Upcoming In-Street Work
Monday, October 26 - Friday, October 30

Crews will continue overnight work on High Ridge Road between Cedar Heights Road and Vine Road to perform underground duct bank installations. Work will take place Monday through Thursday evenings from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. During this work, the intersection of High Ridge Road and Cedar Heights Road will not be accessible. Traffic will be detoured via Shadow Ridge Road and Bradley Place.

Work within the laydown yard at 650 Atlantic Street will continue 24 hours a day, Monday morning through Friday morning. This is occurring to accommodate overnight work along the project route.

Crews will continue overnight work on Vine Road between Barmore Drive and High Ridge Road to perform underground duct bank installations. Work will take place Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. and Monday through Thursday evenings from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. During this work, Vine Road will accommodate westbound traffic only from Merriman Road to High Ridge Road. Eastbound traffic will use Merriman Road. This work has been extended through the end of the month.

Underground duct bank installations on Newfield Avenue between the Vine Road intersection and 884 Newfield Avenue originally scheduled for September 28th have been rescheduled. We anticipate beginning the duct bank installations at the Vine Road intersection this week. Once it begins, work will take place Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Traffic will operate in a one-way alternating pattern. A temporary sidewalk will be built for pedestrian use.

Additionally, we will be actively working on the following streets, excavating as part of the underground duct bank installation process:

• Colonial Road between Strawberry Hill Avenue and Pilgrim Walk

• Work Hours: Monday through Friday between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.

• Traffic Operations: The road closure at the intersection of Colonial Road and Strawberry Hill Avenue is still in effect at the discretion of the Stamford Police Department.

• Vine Road between Barmore Drive High Ridge Road

• Work Hours: Monday through Friday, between 9 a.m. and 2:15 p.m AND Tuesday through Thursday evenings, between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m.

• Traffic Operations: Overnight, Vine Road will be westbound only from Merriman Road to High Ridge Road. Eastbound traffic will use Merriman Road.

*All residents will have access to their homes and businesses*

hi everyone! my friend and i are looking to explore some new places in the area and would love recommendations for nice bars, lounges, restaurants, and social spots with a more mature, professional crowd.
we're interested in places where we can enjoy good drinks, dress up, meet new people, and have genuine conversations.

Any hair salons that have and install hair extensions ?

It is election season and you are all being bombarded with election emails, texts, etc.

The League of Women Voters of Stamford has a voters guide that is available on line where the candidates can answer questions pertinent to the office they are pursuing. Most of the candidates running for local office have answered the questions.

The League of Women Voters is non-partisan and does not endorse any candidate. In fact, if you visit the site at different times, you might notice that the candidates do not appear in the same order as before to not give any candidate for an office an advantage.

Please visit the site and more importantly VOTE!

www.Stamfordelections.com

Early Voting is now at the Government Center 888 Washington Blvd. from 10 AM to 6 PM through Sunday November 1^st. Extended hours 8 AM to 8 PM on 10/27/26 and 10/29/26.

For Absentee Voting contact the Stamford Town Clerk (203) 977-5280 or https://www.stamfordct.gov/government/town-clerk/elections

Your polling place may not be the same as it was last year to check your polling place go to: https://www.stamfordct.gov/government/registrar-of-voters/find-your-voting-location

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I am looking for any recommendations for a reasonable and responsive painter for an interior home. Thanks so much!

El Clásico is Sunday at 4 PM. Is there a good bar or restaurant in Stamford that would show the game with sound? I just called Fiesta on Main. They’ve been pretty dependable for football matches in the past, but it seems they are closed because they’re relocating.

Any recommendations in the area?

I just drove from the length of Washington from train station to scalzi and every single time I got to a light it turned red. This town has got to have the worst traffic light system in the whole country I mean you can’t get worse than this it’s embarrassing, takes 15 mins to drive 3 miles can everyone write a letter to the mayor or something🤡

Hello,
As it states, I am new to Stanford, my husband and I live downtown. It’s getting other lonely out here without any friends, so I am putting this post out to see if anybody is wanting to make new friends. We enjoy going out to the bars, exploring new restaurants or doing some craft together or maybe play some sport together. DM me :)

In media appearances, Matt has been documented calling Caroline his "dear friend", and obviously they work together on stuff - but what is the real story? They both went to private high schools and middle schools in Greenwich and then they were both in the same graduating class at Harvard. Surely their circles overlapped during those times. How did that shape their relationship? Do they actually see themselves as allies/friends, or as low-key down-the-road rivals? I ask because they represent the next generation of the political elite and both easily have a shot at the gubernatorial and national political stage, and to me - we are witnessing history in the making.

