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Auditor Joseph Centofanti
News
Trumbull school finance audit raises more questions
The auditor spent nearly two hours this week answering numerous questions from members of Trumbull’s Board of Finance and education committee.
  • ‘When will I be next?’: Officials say be patient for vaccine

  • PTSA president: Years of underfunding Trumbull schools caused financial...

Griffin Hospital in Derby
News
2 new vaccine sites to open in Shelton
The new vaccination centers in Shelton, opening next week, will be able to vaccinate 1,200 a day.
  • Bridgeport Police captains sue to block transfers

  • State health department: No new flu hospitalizations in CT

Connecticut girls ice hockey teams will be permitted to start holding practices as of Tuesday.
Sports
H.S. girls hockey gets green light to start winter season
The Connecticut High School Girls Hockey Association followed the CIAC’s lead and will allow teams to begin practices next week.
Charter Oak Brewing Company in Danbury is offering local home delivery.
Entertainment
Breweries adapt to keep taprooms open during pandemic
With recent legislation forcing breweries to offer food in order to stay open during the pandemic, many are finding ways to adapt.
Check out the movies playing on your television Jan. 15-17.
Arts & Leisure
Movie Menu: Check out the films airing on cable this weekend
James Stewart, Bradley Cooper and Bette Davis star in movies this weekend on broadcast and cable stations.
A plow makes its way on Dec. 16.
Opinion
The week in thumbs up and down
The week in thumbs up (a milder flu season) and down (a shortage of substitute teachers in Connecticut).
News
  • From left; Stratford Town Planner Susmitha Attota, and Shakespeare Property Sub-committee members Tom Dillon, Greg Reilly, and Tom Evans tour the site of the former Shakespeare Theater in Stratford, Conn. on Thursday, January 30, 2020.
    Shakespeare Market debuts Sunday on former theater property
    An organizer said about 20 food and craft vendors are expected Sunday, with more expected in the future.
    By Ethan Fry
  • Fairfield County Courthouse
    Stratford man pleads not guilty to killing his mother
    By Daniel Tepfer
    St. Vincent's Medical Center, 2800 Main St., Bridgeport
    St. Vincent’s hosts knee pain webinar
    By Amanda Cuda
    In this Aug. 7, 2020 file photo, work crews clear storm debris amid deactivated power lines in Westport, Conn. Tropical Storm Isaias packed more of a punch than many were expecting when it hit Connecticut on Aug. 4, 2020, knocking out power to more than 700,00 customers statewide.
    CT approved for federal funds in Tropical Storm Isaias recovery
    By Tara O'Neill
    Louis Reed, organizing director of a national criminal justice reform organization has been charged with violating his probation in a 2016 criminal conviction.
    Justice reform director charged with violating probation
    By Daniel Tepfer
Police News
  • Bridgeport Police captains sue to block transfers
  • Ansonia police: Toddler found wandering in California not Vanessa Morales
  • Police: Parolee nabbed with loaded gun after high-speed chase
  • Retired Bridgeport police officer pleads not guilty to rape
  • Lamont warns of COVID vaccine scams
  • Attorney: DC ban ‘extreme’ for CT woman charged in protest
  • Police: Fitness trainer charged with sexually assaulting teen
Most Popular
  1. PTSA president: Years of underfunding Trumbull schools caused financial woes
  2. Trumbull’s Ana Carlos playing soccer at Quinnipiac
  3. ‘We’re ready to go’: Trumbull moms mobilize to help administer COVID vaccines
  4. ‘When will I be next?’: CT officials say be patient for COVID vaccine
  5. Police: Fitness trainer charged with sexually assaulting teen in Bridgeport
  6. CIAC winter plan: no state championships, Feb. 8 start
  7. ‘80-page document of nightmares’: School financial audit stuns Trumbull officials
Sports
  • Connecticut girls ice hockey teams will be permitted to start holding practices as of Tuesday.
    H.S. girls hockey gets green light to start winter season
    The Connecticut High School Girls Hockey Association followed the CIAC’s lead and will allow teams to begin practices next week.
