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  • BREAKING NEWS - 5 suspects arrested in Darien home invasion

    Stamford Advocate – 23 mins ago  

    DARIEN -- Darien and Stamford police arrested five suspects Tuesday in connection with Friday's home invasion on Bailey Avenue. All five face seven charges: home invasion; conspiracy to commit home invasion; first-degree burglary; first-degree conspiracy to commit burglary; first-degree assault; first-degree conspiracy to commit assault; and criminal attempt at first-degree robbery, Darien ... Full Story »

  • UPDATE - Two Stamford teens charged in theft of several high-end hunting rifles

    Stamford Advocate – Tue Dec 15, 12:58 pm ET  

    STAMFORD -- Two Stamford teens allegedly stole seven high-end hunting rifles and ammunition from a home on Denise Drive last month and were arrested this week, police said. Full Story »

  • Stamford man reports knifepoint robbery near UBS

    Stamford Advocate – Tue Dec 15, 12:43 pm ET  

    STAMFORD -- Police are investigating an alleged knifepoint robbery of a 29-year-old Stamford man early Tuesday morning in the visitors parking lot of UBS at 677 Washington Blvd. Full Story »

  • Video - NY town mulls memorial site for plane crash victims

    Stamford Advocate – Tue Dec 15, 8:13 am ET  

    CLARENCE, N.Y. - The suburban Buffalo town where a commuter plane crashed earlier this year is seeking the public's suggestions for memorials dedicated to the crash victims. Full Story »

  • Ridgefield plastic surgeon surrenders Connecticut licenses

    Stamford Advocate – Tue Dec 15, 7:28 am ET  

    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 »

  • Democrats to foil special session order

    Stamford Advocate – Tue Dec 15, 7:28 am ET  

    HARTFORD -- Majority Democrats will satisfy Gov. M. Jodi Rell's order to meet in special session Tuesday, but they will immediately gavel it to an end. Full Story »

  • Video - A life without holes: Documentary on inspiring Greenwich resident airs on TV

    Stamford Advocate – Tue Dec 15, 7:28 am ET  

    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 »

  • Video - Lieberman recants support for Medicare expansion

    Stamford Advocate – Tue Dec 15, 7:28 am ET  

    STAMFORD -- U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., this week denied he has reversed his position on expanding Medicare in the health care reform bill, despite acknowledging he supported a similar program in a September Advocate video interview. Full Story »

  • Chinese restaurant burglarized in Norwalk

    Stamford Advocate – Tue Dec 15, 6:58 am ET  

    NORWALK - Li's Brothers Chinese restaurant on New Canaan Avenue was broken into sometime early Sunday morning, police said. The burglar broke through the glass front door and took a small amount of Full Story »

  • Norwalk teen robbed at gunpoint

    Stamford Advocate – Tue Dec 15, 6:58 am ET  

    NORWALK - A teenager walking home on Stewart Avenue early Sunday morning reported he was held up by a gunman, police said. The youth was walking between 12:30 and 1 a. Full Story »

  • Two men arrested in Norwalk fight

    Stamford Advocate – Tue Dec 15, 6:58 am ET  

    Two city men were arrested after witnesses told police they had beaten a man on Wall Street shortly after 2 a.m. Sunday morning. The 34-year-old victim was taken to Norwalk hospital and later Full Story »

  • Scofield task force to meet Wednesday

    Stamford Advocate – Tue Dec 15, 6:58 am ET  

    Stamford's Scofieldtown Area Remediation Task Force will meet Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in the fourth-floor legislative chambers at the Government Center, 888 Washington Blvd. Full Story »

  • Norwalk police investigate theft at UPS facility

    Stamford Advocate – Tue Dec 15, 6:58 am ET  

    Intruders broke into two UPS 18-wheel tractor trailers parked at the delivery company's 190 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive address sometime over the weekend, police said. Full Story »

  • New Canaan police arrest four Brooklyn, N.Y. men on shoplifting charges

    Stamford Advocate – Tue Dec 15, 6:43 am ET  

    New Canaan police arrested four Brooklyn, N.Y., men last week for allegedly shoplifting clothes from the downtown Rugby store. Officers responding to the 4:45 p. Full Story »

  • Flu vaccinations offered in Stamford

    Stamford Advocate – Tue Dec 15, 6:43 am ET  

    Stamford and Stamford Hospital have scheduled several upcoming flu vaccination clinics. The hospital will host a walk-in clinic for seasonal vaccine Tuesday from 4 to 8 p. Full Story »

  • Motorists recount harrowing Shelton pileup

    Stamford Advocate – Mon Dec 14, 10:13 pm ET  

    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 Full Story »

  • Stamford High band selling trees

    Stamford Advocate – Mon Dec 14, 10:13 pm ET  

    Marching band fundraisers STAMFORD -- The Stamford High School Black Knights Marching Band is selling Christmas Trees in the school parking lot. Hours of sale are 6 to 9 p. Full Story »

  • Woman who said teenager came at her with a knife testifies

    Stamford Advocate – Mon Dec 14, 9:58 pm ET  

    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 »

  • Leaders tap New Canaan's Walker to tackle transportation

    Stamford Advocate – Mon Dec 14, 9:58 pm ET  

    In coming years, elected leaders from Greenwich to Weston will have to prioritize which transportation projects to put their weight behind, such as the long-delayed Merritt Parkway Route 7 interchange, to capture the attention and funding of a cash-strapped state, New Canaan First Selectman Jeb Walker said. Full Story »

  • Area briefs

    Stamford Advocate – Mon Dec 14, 9:58 pm ET  

    Flu vaccinations offered in Stamford Stamford and Stamford Hospital have scheduled several upcoming flu vaccination clinics. The hospital will host a walk-in clinic for seasonal vaccine Tuesday from Full Story »

  • Court to decide whether historic downtown Stamford rectory should be saved

    Stamford Advocate – Mon Dec 14, 9:43 pm ET  

    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 »

  • Police blotter

    Stamford Advocate – Mon Dec 14, 8:28 pm ET  

    Norwalk Fight: Two city men were arrested after witnesses told police they had beaten a man on Wall Street shortly after 2 a.m. Sunday morning. The 34-year-old victim was taken to Norwalk hospital Full Story »

  • Shock, anger follow Nazi intrusion on Fairfield menorah lighting

    Stamford Advocate – Mon Dec 14, 7:58 pm ET  

    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 Full Story »

  • Kitchen fire damages Stamford condo

    Stamford Advocate – Mon Dec 14, 12:16 pm ET  

    STAMFORD -- A kitchen was destroyed but no one was hurt in a fire in a townhouse near Bulls Head Monday morning. Firefighters received a call of a house fire at about 9:17 a. Full Story »

  • Police blotter

    Stamford Advocate – Sun Dec 13, 10:31 pm ET  

    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, Full Story »

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