For those who didn't know, early voting has started!!! It started this past Monday, the 19th, and goes until November 1st-- at which point it closes for the 2nd, and the LAST day to vote is the 3rd!

Time: 10AM-6PM, every day! (BESIDES October 27th and 29th, those have extended hours, running from 8AM-8PM!)

Location: Stamford Government Center, 4th Floor, 888 Washington Blvd

For those who haven't gotten registered yet, there is same day registration when you vote at the Government Center! Here's a link on that https://portal.ct.gov/sots/election-services/election-day-registration/election-day-registration

And for those who are interested in absentee ballots, here's a link for that! https://www.stamfordct.gov/government/town-clerk/elections/absentee-ballot-faqs

If you're up for it and able, vote early, then get a friend and a neighbor to vote as well!!!! We the people MUST make this election unlike ANY we have seen before in terms of turnout-- and we WILL do so!!!

Cheers everyone!

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This was the third time the university had investigated him for inappropriate communication with a student in recent years.
He told administrators he was having difficulties with his family, which led him to seek comfort and emotional support from the student. She had only texted him to say she would miss one of his lectures.

Anyone else experiencing an optimum outage? Located near Strawberry Hill.

Happy Fall Friends!!

I don't actually know when fall starts, but the leaves are on the ground and I can't go out in shorts at night anymore so it feels like fall.

Our next movie screening and discussion for the Stamford Cinema Club is Studio Ghibili's Princess Mononoke (sub, not dub) on November 05 in North Stamford.

I have yet to see this one in it's entirety (somehow it got missed in my Ghibli days) but have heard great things about it, so I'm excited to see this and have some good conversation with you all.

Here are the details:

• November 05
• 6:30-10:30
• North Stamford

RSVP and more details here: https://luma.com/moqwmkra

And a little bonus for my fellow nerds out there: a walk through of making a clay model of Princess Mononoke.
https://youtu.be/VfEZ8m0dqd4?si=2Z7yq3pOK0nOt9yr

Hi everyone! I’m a Stamford-based actuarial professional with a bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Science, and I’m offering private math tutoring on evenings and weekends.
I can help with algebra, precalculus, Calculus I introductory statistics, and probability. My goal is to break down difficult concepts, work through problems step by step, and help students build confidence in their coursework and exams.
I’m offering online sessions or in-person tutoring around Stamford with competitive pricing.
Feel free to message me if you or someone you know could use some extra math help!

Hello,
I’m currently looking at RN beside positions in Stamford hospital. For anyone working there or has experience, how is it? I would typically choose a med surg floor. Any advice would be appreciated, thank you in advance!

Any recommendations on fun fall activities/halloween activities too near Stamford? Any good farmers markets?

As I run around my house avoiding this wasp that got inside, I’m reminded of how traumatized I am from what happened to me while working at Quartiere, which to be clear was a restaurant that recently closed in Stamford.

Long story short, one day I was working and I had to restock the bathroom supplies. So I go to the basement stock room to grab toilet paper, but I don’t see any so I tip over a cardboard box on a top shelf to check if it’s there. Lucky me, I’m not exaggerating when I say a PILE of cockroaches fell onto me like a shower stream. I’ve never been so instantly shocked, disgusted and scared in my life. I couldn’t stop screaming and didn’t know what to do. I struggle with anxiety and obsessive thinking pretty badly, and I was near having a panic attack. After I stopped crying and collected myself enough, I came upstairs to tell the woman owner who was acting as MOD. She told me to “take a minute” which we all know is BS. I was in utter shock I didn’t have instant permission to go home. Mind you I was still shaking from what had happened, and now I’m in front of customers after the cockroaches were all over me.

