Stamford American Little League Champs Tops News

STAMFORD, Conn. — Teammates of the 1983 Stamford American Little League World Series reminisced about their run 30 years ago, topping news in Stamford this week. Here is a look at what else happened.

A photo of the 1983 team from Stamford American Little League that made a long run for the Little League World Series.
Photo Credit: *Contributed by Tom Piersa*

by Anthony Buzzeo

08/25/2013 5:00 a.m.

The week got off to a rough start when Cablevision experienced service outages in the area, causing many to go without television.
In 1983 Stamford American Little League made a run to the Little League World Series, and a few of their members gave advice to the Westport team on Tuesday. Stamford's Bobby Valentine also commented on Westport's team this week.
A mother and daughter from Stamford were charged with shoplifting from Kohl's Department Store in Norwalk on Tuesday.
On Wednesday the city ran through a series of drills as if a hurricane hit Stamford to make sure all departments are ready to respond.
Two Stamford police sergeants, Thomas Barcello and Thomas Scanlon, were promoted to lieutenant and two officers, Rhett Connelly and Stephen Murphy, were promoted to sergeant Wednesday afternoon.
Mayor Michael Pavia has started an internal investigation after reports of a city employee was using city equipment to work at the Stamford home of Gov. Dannel Malloy.

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