    By Dave Stewart
  • CIAC executive director Glenn Lungarini
    CIAC winter plan: no state championships, Feb. 8 start
    By Michael Fornabaio
    Ana Carlos signs her National Letter of Intent to play soccer at Quinnipiac University.
    Trumbull’s Ana Carlos playing soccer at Quinnipiac
    By Bill Bloxsom
    Trumbull High's Ray Leonzi will play for coach Bill Currier's Fairfield University baseball team.
    Trumbull’s Ray Leonzi to play baseball at Fairfield
    By Bill Bloxsom
    Trumbull's Dan Searles (above) and St. Joseph's Dan McDonagh have been athletic trainers in town for a combined 34 years.
    Searles, McDonagh speak out on challenges, perks
    By Bill Bloxsom
Opinion
  • The week in thumbs up and down
  • Walsh’s Wonderings: The holidays in Connecticut
  • Tolls: ‘Time to fix the Connecticut economy’‘structure’
  • Letter —Time to speak up and speak out
  • Hamilton the prophet
Business
  • Van Hurd, a "Hell's Kitchen" alum who moved to Connecticut 12 years ago, is heading up Citizen Chicken and Donuts in West Hartford.
    Former ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ chef takes on fried chicken and doughnuts
    Citizen Chicken & Donuts, by the owner of Hartford Baking Company, will replace the original bakery cafe location on New Park Avenue in West Hartford.
    By Leeanne Griffin
  • People line up to register for interviews for positions at Amazon's North Haven location at a job fait in New Haven in 2019.
    Analyst: CT ‘facing worst job declines since World War II’
    By Luther Turmelle
    'Unleashing your inner beast': Smash Avenue is Connecticut's first 'rage...
    By Lisa Backus
    U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, and Ricky Evans, the owner of  Ricky D's Rib Shack in New Haven, talk with reporters Wednesday about the federal Payroll Protection Program. Blumenthal visited Evans' restaurant in an effort to urge that the $130 billion that remains in the program be focused on small and minority owned businesses.
    More than 600 CT restaurants have closed during pandemic
    By Alexander Soule
    Fans throng Hollywood star Mark Wahlberg in June 2019 outside Wahlburgers at the Westfield Trumbull in Trumbull, Conn. The Trumbull restaurant is closed at the outset of the 2020 holiday season, with a sign stating "until further notice."
    Burger joint with star power joins departed CT restaurants
    By Alexander Soule
Entertainment
  • Charter Oak Brewing Company in Danbury is offering local home delivery.
    Breweries adapt to keep taprooms open during pandemic
    With recent legislation forcing breweries to offer food in order to stay open during the pandemic, many are finding ways to adapt.
    By Ashley Winchester
  • The Durham Farmers Market  is open Saturdays from 10 to 1 p.m. at Durham Activity Center, 350 Main Street, above the Core Club Gym.
    Winter markets offer farm fresh products
    By Ashley Winchester
    Construction on the "New Bruce" expansion and renovation continues at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich has caused the museum to temporarily close.
    ‘Growing pains’ lead Bruce Museum to temporarily close
    By TinaMarie Craven
    Weston resident Richard Wiese, host of the Emmy-winning PBS series, "Born to Explore," says one of his favorite places for hiking is the Saugatuck Blue Trail East, an easy, undulating trail which he approaches from Redding. It follows the shore of the Saugatuck Reservoir, seen here. Enjoying the view is Wiese's daughter, Sabrina.
    Saugatuck and Aspetuck trails offer fantastic vistas
    By Peter Marteka
    The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum will be accepting submissions to their annual Young Writers Competition School Feb. 1 through June 4.
    LMMM holds annual Young Writers Competition
    By TinaMarie Craven
Real Estate
  • Real Estate On the Market: A home for the art and nature lover
    77 Morningside Drive South, Westport
  • Real Estate New Canaan home sells for more than $6M
    A home at 141 Briscoe Road in New Canaan has sold for $6,162,300. It is on the latest list of property transfers that were reported in the town clerk's office between August 17, and August 22, 2020.
  • Real Estate On the Market: New England bucolic charm is hallmark of...
    Beige colonial at 20 Tuckahoe Road, Easton.
