State and Stamford health officials are urging residents with private wells to get their water tested for pesticides and other possible contaminants. A study of 628 private wells by the Stamford Health Department found that 195 had some amount of the pesticides Chlordane or Dieldrin. More than half of those 195 had concentrations that put […]

Listen To an audio version of this story from WNPR. Bridgeport — More than 150 people crowded into a room in the City Hall Annex Monday night to weigh in on Bridgeport Harbor Station’s request to renew its five-year operating permit, which expired earlier this year. Environmentalists have been trying for years to shut down […]

Washington –– How political winds can change. Two years ago, Jim Himes, D-4th District, was on CNN’s Top Hundred list of vulnerable House members, targeted by the Republican national party and given even odds by political pundits of keeping his seat. The Fairfield County-based district is home to more Republicans than any other congressional district […]

Washington — Raising taxes on hedge fund managers, an idea that has plenty of popular support but has failed to gain traction, is under scrutiny in Washington again. President Obama last week proposed ending the current tax treatment given to hedge fund managers, whose income is considered “carried interest” and taxed at the capital gains […]

Transit oriented development — a generation-old concept in which municipal and economic growth are linked to mass transit — is a current darling among many Connecticut constituencies. Called T-O-D to those in the know, it’s championed by environmentalists for its carbon footprint-shrinking possibilities; economic and business interests for its work force-friendly components; transit advocates for […]

Bridgeport — Tony Poole came for a haircut. But he stayed, he said, to fill out an application for permanent supportive housing. It was just the latest step the 32-year-old Bridgeport resident is taking to pull his life together. Poole was one of the more than 300 people who came to the 7th Annual Project […]

The head of the state’s largest utility said it will dramatically expand the number of crews working to restore power after the weekend’s storm, but he warned it will be at least a week before all customers have electric service again. Connecticut Light & Power Co., which covers about 80 percent of the state’s utility […]

As Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and legislators prepared for next week’s special session on jobs and the economy, the Connecticut Business & Industry Association released a survey Monday estimating that barely half of businesses in Fairfield County expect to turn a profit this year. “It’s certainly the single strongest county in the state,” said Peter Gioia, […]

Somewhere deep in the Malloy Administration there must be a secret fan of that 1960s spy classic, “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” The name of the review panel to examine the response to Irene is one of those corny/cool retro acronyms. Connecticut, I give you “S.T.O.R.M. Irene, the State Team Organized for the Review of Management […]

President Obama declared a state of emergency in Connecticut today, giving the federal government authority to coordinate disaster relief in anticipation of Hurricane Irene sweeping across Long Island and into Fairfield County on Sunday morning as a Category 1 storm. A hurricane warning was issued  for the southern New England coast, and Gov. Dannel P. […]

Families earning the state’s median income can’t afford a median-priced home in two-thirds of Connecticut’s cities and towns, according to a report released today by the Partnership for Strong Communities. Although the number of communities deemed “unaffordable”–112 of 169–remained the same from 2009 to 2010, that fact conceals a negative trend: While median home sales […]

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced today he has appointed Fairfield First Selectman Kenneth Flatto as executive director of the Division of Special Revenue, the agency that oversees legalized gambling, including the lottery and the Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun casinos “Ken will bring his 30 years of experience as a financial and accounting manager to this […]