The Southern Fairfield County Young Democrats are holding an outdoor BBQ.
When: Sunday, July 29, 4:00PM - 7:00PM
Where: Home of Anzelmo Graziosi @ 447 Westover Rd. in Stamford
How much: Suggested minimum contribution is only $35
Who: anyone interested in celebrating (young and old)

Special Norwalk guests include:
Rep. Chris Perone
Sen. Bob Duff

Special other guests include:
Mayor Dan Malloy
Sen. Andrew McDonald
Rep. Gerald Fox III
Rep. William Tong
Ned Lamont
Jim Himes

Please contact: rsvp [at] sfcyds.org

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The Rowayton Historical Society is holding a wine and cheese reception to celebrate and plaque the 100-year old Stone Barn. The event is on Sunday, July 22nd, 5:00-7:00pm on the deck overlooking Farm Creek at 34 Sammis Street, Rowayton.

About Farm Creek

Our Last Chance to Preserve Farm Creek…

Quickly, quietly and before our very eyes, Rowayton, as we know it, is disappearing. Open space is being replaced by one house built after another. As a result fewer birds, fish, crabs, and marsh animals are breeding here. We are covering their homes with ours. But we now have an opportunity to make sure that a major section of Farm Creek, our calm, water-ringed oasis of undeveloped semi-wild nature, does not disappear. The Campaign for Farm Creek Preserve, initiated by the Norwalk Land Trust, is under way to protect sixteen acres right in the heart of Rowayton.

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With the coastal city responders jacking up the pressure, Rell announced Friday that she was ok with allowing locals access to the DOT cameras. The Hour reports:

Municipal police and fire departments in New Haven and Fairfield Counties will be given real-time access to images generated by state traffic cameras along Interstate 95, Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced Friday.

Rell and state Department of Transportation officials met with local authorities who had been pushing for access to the images, and had threatened to opposed a $40 million state plan to replace the cameras in an upgrade.

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Chris Shays has joined ranks with former Congresscritter Cynthia McKinney in an incident with Capitol police. Unlike McKinney’s incident there was no punching, although Shays is alleged to have “touched” the officer’s name tag. From the Courant:

After a profanity-laced altercation with a Capitol police officer - during which he reached to touch the officer’s nametag - U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays Friday apologized Friday for acting “in a way I know was not appropriate.”

The 4th District Republican said in a statement, ” I take full responsibility for this incident and want to ensure it does not reflect negatively on the officer in any way.” Capitol police did not respond to requests for comment.

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