Will 2019 be the year that Tesla finally makes inroads in setting up a retail location in Connecticut?For the fourth consecutive year, Tesla is attempting to convince lawmakers in Connecticut to alter laws that prohibit the direct sale of vehicles to buyers by manufacturers, rather than through a franchise dealership.Tesla’s business model only calls for direct sales to consumers.Elon ...

Perdue has announced a recall of thousands of pounds of a popular chicken nugget product after wood was found in some packages nationwide.The United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced on Thursday that Perdue is recalling 68,244 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken nugget products that may be “contaminated with extraneous materials, ...

As the country remains gridlocked amid the longest government shutdown in the nation's history, more and more people are growing dissatisfied, according to a new Marist College poll.With an estimated 800,000 federal workers - including approximately 114,000 in New York and several thousand more In Connecticut - without work for nearly five weeks, Americans appear to be souring on the ...

The stormiestweather of the New Year is making its way toward the East Coast, and with it, expected back-to-back winter storms that may bring several inches of snow to the area, along with icy roads and potential power outages.Related story: Back-to-back storms will be followed by ice, Arctive blastThe first storm is expected to strike overnight on Thursday, Jan. 17, bringing ...

A woman hot-footed it out of a Fairfield County home after being caught by a homeowner intruding in the middle of the night, police said.An Overbrook Lane resident reported to police shortly after 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 10 that there had just been an intruder in her home who stole various items and items from under a Christmas tree.Police said that the homeowner stated that she was ...

A woman in Darien became the latest to have items stolen from an unlocked car in the area as opportunistic fraudsters continue taking advantage of area residents, police said.A Herman Avenue resident reported to police on Thursday, Jan. 10 that she had been the victim of a motor vehicle burglary over the holiday season. She said that she last saw a grey backpack with a Chromebook laptop ...

Streaming shows and movies are about to get more expensive for more than 55 million Americans.For the second time in two years, Netflix announced that it will be raising subscription prices in the United States, affecting an estimated 58 million customers.Netflix’s basic standard definition plan is going up from $8 to $9 a month, its standard HD plan is going up from $11 to $13 a month, ...

With the country mired in the longest government shutdown in American history, dozens of members of Congress have vowed to refuse their paychecks or donate their earnings in a show of solidarity with federal employees who have been without pay for weeks.The Connecticut State Department of Labor estimated that there are several thousand federal employees in the state, all of whom have ...

Two neighbors on a quiet residential street had several cars broken into when they were left unlocked overnight, police said.Officers on patrol from the Darien Police Department responded to Midbrook Lane shortly after 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 8, where they found several cars that had been burglarized.According to police, the first homeowner stated that three vehicles parked in his ...

Could another New Yorker be heading to the White House in 2020?New York U.S. Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand took center stage on CBS-TV's "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" on Tuesday night, Jan. 15, announcing that she will be throwing her hat into what is likely to be a crowded field of Democrats challenging President Donald Trump for his seat in the Oval Office.“I’m going ...