It’s been almost exactly 30 years since a tractor-trailer plowed into cars waiting at a Stratford toll barrier, triggering an explosion that killed seven people. The January 1983 crash prompted Connecticut legislators to begin phasing out tolls in the state — and they’ve been banned ever since. But if some lawmakers have their way, that […]

I have talked to commuters who could write entire books about their experiences trying to park at train stations across Connecticut. Those books may not be page-turners…but I’m sure many of you would relate to them. Let’s start with the fact that many waiting lists for monthly parking permits in the towns along the I-95 […]

Bridgeport — Democratic Congressman Jim Himes easily won his third term in Connecticut’s 4th Congressional District, perhaps solidifying a shift in attitudes and party affiliation in a region that was considered safe for Republicans not too long ago. While the final numbers were still trickling in Tuesday night, it is likely that Himes won by a […]

Transportation is still choked, and will be throughout the tri-state area, for some time to come. But for those who commute from Stamford to New York or back, some good news awaits: Metro-North will resume service between Stamford and Manhattan on the New Haven Line starting Thursday morning at 4:43 a.m. That’ll be a big […]

While towns across the shoreline are dealing with significant damage that may take weeks to repair fully, emergency officials agreed across-the-board that things could have been far worse. Before the noon high tide Tuesday, shoreline areas in East Haven and Branford that were hit hardest by Tropical Storm Irene got a daylight look at damage […]

Boat washed ashore onto the tracks at thie Metro-North station on the Hudson Line. (photo from MTA) This image from the Hoboken PATH train station in New Jersey reverberated across the Twitterverse last night. Governor Dannel Malloy has lifted the state’s travel ban. But it looks like it could be a while before any of […]

At 8 p.m. Monday, one-half of Stamford was in the dark, and Norwalk had shut down its sewage plant. Also in Fairfield County, the expected shutdown of electric substations in Bridgeport was to turn off power to 50,000 city residents and businesses. Meanwhile, just before 1 p.m. Monday, these were the reports from some shoreline […]

Shoreline residents who failed to heed warnings to evacuate were trapped Monday night by the rising waters of Long Island Sound, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy told reporters at a hastily called briefing after 9 p.m. “I suspect we are talking about thousands of individuals who are in harm’s way,” he said from the Emergency Operations Center […]

As schools across the state announced they would be closed at least Monday and Tuesday, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy prepared residents Sunday for a hurricane that could be marked by unprecedented flooding and wind. Connecticut’s electric utilities said they already had more line and tree-removal workers on hand than they did at the start of […]

With the anniversary of a brutal 2011 nor’easter just a few days away, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and utility officials warned Connecticut Friday to brace for another major storm with the potential to cause prolonged, widespread outages and other major damage. But leaders of Connecticut Light & Power Co., United Illuminating and AT&T also said […]

Last week, I made a short wish list of all the cool things other transit systems do to keep commuters informed about when the next train gets to the station. Today we’re talking ticket-buying, with the help of Fairfield County News Desk intern Megan Forbes. My TrainTicket: The UK recently launched this ticket-purchasing system. Commuters […]

Wouldn’t it be nice if we had these? We’ve been focusing this week on how rail agencies are trying to keep commuters better informed about their schedules and trains. The Mirror’s Fairfield County news intern Megan Forbes did a little research on how this is done around the country and around the world… and found […]

Both candidates in thisrace to represent a Fairfield County -based district in Congress say they are their party’s moderates.  That centrist stance may be why Rep. Jim Himes, D-4th District and his Republican challenger agree on some issues before Congress. But they split on others along party lines . Rep. Jim Himes, D-4th District, on […]

Stamford — As she filed out of Steve Obsitnik’s speech last week at the Edgehill Health Center, Susan Miller wondered aloud, “He’s a Republican, right?” Maybe that’s not the tag line Obsitnik had in mind in his bid for the 4th Congressional District seat against Democratic incumbent Jim Himes — but it may work, at […]

Stamford — Rep. Jim Himes is one of Washington’s tightrope walkers, trying to balance the fiscal concerns of his wealthy district with the core principles he holds as a Democrat. “I’m a moderate and independent Democrat,” Himes said. And that may be, at least when compared with the four other Democrats who represent Connecticut in […]