| | SHELTON — Taxes will go up slightly under the budget the Board of Aldermen approved Thursday for the 2008-09 fiscal year. The board voted 7-1 to approve the $109.
Read More » BRIDGEPORT — Russell Peeler Jr., the drug kingpin facing the death penalty for ordering the murder of an 8-year-old witness and his mother, has been released from a hospital where
Read More » When he was a child, Sam Kachuba made a serious decision. Kachuba, now 24, of Stratford, was an altar boy at St. Mark Church in that town. During services, there was one priest who constantly sang
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BRIDGEPORT — This year's cast of the Fairfield Follies 2008 production, "Step in Time," have skills beyond those of the typical singers, dancers and actors that they hope will rope in audiences
Read More » The Bridgeport Police Tactical Narcotics Team seized 237 small bags of heroin, two bags of marijuana and a lot of paraphernalia in a raid Thursday at 108 Wake St.
Read More » BRIDGEPORT — Plans to open a new restaurant at the former Tartaglia's site on Madison Avenue are moving forward despite neighbors' concerns the business would cause parking problems in the area.
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BRIDGEPORT — The road to democracy in China is a long one, and Yang Jianli is walking every step of the way.
Yang, a human rights advocate and a survivor of the 1989 Tiananmen Square uprising
Read More » STRATFORD — While questioning the need for an anti-nepotism ordinance on town hiring, Mayor James R. Miron suggests that if a restriction on hiring is adopted it should be
Read More » MILFORD — Ten agricultural businesses here, growing everything from tomatoes and flowers to lemon trees and making products like honey and soap, are listed in a new
Read More » DERBY — Derby High School sports teams will continue playing in the Southern Connecticut Conference despite outcry from some residents to consider a move that would mean competing against more
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SEYMOUR — The mere shake of a simulated car crash at 3 mph resonated with Seymour High School student Nicole Roberts.
While she was only slightly rattled by the seatbelt Convincer, a machine
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FAIRFIELD — Patrick Schulman slathered his hamburger with spicy ketchup, American cheese, potato chips and tomato.
He took a bite, slowly savoring the taste.
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Fred Rossomando pulls a gleaming tenor saxophone from a case and sets it beside an equally dazzling brass trombone atop the grand piano in his basement recording studio.
Read More » BRIDGEPORT — Ilhan Bayram went trout fishing in Beardsley Park Wednesday, but didn't catch anything.
Police, however, netted three male teenagers who allegedly tried to rob Bayram with a pellet
Read More » TRUMBULL — Taxes will go up 7.38 percent to 23.86 mills for the fiscal year beginning July 1, under a vote by the Board of Finance on Thursday.
The vote was 4-2, with the Democratic chairwoman,
Read More » BRIDGEPORT — The troubles continue to mount for a Derby woman arrested for defrauding her former employer of $115,000 just two years after serving a federal prison term in an identity-theft
Read More » FAIRFIELD — A state program that gives a tax credit to corporations for charitable donations has drawn little interest here. In fact, the only nonprofit to apply was a Montessori school in
Read More » HARTFORD — Divisions among lawmakers on legislation that would take away the pensions of corrupt officials became apparent Thursday when a state senator crashed a Capitol-complex news
Read More » WASHINGTON - Sen. Chris Dodd nodded his head knowingly as Colene Birchfield described the daily vigilance needed to care for her son, Ryan, who has come close to dying from allergic reactions to
Read More » MILFORD — Usually, dinners and dances are a popular attraction at the Milford Senior Center.
But today's "prom" between teens and senior citizens hasn't been such a big hit — because some
Read More » MILFORD — It's a few weeks late, but Earth Day is coming to the city.
More than three weeks after the official anniversary of the global holiday, the city's celebration will be marked Saturday
Read More » MILFORD — To gate or not to gate: That was the question concerning East Broadway, and police answered no this week.
Police denied for the second time since 2000 a request to make the Silver
Read More » SHELTON - A 10-year timeline is realistic for the planned design improvements to the Shelton-Derby Bridge, the development official steering the project said Thursday.
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FAIRFIELD — Patrick Schulman slathered his hamburger with spicy ketchup, American cheese, potato chips and tomato.
He took a bite, slowly savoring the taste.
Read More » BRIDGEPORT — Russell Peeler Jr., the drug kingpin facing the death penalty for ordering the murder of an 8-year-old witness and his mother, has been released from hospital where he was treated
Read More » BRIDGEPORT - The city's Department of Adult Education awarded 131 high school diplomas at Central High School Wednesday night in a cap-and-gown ceremony attended by 600 enthusiastic friends and
Read More » HAMDEN — The United Illuminating Co. on Wednesday asked state regulators to reopen a distribution rate case that was decided in January 2006, because the company is not earning its allowed
Read More » STRATFORD — The decision by Democratic Registrar of Voters Richard Miron, dogged by business scandals, not to seek re-election has failed to head off a heated contest for the post in November.
Read More » Russell Peeler Jr., on death row for ordering the 1999 killings of an 8-year-old murder witness and his mother, was stabbed Wednesday by another inmate during an altercation at the state's
Read More » MILFORD — A shadowy figure sits at his computer, just waiting for the right moment to steal someone's credit card information.
It's only a photo illustration, but the reality captured in Foran
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