 Tax rate for taxpayers went up by 2.8% to 11.721 mils. That's roughly $11.72 per $1,000 of assessed valuation. The annual Fairfield County Swim Across America to raise funds for the Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy is this Saturday at Cummings Beach in Stanford. Longtime Greenwich resident Nancy Carr, who now lives in Stanford, is director of the swim. It's now become personal for her. She's battling colon cancer. A couple of months ago, I actually just finished up my treatment, and I am considering myself...