for   Read More »

The Student Service Club at St. Mark School in Stratford started its commitment to helping people in the community with two leaf-raking projects. After school, the students volunteered to help two   Read More »

The United States is commonly referred to as a "melting pot" where people from different cultural backgrounds help shape a unique American culture over generations.   Read More »

Teen music is in a new era taking a 180 from school marching bands to student-created bands ready to rock on. Though teen bands have always been around in high school, some find that it is recently   Read More »

Susan Agamy sees it all the time -- people who had never before known what it was to be hungry becoming reliant on food banks, soup kitchens and other services to keep their families fed.   Read More »

Food enthusiasts brought their curiosity -- and some beefs about the cattle industry -- to the recent Greater Midwest Foodways Alliance conference on "Beef, From Plains to the Plate" in Chicago.   Read More »