Monroe News

A Monroe man has been arrested for allegedly stealing prescription medication from the Stop Shop Pharmacy.

A stipulated agreement settling a lawsuit against the town's Inland Wetlands and the Planning and Zoning commissions will allow a developer to build 28 condominiums on Garder Road.

Police are looking for the public's help as they investigate the armed robbery of a father and son working in a custom hot rod shop Tuesday night.

Saliga-Volz. Michelle Antoinette Saliga, daughter of Mario and Diane Saliga of Monroe, Conn., to Dr.

The owner of a popular chain of Mexican restaurants is facing prison time and a hefty financial penalty after pleading guilty in federal court Tuesday to unlawful employment of aliens.

A local accountant was arrested Thursday for allegedly obtaining health insurance fraudulently.

It has historically been one of the ironies for the Bridgeport area that as the state inches toward encouraging greater regionalism, Bridgeport and its suburbs become more insulated from each other.

More than 100 firefighters from several area fire companies battled a rapidly spreading blaze that destroyed a Cherry Gate Lane home during a severe Friday night thunderstorm that may have caused the fire, though fire officials said that it is under investigation.

Westport's Representative Town Meeting Tuesday approved spending $362,000 to foot the bill for a new revaluation of 10,330 acres of property -- an 18-month process that First Selectman Gordon Joseloff vows will be "transparent, open and fair." The property -- residential, commercial, industrial -- is valued at some $10.3 billion.

Freshman Supt. of Schools Colleen Palmer has received a vote of confidence from the Board of Education, which this week extended her contract to 2012.

Marine Cpl. Kevin "Jack" Dempsey will be remembered alongside his comrades in the sixth annual Connecticut Fallen Heroes Memorial Tribute, from 12:30 to about 3 p.m. Saturday, June 13, at Indian Ledge Park in Trumbull.

Monroe, Conn.-based Continuity Engine Inc., a developer of on-demand regulatory compliance applications, has pulled in a $1.5 million round that included a $500,000 investment from Connecticut Innovations Inc.

The Southbury voter should be aware that no local town with a similar population with an independent police force pays less than $4.5 million per year as reflected by budgets over the last several years.

Twelve people, ages 17 to 20, were charged with possession of alcohol by a minor when Newtown police broke up an at-home drinking party early Saturday.

Residents got a double dose of financial good news recently -- their taxes won't be going up and the city's bond rating is better than ever.

Outraged by the Monroe Board of Education's decision to lay off music teacher Aron Barkon , many Masuk High School students held an after-school protest before a Board meeting Monday.

Saving a job in Monroe sounds a lot like music. Dozens of music students at Masuk High School picked up their instruments and played.

The swine flu, which has affected more than 100 people statewide, has spread to individuals in the Monroe and Trumbull middle schools.

I felt the need to respond after reading the letter from Carlos Barbier of Monroe pertaining to the fatal accident on Route 25 recently.

As officials in Trumbull and Bridgeport continue wrangling over terms of a sewer line contract, stalling construction in Monroe on a new Jewish Home for the Elderly, the project's developer has appealed to the Trumbull Water Pollution Control Authority to cite the compensation it wants to let the project proceed.