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Stop & Shop's CT store closing plans leave workers with unanswered questions on future employment
More than a week after supermarket giant Stop & Shop announced it plans to close five Connecticut stores as part of a larger shutdown of under performing locations, several key questions about what will happen to staff at those stores remain unanswered. Officials with the Quincy, Massachusetts-based chain won't say...
Bridgeport's historic Arcade Mall still building identity: 'People ... are just amazed by the space'
BRIDGEPORT — For over two decades Rashid Williams, owner of Electric Hand barbershop, worked out of an upper Main Street location. After that building was sold, Williams found a new space inside the historic and ornate Arcade Mall, which stretches downtown between Main and Broad streets. He said since...
Robert J. Creighton, former Suffolk police commissioner, Smithtown councilman, dies at 86
Robert J. Creighton, a former Suffolk County police commissioner, district attorney’s chief investigator and Smithtown councilman, died Wednesday following a long illness. Colleagues, family and friends remembered Creighton, 86, as a "legendary" figure in Suffolk County law enforcement, who helped investigate the Southwest Sewer District political corruption scandal, led a budget-strapped police department — and after entering politics served in Smithtown Town government.
Fairfield open space expansion at Westway widens public access with walking trail, more parking
FAIRFIELD — What was once an unkempt patch of vines and invasive plants will soon be part of a public display of Southport's nature. Fairfield is about to acquire about two acres of land on Westway Road, which would roughly double the size of its open space in the Sasco Creek Marsh area and create more room for public access, said Tim Bishop, Fairfield's conservation director.
Setauket mother helps develop drug for son's rare genetic mutation, launches foundation for others
When he was 4 months old, Leo Wei Church was diagnosed with a gene mutation so rare that his doctors say he is one of two people in the world with this diagnosis. He would bounce between acting like a newborn and 4 months old, said his mother, Yiwei She, and he could not hold his head up. Often, She would look at her baby and it seemed like nobody was inside.
Longtime Easton cabinetry business owner got a permit to build a new shop. Now a neighbor is suing
EASTON — A local business owner's attempt to build a shop outside his home for his longtime cabinetry company has set off a legal contest in Bridgeport court. An Easton lawyer who lives a few houses down from the house occupied by Greenfield Mill shop on Sport Hill Road sued the business recently, along with Easton's Planning and Zoning Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals, over owner Frank Lisi's plans to move the business into a new building on his property.
Bridgeport man on parole accused of selling fentanyl, cocaine, Stamford police say
STAMFORD — A Bridgeport man was charged Wednesday in an investigation into fentanyl and cocaine sales throughout Fairfield County, according to Stamford police. The investigation, conducted by Stamford Police Department’s Narcotics & Organized Crime Unit and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Bridgeport Office, led to an arrest warrant charging 42-year-old Edwin Abrams with three counts of sale of narcotics, Lt. Seth O’Brien said in a news release posted to Facebook Friday.
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