Stratford News

An investor group headed by Allen Christopher announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase a former manufacturing plant on Lordship Boulevard in Stratford, CT.

In early 2008, Allen Christopher was touting the plans of a partnership called Hollywood East/Area 51 to convert an abandoned Army engine plant in Stratford into a movie studio with 30 soundstages.

The town will stage its tree-lighting ceremony Wednesday evening, and motorists are being warned that a part Main Street will be closed during the festivities.

After 50 years of public service, Joseph E. Borst will step back from politics next week.

If you're still scratching your head over traditional holiday gift options, perhaps it's time to consider some creative alternatives -- like the ones that will be offered on Bridgeport's inaugural Artful Gift Trail this Thursday through Dec.

Holiday shoppers are out in force across Connecticut as stores offer bargains on Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year.

Whether the curtain ever again rises at the once-legendary Shakespeare Festival Theater, at least long-sought roof repairs have been made before the onset of another winter of snow, sleet and ice that could have left the Elm Street showcase virtually useless, town officials said.

Every month, in a feature called Heroes Honoring Heroes, People's United Bank and a local police department honor a police officer and a student for excellent school performance or for the good works they do.

Stratford is a town without a mayor. While the Town Council is urging recently defeated Mayor James R. Miron to sign an emergency order for new firetrucks -- a move he has so far refused -- the mayor himself is nowhere to be found.

Outgoing Mayor James R. Miron's refusal to sign an emergency order for town acquisition of two new fire trucks within 30 days places the public at "great risk," Town Council members from both political parties contend

Fire officials and the Town Council Monday night urged outgoing Mayor James R. Miron to reconsider his refusal to sign an emergency order for acquisition of two new firetrucks for little more than the price of one -- a "bargain deal" they said will likely be lost if the town doesn't act quickly.

Teenagers from Shelton and Stratford were killed in a car crash just after 11 p.m. Friday near Constitution Boulevard South and the Route 8 northbound exit 13 ramp, police said.

One person died early today in a single-car crash on Route 8 south near exit 12.

Report cards used to be as simple as A-B-C. With one glance, a parent could tell how their kid was measuring up in the basic subjects like reading, math and the all important, conduct.

Two teenagers from Shelton and Stratford were killed in a car crash around 11 p.m. Friday near Constitution Boulevard South and the Route 8 northbound exit 13 ramp, police said.

A Stratford man who was spared a federal prison sentence for a 1985 bank fraud stood before a federal judge again Thursday and pleaded guilty to bilking loan applicants out of more than $1 million in advance fees.

After an "extensive" probe into marijuana sales in Stratford and Bridgeport, State Police said they seized a large amount of marijuana, guns, ammunition and ecstasy pills from a Rose Street home where four small children had been left alone.

A Stratford man who saw his conviction for attempted murder of a federal officer thrown out by a federal judge, but then re-instated by a federal appeals court, will now be going to prison for 13 years.

Like Major League baseball players who these days shuffle from team to team every year or so, after a municipal election in Stratford it takes a scorecard to keep track of which officials are serving on which boards and commissions.

An area company has gone east to accommodate its growing work force..... 64 Wall St. in Norwalk to 8,240 square feet in a 55,250-square-foot office building at 300 Long Beach Blvd. in Stratford Executive Park. The space was at one time occupied by ADP. The move last month came at the perfect time for LeadQual. "We were ...