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The Weston Board of Education held a virtual meeting on Tuesday to discuss schooling scenarios. Taken Jan. 19, 2021.
News
Weston BOE pushes for reopening plans for older students
The Weston Board of Education asked for specific criteria to determine when middle and high school students can return at its meeting on Tuesday.
  • Westport teachers push for delay to full return

  • Lamont appointed to national COVID task force

The flu season in Connecticut remains almost comically low-energy, with only one new flu hospitalization in the most recent week for which numbers were available.
News
One new flu hospitalization; two new positive tests
The flu season in Connecticut remains almost comically low-energy, with only one new flu hospitalization in the most recent week for which numbers were available.
  • Judge: Release recordings in false rape case

  • Top prosecutor quarantining

Ridgefield celebrates after beating Staples to win the FCIAC girls basketball championship on Feb. 27, 2020.
Sports
FCIAC approves plan for basketball
The plan splits the league’s 16 teams into two divisions, and also adds Bassick and Harding, two former FCIAC member schools, to the conference for this season.
Regé-Jean Page as Simon Bassett and Phoebe Dynevor as Daphne Bridgerton in "Bridgerton." "Bridgerton" is the first series to come out of Netflix's exclusive, reportedly nine-figure deal with Shonda Rhimes. (Liam Daniel/Netflix/TNS)
News
Granger on Film: ‘Bridgerton’ is a fun, frothy escape
While Netflix’s “Bridgerton” sprawling mini-series may seem like “Gossip Girl”-meets-“Downton Abbey,” it’s unique in reimagining 19th century Britain with aristocratic families seeking favor from Black royalty. “We were two separate societies, divided by color, until King George III fell in love with one of us,” Lady Danbury (Adjoa Andoh) explains to her brooding protégé,...
French drama "Lupin" has one season available on Netflix.
Arts & Leisure
Review: ‘Lupin’ offers a dazzling puzzle
Netflix’s new French drama “Lupin” is a compelling series about a con man seeking revenge for his father while carrying out a series of creative crimes.
A plow makes its way on Dec. 16.
Opinion
The week in thumbs up and down
The week in thumbs up (a milder flu season) and down (a shortage of substitute teachers in Connecticut).
News
  • Investigators at 80 Mountain Spring Road in Farmington, Conn., again on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in connection with the Jennifer Dulos active.
    ‘Bone Finder’ flags disturbed areas at former Dulos property
    State police investigators returned to the property at 80 Mountain Spring Road in Farmington on Wednesday after several anomalies were identified.
    By Lisa Backus
  • Annette Norton began creating her signature gift baskets, now an important part of her business, in response to the pandemic at her Savvy+Grace boutique in Westport, Conn. on Thursday, January 14, 2021.
    Westport business owner sees success during COVID with local support
    By DJ Simmons
    Police at the scene after a homicide in Bridgeport, Conn., on Jan. 20, 2021. Capt. Kevin Gilleran said 34-year-old Angel Valle died after he was allegedly stabbed by his brother, 25-year-old Julian Daivon Valle around 2 a.m. Wednesday.
    Bridgeport murder suspect put on suicide watch
    By Tara O'Neill
    Members of the US National Guard walk outside the US Capitol on January 19, 2021 in Washington, DC, ahead of the 59th inaugural ceremony for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
    Schools restrict inauguration viewing in real time
    By Katrina Koerting
    Exterior, Fairfield County Courthouse on Golden Hill Street.
    Lawlor appointed top prosecutor of Bridgeport court
    By Daniel Tepfer
Police News
  • Bridgeport murder suspect put on suicide watch
  • Source: Dulos home focus of search on verge of being sold
  • Bridgeport Police captains sue to block transfers
  • Ansonia police: Toddler found wandering in California not Vanessa Morales
  • Police: Parolee nabbed with loaded gun after high-speed chase
  • Retired Bridgeport police officer pleads not guilty to rape
  • Westport woman charged with assault
Most Popular
  1. ‘Safety is really the utmost concern’: Westport teachers push for delay to full return
  2. Norwalk restaurant relocates to Westport
  3. Westport business owner sees success during COVID with local support
  4. ‘Bone Finder’ flags disturbed areas, leading to dig at former Dulos property
  5. High West's A Midwinter's Night Dram is the PS5 of whiskeys
  6. Weston BOE pushes for reopening plans for older students
  7. Bridgeport man on suicide watch after murder charge in brother’s death
Sports
  • Ridgefield celebrates after beating Staples to win the FCIAC girls basketball championship on Feb. 27, 2020.
