Meredith Guinness

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Meredith Guinness was formerly a Daily Voice reporter covering breaking news and community features in Fairfield County.

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Fairfield, CT

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Fairfield Letter: Kupchick's A 'Fierce Advocate' For Our Children FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- The Daily Voice accepts signed, original letters to the editor. Please send your letter to [email protected]. To the Editor: I write in full support of State Representative Brenda Kupchick for reelection to the 132nd District seat. As a parent of three daughters who have attended Fairfield Public Schools, I have come to count on Brenda as a fierce advocate for our children at the State Capitol. I first met Brenda when she was a Board of Education member and grew to admire her as she consistently did what was best for all Fairfield students, and as a parent of a …

by Kathy Finlaw

10/20/2016

Fairfield, CT

Breaking News

Fairfield Police Seek Help In Knifepoint Robbery FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Police are seeking the public’s help in finding a man who held up a clerk at knifepoint at the 7-Eleven on Reef Road shortly before 11:30 p.m. Wednesday. The suspect entered the store and threatened the clerk with a knife before leaving with an undisclosed amount of cash, police said. The clerk was not injured and called police about five minutes after the incident. Police responded and deployed a K-9 with negative results, police said. The suspect is described as a male wearing a skull mask, gloves, a striped hoodie and jeans, police said. The incident was captured on s…

by Meredith Guinness

10/20/2016

Stratford, CT

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Popular Stratford Deli Moves Across Town, Fans Follow STRATFORD, Conn. — When Milanno Ukehaxhaj arrived in New York City from Kosovo in 1991, it was a Sunday afternoon and he headed straight for the Italian food mecca that is Arthur Avenue in the Bronx, N.Y. By Monday, he was back there again — because he already had a job and, it turns out, a future business partner. “I met him the first day I came in this country,” Ukehaxhaj said, wrapping an arm around Getano Catalano on Wednesday. “We used to work on Arthur Avenue together.” It was there that the pair hatched a plan to open their own business, bringing a taste of Italy up the shore to Str…

by Meredith Guinness

10/20/2016

Trumbull-Monroe, CT

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Florist Makes Happiness Bloom In Trumbull With Petal It Forward Bouquets TRUMBULL, Conn. — At first, Zoeli Farkas was a little skeptical of the smiling woman who was trying to place two bouquets of flowers into his hands outside a Quality Street storefront Wednesday morning. “What’s it going to cost me?” the Fairfield man asked. The answer? Nothing. As part of Pay It Forward week, staff and volunteers from City Line Florist stationed themselves in well-traveled areas across the region, handing out free bouquets as part of their “Petal It Forward” program. Nicole Palazzo, who owns the Trumbull florist shop with her mom, Susan, said they expected to hand out mor…

by Meredith Guinness

10/20/2016

Fairfield, CT

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Fairfield Letter: Kupchick's 'No-Nonsense, Straight-Talking Woman' FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- The Daily Voice accepts signed, original letters to the editor. Please send your letter to [email protected]. To the editor: State Rep. Brenda Kupchick always works hard to listen and learn from the people of her hometown through email newsletters, town hall meetings, and most importantly, by being the legislator on our corner. Brenda works to solve problems and is always fighting for common sense solutions. Brenda is a no-nonsense, straight-talking woman who is passionate about public service. Those of us who know Brenda know she works hard to reshape how our …

by Sarah Ellis

10/19/2016

Fairfield, CT

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Fairfield Letter: 'Donald Trump Is Our Last Chance' FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- The Daily Voice accepts signed, original letters to the editor. Please send your letter to [email protected]. To the Editor: I feel like Miles in the "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" movie, running through speeding traffic, tossed against car windshields, desperate to warn anyone who will listen: “They’re already here, you’re next.” Things may look the same, but quietly and imperceptibly our freedoms, our security, our cultural and educational integrity and our sovereignty have been drained away. We have become powerless servants of government, media, co…

by Ellen Jacob

10/19/2016

Westport, CT

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Westport Letter: Steinberg, Hwang Show Bipartisan Concern For Environment WESTPORT, Conn. -- The Daily Voice accepts signed, original letters to the editor. Please send your letter to [email protected]. To the Editor: State Rep. Jonathan Steinberg and state Sen. Tony Hwang represent the very best examples of true bipartisan leadership on the environment. Both lawmakers have been exceptionally strong voices for the environmental values of their constituents. Both were leading proponents for passage of the Long Island Sound Blue Plan and for preventing “fracking” waste from entering Connecticut. Most recently, both worked tirelessly this year for a consti…

by Lori Brown

10/19/2016

Fairfield, CT

Breaking News

Spare Keys, $400 Stolen In Dinnertime Theft In Fairfield FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A woman dining at a Commerce Drive restaurant in Fairfield Sunday came out to find her car window smashed and spare keys to a Volvo, a Porsche and a BMW and $400 in cash stolen, police said. The woman had parked and locked her Volvo SUV outside Little Goose and reported the incident around 8 p.m., police said. Also stolen were a hobo purse and wallet, each valued at $20, and various credit cards, police said.

by Meredith Guinness

10/19/2016

Fairfield, CT

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Fairfield Remembers 'Frank' With New Pocket Park FAIRFIELD, Conn. — His familiar bench has been replaced by three updated models, but the memory of William “Frank” Godwin, a fixture at the corner of Oldfield and Reef roads, will live on in the new pocket park unveiled there Monday. The Greater Fairfield Board of Realtors, in partnership with the town, used a $3,000 grant to spruce up the open area with inviting benches, a winding brick path and new trees and plantings, said board President Stephanie Barnes. “We thought this would be a great way to remember him,” Barnes said of Godwin. Thought by many to be homeless, the 87-year-old Bridg…

by Meredith Guinness

10/18/2016

Fairfield, CT

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Fairfield Letter: Hwang Helps Commuters FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- The Daily Voice accepts signed, original letters to the editor. Please send your letter to [email protected]. To The Editor: For more than 20 years, I have been an advocate for commuters on Metro-North, first on the state Metro-North Rail Commuter Council and more recently in a new, independent organization, The Commuter Action Group. Recognizing the future of this vital public service depends on bipartisan cooperation, I have called for all candidates running for elected office this fall to take a simple pledge — that they will caucus together, Democrat and Rep…

by Jim Cameron

10/18/2016

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