When it comes to depicting Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus at Christmas time, the Ferrara family likes to go big. Really big. So big, in fact, that their family Nativity scene measures roughly the size of a station wagon. Full Story »
STAMFORD -- An area psychic who police say lied about being attacked on Greenwich Avenue in Greenwich during the summer was granted entrance into a court diversionary program Friday in state Full Story »
STAMFORD -- A pickup truck filled with weapons will be permitted as evidence in the upcoming trial of a father and son charged in a 2007 assault of a neighbor after a Superior Court judge denied a defense motion to suppress the evidence Friday. Full Story »
MONROE -- A Waterbury woman has been charged with repeatedly calling a local female resident to demand that she and her husband join her in a sexual "threesome." Anna Bambino, 30, of Pierpont Road, Waterbury, was charged Friday with breach of peace. Full Story »
Funding for major transportation projects in lower Fairfield County -- including the Stamford Urban Transitway and the Bridgeport Intermodal Transportation Center and other programs -- are part of the approved $447 billion omnibus spending package approved by the House of Representatives Thursday, U.S. Rep. Jim Himes, D-4, announced Friday. Full Story »
STAMFORD -- A 200-gallon oil tank and a rusted barrel remain visible in Scofieldtown Park, eight months after the city closed the recreational facility, a former industrial dump, due to soil and water contamination. Full Story »
STAMFORD -- With the redevelopment of Mill River Park well under way, the city and the Mill River Collaborative have unveiled plans for a roughly half-mile long greenway that would connect Scalzi Park to the downtown. Full Story »
Speaking out for the first time since the indictment of his longtime campaign manager, Christopher Shays urged his one-time confidante to own up to charges that he embezzled $250,000 from campaign Full Story »
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Tiger Woods is taking an indefinite leave of absence from professional golf. Using the word "infidelity" for the first time since his bizarre car accident outside his Isleworth Full Story »
STAMFORD -- This year, the first day of Hanukkah falls on a Friday, also the day of the week when the Jewish sabbath, or shabbat, begins. For Rebecca Martin's family, this means made-from-scratch Full Story »
Stamford Donis Leiva-Mejia, 22, of 42 Halloween Blvd., Stamford, was charged Friday with evading responsibility. Gerarldine Sepulveda-Castro, 27, of 20 North St. Full Story »
DARIEN -- A double rollover was reported on Interstate 95 northbound in Darien near the rest area causing a major traffic backup. First responders are reporting no injuries at the scene. Full Story »
NORWALK -- An employee of Rex Marine Center suffered minor injuries Friday morning when a 38-foot powerboat fell on top of of the Toyota Camry he was driving in the Water Street boatyard, Norwalk Full Story »
Train service on the Metro-North Danbury Branch has been restored after a two-hour delay caused by a fire on a car on the 5:33 a.m. train from Danbury to Grand Central Terminal. Full Story »
The Middle School Advisory Council on Monday evening discussed whether placement in the honors group should be irreversible, how often placement should be reviewed and what aspects of student Full Story »
The new president of Stamford's Board of Representatives has reduced the size of the municipal body's committees, saying it will improve efficiency. After the board elected Randall Skigen, D-19, Full Story »
STAMFORD -- Sixteen Connecticut high schools secured places on the silver or bronze medal lists when U.S. News & World Report released its rankings of the best high schools nationwide on Full Story »
NORWALK -- Police are looking for a gunman who they believe robbed both a convenience store and a teen walking nearby in separate incidents 90 minutes apart Wednesday night. Full Story »
Police arrested a 45-year-old Stamford resident Thursday in connection to a hit-and-run on the West Side last month that sent a man to the hospital with a serious Full Story »
STAMFORD -- Police say they are preparing arrest warrants for two people in a hit and run involving a 47-year-old Stamford woman and a stolen Norwalk Taxi cab last week. Full Story »
NORWALK -- A former Norwalk Department of Motor Vehicles employee was sentenced to five years in prison Thursday for issuing scores of driver's licenses to people who had not taken either written or Full Story »
STAMFORD -- The 22-year-old son of former Stamford mayor Dannel Malloy will spend the next five years on probation for trying to rob a Darien man of his marijuana in March while armed with a BB gun, Full Story »
It's 4 acres of nothing, a crater in the heart of downtown. It's enclosed by a fence that starts on Greyrock Place, wraps around the corner and ends on Tresser Boulevard. Full Story »
HARTFORD -- The UConn women's basketball team continues to put up impressive numbers offensively. With each of the five starters capable of scoring in many ways, the top-ranked Huskies have become a Full Story »
FAIRFIELD -- The Rev. William C. McInnes, S.J., who as the fifth president of Fairfield University oversaw a period of growth for the Jesuit-run school, died Tuesday in Weston, Mass. Full Story »
Jackass Penguins take a walk at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Japan. AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye
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