Norwalk News

Stepping Stones Museum for Children in Norwalk, Conn., will welcome "Dinosaur Revolution" beginning Saturday, May 25, 2013.

Tuesday's morning commute in southwestern Connecticut was a little tougher than Monday with more vehicles on the roads, more people on trains and plenty of headaches to go around.

Darien commuters heeded Gov. Dannel Malloy's suggestion to work from home or use alternate transportation to work on Monday morning: The Darien Metro-North station was a little quieter than normal in the first weekday commute since Friday's train crash in Bridgeport.

NORWALK, Conn. With commuting issues expected as a result of Friday's Metro-North train derailment and crash, Norwalk officials are taking steps to help alleviate problems this week.

Norwalk Mayor Richard Moccia and MTA police Chief Mike Coan discuss the morning commute on the New York bound platform at the South Norwalk railroad station Monday morning.

NORWALK, Conn. Curious about the amounts that homes are selling for in Norwalk? The following is a list of homes recently sold in the city, as reported by the Norwalk town clerk's office.

NORWALK, Conn. Rentals in the Norwalk housing market are strong with more units on the way, according to William Pitt Sotheby's International rental specialist Michael Church.

The foggy, wet morning comes as residents braced for a chaotic commute with interruptions in train service in South Norwalk and New Haven and heavy traffic expected on I-95 after the crash Friday of two Metro-North trains.

A chance of rain is in the forecast for every day this week in Fairfield County, the National Weather Service says.

Two commuter trains collided just outside Bridgeport, Conn., on Friday evening, damaging the tracks and snarling travel in the Northeast.

Aerialist Shaunna Kotka of Las Vegas entertained the crowd from a suspended hoop Saturday night at the Westport Arts Center's Art Noir Ball.

Nine people remained in the hospital -- one in critical condition -- two days after a commuter train derailed and struck another train on one of the busiest tracks in the country, officials said Sunday.

Commuters wait on the platform at the Stamford station for a train to New York. Metro-North service has been indefinitely suspended between South Norwalk and New Haven forcing many Outer New Haven Line passnegers to make alternate transortation plans.

Looking ahead to the 2014 legislative and gubernatorial elections, majority Democrats and Gov.

Posted: Saturday, May 18, 2013 1:18 pm

By STEVE KOBAK Hour Staff Writer

NORWALK A 28-year-old city man was arrested early Saturday morning for punching, strangling and laying on top of a woman who was about to urinate in his backyard, police said.

Jose Nelson Ventura, 28, of 6 Larsen St., was charged with third-degree assault, third-degree strangulation and breach of peace. He was held on $5,000 bond and given a court date of May 29.

Police say the 33-year-old complainant had been hanging out with a group of friends near the intersection of South Main and Larsen streets when she walked to the rear parking lot of 6 Larsen St. to urinate.

When she attempted to relieve herself, Ventura struck her twice in the face and then strangled her, police said. He then laid on top of her, but she was able to kick him to get him off, police said.

In his cogent study, Resetting the Demand for Multi-family Housing, respected numbers cruncher, Arthur C. Nelson, predicts that the rental share of the housing market could surpass 41 percent by 2020.

Metro-North train service was suspended between South Norwalk and New Haven, and Amtrak was halted indefinitely between New York and Boston after the train crash Friday evening on the Fairfield-Bridgeport border.

For the 2013 Secretary of the State's annual poster contest, Secretary Merrill honored 40 students - selected from a field of more than 500 entrants from nearly 50 participating elementary schools - for their posters depicting acts of good citizenship happening in their community.

The navy blue UConn cap is saturated with a season's worth of sweat, but not even the powdery white residue can hide Bryan Daniello's messages.