TRUMBULL, Conn. — School Superintendent Gary Cialfi hosted a forum for Trumbull High School students and their parents last week to help them better understand what colleges seek in their incoming students.Eight students were presenters — four recent THS graduates and four seniors. All said Trumbull High is a great academic resource, and all took advantage of and applaud its wide range ...

WESTPORT, Conn. — Surrounded by 100 fine wines, good food and mood setting music, many of the 400 guests gathered at The Inn at Longshore last Friday enjoyed a great evening with friends, dotted by an occasional sampling of wine. A smaller number took the opportunity to taste wines recommended specifically for them by Cory D’Addario, the wine maven of Liquor Locker of Westport.The ...

WESTPORT, Conn. — She started off with the standard caveat lawyers offer before speaking about legal matters — “No legal advice!”  But Westport-Weston Probate Judge Lisa Wexler then jumped in to introduce the Westport Sunrise Rotary to Connecticut’s new Power of Attorney Act on Friday. On the main topics, she said that Connecticut maintains 54 Probate Courts. They “provide an ...

WESTPORT, Conn. — It was ready, set — but not quite go as the Westport Sunrise Rotary dumped nearly 3,000 rubber duckies into the Saugatuck River in downtown Westport on Saturday for the annual Great Duck Race.   The charity race began shortly after noon, after the fitful start when a few of the ducks slipped under the containment booms in a false start. The errant ducks were retrieved ...

WESTPORT, Conn. — “Connecticut has one of the worst achievement gaps in the United States,” Frank Derico told the Y’s Men of Westport/Weston at its regular weekly meeting last week. He was referring to measures of academic performance that show low-income children in Connecticut public schools lag behind their upper-income peers by nearly four grade levels. Derico, executive director of ...

WESTPORT, Conn. — Y’s Man Marty Yellin will once again share his knowledge of the scientific world, this time updating the group on the work of the Hubble Telescope. The Hubble was sent into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains the most productive astronomical instrument ever built.Yellin will speak to Y’s Men of Westport/Weston on April 13 at the Saugatuck Congregational Church at 245 ...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — U.S. Rep. Jim Himes was making the rounds last week and holding town hall-styled meetings to hear from voters who are concerned about the policies of President Donald Trump. The meeting held by Himes (D-4th District) at Bridgeport City Hall on Wednesday was attended by a standing-room-only crowd of about 250 people.Himes, unlike many colleagues who made the news, ...

WESTPORT, Conn. — Westport’s Susan Granger — film critic, entertainment industry maven and child of Hollywood — will make her annual visit to the Y’s Men of Westport/Weston meeting to share her picks — and a few pans — for the 89th Academy Awards. The award ceremony will be held on Sunday, Feb. 26. The meeting with the Y's Men will be Thursday, Feb. 23, at the Saugatuck Congregational ...

FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. – Thursday's snowy blast was the worst storm to strike Fairfield County in two years, at the end of it, most residents were buried under a foot or more of snow.Many will still be digging out from the storm on Friday. Most school districts in Fairfield County will be opening with delays, and two districts — Stratford and Weston — are closed for Friday. (Click here ...

WESTPORT, Conn. — Twenty-one-year-old Westporter Tessa Zimmerman was a straight A student — but was always anxious that if she didn’t get that A that she wouldn’t get into college. But as a high school student, she learned how to step outside her anxiety, to watch it, but not participate in it. This made her determined to find that magic bullet to help other high school students with ...