Stamford

The mother of a Stamford teenager says she’s not safe at home. A hospital says she can’t stay there forever. And alternate schools say she’s too aggressive to be enrolled. A family struggles with the question: Where does she go?

Stamford’s police department will add a second social worker to its force within the next year, thanks to a $550,000 grant from the Department of Justice.

The city of Stamford has sworn in its 32nd mayor, making Democrat Caroline Simmons the first woman to lead the state’s second-largest city.

Gov. Ned Lamont announced Monday that a new financial services firm is moving to Stamford with the help of over $5 million in state financial incentives. What he didn't say was that his wife's firm had been an investor in the company.

The pandemic has challenged renters and landlords alike. And in Fairfield County it’s been especially tough as more than half of renters already find themselves spending more than 30 percent of their income on housing. One property owner and management company said they've fared well during the pandemic thanks, in part, to its mission.