Video: Stamford Launch, New Canaan Collapse and Sabrina The Teenage Witch

"Oh NIMBY you don't."

• Fairfield: A proposed $24.2 middle school expansion project is dividing some town residents in the county seat. Property owners near Fairfield Woods Middle School say making the facility bigger would change the character of their neighborhood and decrease home values, while proponents of the renovation say it's needed to accommodate larger groups of kids coming through the system. Details in , including what one naysayer called "astonishing" secrecy surrounding the project.

"And I'll huff, and I'll puff …"

• New Canaan: A longstanding New Canaan inn was undergoing conversion to apartments when a strong wind caused it to collapse. Nobody was injured when The Maples Inn caved in, but the damage to the town's psyche is tangible. See the Comments area on to hear what New Canaanites have to say about it.

Holiday Jumpstart

• Ridgefield: As they do every two years, Ridgefielders kicked off the 2010 holiday season with a four-day event expected to raise about $35,000 for Founder's Hall. The fourth biennial Wreath Festival Gala sees decorative wreaths adorn every wall of the recreation and education center. Check out to get into the spirit.

Covering "The City That Works"

• Stamford: A new addition to this round-up, Stamford Patch was launched this week by local editor and city mom Chandra Johnson-Greene. Meet Chandra in her and check out the story accompanying the video to see what she has in mind for readers as we work together — readers and Patch staff — to build Stamford Patch as the city's community crossroads.

Tragedy in Trumbull

• Trumbull: By the time 2-year-old Tommy Chisolm's was recovered from the rain-swollen Pequonnock River, it was too late. Emergency responders rushed the toddler to Bridgeport Hospital after a harrowing hours-long search that started late one morning this week, but he was pronounced dead there. Our of the day's events is grim and our hearts go out to the Chisolm family.

Falling in Love with Westport

• Westport: Westport Patch talked to 1990's TV star Melissa Joan Hart ("Sabrina The Teenage Witch") about what convinced her, now a mother of a 4-year-old, and her husband, to put down roots in the town. See for her refreshing and practical response, and her first impressions of the area. And welcome to Fairfield County, Melissa.

Making of a Pulitzer Prize Winner

• Wilton: Born in England, moved to Fairfield County, graduated from high school in Westport, took a college degree in Savannah, GA, and now raising his family in Wilton, Matt Davies' life and talent have taken him thousands of miles. But it was a chance residence and next-door neighbor in Norwalk that opened to door to cartooning. Read Wilton Patch's , who won a Pulitzer Prize six years ago.