  • Real Estate High-end townhome / $460,000
    11 Great Heron Lane, Brookfield
  • Real Estate Colonial with lake access / $650,000
    32 Crestview Drive, Woodbridge
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Arts and Leisure
  • Check out the movies playing on your television Jan. 15-17.
    Movie Menu: Check out the films airing on cable this weekend
    James Stewart, Bradley Cooper and Bette Davis star in movies this weekend on broadcast and cable stations.
    By Mark Schumann
  • "The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" wraps up the series with a sense of finality after four seasons.
    Review: ‘Sabrina’ ends Netflix run with bittersweet finality
    By TinaMarie Craven
    The Fairfield University Art Museum director teamed up with the school's biology department to create the "Birds of the Northeast: Gulls to Great Auks" exhibit.
    Bird exhibit takes flight at Fairfield University Art Museum
    By Keith Loria
    "Our Darkest Night" is the latest novel by Jennifer Robson.
    Review: ‘Our Darkest Night’ falls flat
    By TinaMarie Craven
    Vanessa Kirby stars in "Pieces of a Woman."
    Reel Dad: ‘Pieces of a Woman’ explores family tragedy
    By Mark Schumann
Politics
  • News ‘Hit the floor:’ Himes, DeLauro were in House chamber...
    WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: Protesters gather inside the U.S. Capitol Building on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Congress held a joint session today to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. A group of Republican senators said they would reject the Electoral College votes of several states unless Congress appointed a commission to audit the election results. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
  • Politics Lamont quarantined as spokesman tests positive for COVID-19
    FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2020, file photo, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont addresses the media in Westport, Conn. Despite Connecticut's increasing virus rates, on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020, Lamont continued to urge school districts to keep in-person learning at least for pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. He said data show young children are not a major contributor to rising virus rates, and long-term isolation can harm students socially and emotionally.
  • Coronavirus in Connecticut Democrats allow governor to retain emergency powers
    Gov. Ned Lamont
  • Coronavirus in Connecticut Democrats agree to meeting on Lamont’s emergency COVID...
    Gov. Ned Lamont in a 2019 file photo.
  • Coronavirus in Connecticut Dems: ‘There is a clear need’ for Lamont’s extended...
    House Minority Leader Themis Klarides, R-Derby
  • Coronavirus in Connecticut Republicans oppose Lamont extending COVID emergency powers
    Gov. Ned Lamont
Shopping
  • Filson Original Briefcase in black for $178.99.
    The buy-it-for-life Filson Original Briefcase is $179 right now
    On my iPhone, I have a list of "wants," and a Filson Original Briefcase has lived on that list for a while.
    By Ryan Craggs
  • WellBefore N95 masks at WellBefore.com
    Fake N95 masks are rampant. Here's how to spot one.
    By Joshua Sargent
    Frisco Fold & Carry Double Door Collapsible Wire Dog Crate, Starting at $19.99 at Chewy
    The best crates for crate training a new puppy
    By Ana Suarez
    FurHaven Sofa-Style Orthopedic Pet Bed Sofa Style at Woot!
    Forget your kids: buy this orthopedic dog bed
    By Joshua Sargent
    For more deals and coupons, visit the SFGate Coupon page!
    Deals round up Friday, Jan. 15
    By The Buy Area Staff
Nation & World News
  • TSA looking into adding Capitol rioters to US no-fly list
    FILE - In this June 10, 2020 file photo, Transportation Security Administration agents process passengers at the south security checkpoint at Denver International Airport in Denver. Federal safety officials are investigating people who took part in last week's riot at the U.S. Capitol to decide whether they belong on the federal no-fly list. The move is one of several that officials outlined Friday, Jan. 15, 2021.
  • Pence speaks at memorial service for Yeager in West Virginia
    Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a memorial service for the late Air Force Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager in Charleston, W.Va., on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. Yeager died last month at age 97. The West Virginia native in 1947 became the first person to fly faster than sound.
