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Thursday, July 23, 2020

Jazz Fridays Return This Week To Fairfield Museum

Attendees are encouraged to bring their own chairs or blankets and a picnic to enjoy while social distancing during the event.....

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HamletHub editor pens Pandemonium about the Covid-19 Pandemic

Mike Lauterborn #Fairfield Hamlet Hub editor #writer #author debuts book “Pandemonium” about Covid-19 pandemic....

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Saturday, February 1, 2020

Fairfield Update

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Obituary: Doreen Ann DiMaio, 54; Formerly Of Fairfield

Obituary: Doreen Ann DiMaio, 54 - Fairfield, CT - Prior to becoming an office administrator for Cambridge Group, Doreen worked as a bank ...

CT Post

Police: Former Fairfield CFO stole fill pile documents after he was let go

FAIRFIELD — The day after his employment with the town ended, the former chief financial officer allegedly removed documents about the ...

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Man Tried To Cash $4,000 Check Under False Identity: Fairfield PD

Man Charged With Forgery: Police - Fairfield, CT - The New Jersey man presented a forged passport card and forged credit card as ...

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Ex-Fairfield CFO Charged In Fill Pile Investigation, Police Say

Ex-Fairfield CFO Charged - Fairfield, CT - Bob Mayer, who was recently fired from his town job, is accused of stealing Fairfield documents ...

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3 Charged In String Of Fairfield Burglaries: Police

3 Charged In String Of Burglaries - Fairfield, CT - After an extensive investigation, the trio was taken into custody this week, Fairfield police said.

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New Dates for TheatreFest at SHU

New Dates for TheatreFest at SHU - Fairfield, CT - Edgerton Center for the Performing Arts has announced some Important Date Changes.

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Winter Programs at CT Audubon Fairfield Facilities

The CT Audubon Society offers loads of winter fun and programs at its Fairfield, CT facilities.

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One Book One Town Underway In Fairfield

Via the Fairfield Public Library: FAIRFIELD, CT — The Fairfield Public Library and its community partners are happy to announce the One Book ...

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Fairfield Parents Schedules Get Less Busy with Help from VanGo

FAIRFIELD, CT—You have an important presentation at work, and your ... "I decided to drive with VanGo because it is well-needed in Fairfield ...

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Fairfield Ranked No. 1 In CT As Best College For Financial Aid

Via Fairfield University: FAIRFIELD, CT — Fairfield University has been ranked No. 1 in Connecticut on financial education site LendEDU's ...

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Saturday, January 27, 2018

News In And Around Fairfield, Connecticut

Fairfield day care owner gets 30 months for killing child with Benadryl

CT Post Jan 26, 2018

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Fairfield woman allegedly assaulted patient at Westport medical facility

Westport News Jan 26, 2018

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Police activity closes right lane on I-95 southbound in Fairfield

WTNH Connecticut News (press release) Jan 26, 2018

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Dan Haar: Just don't call it regionalization

CT Post Jan 25, 2018

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Fairfield, and Massachusetts, could be models for the rest of the state

Fairfield Citizen Jan 25, 2018

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'Italian Treasures' explored at free family day at Fairfield U. art museum

CT Post 22h ago

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Residents Urged To Get Flu Shot In Fairfield

Patch.com Jan 26, 2018

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Woog's World / Serving on the RTM not for the faint of heart

Westport News Jan 25, 2018

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New Hours Announced For Fairfield Public Library

Patch.com Jan 24, 2018

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Fairfield special needs dog nominated for internet influencer award

News 12 Connecticut Jan 26, 2018

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Fairfield fire school struggles for funding

CT Post Jan 24, 2018

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Board of Education approves budget, sends to Town Hall

Fairfield Citizen Jan 26, 2018

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Judge Dan Caruso To Speak at NAMI, Feb. 7

HamletHub Jan 26, 2018

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SHU Celebrates MLK

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Nominations open for Monroe Outstanding Citizen 2018

CT Post Jan 26, 2018

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Community Postings: Tetreau named chairman of regional council...

