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STAMFORD-Despite her pleas for a second chance a 54-year-old former South Norwalk restaurateur with a young son was sentenced to serve two years in jail on Tuesday for violating the probation she received for three misdemeanor convictions.

Annie Gramson, the former owner of Sweet Lucy Lynn’s on N. Main Street in Norwalk was led out of a fourth floor courtroom in handcuffs, leaving her husband Charles Hill in shock.

Gramson told Judge Gary White that she tried to do everything probation put in front of her.

KENT - Route 7 remains closed Monday morning near Bulls Bridge after a major ice dam on the Housatonic River is causing flooding conditions in the area. Officials are planning to release more information about the situation at 10:30 a.m. Monday, but stressed that motorists should heed detours away from the effected area until the matter is resolved. Flooding began Saturday when a major ice dam in the Housatonic River caused water to flow over the river’s edge on the south side of town. Much of that water then froze into ice on nearby roadways.

STAMFORD-The cold weather is once again reeking havoc on the city’s water supply.

Firefighters on Monday morning have confirmed a water main break on Sunnyside Avenue and requested a sander from the Department of Public Works to mitigate the icy conditions on the neighborhood street that descends onto Southfield Avenue.

The water main break was reported at 8:11 a.m. Monday and the Aquarion Water Company has been notified of the problem. There was no estimate as to when the company would be responding the area to make the fix.

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STAMFORD — Stamford Police are warning area residents that Summer Street is closed between Bridge and Fifth streets due to a structure fire at the Woodside Green Apartment Complex.

Firefighters are currently on scene.

No other information is available at this time.

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STAMFORD — A local man was arrested early Saturday morning after police responded to a domestic dispute at an apartment on Prospect Street.

Stamford Police Sgt. Sean Boeger said the dispute originated at a bar on Bedford Street where Marc Kalb, 35, got into an altercation with a woman at the bar and the woman left.

Kalb then allegedly showed up at the woman’s apartment and called her, but she refused to let him in.

Somehow, Boeger said Kalb got into the building and started banging on the woman’s door. At that point, Boeger said the woman called a male friend for help.

STAMFORD — Police arrested two people Saturday night in downtown Stamford after responding to reports of a brawl in the street.

Stamford Police Sgt. Sean Boeger said about half a dozen officers responded at about 11:30 p.m. to the area of Bedford and Spring streets after receiving reports of “multiple people fighting in the street.”

When the officers arrived, Boeger said the fights had broken up but tempers were still running hot and skirmishes soon flared up again.

KENT — Several families were evacuated and a section of Route 7 remained closed Sunday after an ice jam in the Houstatonic River caused flooding in the south end of town.

Route 7 from Route 341 to Bulls Bridge Road is expected to be closed for some time because flood waters have frozen on the road.

Resident State Trooper Andrew Fisher said six to eight people were evacuated from their homes Saturday because of flooding. The residents are staying with friends, but damage to their homes cannot be determined until the water recedes, Fisher said.

STAMFORD — Trinity Catholic’s athletic director plans to review a fight that broke out last week after a freshman boys basketball game and resulted in an assault charge for a Norwalk coach.

Trinity Catholic Athletic Director Bob Robustelli said he does not know what sparked the altercation, which occurred Friday night at the Newfield Avenue school and caused the postponement of the junior varsity and varsity games with Norwalk High School.

“We’ll look at how and why it happened and if we did something wrong, we'll handle it, and I'm sure Norwalk will do the same," Robustelli said.

BREWSTER — A Danbury man is in the custody of New York State Police after he struck a pregnant woman multiple times, police said. Police said that 35-year-old Allen Bredbenner, of Danbury, punched a pregnant woman with a closed fist in the face and in the stomach as she was driving Thursday. After the alleged attack, the victim drove directly to New York State Police Brewster barracks to turn Bredbenner in, according to police reports. The victim was later transported to Putnam Hospital for evaluation.

BREWSTER — A Danbury man is in the custody of New York State Police after he struck a pregnant woman multiple times, police said. Police said that 35-year-old Allen Bredbenner, of Danbury, punched a pregnant woman with a closed fist in the face and in the stomach as she was driving Thursday. After the alleged attack, the victim drove directly to New York State Police Brewster barracks to turn Bredbenner in, according to police reports. The victim was later transported to Putnam Hospital for evaluation.