New Canaan News

A Stamford jury on Friday found J. Michael Farren of New Canaan, 61, a former White House legal counsel, guilty of the attempted murder of his wife in 2010, Cablevision News 12 reports .

John Michael Farren, 57, of New Canaan, is arraigned in state Superior Court in Norwalk after he was charged with attempted murder and strangulation following a report of a domestic dispute.

Two New Canaan men were found with "a quantity" of heroin in a car one was driving at about 5 p.m. Thursday on New Norwalk Road, town police said.

Two New Canaan men were arrested on drug charges after officers found heroin in their possession during a traffic stop late Thursday afternoon, police said.

New Canaan Police recently used a saliva sample found at the scene of a 2009 burglary to charge a Stamford man with the crime, according to The New Canaan News.

The first clue that something was wrong, according to a New Canaan police report, was when an officer on patrol on July 4 saw a car behind him had no headlights on - at 2:41 a.m. New Canaan police gave this account of the incident: When the officer spotted the car without headlights, both cars were traveling south on South Avenue.

Jury deliberations will begin this afternoon in the trial of the New Canaan man and former White House attorney accused of trying to kill his wife.

The Board of Education again refused to allow the New Canaan YMCA to use part of the Saxe Middle School field for construction access despite a final attempt by residents to convince the board to do so at a meeting Monday night.

New Canaan police set up a checkpoint for people driving while intoxicated at the Merritt Parkway overpass at Old Stamford Road, and an intoxicated driver was exactly what they got, according to a police report.

A resident of Darien is hosting an estate sale between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Saturday and 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Sunday.

The Summer Theatre of New Canaan will present iCharlotteis Webi weekends through Aug. 3 at Waveny Park.

We've all tasted plenty of olive oil. But few of us have tasted anything at all like top-of-the-line olive oil - the kind sold at Olivette , a Darien store that's now opening a second location in Westport.

New Canaan police are looking for two suspects who they said stole a number of items from Chef Luis, 129 Elm St., July 6. The man and the woman were seen in a surveillance video taking large pots, chairs, decorations and other items from an outdoor overflow storage area in the back of the restaurant early that morning, according to the report.

Amanda Romaniello, Family Centers' manager of clinical services for Darien and New Canaan, accepts a donation from Splash Car Wash's Oscar Moran, left, and Omar Locke for the Center for HOPE.

Brothers Harrison John and Baxter John browse through the racks of cupcakes before choosing their treat in New Canaan, Conn.

The Board of Selectmen voted Tuesday to approve a settlement offer with the third contractor named in a 2005 lawsuit brought by the Town of New Canaan after cost overruns during the New Canaan High School renovation.

With summer heat and humidity firmly entrenched in the area, residents of Fairfield County could see more brief thunderstorms over the next few days.

A New Canaan woman testified Monday about the near-fatal beating she endured at the hands of her husband as his attempted murder trial opened at Stamford Superior Court, according to the Stamford Advocate .

A 17-year-old Stamford juvenile was found hiding under a porch on Stonehenge Drive following a multi-agency search that led to his arrest in New Canaan early Tuesday.

A suspicious vehicle and erratic driving caught the attention of one New Canaan Police officer and that ultimately led to the arrest of one teen accused of stealing the car.