U.S. Rep. Jim Himes called for an increase to the nation’s debt limit after an announcement in Congress from U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Monday that the country had hit its debt ceiling.

“Today’s announcement from Secretary Geithner that the United States has reached the debt ceiling serves as an urgent reminder that economic catastrophe looms if we don’t swiftly pass legislation to raise the nation’s debt limit,” Himes, D-4th District, said in a statement released Monday.

In his letter to Congress, Geithner said that beginning Monday, the U.S. Treasury ...

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All that sneezing and wheezing you’ve been doing the last few weeks? Dr. Gary Gruber has seen a lot of it.

The explosion of pollen from trees has left plenty of New Canaan and Fairfield County residents in agony, reaching for eye drops, pills and anything else to curb the discomfort of springtime allergies.

“I haven’t seen more people, but the severity of it seems much higher,” said Gruber, a naturopathic physician with a home office on Old Stamford Road in New Canaan. “Their bodies are fighting a much higher level of pollen this year and a higher level of ...

The forecast for Fairfield County over the next few days is wet, wet, wet — and that includes a chance of inland and coastal flooding. 

The National Weather Service issued a flood advisory for Fairfield County as heavy rain began falling Sunday morning. Rain may fall as heavily as an inch per hour, causing streams to swell and water to pool in urban areas with poor drainage, the weather service says. There also is a chance of minor coastal flooding. 

Rain is predicted every day through Wednesday. There is an 80 percent chance of rain and thunderstorms through ...

Nothing about this Friday the 13th wedding in Wilton was like anything anyone there had ever witnessed before – including the town's justice of the peace, Charles Flynn, who had performed 500 ceremonies spanning 32 years.

Danielle Waring, a cancer survivor and Stamford's Teacher of the Year, and Paulo Bernardo got married under the stars on the side of a football field near the track at Wilton High School during the town's Relay For Life event to benefit the American Cancer Society.

The bride walked down the aisle dancing to blaring music from loudspeakers as hundreds of her ...

State employees are likely breathing a sigh of relief on this Friday the 13th, as Gov. Dannel Malloy has come to an agreement with the union leaders who represent them. Malloy released this statement Friday afternoon after holding a news conference in Hartford:

"I am pleased to announce that we have reached an agreement with our fellow state employee leaders that will, over the next 20 years, save Connecticut taxpayers a total of 21 and a half billion dollars.

"This is the most significant agreement with state employees in Connecticut history, not just because it solves a ...