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- A new budget proposal from Gov. Dannel Malloy aimed at closing a $922 million budget deficit would make deep cuts in state aid to local school districts. Under the Malloy plan, full funding would be maintained in Bridgeport, Danbury, Norwalk and Stamford. But there would be steep cuts in Bethel, Brookfield, Monroe, New Fairfield, Newtown, Shelton, Stratford and Trumbull. And 11 towns would lose all funding: Darien, Easton, Fairfield, Greenwich, New Canaan, Redding, Ridgefield, Sherman, Weston, Westport and Wilton.
- Stratford residents spotted a rare white squirrel near Longbrook Park.
- A contractor died after falling from a scaffolding at a home under construction in Darien.
- A drive-through grocery store called The Barn has opened a location on the Stamford-Darien border.
- Whether it's giving time, money or support, a New Canaan mom is very active in multiple charities.
- A 32-year-old man died in a fall down the stairs at his East Side home.
- A diverse Danbury family, which includes four children ranging in age from 2 to 10, was brought together by tragedy and has become one of love.
- A Greenwich couple has grown a healthy, quick-serve eatery into a thriving business called Green & Tonic.
- A Norwalk man pulled over for speeding on I-84 in Danbury was arrested on multiple charges after State Police found more than 2 pounds of pot in his car.
- A Stratford woman and two Bridgeport teens were charged with breach of peace when they got into a fight at a 2-year-old’s birthday party in Fairfield.
- Two Bridgeport men were shot last Sunday night after an altercation during an alleged drug deal on Iranistan Avenue.
- Stratford firefighters spent more than three hours battling a large blaze that destroyed two abandoned buildings near East Main Street and Frog Pond Lane.
- Ridgefield teenager Zoe Butchen is closing in on her goal of raising $100,000 to fight Parkinson’s Disease.
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