Fairfield County News

STAMFORD -- ARI of Connecticut, Inc., a Stamford based organization that provides homes, jobs and support services to people with developmental disabilities, has received a $8,400 grant from the Fairfield ...

STAMFORD -- ARI of Connecticut, Inc., a Stamford based organization that provides homes, jobs and support services to people with developmental disabilities, has received a $8,400 grant from the Fairfield ...

STAMFORDConnecticut Coast Cycling, a Fairfield County-based, bike racing club presented a $1,500 check recently to the Connecticut Challenge, a charitable organization that provides services and resources for ...

Connecticut is third in the nation when it comes to public policies that help reduce oil dependence and, because of affluent Fairfield County, it is the least vulnerable for continued oil "addiction," according ...

UPDATE Both CTBob and Sue add to the scoopfest -- highlighting Lee's wacky foreign policy statements about Afghanistan -- which the CT Post seemed to just gloss over, the same way it ignores her lack of ...

The Fairfield County Community Foundation has awarded a $10,000 grant to Shakespeare on the Sound, a nonprofit committed to carrying Shakespeare's plays to mass audiences at no charge.The festival's 13h ...

While the legislators are away, the governor can play. So that's just what Gov. M. Jodi Rell did Friday.

Nora R. Dannehy, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that VICTOR COLON, also known as "Junie," 30, last residing on Minerva Street in Bridgeport, was sentenced yesterday, ...

EJ Carfi suffers from a rare skin disease called epidermylosis bullosa. "He's missing the protein in his gene makeup that holds your skin together," said Jody Carfi, the mom of the 11-year-old. "So if you were ...

Verizon Wireless has activated a new cell site that increases wireless voice and data capacity to Long Ridge Road, High Ridge Road, the Merritt Parkway in Stamford, and other surrounding areas.

Military veterans in Fairfield County will soon have a counseling center they can call their own.

Gov. M. Jodi Rell is inviting people to take advantage of a state-sponsored program that gives 10 free bus rides to new riders.

The commuting options offer relief from high gas prices, Rell said. Options include buses, trains and telecommuting.

'This is a perfect opportunity for those folks who have been giving some serious thought to commuting because of high gas prices but aren't sure if it is for them,' Rell said in a press release.

The state is also offering a free voucher for a three-day van-pooling trial.

Rowayton will have unusual interest in the July 16 public hearing of the Norwalk Zoning Commission.

Fairfield County is one of the wealthiest counties in the entire country. Due to the affluence in Fairfield County, Connecticut has one of the top per capita income levels of any of the United States.

First Selectman Rudy Marconi has received approval to pay an additional $12,154 to the Alliance for Sensible Airspace Planning.

A former state Department of Transportation official pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to accepting bribes from a contractor and failing to report them on his federal income tax return.

Connecticut's new Juvenile Court and Detention Center is done, nearly three years after it confronted scandal and opposition in Bridgeport and in the state Capitol.

NORWALKThe Fairfield County Community Foundation has contributed a $2,500 financial management assistance grant to The Courage to Speak Foundation.

Appropriately labeling his "steamy 22-mile walk" from Greenwich to Bridgeport a metaphor for the undoubtedly arduous political campaign trail to come, Democratic candidate for Congress Jim Himes made a pit stop ...

With a growing state budget deficit and workers' personal finances strained by gasoline prices topping $4 a gallon, a labor union is calling on Gov.