Fairfield News

After days of unsettled weather that saw downpours periodically buffet the region, the National Weather Service predicts southwestern Connecticut will bask in sunny and warm conditions through the weekend.

An overflow crowd turned out for a Tuesday night hearing on Aquarion Water Co.' s request to increase rates 23 percent over the next three years, forcing 20 to 30 people to stand in the hallway outside the Sullivan-Independence Hall hearing room.

As Connecticut's shoreline braces for a hurricane season forecast to be one of the worst in years, it is still digging out from the damage of previous storms.

StageOne at the Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St., Fairfield. Friday, June 21, 7:45 p.m. $17.

Beginning in July, the Fairfield Citizen and the Westport News will appear in print once a week, on Fridays.

Gun control is on everyone's mind these days, including President Barack Obama and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy .

Back in February, the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents and The Connecticut Association of Schools challenged students in grades 6-12 to develop short videos highlighting their best ideas for improving education.

Water rates for Aquarion Water Co. customers in Fairfield County could rise by 18.3 percent this fall if the state approves the proposed rate change.

BNC Financial Group Inc., the holding company for The Bank of New Canaan and The Bank of Fairfield, will acquire The Wilton Bank for about $5 million, BNC announced last week in a statement.

General Electric Co .' s aircraft leasing division agreed to buy 10 of the largest Boeing Co .

Nestor Rodriguez, 36, of Rutland Avenue, was charged with stealing and using someone else's American Express card.

FAIRFIELD, Conn. A driver for the Red Dot taxi company has been accused of stealing a customer's credit card when picking her up from Fairfield earlier this year, according to police reports.

FAIRFIELD, Conn. A Bridgeport man faces weapons charges after displaying a handgun at a Fairfield medical clinic, police say.

FAIRFIELD, Conn. Police do not suspect foul play in the death of a Fairfield man found in Ash Creek on Saturday morning, according to police reports.

Actress Katie Holmes delivers the keynote speech at the annual Rose of Hope Luncheon for the Norma F. Pfriem Breast Care Center, in Fairfield, Conn., June 13th, 2013.

A public hearing on a request to boost Fairfield residential water rates 18.3 percent next year will take place Tuesday at Sullivan-Independence Hall.

New crosswalk signals on Post Road East near the Shake Shack restaurant have been installed at least a year ahead of schedule by the state Department of Transportation , spurred in part by four pedestrian deaths in the last five years.

The work week starts on a bright note in southwestern Connecticut, with sunny skies and temperatures rising to a daytime high of about 80 degrees.

The parking lot at Fairfield Metro Train Station in Fairfield, Conn. had plenty of empty spaces at 10:30 am on Tuesday, June 11, 2013.

The following Fairfield property transfers were recorded by the Town Clerk's Office from June 3-7: Sharon Ann Turner, trustee, to SPA Inc., 411 Bronson Road, $550,000 MTM Classic Home Builders Ltd. to Brian Carroll and Amy Reger, 52 Southport Ridge, $742,500 Worthington Johnson Jr. and Maria...