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A Stamford man was arrested on federal bank fraud and wire fraud offenses after receiving nearly $2.9 million in COVID-19 relief funds. The U.S. Department of Justice said 45-year-old Moustapha Disakhate was arrested Friday on a federal criminal complaint with offenses related to his receipt of the millions of dollars in COVID-19 relief funds guaranteed by the U.S. Small...

Former Major League player and manager Bobby Valentine announced Friday he is running for mayor of Stamford. “It’s official! I’m seeking your support to be the next Mayor of Stamford, CT!” he tweeted Friday. Valentine, 70, who currently serves as the athletic director at Sacred Heart University, posted a video on social media and said he’ll run as an...

Fire crews rescued two people from a truck that was submerged in water at Cummings Park in Stamford during the storm Monday. Crews responded to the scene at 2:10 p.m. and found a four-door pickup partially submerged in water and floating around 40 feet off-shore. A woman was seen standing in the rear cargo area of the truck. She was…

A Stamford woman has been charged with several offenses, including driving under the influence after police said she allegedly crashed her car into a stone wall at Cummings Park while she was eight months pregnant. On June 13, 2020, officers responded to the area of Shippan Ave. for a report of a motor vehicle crash. According to police at the…

People over the age of 75 will be able to sign up for an appointment to get vaccinated in Vermont starting next week. Once that age group is vaccinated, which includes about 49,000 people, Vermont will move to vaccinate people over the age of 70, then 65, respectively. The state will then move to those with certain high-risk conditions. “With…

Gov. Phill Scott will address COVID-19 and Vermont’s response to the pandemic in a 11 a.m. press conference today.

Vermont anticipates a large increase in COVID-19 cases following a swell of out-of-state travelers to the state over the holidays, officials said Tuesday. Vermont saw the highest volume of out-of-state visitors to the state since the pandemic began over recent holidays, state officials said during a press conference on Tuesday. Governor Phil Scott says it is unclear whether popular tourist…

The Vermont town of Stamford has voted to overturn in its community Gov. Phil Scott’s emergency orders issued to protect the state during the COVID-19 pandemic. The select board of the town of about 800 people along the Massachusetts border voted 3-2 Tuesday to “terminate” the governor’s restrictions. Select Board member Daniel Potvin says the restrictions remain in place...

The University of Connecticut is placing an entire residence hall at the Stamford campus under quarantine, school officials said Saturday. There are currently a total of six positive COVID-19 cases in the dorm at 900 Washington Blvd., the university said. Five of the six cases in this residence hall were announced overnight. Three of the six cases were identified through…

A pig lead police on a chase for about 45 minutes in Stamford, CT.

Gene Wilder, the frizzy-haired actor who brought his deft comedic touch to such unforgettable roles as the neurotic accountant in “The Producers” and the deranged animator of “Young Frankenstein,” has died. He was 83. Wilder’s nephew said Monday that the actor and writer died late Sunday at his home in Stamford, Connecticut, from complications from Alzheimer’s disease.

A tentative settlement announced Wednesday over the role Purdue Pharma played in the nation’s opioid addiction crisis falls short of the far-reaching national settlement the OxyContin maker had been seeking for months, with litigation sure to continue against the company and the family that owns it. The agreement with about half the states and attorneys representing roughly 2,000 local governments...

Purdue University in Indiana wants the public to know that it has no connection to a Connecticut-based company blamed for helping drive the nation’s opioid crisis.

A 76-year-old Connecticut man is walking from Yankee Stadium to Fenway Park in an effort to promote peace and not just between the two fan bases. Al Forte, of Stamford, Connecticut, tells the Providence Journal, he’s asking people along the way to pray for peace on earth, handing out cards showing six soldiers praying.

Two people were injured in an explosion at a water treatment facility in Stamford on Aug. 1.

Some drivers for ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft turned off their apps Wednesday to protest what they say are declining wages at a time when both companies are raking in billions of dollars from investors.

Police say 10 students at a Stamford high school face charges after a food fight that turned into a riot and ended with injuries to a teacher and a school resource officer.

A Rhode Island man has been shot and killed outside a halfway house in Pawtucket. The Providence Journal reports 37-year-old Napoleon Andrade was killed at around 9:30 a.m. Sunday. Police didn’t identify the victim but the newspaper says Jay Chattelle, Pawtucket’s poet laureate, was among those who identified him. Chattelle said the two had grown up together and that Andrade...

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma is exploring filing for bankruptcy as one of its options to address potentially significant liabilities from thousands of lawsuits alleging the drug maker contributed to the deadly opioid crisis sweeping the U.S., NBC News confirmed through a source familiar with the matter. The deliberations show how Purdue and its wealthy owners, the Sackler family, are under...