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Author: Maggie Gordon

Who’s watching what in Stamford?

Most of the numbers are in for the local races, indicating who the new school board members, state representatives and senators will be. But the presidential election could last all night, and is

Stamford turnout similar to 2008 so far

STAMFORD – As of 3 p.m., 29,126 Stamford citizens had made their way to the city’s 22 polling places to cast their ballots in this year’s presidential election, according to Democratic Registrar of

Stickerless voting in Stamford

Today was a big day for me. It marked the first time I voted for a presidential candidate in an actual booth at an actual polling place. And I’ve been looking forward to it for a long time. I turned

Study: Facebook influenced voter turnout in 2010

It’s likely that on Nov. 2, 2010, you saw a banner ad on Facebook, reminding you that it was Election Day. And it’s extremely likely that when you saw that message, you also saw profile pictures of

Obama protestors chanting for Chick-Fil-A

About an hour before President Barack Obama was scheduled to speak at the Stamford Marriot, a group of several dozen protestors camped out across the street from the hotel shuffled through several

A chance to catch a glimpse

Stamford resident Diane Griffin brought her children Kaylie,13, Taylor, 8 and Sean, 5 along with their friend Emily, 13, to the corner of Tresser Boulevard and Canal Street Monday afternoon for a

Stamford Dems will be in short supply at Obama rally

There won’t be many members of Stamford’s Democratic City Committee present at President Barack Obama’s campaign fundraiser at the Marriott later this evening, according to members of the Party. “From

Gov. Malloy votes in special election

Even governor’s vote in special elections — according to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s Twitter feed. Malloy even uploaded a photo of him marking his ballot. You can’t really see his face in that one, but