Southport News

The job market is tough, but Maureen Mackey and Luisa Guasco, founders of Mackey Guasco Staffing Associates are busier than ever at their new location at Tide Mill Landing at 2425 Post Road in the Southport section of Fairfield.

As part of its goal to provide encouragement and enrichment for serious music students in the region, the Fairfield-based American Chamber Orchestra will soon inaugurate a concerto competition -- and its three winners all will be given the opportunity to perform with the group at a June 12 concert.

Working most of his life from New Haven, John Haberle was one of the three best-known American artists working in trompe l'oeil, that artistic sleight of hand that delighted and confounded viewers into thinking that the stamps and money and clippings on his canvases were merely tacked-on objects.

What do you get when you mix a 3025-square foot state of the art physical training facility with top professional fitness trainers? The answer is PTP of Southport.

A body has been found this morning in a unit of the Quincy Condominiums, next several other units destroyed by fire last night.

An Easton man was arrested for masturbating on Interstate 95 while driving next to a woman last summer, according to police.

With its bright, tangerine-colored awning, it's difficult to miss Then Again, the Post Road's latest retail consignment store for women.

Fire struck a chemical warehouse off the Post Road in the Southport section of town early Thursday, requiring an hours-long hazardous materials cleanup at the business.

Sometime this spring, if all goes according to plan, ground will be broken for a new Boys & Girls Club on the city's West End.

They may not be able to buy a cup of coffee yet, but commuters who use the Southport Railroad Station will be able to pick up a best-seller when a book store takes up temporary quarters in the renovated depot next month.

Chowdafest 2009 opened today at the Unitarian Church of Westport and continues tomorrow Nov 28 from 11:30-3:00pm. Twenty regional restaurants have prepared a clam chowder and many another soup as well to benefit the Connecticut Food Bank.

Fire struck a chemical warehouse off the Post Road in the Southport section of town early this morning, triggering a hazardous-materials attack on the heavy flames by local, regional and state fire crews.

Share + Nov 13, 2009 2:05 pm US/Eastern Reporting Don Dahler SOUTHPORT, Conn. The Connecticut fertility doctor who admitted he inseminated a woman with the wrong man's sperm is now under investigation by the state's attorney general.

This year marked the 15th annual "Rooms With A View," a presentation of "mini" designer vignettes.

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By TAMELA J. RITTERHour CorrespondentOn Nov. 8 at 5 p.m. at Trinity Church in Southport, Music for Youth will present a benefit concert featuring 16 musicians between the ages of 8 and 15 from all over Fairfield County."This is an opportunity for the community to hear outstanding local .

As cases of Alzheimer's disease continue to soar in the United States, with as many as 16 million Americans expected to be diagnosed by 2015, according to the Alzheimer's Association, more and more youths are faced with the grim reality that one day, grandma or grandpa may forget who they are.

In a stunning announcement, an emotional Gov. M. Jodi Rell told reporters shortly Monday evening that she is not seeking reelection next year.

Authorities will close I-95 in both directions at about 7:45 a.m. today between Exits 18 and 21 for about two hours so that cleanup operations can take place for an early-morning tanker truck fire.

A tanker truck carrying methanol, also known as wood alcohol, caught fire while traveling northbound on Interstate 95 through Westport at about 4:20 a.m., resulting in the complete closure of the highway for a time in both directions.