On Thursday, May 15, 96.7 THE COAST will broadcast live from the Ferguson Library, One Public Library Plaza (Corner of Broad and Bedford Streets). While there, stop by for a COAST Best Bets prize bag, sponsored by Head-to-Toe Chiropractic, Fitness Matters, Window People, Stamford Hospital, Merit Music, Norwalk Music, and the Edge, and register to win prizes from Agabhumi. Your community leaders and neighbors will be coming out to join us, and we hope that you will too! We're here to celebrate anything and everything that makes Westport great!

From its earliest days as a 17th century farming community to a manufacturing center in the 1800's, Stamford, "the City That Works," has emerged as one of the most vibrant and prosperous cities in the Northeast. Stamford is the third largest corporate center in the nation, home to Fortune 500 companies as well as many small family owned businesses. Residents enjoy a rich cultural life, a nationally recognized public school system, excellent recreational facilities and parks, beaches and marinas, live theater and the finest in area shopping and dining. A leading example for the nation, Stamford is home to the Stamford Downtown Special Services District, established in 1993 and responsible for creating, managing and promoting a quality environment for people, with year-round activities including a summer concert series, Alive @ Five, and the annual Thanksgiving parade.

Stamford is home to Chestnut Hill Park, Cove Island Park, Cummings Park, E. Gaynor Brennan Municipal Golf Course, Sterling Farms Park and Municipal Golf Course, the Bartlett Arboretum (owned by the University of Connecticut featuring trails, woodlands, lectures and guided tours), and the Stamford Museum and Nature Center (a small New England farm with barnyard animals, nature trails, and seasonal events).

Historical Sites in Stamford include the Hoyt-Barnum House, a farmhouse depicting Stamford's puritan past through the inventory of Samuel Hoyt, a blacksmith who died in 1738. It is a National Historic Landmark which is now owned and operated by the Stamford Historical Society. The Society is housed in a building of local stone that was designed as a schoolhouse and built in 1913/14. The building was converted for museum and library use in 1984. Other sites include Old Town Hall, Holley House, and Oliver Street Bridge.

Stamford is home to two major music organizations. First, the Stamford Symphony Orchestra that, in a typical season, gives five pairs of classical concerts and three pops concerts at the Palace Theatre, as well as a concert for elementary school students and a family concert series. The Connecticut Grand Opera, a not-for-profit, professional opera company performs at the Palace Theatre as well.