08/11/09 The Fairfield Briefing By Robo Blogger (Updated)

Comprehensive News Feed for Fairfield, CT.

• Bridgeport Man Pleads Not Guilty In Prom Dress Assaults
  posted on August 12, 2009 07:04:48 am
  ... 15. His lawyer declined to comment. Bridgeport police say Gonzalez, a city resident, kidnapped two 22-year-old Fairfield women on July 26 and forced them into his apartment. Authorities say he made the women put on prom dresses and lie next to him ...
• Man pleads not guilty in assaults
  posted on August 12, 2009 05:15:47 am
  ... 15. His lawyer declined to comment. Bridgeport police say Gonzalez, a city resident, kidnapped two 22-year-old Fairfield women on July 26 and forced them into his apartment. Authorities say he made the women put on prom dresses and lie next to him ...
• 7 Days
  posted on July 08, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... built up a career that stands as a bridge between one era of blues and a new one and he's still bridging that gap. Fairfield Theatre Company, Klein Memorial Auditorium, 910 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport. 8 p.m. $27-$57. (203) 319-1404, ...
• PGA: The place to meet the in-laws
  posted on August 11, 2009 10:59:47 pm
  ... 3) "I was teaching at Bruce Golf Course in 1992 and Rochelle came for a lesson," said Thomas, who grew up in New Fairfield, Conn. "We dated for a little on and off. Danielle was much younger, so Rochelle's schedule wasn't as flexible as mine. I had ...
• GE Sees Tide Coming In For Water Business
  posted on August 11, 2009 07:58:25 pm
  ... prefer to sell it to focus on businesses where it can better enjoy the benefits of scale. But executives with Fairfield, Connecticut-based GE said water has the potential to become a major profit contributor. "What GE tries to do is to align the ...
• Chatham needs zoning change
  posted on August 11, 2009 03:35:00 pm
  ... regulations and guidelines for retrofitting and infilling established neighborhoods. Ken Camarro lives in Fairfield, Conn., and has been a regular summer visitor to Chatham since the 1960s. Loading ..... News Calendar Homes Autos Jobs Classifieds ...
• Watchdog says bad assets still threaten banks
  posted on August 11, 2009 03:09:00 pm
  ... need outside funding, but that its higher level of losses on loans gone bad will likely continue into 2010. The Fairfield, Conn.-based industrial conglomerate also said during an analyst conference call that elements of an Obama administration ...
• Coaches pick Marist 8th in preseason league poll
  posted on August 11, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... report to camp on Wednesday. The Red Foxes' first practice will occur on Friday. Their season opener will be in Fairfield, Conn. on Sept. 5 against Sacred Heart at 6 p.m. Their PFL opener will be at home in Tenney Stadium at Leonidoff Field against ...
• NutriScience Announces IP Settlement
  posted on August 11, 2009 01:12:46 pm
  FAIRFIELD, Conn. - NutriScience Innovations LLC announced the settlement of a lawsuit filed in July 2007 in U.S. District Court, Central District of California , against Hunan Kinglong Bio-Resources Co.
• Treasurers' Fear of Next Credit Freeze Revealed in Corporate Cash Hoarding
  posted on August 11, 2009 07:00:08 am
  ... 12.5 percent of assets, from $64.9 billion, or 7.7 percent, a year earlier, Bloomberg data show. Boosting Cash The Fairfield, Connecticut-based company raised about $49 billion this year with unsecured and government-guaranteed debt through its GE ...
• Political action group plans to protest tonight's Wu town hall meeting
  posted on August 11, 2009 03:37:26 am
  ... have been communicating and organizing with one another as well. In one example, the Right Principles group from Fairfield, Conn., distributed a memo outlining town hall protest strategies it found effective. "Watch for an opportunity to yell out ...
• Darien's Zulu stays sharp with training sessions
  posted on August 11, 2009 01:52:07 am
  ... strange things in life you can't explain." But what Monroe police officer Dennis Bradshaw, regional leader of the Fairfield Canine Training Program, did explain was that even veteran police dogs need eight hours of training twice a month to stay ...
• Residential units added to Fairfield project
  posted on August 10, 2009 03:31:24 pm
  ... at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday in McKinley School. The project, to be known as Riverhouse II, is proposed by the developer, Fairfield Redevelopment Associates II LLC. The property, near the town's eastern border with Bridgeport, is anchored by the former I. ...
• Police canine units practice crime-fighting skills
  posted on August 10, 2009 12:41:16 pm
  ... strange things in life you can't explain." But what Monroe police officer Dennis Bradshaw, regional leader of the Fairfield Canine Training Program, did explain was that even veteran police dogs need eight hours of training twice a month to stay ...
• Long-ago war veteran finally gets military rites
  posted on August 10, 2009 11:54:05 am
  ... that Ayres' war service accidentally was attributed to his uncle, who was born in 1716. Ayres was born in Fairfield, Conn., in 1761, and died in Fort Madison in 1834. Though he and his family already had tombstones in Hickory Grove Cemetery, none of ...
• Green food: It's not just vegetables
  posted on August 10, 2009 04:32:24 am
  ... spent the last five years advocating for better food in public schools. Though some changes have been made, the Fairfield resident decided in January that she "had to go to a happy place" to escape the frustration she felt over the slow pace. That ...
• The dream 18: The area's top golf holes
  posted on August 09, 2009 10:57:51 pm
  ... enough from level lies with no water or trees. This hole calls for all of your best." H. SMITH RICHARDSON GC Fairfield, par-72, 6,378 yards, head pro Jim Alexander NO. 16, 150-YARD PAR 3 "This is probably the one hole on the golf course that you ...
• Antique tools are firefighter's passion
  posted on August 09, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  FAIRFIELD, Conn. - God only knows how much Fairfield Firefighter Craig Vaporis has invested in antique firefighting memorabilia.
• Life is short -- be happy
  posted on July 29, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... me to continue to meet with them as a reminder to choose happiness. We held our first meeting in January 2000 in Fairfield. We now have 52 Happiness Clubs around the world meeting monthly. What is the Happiness Club? It is an organization with the ...
• New Milford-based soccer squad earns Nutmeg gold medal
  posted on August 09, 2009 11:00:21 am
  ... squad, as Robbins finally found the back of the net in the 40th minute to secure a 1-0 victory over the runner-up Fairfield Heat Saturday to bring home the gold medal. "I was so excited," Robbins said of her goal. "I didn't think it was going to go ...