The Daily Greenwich

EASTON, Conn. – The five horses seized from Pee Wee Horse Farm in an animal cruelty investigation are thriving in their new home in a Niantic facility, said Ray Connors, the supervisor for the state Animal Control Division.

The owner of Pee Wee Horse Farm, Apollonio “Paul” Vittorio, was arrested Thursday by the Easton Police Department and charged with six counts of animal cruelty in a state arrest warrant.  

The charges stem from an ongoing investigation by state animal control officers, who say they received several complaints about the condition of the ...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Connecticut Soundkeeper Terry Backer was thrilled that the New York Supreme Court found that the state Department of Environmental Conservation's was too lenient in its management of stormwater runoff into Long Island Sound.

"This is a big win," Backer said. "Stormwater runoff is one of the critical and serious problems facing both the Sound and other area waterways."

The court ruled that the department was too lax in its certification and must "issue revisions" consistent with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the Clean Water ...

FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. – Real estate markets are expected to be stronger this year in most lower Fairfield County towns, brokers say. In fact, some brokers are saying 2012 could be a great year.

"I've been in the industry for 25 years," Brenda Maher, manager of the Norwalk office of Prudential Connecticut Realty, told The Daily Norwalk. "I've never seen a January as strong as this year. It could be the weather – I mean think about last year at this time, we had about three feet of snow. Last year, basically we lost about three months of typical sales ...

GREENWICH, Conn. – A portion of Taconic Road in Greenwich was closed Wednesday because police were checking on a resident about whom there were concerns.

During the initial investigation, police found that the person lived alone, had been abusing alcohol, was possibly depressed and had access to weapons. Police said no one had been able to contact the person for several days.

After exhausting all other methods of contact, officers entered the home. They said the resident was uninjured but intoxicated on the second floor of the home and had been oblivious to attempts by ...