On Friday morning, June 25, US Senator Richard Blumenthal met with board and staff members of Stamford’s Curtain Call, the nonprofit theatre company in residence at Sterling Farms. He was on hand to congratulate the organization for receiving a Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) from the federal government. “This grant program which I cosponsored was…
ARI, CLASP Homes, and STAR, Inc., Lighting the Way are three Fairfield County non-profit agencies who, for over a half century, share a common mission in their desire to provide people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) the same opportunities as their typical peers. How many of us have dreamed of having our own home…
STAMFORD, CT – There was music in the air at Mill River Park this Sunday as Stamford Public Education Foundation (SPEF) brought the community together for its first-ever Excellence in Education Celebration. The event, which took place from noon until 3 p.m., acted as the in-person ceremony for the Excellence in Education Awards, hosted virtually…
BRIDGEPORT, CT – The Housatonic Community College Foundation (HCCF) on Monday announced the addition of four new board members who will help support the organization’s work to improve Housatonic Community College (HCC) students’ access to quality postsecondary education. “We are fortunate to welcome this strong and distinguished team of new board members who bring diverse…
HARTFORD, CT – The Connecticut Department of Public Health Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (DPH LPPP) has notified all local health directors that ceramicware pots (please attached file with photos) which are being sold at small neighborhood stores, including CTown stores throughout the state, have tested positive for lead. Test results have shown that the ceramicware…
DANBURY, CT – Ericka Griggs, a graduate student at Western Connecticut State University, has been awarded the prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship for her thesis proposal and work on loon biology and conservation. Griggs is entering her second year pursuing a master’s degree in Integrative Biological Diversity at WCSU. Griggs, a resident of…
Stamford, CT – Stamford Public Schools (SPS) announced on Tuesday that Stamford High School Seniors Samuel Lai and Rachana Somaskandan were each named as college-sponsored National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) winners in the 2021 National Merit® Scholarship Program. Lai will be awarded the National Merit Boston University Scholarship; and Somaskandan will be awarded the National…
The state’s summer-long Festival visits Westport for one week of live, in-person performances by stand-up comedians Mike Birbiglia, Jessica Kirson, and more Westport Country Playhouse will present a week of live, stand-up comedy in partnership with Fairfield Comedy Club’s third annual “Connecticut Comedy Festival,” happening across the state this summer. Taking the Playhouse stage, from…
STAMFORD, CT – Stamford Mayor David Martin was joined by Director of Public Safety Ted Jankowski and Police Chief Tim Shaw as he conducted a swearing-in ceremony for new Assistant Chiefs of Police Louis A. DeRubeis and Silas Redd at Police headquarters today. DeRubeis has served in the Stamford Police department since 1997, and rose…
Stamford, CT – Did you know that in 2020 Stamford Public Schools (SPS) students outperformed the national AP exam scores by more than 10%? Or, that 95% of SPS teachers, instructors and counselors have a master’s degree or higher? You can read about those and many other interesting facts in the recently released SPS 2019-2020…