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Himes, D-Conn., visited the University of Connecticut-Stamford for the last in a series of town hall meetings with his Fairfield County constituents to discuss topics spanning health care, defense, immigration and trade deals.

Comments from audience members about education, the Affordable Care Act and using so-called “soft power” in dealing with other countries, were met with applause.

A woman from Stamford asked Himes how his constituents could work with other communities and help him advance a Democratic agenda and hold people in office accountable.

Locally, Himes addressed potential

More than 70 young immigrants attended the rally, which followed last month’s A Day Without Immigrants, a nationwide boycott when foreign business owners closed their shops and immigrants stayed home from work. Martin promised Stamford police will not ask victims or witnesses to crimes about their immigration status. The teenagers were also supported by CT Students For A Dream, an immigrant advocacy group comprised of college students.

STAMFORD-A Berkeley, California man who went trial after turning down a plea agreement that would have immediately released him from jail for resisting arrest, is now facing four more years in jail after losing his trial at the Stamford courthouse Friday afternoon.

After two days of testimony and the morning spent on closing arguments, a jury of six men and woman returned after 90 minutes of deliberation with four guilty verdicts of resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.

Alarmed that he was going to cause trouble at the Jewish youth sports and arts festival, police were on the lookout and

STAMFORD — A city man already jailed on armed robbery and arson charges related to carjackings of food delivery drivers has now been accused of the attempted murder of a teen inside a West Side bodega, police said.

Tyreik Gantt, 19, of Connecticut Avenue, was charged Friday with two counts of attempted murder and a single count of conspiracy to commit murder.

Gantt has also been charged with torching one of the carjacked vehicles in Stamford after he was caught on surveillance video pouring gallons of gasoline into the back seat of the car less than a mile from where it was found fully en

STAMFORD — Police officials, state legislators and gun control advocates will hold a news conference Thursday morning at the city’s police department to discuss a bill that would require gun carriers to show their permit.

Joining the news conference are state Rep. William Tong; Stamford Police Chief Jon Fontneau; Anthony Salvatore, president of the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association; Ron Pinciaro, executive director of CT Against Gun Violence; and other state legislators and police chiefs.

The state is under a High Wind Warning until 11 a.m. Thursday with a steady wind blowing from the west between 15 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 to 60 mph.

Danbury Muncipal Airport had a peak gust of 63 mph early this morning; Sikorsky Memorial Airport in Stratford recorded 59 mph and Oxford airport saw the peak wind at 57 mph.

Hardest hits towns in UI’s coverage area include Easton, Milford, Ansonia Trumbull and Woodbridge where more than 43 percent of its customers have lost power.

STAMFORD-A city man who apparently made his way into the wrong apartment was arrested on burglary charges after he startled a sleeping woman in her bedroom Tuesday night.

Police were called to a Tresser Building apartment building at 10 p.m. on the report of a woman reporting a strange man in her bedroom, a police report of the incident says.

Manuel Mercardo, 49, of Tresser Boulevard, was charged with burg and disorderly conduct and he was held in lieu of a $10,000 court appearance bond.

NY man accused of carrying loaded gun to domestic violence class in Stamford

The gun discovery resulted in additional charges of criminal possession of a pistol, carrying a pistol without a permit, possession of a firearm on school grounds and stealing the .22 caliber pistol.

STAMFORD — Frank Lloyd Wright and Modern Religious Architecture is the topic of a Ferguson Library lecture this month.

[...] throughout his career he also designed different types of worship spaces for Christian and Jewish congregations, the library said in a new release.

STAMFORD — A couple who have left a racial slur spraypainted on their garage will not be charged a $100-a-day blight fine, officials said Wednesday.

Heather Lindsay, who lives at the Bull’s Head home with her husband, Lexene Charles, said she will also take up the city on its offer to replace the door on which the word remains in an effort to pressure police to further investigate the incident.

Lindsay has said police never investigated the vandalism or claims that neighbors yelled a racial slur at her husband.