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Liz Squillace, of Bridgeport, owner of screenprinter Paradox, Inc. opened her business at the Arcade building in downtown Bridgeport, Conn.

While there may not be much money for Hartford to send in Bridgeport's direction, giving the city the muscle to attack some of its more glaring quality-of-life problems can be just as important as dollars.

Richie Rios, 30, of Vine Street in Bridgeport, was picked up by West Haven police and charged by Fairfield with conspiracy to commit third-degree burglary and conspiracy to commit third-degree larceny.

Steve Gaspar, left, leads the Hollywood All-Stars into the Bijou Theatre in Bridgeport Friday night, May 24.

It wasn't exactly business as usual, but the second morning without through train service on Metro North Railroad went fairly smoothly.

FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line is scheduled to be back to normal by Wednesday morning, officials said Monday.

Delays on southbound I-95 stretch from Exit 27 in Bridgeport down to Darien. It's more of a stop and go situation with varying speeds and gaps between vehicles.

Jessica Gallo, 19, of Battery Park Drive, Bridgeport, was charged early Saturday morning with driving under the influence on Greens Farms Road.

Standing with his lawyer, John R. Gulash, left, Jermaine Richards is arraigned on murder charges in the death of ECSU student Alyssiah Marie Wiley at Superior Court in Bridgeport, Conn.

Metro-North Railroad officials tour the scene of the train derailment, Saturday, May 18, 2013 in Bridgeport, Conn.

Rwandan women who got financial advice from Fran Pastore at WBDC and opened ice cream shop in Rwanda.

He was known as "The Judge," and for nearly 30 years, G. Sarsfield Ford was the voice of justice in the Bridgeport state courts.

UPDATE It was relatively smooth going today as Metro-North train service on the New Haven Line resumed from Westport for the first time since Friday night's Bridgeport crash caused a rail shutdown.

Connecticut commuters endured slow trips to work Monday following last week's train collision that that injured 72 people and disrupted rail service into New York City.

A Bridgeport man faces murder and kidnapping charges in the death of an Eastern Connecticut State University who disappeared in April.

Montessori is a 100-year-old approach to education where children learn on their own with teachers guiding from the sidelines.

There will be no train service at Fairfield Metro, Fairfield Center or Southport stations Monday in the wake of a Metro-North train collision Friday in Bridgeport, but a bus link will transport riders to Westport, where limited westward service is planned in the morning and eastward from Westport in the evening.

A service advisory is announced at the Noroton Heights train station in Darien on Sunday, May 19, 2013.

Philanthropy comes in many forms but the end result is the same -- goodwill and good works that in some measure better the lives of those in need.

A derailed Metro-North rail car is hoisted back on to the tracks in Bridgeport, Conn., on Sunday, May 19, 2013.