Community Corner

Stamford Week in Review

A look at the top news from the last week.

In case you missed a day, here's a quick roundup of all the lead stories from Stamford this week. There's always a lot going on, so take this opportunity to catch up if you missed something!

Stamford police activity was really the leader for news this week, both good and bad. In federal news, a Romanian man arrested in Stamford with the ATM skimming machines and pinhole cameras he was using to steal customer information pled guilty and the former controller for a Stamford company was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison for embezzling more than $3 million from his former employer. 

Locally, Stamford brought the crime elsewhere when a mother-daughter team was arrested in Norwalk on shoplifting charges. At home, a teen was arrested carrying a knife and the allegedly stolen goods he'd obtained in a robbery and a woman was arrested for assaulting two juvenile family members near Dairy Queen. 

In some good news, four Stamford Police officers were promoted this week, two to sergeant and two to lieutenant. And Cleo, which stands for Connecticut Law Enforcement Officer, helped fill in at the front desk when they were short on manpower

Miss Connecticut Kaitlyn Tarpey, a Stamford native, is still asking for the public's help in garnering some votes for the America' Choice portion of the Miss America pageant, where general voters can choose a winner. 

It's bat season in the city, and Stamford Care & Control Shelter Director Laurie
Hollywood said they've been getting tons of calls for bats to be recovered from houses, including three just this past week. If residents find a bat in their home, they are instructed to have it caught so it can be tested for rabies, as the virus is transferred via mucus, even if a bat imperceptibly drools on a countertop, and bat bites can sometimes go unnoticed. 

Stamford's Director of Administration Mike Handler spent time hearing out the concerns of city residents this week after a combined revaluation and $5 billion drop in the city's grand list caused some to get sticker shock from their new tax bills. 

The children of Stamford underwent free swimming lessons this week as part of the initiative Stamford Swims in Memory of Rashad Gross, an initiative started in memory of 12-year-old boy who drowned in June when he fell into waters between Holly Pond and Long Island Sound and didn't know how to swim. 


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