Consciously curated by the Greenwich Sustainability Committee, Waste Free Greenwich and the Greenwich Conservation Committee, is a Merry, Bright & Waste Free Holiday Guide (flip book here ). The Guide highlights local experiences, consumables, and second hand, natural and sustainable gifts. For the person who values an exquisite memory over another dust collector: Cooking classes at Aux Delices here . Tickets to Greenwich Symphony here Cheese of the month from Greenwich Cheese Company here...

It's one of the most congested stretches of interstate highway in the nation - I-95 in Stamford. In the name of alleviating traffic, the Connecticut Department of Transportation (DOT) is weighing options that call for widening the interstate by adding a lane in each direction or by adding an extra road running parallel to the highway. See the DOT presentation here . The idea of widening the highway has attracted support from some drivers and businesses, but mostly from thousands of...

For more than a decade, Connecticut’s English Language Learner (ELL) student population has acted as a critical buffer, masking a broader, underlying decline in overall public school enrollment. That period has officially ended, delivering a fiscal one-two punch that towns across the state have been dreading. For the first time in over a decade, the number of ELL students statewide has dropped significantly, declining by over 2,000 students from 57,055 to 54,915 this year. Many are...