Riverside News

Submitted by Jenny Tripp, The Essex Library, on 2009-12-22.   Courtesy of Rob DeBartolo.

Days after a fire ripped through the popular Italian eatery Valbella restaurant in Riverside, arson investigators called the fire suspicious as they continue to probe Sunday's early morning blaze.

An early morning fire destroyed a storage shed and ripped through part of the main building of Valbella restaurant in Riverside Sunday.

To the Editor: As a long-time resident of Riverside, an employee of a Fairfield County-based company and as a new resident of Stamford, I am writing to express my deep disappointment with Governor Rell's proposals that would balance the State budget in part on the backs of some of our most vulnerable .

Stanley J . and Evelyn Leonard of Stamford celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Oct.

Do you live in Greenwich? Yes, in Nathaniel Witherell. Are you married? Yes, 61 years to Patricia Shea Sutherland.

After arriving to his car Thursday night to find the tires and sideview mirrors had been stripped from his BMW, a New Canaan man is warning Greenwich commuters to keep their cars safe.

Greenwich Democrats suffered bitter defeats on Tuesday as Lin Lavery lost to Republican incumbent first selectman Peter Tesei by a very wide margin- 65% to 35% with one district still to report.

The Old Hag with her friends Mortimer the Mortician and the Old Crone pay a visit to the Perrot Library in the late 80s.

A woman accused of driving drunk and causing a crash that killed two Connecticut librarians showed no signs of intoxication until hours later, when her blood-alcohol level was shown to be at more than twice the legal limit, police officers testified Thursday.

Surrounded by shattered, empty glass cases, Fouad Hage-Sleiman and his daughter Farah stood in their jewelry store in a state of shock Friday morning, just hours after the East Putnam Avenue business was broken into and ransacked during a major overnight heist.

Barber Pat Vigilio, owner of Riverside Barber Shop in Westport, has clients who have moved away, but they've never forgotten him.

After a two-month investigation, police apprehended a Bridgeport man Monday night in connection with a July armed robbery of Estate Treasures, a consignment shop in Riverside.

A cow has taken up residence at the former Howard Johnson site in Riverside. It's not the Holstein or Guernsey kind of cow either.

Rep. Jim Himes, D-4, entered the vortex of the national health care debate Monday night, reaffirming his support for a public insurance coverage option at a tea party-like public forum in his hometown.

Judy Michaelis was ranked No. 1 in the Westport-Riverside office of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in total sales volume between Jan.

A Greenwich landmark, plaqued by The Historical Society of the Town of Greenwich, with more than 230 feet of direct water frontage on Greenwich Cove has stood proudly on the Riverside shoreline for more than 120 years.

A carnival in Riverside runs through Saturday; the weekend also brings a Civil War battle re-enactment in Woodbury, a fund-raiser for emergency services in Ecuador, new exhibits at the Westport Arts Center, and blues-rocker Popa Chubby in Ridgefield.

Baseball bat-wielding relatives of three people reportedly kidnapped in Texas attacked the two alleged human-traffickers at a Greenwich shopping center Sunday.

Police detained nearly two dozen people after intercepting a suspected human trafficking operation Sunday morning in Riverside.