Fairfield Citizen Jan 26, 2018

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Letters: Thanks to the community,

Fairfield Citizen Jan 25, 2018

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Way Back When … 1918

Fairfield Citizen Jan 25, 2018

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Get to know... Thomas de Quesada, Fairfield Prep's new principal

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Fairfield Data Center

Fairfield is a town located in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is situated along the Gold Coast of Connecticut. Fairfield is a town of many neighborhoods, two of which—Southport and Greenfield Hill—are notably affluent. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 57,340. In July 2006, Money Magazine ranked Fairfield the ninth "best place to live" in the United States, and the best place to live in the Northeast. This is primarily due to its affluence, low crime rate with only three homicides in the last five years, excellent public school system, suburban character, scenic location on the Long Island Sound, and proximity to New York. . The town was also listed among the "preppiest" places in the United States in the tongue-in-cheek 1980s best-seller The Official Preppy Handbook.

It considers itself the "dogwood capital of the world," and each spring a Dogwood Festival takes place in the Greenfield Hill neighborhood.

Fairfield Business - Large and Distinctive Companies

General Electric Co. -- headquarters, 3135 Easton Turnpike (307,000 employees companywide)

R.C. Bigelow (Bigelow Tea Company) -- headquarters, Black Rock Turnpike

Sturm, Ruger & Co. -- headquarters, Lacey Place in Southport, firearms manufacturer

Pepperidge Farm--former headquarters, The Ridge

Fairfield Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there are 57,340 people in the town, organized into 20,397 households and 14,808 families. The population density is 1,909.3 people per square mile (737.2/km²). There are 21,029 housing units at an average density of 700.2/sq mi (270.4/km²). The racial makeup of the town is 95.27% White, 2.04% Asian, 1.09% African American, 0.06% Native American, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.55% from other races, and 0.97% from two or more races. 2.34% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 20,397 households out of which 33.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.8% are married couples living together, 8.5% have a female householder with no husband present, and 27.4% are non-families. 22.0% of all households are made up of individuals and 10.3% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.61 and the average family size is 3.07.

In the town the population is spread out with 23.7% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 16.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 90.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 85.7 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $83,512, and the median income for a family is $100,920 (these figures had risen to $103,352 and $121,749 respectively as of a 2007 estimate).

Males have a median income of $69,525 versus $44,837 for females. The per capita income for the city is $43,670. 2.9% of the population and 1.8% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 2.8% of those under the age of 18 and 3.6% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.

Fairfield is notable for, among other things, its very low crime rate. There have been only three murders in the last five years in town. Money Magazine's 2006 Best Places to Live Survey ranks Fairfield as the second safest municipality in the United States.

Fairfield Education

Public schools in Fairfield include Fairfield Warde and Fairfield Ludlowe High Schools; Roger Ludlowe, Tomlinson, and Fairfield Woods Middle Schools; and 11 elementary schools.

Private schools include Fairfield College Preparatory School, Notre Dame Catholic High School, Fairfield Country Day School, Holy Family School, St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School, Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic School and the Unquowa School.

Fairfield is also home to post-secondary institutions Fairfield University and Sacred Heart University.

Fairfield - Famous Residents (Past and Present)

William Burnett Benton (1900-1973), former U.S. Senator

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), conductor, composer, musician

James Blake (b.1979), professional tennis player

Aaron Burr, Sr. (1716-1757), native, clergyman, educator, and father of Vice President Aaron Burr

John Byrne(b.1950), legendary Comic Book creator.

Imogene Coca, actress in Your Show of Shows

Susan Cooper, author of the acclaimed children's sequence The Dark Is Rising.

Hume Cronyn, actor

Michael J. Daly (1924-2008), World War II Medal of Honor recipient

T. F. Gilroy Daly, attorney and Federal judge
C. Douglas Dillon, US Sec of Treasury, Amb to France, former resident

David L. Downie, author and professor of politics and environment policy at Fairfield University

Keir Dullea, actor

Dick Durrell, a founder of People Magazine

Timothy Dwight IV (1752-1817), American Congregationalist minister, theologian, educator, and author; president of Yale College

Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth, founding members of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club

Pierce J. Gerety Jr., native, UNHCR Director of Operations for the Great Lakes Region of Africa, died in the 1998 crash of Swissair Flight 111

J. J. Henry, PGA golfer, 2006 Ryder Cup team member, and a native

Faith Hill and Tim McGraw have a country house in Southport.

