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Politics
Race For State Senate Seat Marks First Political Run For Ex-Lamont Aide Nick Simmons
This may be Nick Simmons' first political race, but he is not a newcomer to politics. The State Senate District 36 candidate, brother to Stamford Mayor Carolyn Simmons, was born and raised in Greenwich and now calls Stamford home. The district comprises Greenwich, North Stamford, and portions of Stamford, New Canaan, and Newfield-Westover-Turn of River. He left a brief career on Wall Street to teach middle school math in Harlem. Within a few years, at 26, Simmons became one of the youngest acting school principals in New York. Later, he went on to serve in Gov. Ne…
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Stamford Man Admits To Bank Robbery Spree In Fairfield County
A man is facing years in prison after pleading guilty to three bank robberies in Connecticut. Francesco Pensiero, "Frank," age 51, of Stamford, admitted the 2020 robberies on Tuesday, June 4, according to Vanessa Roberts Avery, US Attorney for the District of Connecticut. According to court documents and statements made in court, on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, Pensiero and an associate robbed the Chase Bank located at 2855 Main St., in Stratford. During the robbery, Pensiero's associate displayed a handgun to the teller and gave the teller a note that said, "This is a robbery. Give me al…
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'My Mother Was Everything To Me': Jennifer Dulos' Children Speak Out For First Time
The children of the slain Connecticut mother of five, Jennifer Farber Dulos, spoke for the first time on Friday, May 31, during the sentencing of Michelle Tronconis, who was found guilty of helping to cover up Dulos' murder. Click here for a new, updated story - Jennifer Dulos Case: Estranged Husband's Girlfriend Sentenced To Prison Troconis, age 49, the girlfriend of Fotis Dulos, the estranged husband of Jennifer Farber Dulos, who is believed to have killed her, was found guilty in Stamford on Friday, March 1, of all counts, including conspiracy to commit murder, hindering prosecution, and…
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Tens Of Thousands Of Dollars Pour In For Family Of New Canaan Boy Fighting Rare Diseases
A fundraising effort to help the family of a precocious Connecticut boy fighting a rare neuromuscular disease is already so successful that it has exceeded its original goal by over $30,000. The effort was created to help the family of Boyd Thornhill, a Fairfield County boy from New Canaan who suffers from myasthenia gravis and mitochondrial disease, which has caused him several medical issues that have forced him to endure countless hospital stays, doctor's appointments, and medicines. Because of the intensity of care that Boyd's diseases require, his parents, Ca…
Police & Fire
CO Scares Prompts New Canaan Fire To Remind Residents To Turn Off Vehicles In Garage
With two recent calls for carbon monoxide gas incidents at homes, a Fairfield County fire department reminds residents to turn off their vehicles in the garage. The New Canaan Fire Department responded to two carbon monoxide (CO) gas incidents on Sunday, April 21, caused by cars left running in the garage. New Canaan Fire Chief Albe Bassett said the CO levels in the house could be dangerous and cause serious health effects. One person was transported to the hospital for evaluation. "Today’s technologies of remote staring and keyless fobs present challenges," Bassett s…
Police & Fire
3 Escape New Canaan House Fire Without Injury
Three people were able to escape a Fairfield County house fire without injury. The fire occurred in New Canaan on White Shade Oak Lane around 11:40 p.m., Monday, April 8. According to Jill Stayman with the New Canaan Fire Department, the fire started at the rear of the two-car garage and extended into the attic area above it. The three occupants in the home were alerted to the fire when the smoke detector was activated. All were able to self-evacuate without injury, Stayman said. New Canaan firefighters were able to quickly put out the fire and prevent its extension into …
Police & Fire
Man Who Crossed Double-Yellow Line Accused Of Driving Drunk In New Canaan: Police
A Northern Westchester man has been accused of driving drunk in Fairfield County after police say he crossed the double-yellow line several times. At about 9 p.m. Saturday, April 6, an officer on routine patrol in New Canaan observed the vehicle traveling north on New Norwalk Road. The officer conducted a motor vehicle stop and identified Manuel Allende, age 65, of South Salem, as the operator. While speaking with Allende, the officer noticed signs of impairment from alcohol consumption. Standardized Field Sobriety Tests (SFST) were completed and Allende provided two breath…
Police & Fire
Beloved Fairfield County K9 Retires After Nearly 10 Years Of Service
A K9 officer who served for nearly a decade with a Connecticut police department will be hanging up his badge, his human colleagues announced. K9 Apollo, who worked for the New Canaan Police Department, retired on Monday, March 18, according to the human officers he worked with. Originally hired in 2015, K9 Apollo was assigned to K9 Officer Sebastian Obando. Throughout the nine-and-a-half years that K9 Apollo worked with the department, he protected not only the citizens of New Canaan, the department said, but also those of neighboring agencies. K9 Officer Sebastian Oband…
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Man Sexually Assaults Boy Outside His New Canaan Home: Here's His Sentence
A 35-year-old man from New York will spend decades in prison for enticing a teenage boy to engage in sexual activity with him at his Connecticut home, officials announced. Westchester County resident Leland Robinson, of Mount Vernon, was sentenced to 50 years in prison for enticing a 14-year-old boy to engage in sexual activity with him, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced on Friday, March 8. According to federal officials, in February 2019, when Robinson was 31 years old, he posed as a high school student on a social media application a…
Police & Fire
New Canaan Woman Nabbed For Driving Under Influence Of Drugs, Police Say
A Fairfield County woman has been charged with allegedly driving under the influence of drugs after a vehicle crash. Patricia Pamela Petraglia, age 71, of New Canaan, was found sitting in a vehicle in the driveway of a Silvermine Road residence on Monday, March 4 after leaving a crash in Darien. According to Lt. Marc DeFelice of the New Canaan Police, officers spoke with the operator and identified her as Petraglia. Officers detected that Petraglia was impaired, however it was not due to alcohol. In plain view, officers observed numerous prescription bottles in the center console…
Obituaries
Yonkers Native, Kathleen Garrity Cook, 88, Saw The Best In Everyone
Kathleen Cook passed away at the age of 88 peacefully, surrounded by her family on March 2, 2024. Kathleen was born in Yonkers, NY on Feb. 29,1936 to the Hon. Judge Harold T. and Mary Broderick Garrity. She grew up in Yonkers with her siblings MaryAnn (Charles Hagelin), James (Andrea), and Matthew (Judy) Garrity. She graduated from Roosevelt High School in Yonkers and continued her education studying business law at Marymount Jr. College in Arlington, VA. In 1960 Kathleen married Robert William Cook and they moved to Chappaqua, where they raised their four children…
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Missing Mom Case: Ex-Girlfriend Of Estranged Husband Convicted Of Murder Conspiracy
After three days of deliberations, a jury found the ex-girlfriend of the estranged husband of Connecticut mother of five Jennifer Farber Dulos guilty in connection with her disappearance nearly five years ago in a case in which Dulos, who has never been found, has been declared legally dead. Related: Missing New Canaan Mom Of 5 Jennifer Dulos Declared Dead By Judge Michelle Troconis, age 49, was found guilty in Stamford on Friday, March 1, of all counts including conspiracy to commit murder, hindering prosecution, and evidence tampering. She is being held on a $6 million bond,…
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