The Ferguson Library.
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Ferguson Library, a Resource for Power
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The Ferguson Library on 96 Broad Street has become a place for residents to access the internet and charge their electronics.
Ferguson Library Youth Services Virtual Tour
A virtual tour of the Youth Services Department at the Ferguson Library
CT Secretary of the State discusses early voting amendment at the Ferguson Library in Stamford
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It's been a big effort of mine to try to modernize our voting system so that it's a better experience for the voters, who are sort of like our customers.
Secretary of the State Denise Merrill came to Stamford Tuesday to discuss a new proposal that will make voting easier for Connecticut residents.
It's going to be on the ballot in Connecticut November 4, which is a constitutional amendment to allow Connecticut to have early voting or some form of early voting, says Merrill.
Merrill spoke to a group at the Ferguson Library about the proposed early voting amendment, which will remove restrictions in Connecticut's constitution.
It's in the state constitution that you can only vote on Election Day and many people have noticed that 30 other states are already doing some form of early voting, Merrill says.
With early voting, voters can cast a ballot by appearing in person at a designated location during a designated period prior to Election Day. The amendment would also allow voters use absentee ballots without needing a specific reason or excuse.
I think not only will it help participation, but it also makes it a better experience, says Merrill. We won't have things like the long lines people talked about at the last Presidential election; we had some towns in Connecticut where that was the case. So it will do a lot to make it easier for people I think who do want to vote.
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History of Stamford, Connecticut / History of towns in United States
Country: United States
State: Connecticut
County: Fairfield
City: Stamford
Stamford was known as Rippowam by the Native American inhabitants to the region, and the very first European settlers to the area also referred to it as such. The name was later changed to Stamford after the town Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. The deed to Stamford was signed on July 1, 1640 between Captain Turner of the New Haven Colony and Chief Ponus. By the 18th century, one of the primary industries of the town was merchandising by water, which was possible due to Stamford's proximity to New York.
In 1692, Stamford was home to a less famous witch trial than the well-known Salem witch trials, which also occurred in 1692. The accusations were less fanatical and smaller-scale but also grew to prominence through gossip and hysterics.
Starting in the late 19th century, New York residents built summer homes on the shoreline, and even back then there were some who moved to Stamford permanently and started commuting to Manhattan by train, although the practice became more popular later. Stamford incorporated as a city in 1893.
In the 1960s and 1970s, Stamford's commercial real estate boomed as corporations relocated from New York City to peripheral areas. A massive urban redevelopment campaign during that time resulted in a downtown with many tall office buildings. The F.D. Rich Co. was the city-designated urban renewal developer of the downtown in an ongoing redevelopment project that was contentious, beginning in the 1960s and continuing through the 1970s. The company put up what was the city's tallest structure, One Landmark Square, at 21 floors high, and the GTE building (now One Stamford Forum), along with the Marriott Hotel, the Stamford Town Center and many of the other downtown office buildings. One Landmark Square has since been dwarfed by the new 35-story Trump Parc condominium tower (topped out), and soon by the 400-foot 39 story Ritz Carlton Hotel and Residences development, another project by the Rich Company in partnership with Cappelli Enterprises. Over the years, other developers have joined in building up the downtown, a process that continued, with breaks during downturns in the economy, through the 1980s, 1990s and into the new century.
Since 2008, an 80-acre mixed-use redevelopment project for the Stamford's Harbor Point neighborhood has added additional growth south of the city's Downtown area. Once complete, the redevelopment will include 6,000,000 square feet (560,000 m2) of new residential, retail, office and hotel space, and a marina. As of July 2012, roughly 900 of the projected 4,000 Harbor Point residential units had been constructed.
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Absentee Ballot News Conference
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Amity Shlaes Addresses Civility in History
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The Mayor's Civility in America Speaker Series continued Tuesday night with Amity Shlaes. The author and syndicated columnist spoke to a crowd at the Ferguson Library about civility in history.
Shlaes' newest book Coolidge is a biography of Calvin Coolidge, the 30th President of the United States. Shlaes often referred to Coolidge when speaking about civility.
Unlike Coolidge, Shlaes says people today tend to promise more than they can provide. She says politicians are more concerned about getting the upper hand than solving a problem. Shlaes used social security reform as an example of this.
Shlaes says there would be more civility if people just expected more of each other. She says the future of civility relies on today's youth.
To find out more about upcoming speakers in the Civility in America Series, visit stamfordct.gov.
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Installation Slideshow
This is a silent slideshow of photos taken during the Mass of Installation as Pastor of Monsignor Kevin Royal, Church of the Holy Spirit in Stamford, CT.
