The Daily New Canaan

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 ...

FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is betting that online gambling “is inevitable” in Connecticut and would raise significant revenue for state coffers. But Republican state legislators are wagering against him. 

“It is clear online gambling will become a reality, given the federal decision, and now (we) must decide how to address it,” Malloy said during a news conference in Hartford earlier this month.

The online gambling debate was fueled after the U.S. Department of Justice released a legal opinion several weeks ago that New York and Illinois ...

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 ...

EASTON, Conn. – The owner of Pee Wee Horse Farm in Easton was arrested on multiple counts of animal cruelty Thursday morning. The arrest followed an investigation in which state Animal Control officers seized five horses, police said.

Apollonio “Paul” Vittorio, 75, turned himself in to Easton Police minutes before 11 a.m. Thursday after police notified him that the state had issued an active warrant for his arrest, according to Chief James Candee. Vittorio was released on a written promise to appear in court.

The charges stem from an ongoing investigation by state ...

STAMFORD, Conn. — Madonna Badger, whose three children and parents died in the Christmas Day Fire in Stamford, attempted suicide, the New York Daily News quoted a relative as saying. The full article can be found here.

The initial investigation showed that the deadly blaze started because embers from the fireplace were put into a bag and left in the rear of the house. Stamford police are still investigating to answer several questions that were left unanswered in the fire marshals' search, including whether working smoke detectors were in the house.

Badger and boyfriend ...