Norwalk (Fairfield, Connecticut)

Mossburg misrepresents research on housing vouchers

2013-05-06 09:00:00

In her April 23 column, “Forcing landlords to accept vouchers won't help the poor,” Marta H. Mossburg quoted me as saying that laws prohibiting landlords to accept Section 8 vouchers “exacerbate” the problem of finding housing...

Annapolis' Borland, Williams lead classes at NOOD Regatta

2013-05-04 22:25:00

Two Annapolis sailors, Jeff Borland and Tim Williams, took advantage of favorable winds on their home Chesapeake Bay waters to take the lead in their classes Saturday at the Sperry Top-Sider NOOD Regatta. Borland leads the nine-boat Etchells class...

Three Retrievers named All-America East

2013-05-02 21:41:00

Three UMBC women’s players were named to the All-America East conference teams, including defender Jamie Fahey, who was honored for the third straight year. Fahey (Loch Raven) and midfielder Kirsten Bilney (Mount Hebron) made the first team...

Cartoonist KAL comes to Pikesville Library for book signing [Reisterstown]

2013-04-08 08:20:00

Kevin Kallaugher (aka KAL) is the man behind the insightful and often acerbic political cartoons that have appeared in more than 100 publications worldwide, among which is our own Baltimore Sun. His work epitomizes the age-old adage that the "pen is...

Bayhawks strengthen transition game with Costabile as first pick

2012-01-14 21:36:00

The Chesapeake Bayhawks added nine rookies in the Major League Lacrosse college draft Friday night in Philadelphia, including long-stick midfielder CJ Costabile with the fifth selection overall and former McDonogh goalie Tyler Fiorito five picks later....

U2 mega-fans gear up for Baltimore's biggest show of the year

2011-06-17 18:55:00

Don't try to convince Jason Siemer that Wednesday's U2 concert is only a rock show. He knows better. "For me, U2 is about a spiritual connection," says Siemer, 36, who runs a video production company out of his Locust Point home. "I literally cry at...

Blackout strikes millions

2003-08-15 00:00:00

A massive power failure swept the United States and southern Canada from the Great Lakes to the Eastern Seaboard yesterday, shuttering businesses, stranding commuters in elevators and subway cars, and leaving government officials bewildered as to the...

Words of solace for a city

2001-09-17 00:00:00

NEW YORK -- Faced with the most daunting task of their careers yesterday, religious leaders in and around New York tried to give solace to the inconsolable and make sense of the death and destruction that have dominated the lives of all Americans,...

Panel Will Visit Bristol For Ideas About Public Transit

2013-05-21 21:10:00

Central Connecticut residents are invited to share their opinions about local bus service, the Dial-a-Ride program and the potential for passenger train service in the city when a state panel convenes a hearing Wednesday evening. In the last of its...

NRG Energy to shut 352-MW oil-fired CT Norwalk plant by June 1

2013-05-21 14:58:02

HOUSTON, May 21 (Reuters) - NRG Energy said on Tuesday it will shut the 352-megawatt Norwalk Harbor power facility in Connecticut at the end of the month because of market conditions that make the plant uneconomic. The Norwalk facility has two oil-...

CORRECTED-NRG Energy to shut 352-MW oil-fired CT Norwalk plant by June 1

2013-05-21 15:16:03

(Corrects that combustion turbine also runs on oil in second graph) HOUSTON, May 21 (Reuters) - NRG Energy said on Tuesday it will shut the 352-megawatt Norwalk Harbor power facility in Connecticut at the end of the month because of market conditions...

Connecticut rail delays continue, seen repaired by Wednesday

2013-05-20 15:15:05

WESTPORT, Connecticut (Reuters) - Connecticut rail commuters endured crowded and rerouted rides in to work on Monday, as Metro-North worked to repair the busiest U.S. rail line after a two-train collision and derailment injured more than 70 people late...

Rudkin was the founder of Pepperidge Farm in Norwalk, Conn., according to the Hartford Courant. She was inspired to found Pepperidge Farm due to her son's allergy problem that prevented him from eating commercially available bread.

2013-02-26 00:00:00

Alex Koletsos shovels the snow in front of his home on Seaview Avenue in Norwalk on Saturday morning after a historic blizzard closed roads across Connecticut and left some parts of the state under three feet of snow.

2013-02-09 00:00:00

National Lampoon's College Road Trip," scenes filmed in Bridgeport, Fairfield, New Haven, Norwalk, Stamford, Wallingford and Watertown From left to right, Raven Symone, Martin Lawrence, Donny Osmond, Molly Ephraim in the 2008 movie "National Lampoon's College Road Trip."

2012-11-13 00:00:00