An event highlighting Stratford's Fourth annual Hispanic Heritage festival was held recently at Stratford High School. Called the "Festival of Tables," it turned out to be the biggest festival event yet, with hundreds of people attending.

Click the headline to go to an audio/visual blog of past and present Stratford events.

The town had its annual Veterans Day salute to Stratford's vets on the 11th day at the 11th hour this week. The ceremony included appearances by the mayor and Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, who spoke eloquently about those who served in America's past wars and conflicts and about the soldiers currently serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

With Democrat and now president-elect Barack Obama motivating the voters to vote for "change" Tuesday, Republicans at all levels of government looking to hold onto their jobs had much to worry about Tuesday.

Here are the local election results as of Nov. 6.

Go ahead, starve your pit bull terrier until its ribs show... leave your cat outside on the coldest night of the year, kick your puppy around. We dare you. The next time you do that, it might not be the crazy animal rights lady that comes to your door to wag a finger in your face as you stand there laughing at her, but it could be the dudes from Rescue Ink, an animal rescue group that specializes in rescuing pit bull terriers from their abusive owners.

Stratford's mayor, James Miron took on the role as car salesman when he presented five "Smart Cars" at a press conference recently, extolling their fuel efficiency among their other taxpayer, environment-friendly assets.

After two weeks of deliberating, Mayor James Miron's administration as well as Stratford's police chief has decided Capt. Joe McNeil's fate.

Bill Hanney, the contractor who was appointed by Town Council to fix up and eventually operate the Stratford Shakespeare Theater, told council that it's going to cost $600,000 more to fix the theater, in a way.

Mayor James Miron's decision to bring Town Council into the digital age was met with derision and laughter by some of its members as the mayor presented his plan last week.