    FCIAC approves plan for basketball
    The plan splits the league’s 16 teams into two divisions, and also adds Bassick and Harding, two former FCIAC member schools, to the conference for this season.
    By Dave Stewart
  • Connecticut girls ice hockey teams will be permitted to start holding practices as of Tuesday.
    H.S. girls hockey gets green light to start winter season
    By Dave Stewart
    CIAC executive director Glenn Lungarini
    CIAC winter plan: no state championships, Feb. 8 start
    By Michael Fornabaio
    Bruno Guiduli in his front yard Thursday afternoon. Guiduli is raising money to raise awareness for TOPSoccer, a nonprofit focusing on working with children with intellectual and physical disabilities through soccer.
    Staples’ Guiduli scoring goals for a good cause
    By Scott Ericson
    Bob Rose, a longtime Westport resident, and Starbuck Equestrian's Rio's Latte decisively won the 2020 Professional Horsemen Association's National Invitational Championship in the Jumper Division. Rose also won the 2020 Fairfield-Westchester Professional Horsemen Association's (FW-PHA) Championship ribbon in the 3' Training / Schooling Jumper Division and was Reserve Champion in both the FW-PHA's Child Adult Jumper Division and the 2'6" Training / Schooling Jumper Division. He is a member Starbuck Equestrian's show team. His trainers throughout the year were Amanda and Juliana Starbuck.
    Westport’s Rose wins national equestrian championship
    By Contributed
Opinion
  • Woog’s World: Remembering a Westporter’s political legacy
  • Woog’s World: Today reminds me of 1968
  • Letter to the Editor: Dan Woog is a Westport Unsung Hero as well
  • Letter to the editor
  • In Other Words: Once upon a chair
Business
  • Van Hurd, a "Hell's Kitchen" alum who moved to Connecticut 12 years ago, is heading up Citizen Chicken and Donuts in West Hartford.
    Former ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ chef takes on fried chicken and doughnuts
    Citizen Chicken & Donuts, by the owner of Hartford Baking Company, will replace the original bakery cafe location on New Park Avenue in West Hartford.
    By Leeanne Griffin
  • People line up to register for interviews for positions at Amazon's North Haven location at a job fait in New Haven in 2019.
    Analyst: CT ‘facing worst job declines since World War II’
    By Luther Turmelle
    'Unleashing your inner beast': Smash Avenue is Connecticut's first 'rage...
    By Lisa Backus
    A file photo of the Norwegian Jewel, with operator Norwegian Cruise Line to fit up its cruise ships with air filtration systems to lessen the chances of airborne transmission of COVID-19 and other viruses.
    CT company’s systems to scrub air clean on US cruise line
    By Alexander Soule
    U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, and Ricky Evans, the owner of  Ricky D's Rib Shack in New Haven, talk with reporters Wednesday about the federal Payroll Protection Program. Blumenthal visited Evans' restaurant in an effort to urge that the $130 billion that remains in the program be focused on small and minority owned businesses.
    More than 600 CT restaurants have closed during pandemic
    By Alexander Soule
Entertainment
  • Regé-Jean Page as Simon Bassett and Phoebe Dynevor as Daphne Bridgerton in "Bridgerton." "Bridgerton" is the first series to come out of Netflix's exclusive, reportedly nine-figure deal with Shonda Rhimes. (Liam Daniel/Netflix/TNS)
    Granger on Film: ‘Bridgerton’ is a fun, frothy escape
    While Netflix’s “Bridgerton” sprawling mini-series may seem like “Gossip Girl”-meets-“Downton Abbey,” it’s unique in reimagining 19th century Britain with aristocratic families...
    By Susan Granger
  • Charter Oak Brewing Company in Danbury is offering local home delivery.
    Breweries adapt to keep taprooms open during pandemic
    By Ashley Winchester
    The Durham Farmers Market  is open Saturdays from 10 to 1 p.m. at Durham Activity Center, 350 Main Street, above the Core Club Gym.