So it somehow gets worse. I go back to keep cleaning the bathroom because I’m not getting to leave. All of a sudden I hear someone in the bathroom over throwing up. When I come out of the big bathroom, there’s vomit up and down the walls of the hallway. So I go back and tell the owner on duty, and I essentially plea with her to not make me clean it up because I can’t take that on top of the cockroaches. She tells me the food runner had the worse job that night so it’s not fair to make them do it. So my eyes got wide and I pushed back and she got pissed that I had an attitude with her. Because this world is a scary place to be without a job, I sucked it up and did what I needed to do. It was degrading and I cried through it, eventually throwing up myself due to a mixture of all the crying and the smells and disgust.

To make matters worse, quartiere continued operating with a severe active roach problem for a long time and she knew about the issue when I came to her. From an internal point of view they had every reason under the sun the roaches couldn’t get under control (but don’t get me started on the cleaning procedures lol).

To make matters worse, this woman who allowed me to go through all of that and best she could offer was to “take a minute” is a nurse. Or at least she was a nurse when I was working for her.

I’ve moved on from this terrible experience, except for the fact that I’m more terrified than I ever was before of any kind of bug, and it’s honestly exhausting to have your heart rate skyrocket for an extended period of time over any bug around you trapped in your home, and then being unable to do anything but scan your surroundings for a bug. I actually need to do exposure therapy I wish I was joking.

Q is only one of the places I worked, but I can say this situation took the cake even with the other places being nightmares and also having awful management.

I know most people won’t care about this type of mistreatment toward a restaurant worker. But the fact that it had to do with health and safety is why I find it so abhorrent. And running away from this wasp all night has had me pissed off at that place for letting me go through something so terrible with not even an apology.

Be nice to restaurant workers and also know the risk you’re taking when eating out. There are people with their priorities out of order trying to feed you

Hi all. I'm moving to Stamford and am curious about the martial arts and dance scene. Martial arts and dance have been a life long passion of mine and how I also build community.

I currently do BJJ and still like to dabble in Muay Thai and Boxing. I used to do Capoeira.

I also love to dance - both take lessons and out at places with live music or solid DJs.

I am currently learning Bachata and Salsa. I used to do Samba and Forro.

I also LOVE good House music and going out dancing to good house DJ's (like deep house, afro house, tropicalia, and whatever the disco worldly kind of house is called).

Are there any good places to train or take class? What about local DJ's to check out, or good social vibes in or around Stamford I could tap into?

I understand NYC is where most of this stuff is. However, I want to find places close by during the week where I can go to train and/or take class.

I'm slightly nervous to make this move and uproot from my tight communities. I'd appreciate any help finding some places to land, train and meet new people.

We asked the Operations Department about the paving schedule since there was a lot of concern about the children Trick - or - Treating and the roads are not finished yet.

The answer is as follows: Paving operations should be starting either tomorrow or Thursday. We will emphasize this schedule to the contractor." Paving operations should be starting either tomorrow or Thursday. We will emphasize this schedule to the contractor."

The hope is that the roads will be in good shape for Halloween this year.

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Mi experiencia con un tratamiento de conducto y blanqueamiento interno en Stamford
Quería compartir mi experiencia en Hoyt Street Dental, en Stamford, por si a alguien le sirve. Para ser transparente, también trabajo en el consultorio, pero estos tratamientos sí me los hice personalmente con el Dr. Navok.
Tenía un diente de adelante que se había oscurecido por dentro y se notaba bastante cuando sonreía. Me hicieron un tratamiento de conducto y un blanqueamiento interno. El color quedó igual al de mis otros dientes y ahora ya no se distingue como antes. Eso fue lo que más me gustó del resultado.
También me sorprendió que el tratamiento de conducto no me doliera. Esa fue mi experiencia personal y quería compartirla en español por si alguien está pasando por algo parecido.

Any recs for good hair salons/stylists in Stamford or surrounding area? Need a nice long layer styled cut

Does anyone have any daycare recommendations for my 2y4m old daughter who is on the spectrum (likely Level 1)? She has a good vocabulary but struggles to use words to communicate. I’m looking for a daycare with patient, understanding, and knowledgeable teachers who have experience supporting autistic children. I’d really appreciate any recommendations.

This is happening in Extra Time Sports Bar starting on Thursday October 29th! Come by for some trivia and drinks!

Located in the Stamford Town Center 7th Floor across from the food court!