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With Family Away, Six Teens Trash Stamford Home With Pot, Condoms With Family Away, Six Teens Trash Stamford Home With Pot, Condoms
With Family Away, Six Teens Trash Stamford Home With Pot, Condoms STAMFORD, Conn. -- Homeowners returned to their residence after a week away to discover it was littered with used condoms and "reeking of marijuana," Stamford Police said as they announced six teens had been arrested in connection with the burglary and the damage to the home.  The homeowners had left to take their older son to college in Florida last month and the younger brother of the college-bound son confided in a friend that the family would be gone for a week. That friend told five of his friends and they broke into the home, Lt. Diedrich Hohn said. "The six juveniles b…

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Police & Fire
Stamford Police Arrest Armed Man After Chase Ends At Mall Bookstore Stamford Police Arrest Armed Man After Chase Ends At Mall Bookstore
Stamford Police Arrest Armed Man After Chase Ends At Mall Bookstore STAMFORD, Conn. -- In a scene out of a movie, shoppers and restaurant patrons scattered when a man fleeing police pulled a handgun out of his pants as he ran up the escalator to the Barnes & Noble bookstore at Stamford Town Center about 6 p.m. Friday. The man was arrested after coming out of the bookstore's second-floor bathroom, police said, and was tackled by officers. The handgun that police say the man had in his possession was found in the bathroom, Lt. Diedrich Hohn said. Carl Bradley Dawkins, 24, of 126 Burr St., is facing charges of two counts each of third-degree burglary and s…

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Police & Fire
Police: Stamford Resident Hit Woman In Face With Bottle After Gender Insult Police: Stamford Resident Hit Woman In Face With Bottle After Gender Insult
Police: Stamford Resident Hit Woman In Face With Bottle After Gender Insult STAMFORD, Conn. -- A dispute early Monday that began when a woman insulted a man who identifies as a woman and ended with his arrest and her headed to the hospital with facial injuries, Stamford police said. Ricardo Sambrano, 23, of 319 Greenwich Ave., Stamford, who identifies as a woman and gave police the name of Elisa, was charged with second-degree assault, police said.  The incident began when officers were called to 319 Greenwich Ave. at 12:30 a.m. after a report of a fight, police said. "When they arrived they were met by a large group of men, women and several men dressed as w…

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Wilton Adds Director Of Facilities And Energy Management To Cut Town Costs Wilton Adds Director Of Facilities And Energy Management To Cut Town Costs
Wilton Adds Director Of Facilities And Energy Management To Cut Town Costs WILTON, Conn. -- Wilton has a new director of facilities and energy management who is tasked with helping the town to lower energy costs and cut capital expenditures, First Selectman Bill Brennan announced. Christopher M. Burney has been in the position since Sept. 1. “Chris is exactly the person we need to provide the technical expertise and vision to develop energy conservation and capital project management initiatives for the town-owned facilities, one of the town’s greatest assets," Brennan said.  "Chris’s responsibilities will include planning, implementing, and evaluating …

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Greenwich Land Trust Opens New Headquarters On 4-Acre Preserve Greenwich Land Trust Opens New Headquarters On 4-Acre Preserve
Greenwich Land Trust Opens New Headquarters On 4-Acre Preserve GREENWICH, Conn. -- The Greenwich Land Trust and its supporters celebrated its move to a new headquarters that reflects its mission of caring for woodlands, meadows, orchards and tidal marshes. The organization held a ribbon-cutting last week to mark its move into a renovated farmhouse on a 4-acre property, the Louise Mueller Preserve, that the organization manages. The property is named after Greenwich resident Louise Mueller, who, along with her husband Ed, donated it to the land trust three years ago. In brief comments before cutting the ribbon, she called the land trust's restoration w…

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Neighbors
Stamford Woman Finds Her Calling With Challah Baking Tradition Stamford Woman Finds Her Calling With Challah Baking Tradition
Stamford Woman Finds Her Calling With Challah Baking Tradition STAMFORD, Conn. -- Audrey Heller can still remember the first time she saw challah made from scratch when the Polish-born mother of a friend came to Stamford for a visit in the early 1960s. "She was the first person I saw making challah, and it was amazing. It just seemed to be magic to pull challah out of the oven like that," Heller said. Now it is Heller who amazes her family and friends as she bakes dozens of loaves of challah for the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur holy days. She was so inspired by her friend's mother that she set her mind on learning to make challah. "I w…

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9/11 Arch Of Living Trees At Stamford's Bartlett Arboretum Honors Victims 9/11 Arch Of Living Trees At Stamford's Bartlett Arboretum Honors Victims
9/11 Arch Of Living Trees At Stamford's Bartlett Arboretum Honors Victims STAMFORD, Conn. -- A tree that was nearly dead after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the World Trade Center is alive and well. And part of it has sprung to life in Stamford's Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens. Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy along with other state and city officials was on hand for 9/11 Arch of Remembrance dedication ceremony Friday at the arboretum. Fourteen offspring trees from the "The Survivor Tree," a pear tree, were planted to create a canopy tunnel. A piece of steel from one of the Twin Towers is located next to the canopy. The arch in Stamford will …

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Wilton Remembers 9/11 In Ceremony At Fire Headquarters Wilton Remembers 9/11 In Ceremony At Fire Headquarters
Wilton Remembers 9/11 In Ceremony At Fire Headquarters WILTON, Conn. -- Wilton gathered Friday in front of the town's fire department to remember the five town residents and others who lost their lives in the September 2001 terrorist attacks. "It's mornings like these that we together remember the stark reality of that day," Wilton Fire Department Lt. Jim Blanchfield said at the ceremony. "We choose to assemble here to honor and remember those that didn't come home that night. They are not just memories, they are our friends and neighbors. They are moms and dads. They are sons and daughters. They are our brothers and sisters."…

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Families From Across State Gather In Westport To Remember 9/11 Victims Families From Across State Gather In Westport To Remember 9/11 Victims
Families From Across State Gather In Westport To Remember 9/11 Victims WESTPORT, Conn. — Even 14 years after his death in the terror attacks on the World Trade Center, the mother of a 9/11 victim said his verve for life continues to inspire her. Ridgefield's Mary Henwood said her son, John, would compare life to a ticket and sometimes wonder why people didn't make full use of it.  Henwood said she thinks about that analogy about once a week or so. "I can hear him say: 'Don't wallow. Don't give up the ticket. Keep living.' And that has helped me," she said at Connecticut's statewide 9/11 memorial ceremony Thursday at Sherwood Island State Park in Wes…

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Police & Fire
Greenwich Police Charge Stamford Woman With Embezzling $12,000 Greenwich Police Charge Stamford Woman With Embezzling $12,000
Greenwich Police Charge Stamford Woman With Embezzling $12,000 GREENWICH, Conn. -- A Stamford woman was accused of embezzling more than $12,000 from a Melrose Avenue company during a seven-month period last year, Greenwich Police said. Diane Zinicola, 53, of 59 Woodway Road, Apt. 3, made 25 unauthorized wire transactions during that span of time, police said. An arrest warrant was issued on Sept. 3. Zinicola turned herself in to Greenwich Police on Tuesday after learning of the warrant for her arrest.  She was charged with first-degree forgery, second-degree larceny, fourth-degree criminal attempt at larceny and sixth-degree larceny.  Zinicola poste…

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