    Winter markets offer farm fresh products
    By Ashley Winchester
    Construction on the "New Bruce" expansion and renovation continues at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich has caused the museum to temporarily close.
    ‘Growing pains’ lead Bruce Museum to temporarily close
    By TinaMarie Craven
    Aldis Hodge, left, as Jim Brown, and Leslie Odom Jr. as Sam Cooke in "One Night in Miami." Credit: Patti Perret/Amazon Studios
    Granger on Film: ‘One Night in Miami’ marks Regina King’s...
    By Susan Granger
Real Estate
  • News Historic marker granted for 1750 Mill House in Wilton
    The Wilton Historical Society recently granted a new historic marker to a historic home at 96 Old Mill Road in the town. The Damato family, which lives at the house, moved to it at 96 Old Mill Road in January, 2020, and decided soon after doing so, to have the historic marker from the Historical Society for it. The home is a 1750 John Belden Mill House. Jonathan, Jessica, Ryland, Emeline, and a Lab dog, Molson, are the Damato family pictured.
  • News 10 real estate sales in Wilton: One over $10 million
    Wilton real estate ends December, and begins January with 10 sales.
  • Real Estate On the Market: Colonial gets a contemporary update
    Georgian colonial house with a contemporary interiors at 173 Quarter Horse Lane, Fairfield.
  • Real Estate On the Market: Weston home a perfect country retreat
    Front forecourt and gardens at 29 West Branch Road, Weston.
  • Real Estate On the Market: A home for the art and nature lover
    77 Morningside Drive South, Westport
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Arts and Leisure
  • French drama "Lupin" has one season available on Netflix.
    Review: ‘Lupin’ offers a dazzling puzzle
    Netflix’s new French drama “Lupin” is a compelling series about a con man seeking revenge for his father while carrying out a series of creative crimes.
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  • Westport resident Fred Cantor published a memoir about his life as a Knicks fan titled, "Fred From Fresh Meadows: A Knicks Memoir."
    Westport resident publishes memoir about being a Knicks fan
    By Andrea Valluzzo
    Zoe Clark's latest single 'Last One Standing' will be released on Jan. 22.
    Greenwich native to release new single
    By Keith Loria
    Abigail E. Wixom, "Eggs and Drapery I," Horace Greeley High School, Chappaqua, N.Y., Grade 10, Age 16. The art museum, MoCA Westport, located at 19 Newtown Turnpike, in Westport, has a High School Student Art Exhibition titled: "Hindsight is 2020" that will be on view in the art museum's physical gallery location, and also in a digital gallery on the museum's website, mocawestport.org, from Saturday, January 23, until Saturday, March 13.
    Community news: Students’ work on display with new exhibit and more
    "Pretend It's a City" is a docuseries staring Fran Lebowitz.
    Review: ‘Pretend It’s a City’ offers escape to New York
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Politics
  • News ‘Hit the floor:’ Himes, DeLauro were in House chamber...
    WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: Protesters gather inside the U.S. Capitol Building on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Congress held a joint session today to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. A group of Republican senators said they would reject the Electoral College votes of several states unless Congress appointed a commission to audit the election results. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
  • Politics Lamont quarantined as spokesman tests positive for COVID-19
    FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2020, file photo, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont addresses the media in Westport, Conn. Despite Connecticut's increasing virus rates, on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020, Lamont continued to urge school districts to keep in-person learning at least for pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. He said data show young children are not a major contributor to rising virus rates, and long-term isolation can harm students socially and emotionally.
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  • Wyze Cam for $26 at Amazon.
    This home security camera has 96,000 ratings and is $26
    It’s easy to fake good reviews, but it’s hard to fake lots of reviews.
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    New episodes of "WandaVision" are streaming Fridays on Disney+.
    'WandaVision' is at its best when it's not about superheroes
    By Joshua Sargent
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    This $10 produce keeper is actually helping me eat healthier
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    High West A Midwinter Night's Dram Whiskey, available through Drizly.
    High West's A Midwinter's Night Dram is the PS5 of whiskeys
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Nation & World News
  • Asian stocks sink after China coronavirus resurgence
    A currency trader walks by the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at the foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. Asian stock markets retreated Friday after a resurgence of coronavirus infections in China and a rise in cases in Southeast Asia.
