Stratford News

...residents — most of them moms with little ones in tow — turned out...to urge the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up decades-old toxic waste sites. Most of them were members of a year-old citizens' group, SaveStratford.org, that was formed to oppose the EPA's plan to dump polluted dirt on the former Raybestos Memorial Field on Frog Pond Lane. JOHN BURGESON-CT POST

The Department of Environmental Protection ("DEP") hereby gives notice that it has made a tentative determination to issue a Stewardship Permit to the Stratford Army EnginePlant A PUBLIC MEETING AND HEARING will be held at the following: Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 Time: The Public Meeting will start at 6:00 p.m. The Public Hearing will start at 7:30 p.m. Location: The Stratford Public Library 2203 Main Street, Stratford, CT 06615

A Hollywood-style happy ending now looks unlikely for the developers with dramatic plans to renovate former Army engine plant(Stratford) into an international film and multi..trying to negotiate a resolution of the bitter court battle between the Hollywood East/Area 51 partners chosen to redevelop the 78-acre Main Street...talks have "completely collapsed."... RICHARD WEIZEL-CT POST

Performing cutting-edge work is paying off big time for Composite Technology Inc., a fast-growing helicopter rotor-blade repair shop.

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a longtime competitor and rival of Fort Worth-based Bell Helicopter, is staking out its own piece — or pieces — of Texas ... The Stratford, Conn.-based company founded by helicopter pioneer Igor Sikorsky ... has four operations in Texas, three of them acquired or opened since 2005 ...

A Stratford man acquitted in 2004 of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl in her Stratford home has been arrested in Pennsylvania on child pornography charges ...

Let’s face it: maybe Stratford just isn’t an internet kind of town. I was shocked to discover there were no blogs about Stratford when I looked last year. Most of our surrounding towns have several, covering a variety of issues such as town events, music, or political issues. I’ve always thought blogs important because they provide an unfiltered look at the local community while also allowing for immediate feedback. Newspapers and local news casts have advertising revenue guiding their missions; controversy and shock sells ads, and the “little stories” get lost.

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal on Tuesday called on the Consumer Product Safety Commission to immediately remove and revise a report on its Web site that he said might mislead citizens into believing that artificial turf has been proven safe ... The synthetic turf issue has been a big one for school districts across the nation and the region. In March, a billion-dollar international company Fieldturf Inc. that has installed artificial turf fields for both the New York Giants and the New England Patriots, was selected by the Stratford Town Council to install a new football field at Bunnell High School ...

In a battle that has spanned nearly eight years and even included the state's Supreme Court, the Zoning Commission on Tuesday rejected a proposal by AvalonBay Communities to build an affordable housing complex on Cut Spring Road ...

About 30 residents - most of them moms with little ones in tow - turned out at Longbrook Park Tuesday to urge the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up decades-old toxic waste sites. Most of them were members of a year-old citizens' group, SaveStratford.org, that was formed to oppose the EPA's plan to dump polluted dirt on the former Raybestos Memorial Field on Frog Pond Lane ...

... the state has to somehow teach boys to become responsible adults. "It's a societal problem and it touches every race, whether we like it or not, and every ethnicity," said Carter, who told lawmakers that men throughout the state have to step up and positively affect every child they encounter. KEN DIXON-CT POST

Time to focus on something “constructive”: the status of the proposed Animal Control Shelter for Stratford. While this issue might not be as “sexy” as the sale of Long Beach West or the renovations of the Shakespeare Theatre, it really is a matter or life and death!

Riding a motorcycle requires a whole different skill set than driving a car, said Joyce A. Howe, owner of the Howe Driving School in Stratford ...

The Stratford man and woman killed in a grisly motorcycle accident Saturday night were identified this morning. The bike driver, Louis Loehn, 46, of 2178 Barnum Ave. in Stratford, and his passenger, Patricia Mikan, 45, of 87 St. Michaels Ave. in Stratford, died after being thrown into the air when their Harley-Davidson Sportster collided with a 2000 Oldsmobile Alero, police said ...

Anyone noticed that our “local” daily in Stratford, The Connecticut Post, doesn’t even feature Stratford on its main page? Anyone else feeling the little brother/little sister syndrome kicking in yet? Where’s the love, CT Post? Don’t you see the thousands of online comments we leave like rose petals at your feet? Don’t we quote you and read you and praise you and love you like our own? Where is our place at the Mighty Teat of the Hearst Corp’s latest acquisition?

Julius Caesar was called a lot of things in his day: consul general dictator. But he undoubtedly was never called "Miss." ... In this "Julius Caesar," Caesar and the rest of the scheming senators who orchestrated his assassination — all males in the play — will be portrayed by women in the Hudson Shakespeare Company from New Jersey. The all-female cast will perform the Bard's historical classic at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Stratford Library, 2203 Main St. ...

If you’re reading this piece, you’ve seen them. Clinging to their anonymity like barnacles to local online bulletin boards, they seek out differing opinions and fire indiscriminately. It doesn’t matter what the discussion thread’s topic is—the only thing that matters is screaming down their opposition. What gets killed in the process is any hope for a meaningful exchange of ideas. It represents an eerie companion to the dysfunction of our current town council: rhetoric over meaningful cooperation, venom over professional respect.

Two Bunnell High School wrestling coaches who were nearby when a 16-year-old team member was allegedly sexually assaulted by a teammate last January have not been rehired for the new school year ...

You, our town council representatives, can play politics and throw your fits during the two or three months of the heated campaign season. But the rest of your time belongs to us. Every failed council session, every off-topic issue introduced during discussions that forces the tabling of other important issues, every time you roll your eyes rather than constructively engaging your opponents… it’s a slap in our face. We expect action, not accusations. Get to work.

The majestic stage is still there, now a creaking floor trod only by the ghosts of noted performers and the spirits of unforgettable productions ...