Stamford Advocate

A weak cold front will push through the region this morning, but the day will remain warmer than normal, with highs in the upper 60s. It will be cloudy most of the time today. Full Story »

HARTFORD -- When Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced she would not seek re-election, two prominent lower Fairfield County Republicans were automatically elevated to front-runners for the party's nomination. Full Story »

WATERBURY -- A Superior Court judge is expected to decide later this week how to release to the public hundreds of documents detailing allegations of sexual abuse by priests in the Roman Catholic Full Story »

STAMFORD -- In a split vote along party lines, city legislators approved a tax waiver Monday for the affordable units in a $24 million housing proposed housing development slated for Palmers Hill Road. Full Story »

HARTFORD -- It was a sunny day back in a dark time, on July 1, 2004, when then-Lt. Gov. M. Jodi Rell suddenly found herself on the north steps of the Capitol, accepting a howitzer salute and Full Story »

HARTFORD ­-- When Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced she would not seek re-election, two prominent lower Fairfield County Republicans were automatically elevated to Full Story »

STAMFORD -- Facets of the new health care reform bill narrowly passed by the House of Representatives this weekend will help manage medicine costs for older citizens by closing coverage gaps, Full Story »

NORWALK -- The proposed closing of state Superior Court in Norwalk has sparked a meeting with state Sen. Bob Duff to discuss concerns of some of the courthouse's 60 employees Thursday. Full Story »

STAMFORD -- A man who walked into the Tully Health Center and hit the receptionist helping him on the head with a wrench pleaded guilty in state Superior Court Monday. Full Story »

Man found in car may be suicide NORWALK -- The death of a 55-year-old Brookfield man found in his car at the Ascension Beach Club this weekend may be a suicide, police said. Full Story »

STAMFORD -- A judge dropped the $10 million bond for two drug suspects to $3.5 million after their attorneys argued in state Superior Court Monday that the high bond was based on a police report Full Story »

STAMFORD -- An Alabama man in town to appear on "The Jerry Springer Show" was charged with assault after hitting a fellow participant on the popular television show in the lobby of the Hampton Inn Full Story »

HARTFORD -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield may have violated state law when it lost confidential information from 18,817 Connecticut doctors and other health care providers, Attorney General Richard Full Story »

Stamford - Carlos Durand, 62, of 183 Fairfield Ave., Stamford, was charged Monday with evading responsibility. - Marcus Pratt, 25, of 104 Montauk Drive, Stamford, was charged Sunday with third-degree Full Story »

- All Department of Motor Vehicles offices will be closed Wednesday for the holiday and reopen Thursday from 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Note, all DMV branch offices are closed Mondays. Full Story »

HARTFORD -- Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced today she will not seek re-election. During a hastily announced news conference, Rell, choking back tears and calling herself a "citizen governor" said Full Story »

CHICAGO - The Stamford woman who was mauled and blinded after a 200-pound chimpanzee attacked her in February will appear on "The Oprah Winfrey Show." Chicago-based Harpo Productions announced Full Story »

NORWALK -- Two men were arrested Monday after two early morning armed robberies, and investigators are looking into whether they are linked to similar robberies over the past month in Norwalk, Full Story »

STAMFORD -- An Alabama man in town to appear on "The Jerry Springer Show" was charged with assault after hitting a fellow participant on the popular talk show in the lobby of the Hampton Inn Full Story »

FAIRFIELD -- The northbound lanes of Interstate 95 between Exits 18 and 21 will remain closed indefinitely today as cleanup proceeds after an early-morning tanker truck fire. Full Story »

WATERBURY (AP) -- A court hearing is planned to determine when to release documents generated for sexual abuse lawsuits against priests in a Roman Catholic diocese in Connecticut. Full Story »

STAMFORD -- Though November is a frigid month, with chilly winds mercilessly whipping up dead leaves and stone-gray clouds threatening an icy downpour, it is apparently still never too cold for ice Full Story »

FAIRFIELD -- A tanker truck carrying methanol, also known as wood alcohol, caught fire while traveling northbound on Interstate 95 through Westport at about 4:20 a. Full Story »

STAMFORD -- Zvi Bielski never thinks of his family as victims at the hands of the Nazis. "I do not consider myself the son of a Holocaust survivor," he told a rapt audience of 220 at Chabad of Full Story »

25 years ago Nov. 9, 1984: A grand opening took place for the Davenport Building, the 90-year-old restored former hotel on West Park Place. It was to contain 30,000 square feet of offices and a steak Full Story »