Stratford native receives award
Stratford native Catherine Grasso was honored at the 2014 Student Life Awards at Stonehill College recently. Grasso, a member of the class of 2014, received the 2013-2014 SGA Executive Board...
View ArticleNamed to honor society at University of Bridgeport
The following University of Bridgeport students were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines:...
View ArticleAccepted at Gannon University
Brittany A. Lawson has been accepted at Gannon University, Erie, Pa., and will begin classes in the fall 2014 semester as a biology major. Daughter of Hakima Bey-Coon, she is a graduate of Bunnell High...
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School board extends Robinson’s contract; political issues arise during meeting
The Stratford Board of Education voted unanimously on Monday June 23 to extend Superintendent Dr. Janet Robinson’s contract, but they postponed taking up the matter of her salary. Robinson is now...
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High School renovation group explores three new scenarios
Attempts to finalize a plan to renovate Stratford High School are underway again, and a subcommittee of the Town Council asked this week for cost estimates on three different scenarios. The new...
View ArticleStonehill College student receives award
Stratford native Catherine Grasso was honored at the 2014 Student Life Awards at Stonehill College recently. Grasso, a member of the class of 2014, received the 2013-2014 SGA Executive Board...
View ArticleTown names 375th Anniversary student art contest winners
To get students involved in marking the 375th anniversary of Stratford’s establishment in 1639 the town’s celebration committee and the Chamber of Commerce organized an art contest for elementary,...
View ArticleResident is fellowship recipient at Eastern Connecticut State University
Eric Cerino, a 2014 graduate of Eastern Connecticut State University, has been named a recipient of a Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) fellowship from the National...
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Shakespeare Academy begins classes at White House
Fifteen college students began classes July 1 as part of Shakespeare Academy @ Stratford (SA@S), a new theater education program in residence on the grounds of the Shakespeare Theatre on Elm Street....
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First grader wins for writing
Competing against all first-place winners from schools across Connecticut, Lordship Elementary first grader Jack Chisholm, placed 2nd in the Primary (K-2) division of the 2013-2014 Connecticut State...
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Flood student’s art project hit streets of Stamford; Spreads Be Kind message
Flood Middle School advanced art students are asking visitors and residents of Stamford to Be Kind and Recline all summer long on their art bench, as part of a summer-long outdoor interactive event,...
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Stratford student named Yale University Young Global Scholar
Lifelong Stratford resident Tyler Holloway, 15, a Flood Middle School honor student recently was amongst 200 high schoolers from around the world named a 2014 Yale Young Global Scholar. Tyler recently...
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Mentors recognized for supporting, encouraging local students
Seventy-seven members of the community volunteered as mentors for a student in the Stratford Public Schools during this past year, and they were recognized at the Board of Education’s monthly meeting...
View ArticleResidents receive degrees
The following Stratford students earned degrees at the following colleges/universities: Fairfield University: Brian Arpie, Hayley Battaglia, Alexander Dragone, Christina Festa, Rachel Godwin, Magdalena...
View ArticleStratford students named to spring dean’s lists
The following students were named to the spring semester dean’s list at the following colleges/universities: Southern Connecticut State University: Brianna Marcucio, Rebecca Aasen, Nicole Archibald,...
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Square One performs ‘Driving Miss Daisy’ for Stratford High School students
The Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Driving Miss Daisy took center stage at Stratford High School as the final Square One Theatre in-school presentation of the academic year. Alfred Uhry’s play deals with...
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Pre-K grads celebrate
ABC Child Care & Learning Center, located at 2740 Broadbridge Avenue, in Stratford, celebrated their 2014 Pre-K graduation on Friday June 27, 2014. This year marks their 50th anniversary in...
View Article$18-million Soto School scheduled to open August 2015
Finalized plans for the Victoria Soto School were presented to the public on July 10, at a community meeting organized by Third District Councilwoman Stephanie Philips at the Birdseye Center. About 40...
View ArticleStratford is the setting for a new novel billed as vocabulary building tool
An abandoned Victorian mansion on the shores of the Housatonic River in Stratford, provides the setting for Conspiracy on the Housatonic, an illustrated World War II-era mystery with a novel twist:...
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Councilman hears residents are angry, afraid of youths
The hate-message vandalism that occurred last weekend around Wilcoxson Avenue (see related story, this website) occurred at a time when 7th District Councilman Craig Budnick has been speaking up about...
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