Norwalk News

Norwalk 2.0, the city's downtown economic and creative revitalization initiative founded by Jackie Lightfield and Maribeth Becker , has set up shop in a new 2,000-square-foot pop-up gallery at 68 Wall St. called "Pop City."

Bob McDowell, executive director of the Wilton Y, will also be serving as the Norwalk Y Executive Director for the next two years under a new historic agreement.

"During your time here, you have grown, you have taught us all a lesson or two, and perhaps we have reciprocated with words of wisdom.

WESTON, Conn. Three suspects were charged with stealing about $20,000 worth of jewelry from a Weston home Monday, according to Weston Police.

A troubled Greenwich middle school teacher was ordered into mental health treatment and prohibited from going near her school after police said she left a message on a colleague's phone threatening to "shoot up" the facility.

The East Norwalk Improvement Association is hosting an opportunity for its community to meet Norwalk's new Police Chief, Thomas F. Kulhawik, Deputy Chief David P. Wrinn, and Fire Captain Jonathon Maggio, of Engine Company #3, representing Fire Chief Dennis McCarthy, on Wednesday, June 26, at 7:00 pm in the Van Zilen Community Hall, 51 Van Zant ... (more)

A search for a man seen with a handgun at an I-95 rest area Wednesday morning disrupted thousands of residents and Metro-North commuters.

NORWALK, Conn. Due to an increase in state funding to the district for next year, the Norwalk school system will be able to add back several positions that were eliminated by city officials in the city's final spending plan.

After days of unsettled weather that saw downpours periodically buffet the region, the National Weather Service predicts southwestern Connecticut will bask in sunny and warm conditions through the weekend.

An independent film shot in Bridgeport last year - "The Word" - is having its premiere on the opening night of the Manhattan Film Festival on Friday.

Kenneth Gutman will be graduating from the RISE program held at Sacred Heart University in Bridgeport, Conn.

NORWALK, Conn. A 38-year-old Bridgeport man was arrested on misdemeanor burglary and larceny charges Monday after he was accused of stealing a package from the lobby of the Corset Factory apartment building on Ann Street, police said.

Storm chaser and filmmaker Sean Casey spent eight Midwestern springs carrying a giant IMAX camera in a heavily reinforced vehicle to capture the spectacular footage in "Tornado Alley," which opens Friday, June 21 at the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk.

Frank Hall , minister of Westport Unitarian Church , and Rabbi Robert Orkand , of Temple Israel, have presided over neighboring congregations at the intersection of Lyons Plain Road and Coleytown Road since the early 1980s.

State Rep. Terrie Wood , R-141, will be hosting two end-of-session town hall meetings to discuss major pieces of legislation during 2013.

Stacey Goodnow, 46, of Norwalk, was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge in connection with a threat she was accused of making to the Greenwich school where she teaches.

As part of an ongoing effort to promote Connecticut tourism the Globe Theater in Norwalk and the Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk will soon receive state assistance for essential renovations and upgrades.

Meri and Bill Erickson of New Canaan present a tray of fresh pasta at their new specialty shop, PastaPresta, at the SoNo Marketplace on May 9, 2013, in South Norwalk, Conn.

The work week starts on a bright note in southwestern Connecticut, with sunny skies and temperatures rising to a daytime high of about 80 degrees.

This isn't good news for the customers of Jerry Fishman, who is apparently one of the last repairman of his kind in Stamford.