Stamford: Communications

Newspapers and Magazines

Stamford's daily, The Advocate, is published on Monday through Sunday. Other newspapers published locally are Current Events and Know Your World Extra, both newspapers for middle- and high-school students, and The Sower, a Ukranian-Catholic publication. Magazines published in Stamford include Catalog Age, Current Science, Motorcycle Tour & Cruiser, The Sower, and Vegetarian Times. Stamford is also within the circulation area of all of the major New York media providers, including the New York Times.

Television and Radio

No radio or television stations broadcast directly from Stamford, though many broadcasts from nearby cities are accessible to residents. Connecticut Radio Information Service, headquartered in Wethersfield, broadcasts readings from daily newspapers and magazines for the benefit of state residents who are blind or cannot hold or turn pages.

Media Information: The Advocate, 75 Tresser Building, Stamford, CT 06904; telephone (203)964-2200

Stamford Online

City of Stamford. Available www.ci.stamford.ct.us

Coastal Fairfield County Convention and Visitors Bureau. Available www.coastalct.com

Connecticut Development Authority. Available www.ctcda.com

Connecticut Economic Resource Center. Available www.cerc.com

Connecticut Innovations. Available www.ctinnovations.com

Ferguson Library. Available www.ferglib.org/ferg

Stamford Historical Society. Available www.stamfordhistory.org

The Stamford Hospital. Available www.stamhealth.org

Stamford Public Schools. Available www.stamford.k12.ct.us

State Department of Economic & Community Development. Available www.ct.gov/ecd

Selected Bibliography

Huntington, E. B. History of Stamford, Connecticut: From Its Settlement in 1641, to the Present Time, Including Darien, Which Was One of its Parishes Until 1820 (Stamford: The author, 1868)

Sherwood, Herbert Francis. The Story of Stamford (New York: The States History Company, 1930)