George Hull, town founder, see historical plaque to west of YMCA

Jeffrey Immelt, CEO of General Electric

Don Imus, radio personality, past resident in Southport

Eliot A. Jardines, Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Open source intelligence

Carmen Kass, model

Linda Kozlowski, actress and a native

David LaChapelle, born in Fairfield, CT: a famous, renowned photographer and director

Jonathan Lewis (oncologist), biomedical researcher, cancer drug developer

Charles Lindbergh, aviator and former resident (circa 1940-45)

Justin Long, actor and a native

Roger Ludlow, town founder

John Mayer, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter

Stewart McKinney, U.S. Representative

Matt Morgan, professional wrestler, American Gladiator and actor

David N. Mullany, inventor of the Wiffleball

Joe Namath, New York Jets quarterback and sport commentator, past resident

Charles Nagy Former MLB Baseball Pitcher

Patrick O'Boyle, international speed skater

Henry Fairfield Osborn, late scientist, eugenicist and a native

John Osterlind, radio personality, native

Reza Pahlavi, former Crown Prince of Iran, former resident (purchased Stewart McKinney's home when the Congressman moved to Westport)

Jason Robards, actor

Richard Rodgers, composer

Meg Ryan, actress and a native

Chris Sarandon and Joanna Gleason, actors

Gold Selleck Silliman, Revolutionary War general
Howard Sosin, founder of AIG Financial Products, presently investor

Martha Stewart, business magnate, author, editor, and homemaking advocate, past resident

Gene Tierney, actress, Tierney cottage just off Sasco Hill

Brian Torff, jazz musician, composer, head of Fairfield University's music program

Raviv Ullman, star of Phil of the Future

Franco Ventriglia, opera singer and a native

Donatella Versace, fashion designer

Robert Penn Warren, author and poet

Michael Weatherly, actor and a native

Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric, former town resident

Mabel Osgood Wright, author, founder of the Connecticut Audubon Society (Birdcraft Museum in Fairfield)

Robert Bob Wright, former chairman of NBC for 20 years
Nicholas Braun, actor and native

Fairfield Geography

The town is on the shore of the Long Island Sound. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 31.3 square miles (81.1 km²), of which, 30.0 square miles (77.8 km²) of it is land and 3.4 km² (1.3 sq mi or 4.15%) of it is water. The Mill River, the waters of which feed Lake Mohegan, flows through the town.

Fairfield consists of many neighborhoods. The best known are wealthy Southport -- where well-known General Electric Chief Executive Officer Jack Welch lived for many years—and Greenfield Hill, with its large areas, famous dogwood trees, and picturesque green with white-spired Congregational church. Other well established neighborhoods include Stratfield, Tunxis Hill, the University area, Grasmere, Mill Plain, Knapp's Village, Melville Village, Holland Hill, and the Fairfield Beach area, which has recently undergone a renaissance with the construction of many new homes by residents wising to live in proximity to the beach and downtown.[6] Two shopping districts in town include the Post Road (U.S. 1) and Black Rock Turnpike.

Fairfield Governmental Activity

The town government consists of the three-member Board of Selectmen, a Representative Town Meeting (RTM), a Board of Finance, a Board of Education, a Planning and Zoning Commission (TPZ), and many other politically appointed commissions, boards, and committees. The current First Selectman is Kenneth A. Flatto (D), who is currently serving his fifth term in office.

The town government consists of the three-member Board of Selectmen, a Representative Town Meeting (RTM), a Board of Finance, a Board of Education, a Planning and Zoning Commission (TPZ), and many other politically appointed commissions, boards, and committees. The current First Selectman is Kenneth A. Flatto (D), who is currently serving his fifth term in office.

Fairfield Historic District

The old town center of Fairfield, roughly along Old Post Road between U.S. Route 1 and Turney Road, has been designated a historic district since 1971. The area contains Fairfield's town hall, public library, and houses dating from the late 18th century. The area also contains the Fairfield County Courthouse and Fairfield County Jail.

