STAMFORD - The Board of Finance last night raised property taxes an average of 9.67 percent for next fiscal year.   Full Story

BRIDGEPORT - A 22-year-old woman is suing Westport school officials claiming they failed to protect her from sexual assault by a teacher at her high school.   Full Story

FAIRFIELD -Jen Joseph spent the final period of school yesterday gazing out the window, trying to will the steady drizzle falling to stop with the same determination she uses to locate her pitches on the mound.   Full Story

Virginia Willis is a cook to whose life story I can easily relate. She was brought up in Atlanta and is a lifelong devotee of Southern cuisine, but after studying and cooking in France, she also became enchanted with French food.   Full Story

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When her father and grandfather were looking to expand their Middletown family tire business in the 1950s, they looked at places like Old Saybrook and in neighboring New York state, Anne Evans said.   Full Story

To the editor: In Thursday's newspaper there was an article about the proposed new Route 7/Merritt Parkway interchange.   Full Story