Stamford, Connecticut | Wikipedia audio article
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Stamford, Connecticut
00:00:59 1 History
00:04:09 2 Geography
00:05:16 2.1 Climate
00:07:40 2.2 Neighborhoods
00:07:56 2.2.1 Zip codes
00:08:47 2.2.2 Islands
00:09:03 3 Demographics
00:09:23 3.1 Age and gender
00:10:08 3.2 Education
00:10:43 3.3 Ethnicity and race
00:12:44 3.4 Housing
00:13:40 3.5 Income
00:14:29 4 Politics
00:15:28 5 Transportation
00:15:37 5.1 Mass transit
00:18:35 5.2 Airports
00:19:12 5.3 Buses
00:20:13 5.4 Highways
00:21:45 6 Economy
00:23:07 7 Crime
00:24:01 8 Emergency services
00:24:10 8.1 Stamford Emergency Medical Services
00:25:06 8.2 Fire department
00:25:55 8.3 Police Department
00:26:59 9 Education
00:29:33 10 Libraries
00:30:15 11 Sports
00:30:51 12 Parks and recreation sites
00:35:12 13 Arts, science, and cultural attractions
00:35:23 13.1 Science and nature
00:36:22 13.2 Theatre, film, and video
00:37:44 13.2.1 Movies shot in Stamford
00:37:53 13.3 Music
00:38:51 13.4 Fine Art
00:39:25 13.5 Interior Design Community
00:39:43 14 Media
00:41:25 14.1 Print media
00:42:05 14.2 Radio stations in the city
00:42:36 15 Notable people
00:42:45 16 Sister cities
00:43:09 17 See also
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Stamford () is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population of the city is 122,643. As of 2017, according to the Census Bureau, the population of Stamford had risen to 131,000, making it the third-largest city in the state (behind Bridgeport and New Haven) and the seventh-largest city in New England. Approximately 30 miles (50 kilometers) from Manhattan, Stamford is in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk Metro area which is a part of the Greater New York metropolitan area.
Stamford is home to four Fortune 500 Companies, nine Fortune 1000 Companies, and 13 current 100 Companies, as well as numerous divisions of large corporations. This gives Stamford the largest financial district in the New York metropolitan region outside New York City itself and one of the largest concentrations of corporations in the United States.
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Martin gives first State of the City speech to Stamford Chamber of Commerce
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The State of our city is strong, and I believe it is growing stronger everyday.
Mayor David Martin gave his first State of the City Address Tuesday at the Stamford Marriott, since taking office December 1.
Our city is one that we all take pride in, we should take pride in, and one that I believe is on a path for continued success in the years to come.
Martin highlighted many of the city's successes thus far, such as being recognized as the safest city in New England.
Here is the actual crime rate that's occurred in Stamford over the past 10 years or more, and as you can see we had a steady decline and it continues to decline with the preliminary numbers reported for 2013.
The Mayor also defended his proposal for a 4.9% tax increase in the city's budget.
Inside that tax increase is the greatest commitment to filling that unfunded liability; if you will, paying down some old credit cards, that has ever been done in this city before.
Martin's budget makes room for the addition of new city positions to improve services and ultimately save money. This includes a time and attendance manager, transportation planner, land use inspector, and social services coordinator.
The focus has always been entirely around what can we do this year to cut the budget and in the process we have basically undermined our ability to plan and manage for the future, and the core structural costs continue to rise.
Martin continued by praising the success of Stamford's Public Schools.
87% of our students are going on to pursue higher education, that is much higher than the state average, and in 2013 they went to schools such as Yale, MIT, Duke.
The Mayor says Stamford's economy is thriving as well.
The local economy is climbing out of the recession, and doing so at a faster rate than other cities in Connecticut. Since the recession, Stamford has had an unemployment rate that is better than Connecticut and better than the National average.
And Martin says Stamford continues to benefit from the growth and addition of businesses in the city both big and small.
We continue to be the largest financial district in the New York metro area outside of New York City, home to 4 Fortune 500 companies and 9 Fortune 1,000 companies.
The Mayor sited the ongoing expansion of Chelsea Piers, NBC Sports, Stamford Hospital, and new housing developments throughout the city, as further indicators of continued growth.
And of course, everyone who comes to Stamford makes note of the Harbor Point developments; 1800 units are now open or under construction.
Mayor Martin says he will work hard to ensure that Stamford continues to thrive and keep open lines of communication for the citizens who make it the city it is.
The reality is, it isn't the mayor that makes this a great city and a great future, it's the people that are sitting here in this room today.
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Secretary of the state urges voters in Norwalk to Vote YES on Question 1
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When you vote this November you may notice a new question on your ballot.
Secretary of the State Denise Merrill encouraged Norwalk residents Wednesday night to vote Yes for Question 1 on the November 4th ballot for early voting rights. Merrill spoke at the South Norwalk Community Center for a voting rights forum organized by Common Cause Connecticut, the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut, and the League of Women Voters. She says early voting rights can help improve voter turnout and our democracy. Studies presented show more than 33 states permit early voting and 27 states will mail an absentee ballot to any eligible voter who requests one, but this is not the case in Connecticut.
The real problem in this country is not enough people have voted, period and that is a crisis, I would argue, said Merrill. We have restrictions on how you get absentee ballots in this state, very, very restrictive restrictions. You can only get an absentee ballot based on a series of reasons. The one most people know about is if you're going to be out of town from 6 in the morning to 8 at night, all hours of the poll.
This year all voters in Connecticut will notice a constitutional amendment question on their ballot. Question 1, which been approved twice by the state legislature, asks:
Shall the Constitution of the State be amended to remove restrictions concerning absentee ballots and to permit a person to vote without appearing at a polling place on the day of an election?
All voters will be able to vote on whether they want to institute some of the changes in our voting structures that you're seeing all around the country today already, said Merrill.
The studies also show an estimated 32 million American voters cast their ballots before election day in 2012, which is nearly 25 percent of the electorate and voting yes would allow Connecticut to do so as well. She says voting YES can help families, commuters, employees, employers, seniors and students by removing obstacles that often discourage eligible voters from casting their ballots.
This was your solemn duty to vote, Merrill said. It wasn't just a privilege or even a right. Now something has changed and people don't feel that way anymore, particularly the younger people, they feel left out and I think it's our job to change that.
Similar presentations on this topic will take place Monday, Sept. 15 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Unitarian Church in Westport and Wednesday, October 15th at same time at the Ferguson Library in Stamford. For more information visit voteyesct.org.
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