Fairfield History - Colonial Era

In 1635 some Puritans and Congregationalists in the Massachusetts Bay Colony were dissatisfied with the rate of Anglican reforms, and sought to establish an ecclesiastical society subject to their own rules and regulations. The Massachusetts General Court granted them permission to settle the cities of Windsor, Wethersfield, and Hartford in the area now known as Connecticut.

On January 14, 1639, a set of legal and administrative regulations called the Fundamental Orders was adopted, and established Connecticut as a self-ruled entity. By 1639 these settlers had started new towns in the surrounding areas. Roger Ludlow, framer of the Fundamental Orders, purchased the land presently Fairfield, and established the name.

According to historian John M. Taylor: "Early in 1639 the General Court granted a commission to Ludlow to begin a plantation at Pequannocke. He was on that errand, with a few others from Windsor, afterwards joined by immigrants from Watertown and Concord. He bought a large tract of land from the Pequannocke sachems, - afterwards greatly enlarged by other purchases to the westward,- and recalling the attractive region beyond (Uncoa), which he had personally seen on the second Pequot expedition, he also “set down” there, having purchased the territory embraced in the present town of Fairfield, to which he gave its name.

Fairfield History - Revolutionary War

When the Revolutionary War began in the 1770s, Fairfielders were caught in the crisis as much as, if not more than, the rest of their neighbors in Connecticut. In a predominantly Tory section of the state, the people of Fairfield were early supporters of the cause for independence. Throughout the war, a constant battle was being fought across Long Island Sound as men from British-controlled Long Island raided the coast in whaleboats and privateers. Gold Selleck Silliman, whose home still stands on Jennings Road, was put in charge of the coastal defenses.

In the spring of 1779, he was kidnapped from his home by Tory forces in preparation for a British raid on Fairfield County. His wife watched from their home as, on the morning of July 7, 1779, approximately 2,000 enemy troops landed on Fairfield Beach near Pine Creek Point and proceeded to invade the town. When they left the following evening, the entire town lay in ruins, burned to the ground as punishment for Fairfield's support of the rebel cause. Ten years later, President George Washington noted after traveling through Fairfield, that " the destructive evidences of British cruelty are yet visible both in Norwalk and Fairfield; as there are the chimneys of many burnt houses standing in them yet.

Fairfield recovered slowly from the burning, but soon after the end of the war its houses and public buildings had all been rebuilt.

Fairfield History - Towns Created from Fairfield

Fairfield was one of the two principal settlements of the Connecticut Colony in southwestern Connecticut (the other was Stratford). Over time, it gave rise to several new towns that broke off and incorporated separately. The following is a list of towns created from parts of Fairfield.

Redding in 1767

Weston in 1787

Easton created from Weston in 1845

Bridgeport in 1821 (also partly from Stratford) and again in 1895 when the Black Rock section left Fairfield

Westport in 1835 (also partly from Weston and Norwalk)

Fairfield History - Twentieth Century

World War I brought Fairfield out of its agrarian past by triggering an unprecedented economic boom in Bridgeport, the center of a large munitions industry. The prosperity created a housing shortage in the city, and many of the workers looked to Fairfield to build their homes. The trolley and later the automobile made the countryside accessible to these newly rich members of the middle class, who brought with them new habits, new attitudes, and new modes of dress. The prosperity lasted through the twenties.

By the time of the stock market crash in 1929, the population had increased to 17,000 from the 6,000 it had been just before the war. Even during the Depression, the town kept growing.

The grounding of a barge with two crewmen on Penfield Reef in Fairfield during a gale led to the first civilian helicopter hoist rescue in history, on November 29, 1945. The helicopter flew from the nearby Sikorsky Aircraft plant in Bridgeport.

Fairfield is also the home of the corporate headquarters of GE, General Electric, one of the world's largest companies.

The opening of the Connecticut Turnpike in the 1950s brought another wave of development to Fairfield and by the 1960s the town's residential, suburban character was firmly established.