  • NRA declares bankruptcy, plans to incorporate in Texas
    FILE - In this May 4, 2013, file photo, National Rifle Association members listen to speakers during the NRA's annual Meetings and Exhibits at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. The NRA has been cutting staff and salaries amid the coronavirus pandemic. The changes come against the backdrop of years of internal turmoil, legal challenges with regulators and a revolt among some of its members. It also comes at a time when gun-rights supporters are hoping the NRA can play an influential role in this year's election (Johnny Hanson/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)
  • Extremists exploit a loophole in social moderation: Podcasts
    This combination of photos shows various podcasts, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. Major social platforms have been cracking down on the spread of misinformation and conspiracy theories in the wake of the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. But Apple and Google, among others, have left open a major loophole: Podcasts.
  • House speaker's office invader to be put under house arrest
    This undated photo provided by the Washington County, Arl., Sheriff's Office shows Arkansas resident Richard Barnett, who was taken into custody Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, and is being held in the county jail after he was charged by federal prosecutors with three counts for storming the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in Washington. Barnett was in a viral photo where he could be seen inside House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office. (Washington County Sheriff's Office via AP)
Dear Abby
  • Dear Abby: Too much togetherness puts pressure on happy...
    A woman feels smothered by her husband.
  • Dear Abby: Mom is pressured to teach native language to...
  • Dear Abby: Wife grapples with family's history of sexual...
    A woman doesn't want her husband's ex-wife to carry his surname.
  • Dear Abby: Restaurantgoer sounds off about FaceTiming...
    Cafe in Tokyo.
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    Grandparents don't understand why they hardly ever see their grandkids.
Politics
  • Feds back away from claim of assassination plot at Capitol
    FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo supporters of President Donald Trump are confronted by U.S. Capitol Police officers outside the Senate Chamber inside the Capitol in Washington. An Arizona man seen in photos and video of the mob wearing a fur hat with horns was also charged Saturday in Wednesday's chaos. Jacob Anthony Chansley, who also goes by the name Jake Angeli, was taken into custody Saturday, Jan. 9.
  • Trump trial pending, McConnell calls it 'vote of conscience'
    Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., holds a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021.
  • Trump to leave Washington on morning of Biden's inauguration
    FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, file photo, President Donald Trump arrives on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, after returning from Texas. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey broke his silence to defend his company's ban of Trump as the right decision, but warned that it could set a dangerous precedent. The ban, he said, revealed Twitter's "failure" to create an open and healthy space for what Dorsey calls the "global public conversation."
  • NY prosecutors interview Michael Cohen about Trump finances
    FILE - In this March 6, 2019 file photo, Michael Cohen returns to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington. New York prosecutors conducted an hours-long interview Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, with Cohen, President Donald Trump's former attorney, asking a range of questions about Trump's business dealings, according to three people familiar with the meeting.
  • The Latest: Biden: Inauguration shows America is coming back
    Security surrounds the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
Health
  • New Mexico seeks answers on federal rollout of vaccine doses
    This Jan. 14, 2021, screenshot shows Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, upper left, and other state officials discussing the coronavirus pandemic during a remote online briefing. State officials touted New Mexico's novel system for getting people registered for vaccinations, saying the state has among the top vaccination rates in the U.S.
  • Mississippi officials expect 37,000 vaccine doses next week
    Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves announces that residents who are 65 and older and those with preexisting conditions will now be eligible to receive the coronavirus vaccine during a press conference in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021.
  • Governor eases COVID restrictions in 3 Illinois regions
    FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2021 file photo, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker gives an update on the COVID-19 pandemic in Illinois during a press conference at the Illinois State Capitol, in Springfield, Ill. On Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, Pritzker said the spread of COVID-19 has slowed sufficiently that he's easing restrictions in three Illinois regions, although strict rules will remain in place in Chicago and other parts of the state. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP File)
  • NY nears nursing home vaccine goal, but pace frustrates some
    Nursing home residents make a line for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at Harlem Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, a nursing home facility, on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021 in Harlem neighborhood of New York.
  • Governors complain over pace of COVID-19 vaccine shipments
    FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2021, file photo, Florence Mullins, 89, sits in a chair as a family member holds her place in a long line to receive a COVID-19 vaccine at Fair Park in Dallas. Uncertainty over the pace of federal COVID-19 vaccine allotments triggered anger and confusion Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, in some states where officials worried that expected shipments would not be forthcoming. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News via AP)
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