Norwalk Advocate

Greenwich Avenue is back. In the past two months, Greenwich's trendy shopping district welcomed two of the nation's most respected retailers in Apple and Ralph Lauren, and now the thoroughfare has registered a record sale for a commercial building. Full Story »

STAMFORD -- After decades of controversy, the fate of an 1873 rectory owned by St. Andrew s Episcopal Church in downtown Stamford will now rest on a court s decision. Full Story »

For years, it was a foregone conclusion that Greenwich High School was going to convincingly swim away with the FCIAC, Class LL and State Open titles. Full Story »

BRIDGEPORT -- Alisa Apo took a seat on the Sacred Heart bench next to Maggie Cosgrove and slapped Cosgrove's leg, signaling a job well done. The clock was ticking down the final 49 seconds, the only 49 seconds that Cosgrove wouldn't play in what was about to be a dominating Pioneers' victory. Full Story »

In the opening scene of the film "Holes in My Shoes," then-93-year-old Jack Beers rips a Greenwich telephone book into four pieces with his bare hands. Full Story »

SHELTON -- Rick and Beverly Belden were planning a fairly quiet Sunday. The couple -- residents of Shelton's White Hills section -- were headed out to a late breakfast, which they intended to follow with a visit to their grandchildren in downtown Shelton. Full Story »

STAMFORD -- Evan Hyman's campaign for student council president involved sweets -- cupcakes, actually -- but came with a bittersweet story. Full Story »

RIDGEFIELD -- The plastic surgeon whose office was cited recently for "unsanitary and unsafe" conditions has voluntarily surrendered her physician s license, state officials said. Full Story »

- Griselda Zelaya, 38, of 39 Meadow St., Norwalk, was charged Sunday with second-degree harassment. - Carlos Cordero, 40, of 84 Clover St., Stamford, was charged Sunday with fifth-degree larceny and conspiracy to commit fifth-degree larceny. He was held in lieu of $2,500 bond. Full Story »

STAMFORD -- In the chill of December, the plate-glass window in front of 95 Prospect St., about a block away from the rear of the Stamford courthouse, is steamy with moisture. Full Story »

STAMFORD -- A former city woman was nearly stabbed after she refused to give $20 to a teenager who sold her fake cocaine, she testified during the teen s trial in state Superior Court Monday. Full Story »

FAIRFIELD -- Joseph Macy is angry. After surviving Auschwitz and the Holocaust, the 82-year-old has lived in town 50 years, but what happened Sunday at a menorah-lighting ceremony on Sherman Green has left him, like many others, shocked. Full Story »

WESTHILL 65, WARREN HARDING 39: Ginny LaFauci poured in a game-high 24 points as Westhill (2-0) remained unbeaten with the FCIAC road triumph over Harding Saturday. Anne Hawthorn scored nine points for Westhill, which led 38-15 at halftime. Full Story »

NORWALK -- A steady rain dampened turnout for the first SoNo Holiday Stroll and Arts & Crafts Fair on Sunday, but organizers say they were still able to raise almost $2,000 for the Norwalk Emergency Shelter. Full Story »

Old Greenwich-based Ellington Financial LLC, run by Michael Vranos' hedge-fund firm, plans to sell as much as $208 million in stock to buy mortgage-backed bonds after the biggest housing bust since the Great Depression knocked down prices. Full Story »

STAMFORD -- Firefighters doused a blaze at a condominum complex near Bulls Head Monday morning. The fire appears to have started in the kitchen at unit 8 in Randall Mews. Full Story »

STAMFORD -- The trial of Carlos Rodriguez, the city teenager shot twice by police in 2008 when he allegedly was armed with a kitchen knife and advancing toward a police lieutenant, began Friday with the testimony of several police officers. Full Story »

STAMFORD -- The city has its share of treacherous intersections, and among them is Merriebrook Lane and Westover Road where the latter climbs and curves on a course that attracts speeding. Full Story »

STAMFORD -- A police officer tipped off to an imminent robbery at an Adams Avenue bodega Saturday night enabled colleagues to arrest two panty-hose-masked men and recover a revolver allegedly used in the heist. Full Story »

STAMFORD -- The fiscal board voted not to accept a $6,600 state grant to fund driver seat belt checkpoints. The three Republicans, Chairman Joe Tarzia, Bob Kolenberg and Jerry Bosak Jr., and Independent Kathleen Murphy, voted Thursday against accepting the Click It or Ticket grant. Full Story »

Trinity Catholic defeated Rippowam, 20-6, to capture championship honors in the Stamford Youth Foundation Middle School Football Mickey Lione Division, while Cloonan got past Dolan, 24-8, to take the Middle School Junior Varsity crown. Full Story »

STORRS -- His friends think he is out of his mind. Why would any women's basketball coach want to play UConn every season? The chance of winning is minuscule. The chance of coming within 20 points is a long shot. Full Story »

STAMFORD -- To calculate the tax increase next year, some Board of Finance members want to work backward -- first, decide the tax increase residents can afford, then craft the educational and municipal budgets to fit the increase. Full Story »

Nik Gjuraj, 19, of 195 Highview Ave., Stamford, was charged with second-degree burglary, conspiracy to commit second-degree burglary, third-degree larceny, conspiracy to commit third-degree larceny, stealing a firearm and conspiracy to steal a firearm. He was held in lieu of $250,000 bond. Full Story »

STAMFORD -- A Stamford mother who says her then-13-year-old son was taken to a bus driver s home instead of being dropped off at his own house has filed a lawsuit in state Superior Court in Stamford. Full Story »