http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/section.cfm?uid=48 Copyright 2009 Fairfield County Weekly TheOtherRoom.com CFML RSS Generator Tue, 17 Nov 2009 2:52:01 PM CST en-us Tue, 17 Nov 2009 2:52:01 PM CST http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=15521 Recently, I've had to reexamine my relationship with television. I don't particularly like TV, but I do think "relationship" is the right word. TV is like a relative in that it's familiar, predictable and sometimes comforting, though not always assuring or healthy to be around.... By Nick Keppler http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=15521 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 2:11:33 PM CST http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=15518 The Senate leadership hasn’t swayed Sen. Joe Lieberman to call off his threat to filibuster the health care bill. Neither has the 58 percent of Lieberman’s constituency that supports the public option. So maybe it’s time for God to step in — or, fail that, Allah or Elohim. That... By Nick Keppler http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=15518 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:52:01 AM CST http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=15501 When Fairfield University students picked up the Sept. 30 issue of The Mirror , the campus' student-run weekly newspaper, they picked up an issue that would spark a protest, cause months of meetings and complaints, get the attention of Gawker.com and Deadspin.com and ultimately threaten the very... By Sean Corbett http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=15501 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 5:52:00 PM CST http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=15496 Something very large is growling in your backyard, ripping up your bird feeder. It's a bear. It's hungry. And it won't stop. So you shoot the big bugger in the leg with your trusty .22 and call the cops, only to find yourself under arrest for illegal bear hunting. Anthony Scirpo, the 67-year-old... By Gregory B. Hladky http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=15496 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 5:52:00 PM CST http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=15498 It could be considered the "perfect storm" for Connecticut's fledgling public campaign finance system, and it may not be survivable. A ferocious series of political, judicial, fiscal, legislative and economic pressure fronts are coming together in a way that has state and party officials... By Gregory B. Hladky http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=15498 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 5:52:00 PM CST http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=15499 It seemed like such a simple idea. For the month of October, I planned to track down every penny of my income that I paid out in taxes. Then I tried to do it, and my head almost exploded. My investigation began promisingly enough. I contacted the guy who saves me from having to fill out my own tax... By William Squier http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=15499 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 2:21:40 PM CST http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=15433 Racial slurs are bad — most people agree — but are they illegal? Last time we checked, even antisocial speech is protected by the First Amendment. So we were a tad surprised to hear about the arrest of WestConn student Vinay Madabusi last week. Madabusi, 21, was charged with second-degree... By Nick Keppler http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=15433 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:59:03 PM CST http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=15403 Wilton is drinking a toast. On Election Day, voters passed a ballot measure, 2,363 to 1,801, allowing the sale of alcohol in town under package store permits. It needed 1,200 votes to pass. Liquor stores had been banned in town since Prohibition. In 1992, voters rejected a proposal to allow liquor... By Chandra Niles Folsom http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=15403 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:59:03 PM CST http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=15404 Mike Pavia! You were just elected Mayor of Stamford! Next, are you going to Disney World? Nope! The Stamford Land Conservation Trust. It seems that the SLCT wanted to ensure the mayor elect was available to speak at their annual meeting on Nov. 17, no matter who it turned out to be. So, in a ballsy... By William Squier http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=15404 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:59:03 PM CST http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=15406 On the afternoon of Dec. 10, 1989, relatives of 83-year-old Ewing Scroggs went to check on him at his home on San Diego's Mission Boulevard. Worried neighbors hadn't seen the elderly man for several days. Scroggs, who lived alone in the city's Pacific Beach neighborhood, known for its... By Daniel D'Ambrosio http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=15406