Local and Regional News and Opinion

News and Opinion from local papers
note: The New Canaan News (formerly the News-Review) does not offer an RSS feed, so we can not include their stories here.

Latest Headlines from The New Canaan Advertiser:

• Platz brings case for third building inspector to finance board February 9, 2012
• Hundreds take part in superintendent search process February 9, 2012
• Stories and features in this week's New Canaan Advertiser February 9, 2012
• Malloy outlines budget agenda February 8, 2012
• New Canaan police union votes to accept contract offer February 7, 2012
• Extra trains running for Giants victory parade February 6, 2012
• Meet cats of 'all colors and ages' at Strays & Others adoption day February 6, 2012

• Coffee with New Canaan's Tucker Murphy February 9, 2012 Paul Devlin
• New Canaan Sports Roundup: Feb. 9 February 9, 2012 Bob Birge
• 'So Starts the Democratic Wing of the Tea Party' February 8, 2012 Chandra Johnson-Greene
• Malloy: School Reform Needed for Economic Growth February 8, 2012 Anthony Karge
• New Canaan Women's Hockey Team Raises $12,000+ February 8, 2012 Bob Birge
• Malloy Seeking to Cut 25 State Boards, Commissions February 8, 2012 Chandra Johnson-Greene
• It's Winter. Where's the Snow? February 8, 2012 Susan Schoenberger

• Malloy’s Proposal To ‘Gut’ Medicaid For Low Income Adults Will Face Opposition February 9, 2012 Christine Stuart
• OP-ED | Malloy Speech Sends Strong, Positive Message of Reform in Progress February 9, 2012 Susan Bigelow
• List of Malloy’s Bills Implementing His Budget Proposals February 9, 2012 Staff reports
• Malloy Asks For More Spending To Build ‘Economic Revival’ February 8, 2012 Hugh McQuaid
• Malloy: Teacher Tenure Will Have To Be Earned February 8, 2012 Christine Stuart

• State of the State: A governor striving to be a reformer
• Malloy exhausts fiscal cushion for education, pensions
• Malloy: teacher tenure will have to be earned, and re-earned
• Malloy to add funds to private human service providers, nursing home "right-sizing"
• Red ink, spending cap threaten new budget next year

• StamAdvocate: SPCA issues emergency adoption appeal, over 50 dogs to adopt: http://t.co/d7iGIZ94 #dogs February 9, 2012
• StamAdvocate: RT @wptnews: Yankees pregame/postgame host Bob Lorenz was charged with DUI last night in Westport: http://t.co/wwRcOsRG February 8, 2012
• StamAdvocate: RT @StamAdvoSchools: Did you miss what Malloy said about #education in today's State of the State? Well here it is: http://t.co/umFlnkvW February 8, 2012
• StamAdvocate: East Haven mayor denies report he has named ex-Stamford chief Brent Larrabee acting PD chief, according to @NHRegister http://t.co/EVcxDhvX February 8, 2012
• StamAdvocate: Accident scene being cleared near Exit 13 Southbound in Darien. http://t.co/PnX6rO6L February 8, 2012

• Sweep by Santorum creates new challenges February 9, 2012
• New product to allow inhaling of caffeine February 9, 2012
• How the major stock indexes fared on Wednesday February 9, 2012
• Proposed defense cuts send a chill through delegation February 9, 2012
• A 'Classic Boondoggle' February 9, 2012

The New York Times Opinion

• Op-Ed Contributor: Impunity in Port-au-Prince February 9, 2012 By AMY WILENTZ
• Op-Ed Columnist: Tales From the Kitchen Table February 9, 2012 By GAIL COLLINS
• Op-Ed Columnist: The White Underclass February 9, 2012 By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
• Editorial: A Terrible Transportation Bill February 9, 2012
• Campaign Stops: Sex and the Secularists February 9, 2012 By TIMOTHY EGAN