Police say they intercepted a delivery of more than 100 bags of heroin at the East Main Street McDonald’s this week.
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Stamford woman struck by garbage truck in Glenbrook
A city resident was seriously injured Wednesday morning when she was struck by a garbage truck in Glenbrook.
Flooding closes Stamford roads
A heavy band of rain passing over the city caused a deluge and a few road closures during the late morning on Monday.
Bridgeport man charged in heroin delivery to Stamford motel
A Bridgeport man has been accused of making a heroin delivery to a East Side motel last week.
Capt. Richard Conklin said Narcotics and Organized Crime squad officers were alerted to a heroin delivery that was going to be made at the Red Carpet Inn by a middle-aged heavyset man driving a maroon minivan.
State road project raises questions in Glenbrook neighborhood
Three small yellow stakes recently appeared on Nestor Ulloa’s lawn.
The markers are as much of a mystery as the ongoing construction in front of his Courtland Avenue home.
A long-planned $4.3 million revamp of Courtland Avenue and its intersection with East Main Street has confused residents in the Glenbrook neighborhood.
Rolled over garbage truck cleared from Stamford roadway
A garbage truck that rolled over in the city earlier has since been cleared, according to a Stamford police dispatcher.
Person-to-Person launches mobile services truck
The nonprofit organization, which provides basic food, clothing and financial assistance to the working poor, is launching a mobile services truck, P2P on Wheels.
Stamford Zoning Board Approves Medical Marijuana Dispensary
When Eileen Russo approached the Zoning Board earlier this week she said it was hard to conceal her emotions.
Her voice cracked as she described the long drive — 45 minutes each way to Bethel — she takes each month to get life-saving medicine. Another man, with debilitating lower back pain, told the board that a similar drive causes him immense pain. Others - in wheelchairs, for example - have it even worse, he said.
“Medical marijuana saved my life,” Russo told the panel. “My doctors can’t figure out why I’m alive today.”
Hearing set on East Side Rail Station
Corporations, developers in the South End, along with East Side businesses and residents, all want to clear hurdles and make a long-sought East Main Street train station a reality, said James Grunberger, chairman of the nonprofit East Side Partnership.
East Side Businesses get no Immediate Solution to Parking Problem
Manny Jurado is at the point where he has to seriously consider closing his business.
Since the second phase of the Urban Transitway project began and nearby parking was taken away in 2013, the owner of Manny’s Bakery on East Main Street estimates he is down to about half the usual traffic at his 10-year-old store.
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