Stratford News

It was supposed to go like clockwork. They were told the easiest spot to break into an Ansonia manufacturing company and where the 29 Charter Arms rifles would be, according to the indictment.

Police in several Connecticut towns say they're dealing with a sticky situation -- chewing gum thefts.

Autulio Rodriguez grew up in the South Bronx in an area he describes as "one of the toughest neighborhoods in the country," an urban terrain that had plenty of crumbling roadways with treacherous curves.

The levity of the night's celebrations was long gone and the Yankees manager could think of just one thing: possibly saving a life.

Republicans in town couldn't have had a better night. The party swept all possible seats in an elephant of a victory, with Steve Vavrek unseating Democrat First Selectman Tom Buzi and entering with an increased Town Council majority of 6-3. Republicans were still awaiting the final numbers in their election headquarters at 707 Main St.

State Republicans are claiming victory in yesterday's municipal elections. WNPR's Ray Hardman has more.

Polls have closed across Connecticut as 162 cities and towns select their next municipal leaders.

Southwestern Connecticut voters in four towns lashed out at incumbents Tuesday, defeating Stratford Mayor James R. Miron, Trumbull First Selectman Raymond G. Baldwin Jr., Seymour First Selectman Robert Koskelowski and Monroe First Selectman Thomas Buzi....

Months of hard work, presentation of ideas, door-to-door campaigning and debating ended at 8 p.m. last night with the closing of polls in Connecticut communities.

While the intense mayor's race, one of the hottest in the region, has dominated the headlines and attention during this year's municipal campaign, the entire 10-member Town Council is also up for re-election...But it also means if Republican candidate Rep. John Harkins wins, he could be forced to work with a Democratic council, in much the same way Miron has had to work with a GOP-controlled council the past four years. Harkins said. "But during my thirteen years serving as a state representative I have been able to reach across the aisle and work with Democrats on some very important issues.... And, if either independent candidate Domenic Costello or George Mulligan were to gain election, they would have to work with a council represented by Republicans and Democrats they have been critical of...

The white-hot political battles facing four veteran southwestern Connecticut leaders are drawing statewide attention this Election Day....only about 40 percent of registered voters, at most, are expected to reach the polls and determine who wins. In Stratford, Shelton, Trumbull and Milford, unaffiliated voters nearly equal or outnumber the combined total....

A local woman has been charged with abandoning her small dog for several days. Michelle Irizarry, 36, of Barnum Avenue, was charged Wednesday with cruelty to animals, keeping a dog confined for an unreasonable time, failure to license a dog and failure to get a rabies vaccination for a dog.

Stratford - In response to Mayor James Miron's campaign press conference, held in the Mayor's Office with town employees in attendance, State Representative John Harkins issued the following statement: "The Mayor's use of taxpayer resources for campaign activity is unethical and... Miron’s “cabinet” appointees received 6-10% pay raises that were approved at the same time the Mayor was negotiating a wage freeze with other town employees...

Officials have made the long-awaited announcement on the start of the 2009 leaf pick-up program.

From: Connecticut Post October 26, 2009

A former Stratford police officer has filed a federal lawsuit against the town, claiming town officials intentionally delayed his request for a disability retirement pension hearing and stopped paying him ... a patrol officer from March 1999 until January 2009, maintains in the suit he was denied his constitutional right of due process, and is seeking monetary compensation for the three months he was not paid and additional damages. The suit maintains while O'Meara was out on injury leave that town officials, including Human Resources Director Edmund Winterbottom, kept delaying his disability pension hearing. The delays, he contends, caused the town to stop paying him when he was out...

Stratford's first mayor wants a shot at re-election. Three challengers -- a Republican state lawmaker and two petition candidates -- are gunning for his job. Miron allowed a fender bender to morph into something bigger. What mayor is perfect? But rather than defuse problems, Miron takes a blow torch to them...

Before Democratic Mayor James R. Miron was in favor of changing from the nearly century-old town manager form of government, he was against it...