Stamford News

State teacher shortages for 2013-14 Bilingual education, special education, hearing impaired, home economics, intermediate administrator, remedial reading and language arts, speech and language pathology, technology education, world languages.

How much D do you need? The recommended daily allowance for vitamin D recent tripled from 200 to 600 international units for infants through adults to age 70.

After Sunday's Memorial Day parade, Stamford will honor its own Medal of Honor recipient Sgt.

City police and several federal law enforcement agencies, arrested 43 alleged drug dealers on state and federal narcotics charges this week, toppling three suspected drug rings operating out of the Bronx, N.Y., and Stamford, authorities said.

The Sheffield Island Lighthouse, which is maintained by the Norwalk Seaport Association, is one of the many draws for visitors who come out to the island each year.

The Colony Grill's newest location is open for business on the site of the old Harrison's Hardware at 36 Broad Street on the Green in downtown Milford, Conn.

In this Tuesday, June 19, 2012 photo, Lauren Jonker, of Atlanta, opens up a dishwasher on display at a Lowe's store in Atlanta.

Police arrested and charged two Stamford teenagers with taking a cellphone from a woman and trying to take another from a man Thursday night, Sgt.

Along the shore this weekend, "sandy" will revert to its benign, pre-storm meaning, with nearly all beaches and parks restored and ready for the unofficial start of summer.

In anticipation of Memorial Day, State Representative Mike Molgano will hold a "Worn Flag Collection" to help residents dispose of their worn American flags in a dignified and respectful way.

Stamford now has the third largest population in Connecticut, jumping past the state capital of Hartford, according to statistics released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.

The former controller of a Stamford marketing and research firm pleaded guilty Thursday to embezzling $3.4 million from his former employer, mostly to cover margin calls on his stock market account.

Editor's note: Here's a blog post from delivery skipper Charlie Agnew on a New England spring time delivery south from Maine.

After heavy rain pounded northern Fairfield County on and off Thursday afternoon, a flash flood warning remained in effect for the county, the National Weather Service said.

"A Dance In The Clouds," an oil-on-canvas by Fairfield artist David Gorski, will among the works at the "The Art of Transport," at the Pierce Ball Gallery in Stamford, Conn., which opens with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m., Friday, May 31, 2013.

A man suspected of making bombs in his Stamford home in March was charged with possession of child pornography Wednesday, police said.

Patrol officers pulled over the vehicle the suspects, Emmanuel Gonzalez, 21, of Norwalk and Edwin Mondragon, 27, of Stamford, were in, police said.

Train service from New York to Boston was back on schedule Wednesday on one of the nation's oldest and most heavily traveled railways, five days after a derailment in Connecticut injured scores of commuters and damaged tracks.

M.O.D. Success will be hosting a Financial Planning Workshop this Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at the University of Connecticut - Stamford Branch from 7 - 9 p.m. The event is being sponsored by People's United Bank which Terence Floyd, Vice President of Affordable Lending Manager will be one of the guest speakers.

The Boy Scouts of America's Connecticut Yankee Council, which includes many towns in Fairfield County, will allow openly gay people to join, the council president said in a letter on its website .