Fairfield Media - Newspapers

Connecticut Post (headquartered in neighboring Bridgeport)

Fairfield Minuteman

Fairfield Citizen-News

Fairfield Sun

Fairfield Media - Radio Stations

WSHU Public Radio

WVOF - the student-run radio station at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut and the home of the Fairfield County News Desk of Connecticut Public Radio

Fairfield - National Register of Historic Places

Connecticut Audubon Society Birdcraft Museum and Sanctuary — 314 Unquowa Road (added July 23, 1982)

Bronson Windmill — 3015 Bronson Road (added 1971)

David Ogden House — 1520 Bronson Road (added September 17, 1979)

Fairfield Historic District — Old Post Road from Post Road to Turney Road (added April 24, 1971)

Fairfield Railroad Stations — Carter Henry Drive (added August 28, 1989)

Greenfield Hill Historic District — Roughly bounded by Meeting House Lane, Hillside Road, Verna Hill Road and Bronson Road (added April 11, 1971)

John Osborne House — 909 King's Highway West (added March 12, 1987)

Jonathan Sturges House — 449 Mill Plain Road (added December 23, 1984)

Pine Creek Park Bridge — North of Old Dam Road, over Pine Circle (added May 8, 1992)

Southport Historic District — Roughly bounded by Southport Harbor, railroad tracks, Old South Road, and Rose Hill Road (added April 24, 1971)

Southport Railroad Stations — 96 Station St. and 100 Center St. (added August 28, 1989)

Fairfield - Points of interest

Connecticut Audobon Society Center at Fairfield (separate from the Birdcraft Museum and Sanctuary) – six miles of boardwalk nature trails in a 160-acre wildlife sanctuary with a nature center

Fairfield Museum and History Center[3];– displays on local history, art and decorative arts, and a library on local history

Gallery of Contemporary Art at Sacred Heart University – holds five exhibitions each year

Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at Fairfield University

Fairfield - Popular Culture

The following movies were filmed in Fairfield:

Revolutionary Road (2008)
College Road Trip (2008)
Freezer Burn (2009)
More Than Skin Deep (2002)
Racewalk (2000)
Robbie the Rabbit (1998)
The Stepford Wives (1975)
Man On A Swing (1974)

The television sitcom Who's the Boss? took place in Fairfield. In certain episodes, particular streets and even neighboring Bridgeport were mentioned. In fact, the lead character, Tony, attended Fairfield University and wore an official Fairfield University sweatshirt during the episode.

An episode of the Food Network show Rachael Ray's Block Party was filmed in Fairfield, as were portions of several episodes of Ham on the Street.

On January 29, 2009, Stephen Colbert mentioned Archie Moore's Restaurant's wing sauce spill on his show The Colbert Report.

It is the fictional location of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense in the Hellboy graphic novel series.

Fairfield Recreation

Fairfield residents enjoy a wealth of recreational opportunities, many of which stem from Fairfield's enviable location on the Long Island Sound.

The town's five miles of Long Island Sound coastline include 5 town beaches which are staffed by lifeguards during the summer, and miles of privately owned beach which are open to the public below the high tide mark.
South Benson Marina is a town-owned facility providing 600 boat slips which residents can rent for the summer.

Lake Mohegan, which includes waterfalls called The Cascades, is in the middle of town and is a popular destination for hiking, as is the Fairfield Audubon Society on Burr Street and the Bird Sancutary on Unquowa Road.

Ye Yacht Yard, a town owned facility on picturesque Southport Harbor provides boat launch services to residents, and access to moorings in Southport Harbor. Ye Yacht Yard is also the location of Community Sailing of Fairfield, whose members share use of two 18-foot sailboats.

Fairfield Transportation

Fairfield is traversed by U.S. 1, Interstate 95, and the Merritt Parkway. It has two Metro-North Railroad stations, Fairfield station and Southport station. A third station is under construction near the Grasmere neighborhood and adjacent Black Rock neighborhood of Bridgeport along with a large commercial development known as Fairfield Metro Center. The town is served by several public bus lines of the Greater Bridgeport Transit Authority.

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