  • AKA sorority members celebrate Kamala Harris inauguration
    Vice President Kamala Harris, and her husband Doug Emhoff, and family, walk in front of the White House during a Presidential Escort to the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021 in Washington, after being sworn in as the 46th vice president of the United States.
  • Time, transparency needed as Biden inherits frazzled census
    President Joe Biden signs his first executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington. 
  • Health experts blame rapid expansion for vaccine shortages
    A man who came to get a COVID-19 vaccine holds his paperwork as he talks to a New York City health department worker outside a closed vaccine hub, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Public health experts are blaming COVID-19 vaccine shortages around the U.S. in part on the Trump administration's push to get states to vastly expand their vaccination drives to reach the nation's estimated 54 million people age 65 and over. The push that began over a week ago has not been accompanied by enough doses to meet demand, leading to frustration and confusion.
  • Judge says Amazon won't have to restore Parler web service
    The logo of the social media platform Parler is displayed in Berlin, Jan. 10, 2021. In the background on a screen is the platform's website. The conservative-friendly social network Parler was booted off the internet Monday, Jan. 11, over ties to last week's siege on the U.S. Capitol, but not before hackers made off with an archive of its posts, including any that might have helped organize or document the riot. (Christophe Gateau/dpa via AP)
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  • Fauci unleashed: Doc takes 'liberating' turn at center stage
    White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks with Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, during a press briefing in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, in Washington.
  • Democrats ask ethics panel to investigate Sens. Cruz, Hawley
    Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, wears a face mask as he arrives for a confirmation hearing for Transportation Secretary nominee Pete Buttigieg before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, in Washington.. (Stefani Reynolds/Pool via AP)
  • Biden Cabinet: Buttigieg urges big funds for Transportation
    Transportation Secretary nominee Pete Buttigieg speaks during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, in Washington. (Ken Cedeno/Pool via AP)
  • McConnell seeks to push Trump impeachment trial to February
    On the first full day of the new Democratic majority in the Senate, Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., the top Republican, walks to the chamber for the start of business as the minority leader, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. There is now a 50-50 split between Republicans and Democrats, but with Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris as the tie-breaker, the majority shifts by the slimmest of margins.
  • Testing wristbands, masks signs of a new boss at White House
    Doug Emhoff, left, Vice President Kamala Harris, President Joe Biden, and first lady Jill Biden, bow their heads in prayer during a virtual Presidential Inaugural Prayer Service, in the State Dinning Room of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, in Washington.
Health
  • After Trump setbacks, Kim Jong Un starts over with Biden
    FILE - This Jan. 14, 2021, file photo provided by the North Korean government shows missiles during a military parade marking the ruling party congress, at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea. Last year was a disaster for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who helplessly watched his country's economy decay amid pandemic border closures while brooding over the collapse of made-for-TV summits with former President Donald Trump that failed to lift sanctions from his country. Now he must start over with President Joe Biden, who has previously called him a thug and accused Trump of chasing spectacles instead of meaningful reductions of Kim's nuclear arsenal. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)
  • Brazil awaits vaccine cargo from India amid supply concerns
    Health workers prepare doses of the COVID-19 vaccine produced by China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd., during the start of the vaccination plan on indigenous lands at the Ticuna de Umariacu village health post in Tabatinga, Amazonas state, Brazil, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021.
  • Ontario leader blames Pfizer for COVID-9 vaccine delays
    Ontario Premier Doug Ford looks on as a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is administered at The Michener Institute in Toronto on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
  • California sees suspicious surge in unemployment claims
    FILE - In his Dec. 18, 2020 file photo a runner passes the office of the California Employment Development Department in Sacramento, Calif. California reported a significant surge in unemployment claims last week for independent contractors, accounting for more than a quarter of all such climbs nationally and raising concerns about a return of widespread fraud, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021.
  • The Latest: Shanghai locks down 2 major hospitals over cases
    A man carries a child, both wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, as they stroll along a street near the popular frozen Houhai Lake in Beijing, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. China is making some of its toughest travel restrictions yet as coronavirus cases surge in several northern provinces ahead of the travel rush for Lunar New Year on next month.
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