Fairfield County

For nearly 6,900 students who graduated Sunday at colleges around the state, the natural question is: What's next? Happily, this year's graduates have more reason to be optimistic than those who graduated two or three years ago, although the market...

The median sale price of previously-owned single-family houses in the Hartford metro area didn't register the gains seen nationwide in the first three months of this year, according to a new report Thursday. The Hartford metro area's median sale price...

1) Splash Car Wash 1400 Kings Highway Cutoff Fairfield (203) 255-9209 186 Westport Ave. Norwalk (203) 750-0808 376 Bridgeport Ave. Shelton (203) 944-9798 other locations splashcarwashes.com   Voters Said: The best car wash in CT....

1) Audiotronics 18 Isaac St. Norwalk (203) 838-4877 theaudiotronics.com   2) Best Buy 330 Connecticut Ave. Norwalk (203) 857-4543 100 Hawley Lane Trumbull (203) 381-0783 Various other locations   3) Napa Auto Parts 300 Post Road...

1) Cumberland Farms (Fairfield) 1101 Post Road Fairfield (203) 256-2713 cumberlandfarms.com   2) Stop N Shop (Fairfield) 1160 Kings Highway Cutoff Fairfield (203) 254-8478   3) Costco 779 Connecticut Ave. Norwalk (203) 822-2000 200...

1) Connecticut Cigar Company 43 Bank St. Stamford (203) 425-9668 ctcigarco.com   2) Beans and Leaves 1565 Black Rock Tnpke. Fairfield (203) 870-9843   3) Big Buddha Cigar Lounge 27 Hawleyville Road Newtown (203) 304-1857  

Even if death and taxes are the only things certain in life, state legislators say they can never be certain about death taxes. With no crystal ball and no idea when spectacularly wealthy Connecticut residents might die, state officials make an educated...

Struggling to overcome a budget deficit, Connecticut is getting help from an unexpected source – a surge in the number of wealthy residents who died in 2012. With the economy still sluggish, officials had been skittish this year about balancing the...

The community is invited to Harmony Grange for Fairfield County Pomona Grange's Spring Fair to be held Saturday, May 4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Harmony Grange Hall, in Monroe. The Spring Fair will consist of a Bake Sale including an assortment of...

Landmark Biergarten at Station Eats 3 Landmark Square, Stamford, stationeats.com The Beer Garden @ Harbor Point 15 Harbor Point Road, Stamford, (203) 316-9044, beeratthepoint.com The Old Heidelberg 55 Stony Hill Road, Bethel, (203) 797-1860,...

As part of the ongoing battle against Lyme and other tickborne diseases, public health organizations are asking residents in 11 Fairfield County towns to participate in a study to see if wiping out the ticks on rodents will help rein in the illnesses in...

Federal authorities have approved more than $367 million in disaster aid to help Connecticut cover costs associated with storm Sandy, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced Friday. The influx of cash includes $287 million from the Federal Emergency Management...