Week in Review: February 13-19

Government

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy the first budget address of his administration before a special session of the General Assembly at the state Capitol in Hartford Wednesday. Malloy described his proposal and fair and sensible, but one that would come with "shared sacrifices" and "hard decisions." Malloy’s recommended biennium budget has a “bottom line” total of $17.94 billion for the 2011-12 fiscal year and spending of $18.37 billion in fiscal year 2012-13. After Gov. Malloy's address, area Republicans offered their

Police & Fire

This week, a 15-year-old student was after being found unconscious at Boyle Stadium. She and two other students were drinking vodka and other alcoholic beverages on campus and portions of the illegal activity were caught on video. At least eight students were arrested in connection with the incident. Charges included reckless endangerment, possession of marijuana and possession of alcohol by a minor.

Business

The Connecticut Commuter Rail Council with both commuters and members of the Connecticut Department of Transportation to discuss Metro-North's "winter crisis" of delays, cancellations and broken down rail cars. Jeffrey A. Parker, the state’s transportation commissioner advised that some of the new rail cars for the New Haven rail line may go into service in eight weeks.

Sports

In Stamford Patch's debut of its new weekly column SportSeen Weekly, we featured in boys basketball between Stamford and . After losing their last two games by only one point, Stamford pulled off a comfortable win by beating its crosstown rival in a packed home gym. SportSeen featured video interviews with both coaches and well as some highlights from the game.

New on Stamford Patch

In addition to SportsSeenWeekly, Stamford Patch also debuted a new weekly feature called "Moms Talk," which allows our specially-chosen group of moms to discuss various topics about parenting and answer questions from readers. Our first topic was bullying and garnered .