07/25/09 The Raw Fairfield News Feed By Robo Blogger (Updated)

• GE closing incandescents plant
  posted on July 25, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... said in an interview. Workers will have 60 days to try to come up with cost savings that may save the plants. Fairfield, Connecticut-based GE will keep making common bulbs outside the U.S., she said. 'The market for incandescent light bulbs has ...
• Fairfield County Condominium Bonanza: 19 Condominium Lofts To Sell At Auction On August 30th
  posted on July 25, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... one- and two-bedroom, new, loft condominiums, just a one-hour train ride away from New York City, in sought-after Fairfield County. On August 30th, Sheldon Good & Company Auctions Northeast, LLC will conduct an auction of 19 residences at Lofts ...
• First West Nile mosquitoes found in Stratford
  posted on July 25, 2009 02:49:30 pm
  ... urged locals to take precautions to avoid the insect bites. In 2008, eight Connecticut residents from Bridgeport, Fairfield, Stamford, Greenwich and Sherman were identified with WNV infection. They all recovered. Typically, those infected by the ...
• Three suits filed in child's sailing death
  posted on July 25, 2009 12:38:38 pm
  ... brought because of the accident. In the other suits, Longshore Sailing School, represented by Thomas Tisdale, a Fairfield lawyer, is seeking to limit the damages that could be sought by implementing federal admiralty and maritime law. They maintain ...
• Wilton bank added to string of area robberies
  posted on July 25, 2009 12:38:05 pm
  Two robbers who have pulled off a string of bank robberies in Stamford, Darien, Norwalk and Fairfield may have struck in Wilton on Thursday, police said.
• Business Calendar
  posted on July 25, 2009 10:31:34 am
  The Fairfield Chamber of Commerce will hold a Leads Group meeting from 8 to 9 a.m. in the conference room of Old Town Hall, 611 Post Road, Fairfield.
• Let's book to the Pequot
  posted on July 25, 2009 07:48:01 am
  The 49th annual Pequot Library Book Sale is taking place through Tuesday on the library's grounds, 720 Pequot Ave., in the Southport section of Fairfield.
• State Finds 1st West Nile Mosquitoes of Season
  posted on July 25, 2009 03:53:11 am
  ... Connecticut residents were infected with identified with the West Nile virus. Three were in Bridgeport, one was in Fairfield, one was in Sherman, two were in Stamford and one Greenwich resident was infected while traveling out of the state. No one ...
• Developer re-invents former Fairfield factory
  posted on July 25, 2009 12:38:14 am
  ... to 30 parking spaces. Both the restaurant and yoga studio would be housed in renovated space in the building. Fairfield Commercial Center A former industrial site at 85 Mill Plain Road, Fairfield Proposed: Restaurant, 3,600 square feet Bikram yoga ...
• The Fairfield County Morning News with John LaBarca
  posted on July 24, 2009 09:15:31 pm
  The Fairfield County Morning News with John LaBarca - Jul. 24 2009, 7:30am-7:50am + " Good morning at 730 we've got -- Now it's breezy and 63 degrees our John Labarca our top local story the bell rings it's well known to.
• Zingoni takes a shot with Minnesota Wild
  posted on July 24, 2009 09:11:40 pm
  ... the big club, and that's a good opportunity for me." So it's a very happy time for Zingoni, the former Notre Dame-Fairfield standout who grew up in Newtown. He was married July 11; his wife is from Philadelphia, where he spent two seasons, 2006-07 ...
• Body in LI Sound identified as CT man
  posted on July 24, 2009 06:59:47 pm
  A man found dead in Long Island Sound has been identified by the Connecticut medical examiner's office as a missing 57-year-old sailboat owner from Fairfield.
• Water Rats ready to Swim Across the Sound
  posted on July 24, 2009 06:51:42 pm
  ... team," he added. The program has helped create a community of swimmers. As an example, Loftus knows Andy Davis of Fairfield through their involvement in the Water Rats. Not everyone can say they've handled the daunting task of swimming the 15.5 ...
• Siblings, Fairfield Ludlowe graduates head to college to play lacrosse
  posted on July 24, 2009 04:08:44 pm
  ... achieved quite a bit as athletes, and they've had each other the whole way. Each were seniors this past year at Fairfield Ludlowe High School, and each were standout, two-sport athletes. Emily played field hockey and lacrosse and Teddy playing ...
• Lyme legislation advocates succeed in passing bill
  posted on July 24, 2009 04:08:35 pm
  ... "It's like a perfect storm of activism that took place," state Rep. Kim Fawcett (D-133), who represents Fairfield and Westport, said. "You had all of the pieces come together perfectly. There are three things that you need: legislative leadership, ...
• Oster: Best in Youth
  posted on July 24, 2009 04:08:24 pm
  ... villagers lived, and saw people making mile-and-a-half walks for fresh water. With the help of school officials at Fairfield Woods Middle School -- and Mark Grashow, president of U.S.-Africa Children's Fellowship -- Gary organized a drive for school ...
• Peace Pole stolen from elementary school
  posted on July 24, 2009 04:08:15 pm
  ... something permanent at the school in her honor," said Hunter. Despite the fact the pole was taken, Hunter told the Fairfield Citizen: "No one's going to take away the spirit in which that gift was given and no one's going to be able to take away the ...
• A serious swim
  posted on July 24, 2009 04:08:04 pm
  Erin Flynn, of Fairfield, has been spending 10 to 12 hours training in a pool each week for the Aug.
• Product Ventures celebrates 15 years
  posted on July 24, 2009 04:07:53 pm
  ... and engineers work to improve products for leading national manufacturers and "it is happening right here in Fairfield." There is no doubting his success as a visitor peruses the products standing tall on showcase shelves lining the reception area ...