08/14/09 The Fairfield Briefing By Robo Blogger (Updated)

Comprehensive News Feed for Fairfield, CT.

• Blue Jays U18 team wins consolation bracket in Florida
  posted on August 14, 2009 01:39:36 pm
  ... Jays they didn't win it all, but they did get the next best thing. The U18 Blue Jays, featuring four players from Fairfield, lost their first three games, but rebounded to win the "Classic" Tournament of the AAU National Championship by beating the ...
• Town weighs options for delinquent taxpayers
  posted on August 14, 2009 01:39:21 pm
  ... those individuals and the town to have them brought current as quickly as possibly." A barometer of how well Fairfield residents are doing will be available later this month when the tax collection rate for the first installment of the fiscal year ...
• To the lighthouse
  posted on August 14, 2009 01:39:05 pm
  ... Wednesday morning to take part in the annual Penfield Lighthouse Walk. Most who made the walk are members of the Fairfield Senior Pacers, a walking group that's been in existence for nearly 20 years. However, guests were allowed and First Selectman ...
• The waiting game
  posted on August 14, 2009 01:38:40 pm
  ... or tearing it down and building a new one will likely be based on the state of the economy when the Town of Fairfield finally gets control of the site, said Bremer. He added he never thought it would take as long as it has to get the application ...
• Bigelow puts on tea time for the troops
  posted on August 14, 2009 01:38:24 pm
  ... wars on foreign soil. When Cindi Bigelow, president of Bigelow Tea, headquartered on Black Rock Turnpike in Fairfield, joined staffers in creating a project to show that the people back home are remembering the military soldiers protecting this ...
• Group finds artistic connection
  posted on August 14, 2009 01:37:51 pm
  ... these things," said Katz, recently, as she gave a little mini tour of her home and artwork to a few members of the Fairfield County Arts Association, for whom Katz is vice president. Fairfielder Katz, a psychotherapist, sees a similarity between her ...
• Rock on at the Quick Center
  posted on July 30, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... vinyl. The summer of 1966 is back as the California '66 Concert Tour rolls into the Quick Center for the Arts at Fairfield University on Thursday, Aug. 6. The show, which begins at 8 p.m., will feature garage rock legends The Electric Prunes, ...
• SUV rollover in Fairfield, driver hospitalized
  posted on August 14, 2009 12:38:04 pm
  A Wellington Drive man plowed his Cadillac SUV into a stone wall, flipping over in front of a home on Cross Highway about 3 a.m. Thursday.
• Steppin' Out Calendar
  posted on August 14, 2009 04:04:48 am
  ... parking fee of $5 per car will be charged for cars without a Norwalk beach sticker. Rain date: Thursday, Aug. 20. Fairfield Theatre Co., 70 Sanford St., Fairfield. 259-1036.Thursday, Aug. 13: KiteTickets; $8-$12. The Klein, 910 Fairfield Ave., ...
• Darien's Zulu stays sharp at twice-a-month training sessions
  posted on August 13, 2009 11:26:48 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 ...
• Danbury Pembroke Road barber shop is family affair
  posted on August 13, 2009 09:50:27 pm
  ... another customer, has been bringing her son Jonathan, 11, to Rocco's shop since he was 6 months old. The New Fairfield resident was in the shop with Jonathan and her youngest son, 18-month-old Joey, to initiate Joey to get his hair cut. Gesualdi ...
• Cops: Ex-roommate stabs Fairfield teen
  posted on August 13, 2009 09:00:57 pm
  A local teen was stabbed several times Wednesday morning when three people burst into her Renchy Street home, an attack police said was orchestrated by the victim's former roommate.
• Farmington: Farmington Youth Wins Statewide Essay Contest
  posted on August 13, 2009 03:49:56 pm
  People Submitted by Jane Snaider on 2009-08-11. Joe Green Winners give a "thumbs up" for America From left to right: Vignesh Kumar of Farmington; Madison Lee of Fairfield; Paul Blanco, Managing Director, BFG; Rose Rodrigues, BPT; Adam Kuegler, Watertown.
• Furthering my education
  posted on August 13, 2009 02:23:24 pm
  The Fairfield Continuing Education Fall 2009 course booklet was mailed to our homes Wednesday , and to be completely honest, I was elated.
• Happiness is the way
  posted on August 13, 2009 02:21:56 pm
  ... happiness. As a result, in January 2000, we started the first Happiness Club meeting. We have met once a month in Fairfield ever since then. We discuss with and listen to various speakers covering all aspects of happiness and how to be happy. At one ...
• Meet the Sherwood Island Nature Center Summer Interns
  posted on August 13, 2009 09:24:23 am
  ... Erica Mayer, 16, Matt Wormser, 16, and AJ Kieffer, 17. All are Westporters except for Phill Coletti who is from Fairfield. The interns are holding a horseshoe crab, one of the creatures who inhabit the live exhibit tank. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Larry ...
• Fairfield moped victim still critical
  posted on August 13, 2009 08:41:52 am
  The Fairfield man injured yesterday in a moped accident remained in critical condition Wednesday at St.
• Explore your own backyard with Fairfield Audubon
  posted on August 13, 2009 08:40:45 am
  ... in Africa might readily jump to mind. Most likely, your brain wouldn't light on the Ash Creek Open Space in Fairfield as a prime spot for spying amazing critters. But Carol Kratzman, education coordinator for the Connecticut Audubon Center and ...
• State senator throws hat into ring
  posted on August 13, 2009 05:12:41 am
  ... Debicella, a Republican, said he decided to run two weeks ago when Republican state Sen. John McKinney of Fairfield announced he was dropping out of consideration for family reasons. A 34-year-old fiscal conservative with a master of business ...
• General Electric sees tide ...
  posted on August 13, 2009 12:55:51 am
  ... 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 ...