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STAMFORD-A little more than two years after former Stamford High School Principal Donna Valentine had been arrested for failing to report an illicit sexual affair between a teacher and student that rocked the school system, a Stamford judge on Monday dismissed a charge of failing to report the months long affair to authorities.

Valentine’s former Assistant Principal Roth Nordin, who like Valentine was also charged and granted participation in the same court diversionary program for first-time offenders, had her misdemeanor charge of failing to report child abuse dismissed also.

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STAMFORD — Police are searching for the driver who hit two pedestrians Saturday night on the West Side and fled the scene.

The accident happened around 7 p.m. at Tresser Boulevard and Greenwich Avenue. Both victims were taken to Stamford Hospital, one with serious injuries and the other with minor injuries, police said.

Several pieces of the vehicle were left at the scene, which police hope will help identify the driver.

Police are asking the driver or anyone with information to contact the Stamford Police Department at 203-977-4712.

STAMFORD — With wind gusts of up to 30 m.p.h. expected Sunday afternoon, organizers of Stamford’s UBS Parade Spectacular have announced that balloons will not fly at this year’s event.

The National Weather Service says the weather for the next couple of days will bring much colder temperatures, brisk winds and a chance of some snow.

Add a west wind blowing between 11 and 15 mph and gusting to as high as 31 mph, and we’ll have a wind chill between 25 and 30 degrees.

Scattered snow and rain showers are also in the forecast for Sunday night when the temperatures bottom out in the low 20s in places like Danbury.

The low will be around 32 degrees in the coastal cities of Bridgeport, Norwalk, Stamford and Greenwich.

The longer range forecast for Thanksgiving Day calls for a

Capt. Richard Conklin said members of the Narcotics and Organized Crime Squad obtained the phone number of someone who they heard on the street was selling drugs and called him to place an order for heroin.

Conklin said that Maignan has a long criminal record that includes convictions for being a felon in possession of a firearm, escape from custody, tampering with a witness and numerous narcotics convictions.

STAMFORD — In a tribute to Joseph “Joey” Comunale, the 26-year-old from Stamford who was murdered in New York City over the weekend, the Westhill-Stamford co-op boys hockey team is retiring his no. 9 jersey at an upcoming alumni game.

Comunale continued to play hockey on adult leagues in Stamford.

Comunale was stabbed 15 times before his body was buried in a shallow grave, police said.

Bautista-Cano’s body was discovered after their five-year-old daughter was found abandoned in a mid-town bus depot by Port Authority police in New York City.

Conklin said New York City Police have filed child endangerment charges against him for leaving his daughter in the bus depot as has Stamford police.

STAMFORD-A city man who has spent the past five years in jail facing a murder charge for shooting and killing a West Side man, was sentenced Thursday to seven more years in prison after earlier pleading guilty to a reduced charge of manslaughter.

At the end of September, only weeks away from picking a jury for trial, Catchings agreed to a plea bargain to reduce the murder charge to manslaughter and accept the prison sentence.

Seeger said that the plea agreement struck was a proper assessment of the strengths and weaknesses on both sides, taking into account how it would all play out in fron

The state Appellate Court had overturned Braswell's conviction in 2010 when he was sentenced to 12 years in jail and eight years of special parole.

Braswell appealed the conviction on the grounds the judge unconstitutionally denied his motion to dismiss his public defender and be allowed to defend himself at trial.

The meeting included representatives from the Stamford Police Department, Schools Earl Kim and elected officials who conveyed that immigrants in Stamford should feel safe and supported regardless of their immigration status.

“The message was we are a unified community that welcomes and values immigrants and diversity, and nothing has changed in Stamford after the elections,” said Catalina Horak, executive director of Neighbor’s Link, the organization that hosted the event.

On Saturday, from 1 to 2, Neighbor’s Link, located at 75 Selleck Street, will hold an information session on em