08/20/09 The Fairfield Briefing

Comprehensive News Feed for Fairfield, CT.

• Fairfield waits on Pequot money
  posted on August 20, 2009 02:43:53 pm
  Wilton-based Pequot Capital Management, the subject of a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation related to insider trading -- and closing up operations because of it -- will be putting some of its hedge funds into separate entities while liquidating others, according to Paul Hiller, chief fiscal officer for the Town of Fairfield.
• EPA warns against bad air during heat wave
  posted on August 20, 2009 02:42:58 pm
  As bad air and a heat wave gripped Westport and Fairfield, starting Monday and running through the week, health authorities joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in issuing alerts.
• Relay for Life postponed to 2010
  posted on August 20, 2009 02:42:20 pm
  ... that you will join us in making the 2010 event a success." The Relay for Life had been successful in neighboring Fairfield and Norwalk this year. The June event at Fairfield Ludlowe High School raised $152,259, while the Norwalk event held later ...
• Bigelow puts on tea time for troops
  posted on August 20, 2009 02:40:54 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 ...
• Video: Fairfield group targets Himes' town hall meetings
  posted on August 20, 2009 05:57:35 am
  ... obtained a copy of the playbook, a political action memo recently disseminated to members of Right Principles, a Fairfield-based political action committee that characterizes itself as "Unapologetically American" on its Web site. "The objective is ...
• Life at Fairfield University for Ali Abdul Majeed Continues to Be Rewarding
  posted on August 18, 2009 08:49:33 pm
  ... help people, the society and the community we live in.a The 24 year old has come a long way from home to attend Fairfield University located in Fairfield Connecticut. a oeI am from Iraq, Baghdad and I choose to come here because there is a program ...
• DOT: Lane shift on Merritt, street closed in Danbury
  posted on August 19, 2009 09:51:49 pm
  Travel lanes carrying traffic northbound on the Merritt Parkway through Fairfield will be shifted to the left beginning today between exit 44 and exit 46 .
• Building bounces back from loss
  posted on August 19, 2009 09:30:10 pm
  ... Sampling Inc. departed from 1 Post Road, a 30,400-square-foot office building, and moved to Shelton. Commercial Fairfield LLC, the partnership that owns the three-story Class A office building, looked to Angel Commercial LLC in Fairfield to find ...
• Hershey resort cottages -- C2 Limited
  posted on August 19, 2009 07:34:40 am
  Fairfield, Conn.-based C2 Limited Design Associates is pleased to mark the opening of its latest hospitality design project: the Woodside Cottages at The Hotel Hershey in Hershey, Penn.
• An outrage exposed
  posted on August 19, 2009 03:22:23 am
  ... about whether Espada the younger even lives in New York, apparently being a familiar sight in a neighborhood in Fairfield, Conn. After being outed so brutally as the beneficiary of what looked for all the world like a nepotistic, no-show job - and ...
• Fairfield reviews controlled hunts
  posted on August 19, 2009 02:56:47 am
  Chairman Chester Burley made good on a threat to have anyone who disrupted Monday's meeting of the Deer Management Subcommittee removed, when he asked the two police officers present to escort Lynn Gorfinkle from the room.
• Ready for storms, communities say
  posted on August 19, 2009 02:52:48 am
  ... A booklet, "Are You Ready?" is available on the city's Web site (ci.bridgeport.ct.us), with tips and information. Fairfield officials recently held a planning exercise at Penfield Pavilion II for just that type of situation, said Fire Chief Richard ...
• Drowned woman pulled from Fairfield river; suspected suicide
  posted on August 19, 2009 02:46:32 am
  Police and fire personnel Monday morning recovered the body of a 79-year-old local woman, an apparent suicide, from the Mill River near Adams Road.
• Suspected suicide in Mill River
  posted on August 17, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... pected in the incident, and that the woman left a note behind in her home. A full story will appear in Wednesday's Fairfield Citizen. POST YOUR COMMENTS:
• Siemens, GE Will Gain on Green: Industry Insight
  posted on August 18, 2009 10:48:54 am
  ... Degree of rivalry: In this industry, Siemens competes with big players such as General Electric ( GE Quote ) of Fairfield, Conn., and ABB ( ABB Quote ) of Switzerland. GE produces everything from reactors to wind turbines, while ABB mainly deals in ...
• Fairfield adds three new police officers
  posted on August 18, 2009 12:23:17 am
  Three new Police Department recruits were sworn in last week. The three, James Baker, of Fairfield; Evan Kaesman, of Trumbull; and Matthew J. Riendeau, of New Milford, will bring the town's uniformed officer strength to 102, officials said.
• Fairfield's rec plans for Army site stalled
  posted on August 18, 2009 12:22:20 am
  ... at HUD," said Flatto. "The HUD people told us they had hopes that by the end of the fall, they would be up to the Fairfield application. They said from their point of view it did not appear to be too complicated an application." Also stalling the ...
• GE to pay $50 mln to settle SE...
  posted on August 04, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... paper and transactions at its rail unit were intentional violations of anti-fraud provisions of securities law. Fairfield, Connecticut-based GE said it agreed to the settlement without admitting or denying wrongdoing. Two other accounting ...
• Great beaches in Connecticut
  posted on August 17, 2009 08:00:26 am
  ... suggestions for some great places to lay down your towel, crack open a book and enjoy summer's final weeks. Fun in Fairfield: Not all of Fairfield's beaches are open to non-Fairfield residents, but two are -- Jennings Beach, 880 S. Benson and Beach ...
• MLL semifinals has Fairfield flavor
  posted on August 17, 2009 07:25:11 am
  Ryan McClay didn't come from too far away, but if he needed a guide around his new home of Fairfield, he'd only need to check in with one of his Boston Cannons lacrosse teammates.

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

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• 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 ...

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

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• 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 ...

08/05/09 The Fairfield Briefing by Robo Blogger (Updated)

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• GE says it will produce batteries in Schenectady
  posted on August 06, 2009 07:57:58 am
  ... - will be used in GE's hybrid locomotive and also will be suitable for heavy service vehicles or backup storage. Fairfield, Conn.-based GE sought stimulus money for the plant. The company didn't respond to a Times Union of Albany report that the ...
• Eastern Connecticut: Lisbon Woman Taking The Lead In Fighting MS
  posted on August 06, 2009 06:37:56 am
  ... day with my girl friends and enjoying the atmosphere." Erin Donaldson, who is attending Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, participated in her first Walk MS event earlier this year held at the university. "After I did Walk MS, I decided that I ...
• GE choses Schenectady of $100M plant
  posted on August 06, 2009 06:29:17 am
  ... -- will be used in GE's hybrid locomotive and also will be suitable for heavy service vehicles or backup storage. Fairfield, Conn.-based GE sought stimulus money for the plant. The company didn't respond to a Times Union of Albany report that the ...
• Charges Dropped In Garbage Lunch Case
  posted on August 06, 2009 03:51:59 am
  ... student to eat food from a garbage can in her Bridgeport classroom. The case against Anne O'Donnell, 67, of Fairfield was dropped Tuesday after state prosecutor Donal Collimore told the judge he didn't believe he could prove the case. O'Donnell was ...
• Charges dropped against Connecticut teacher accused of making student eat from garbage can
  posted on August 06, 2009 12:20:00 am
  ... Bridgeport classroom has had criminal charges against her dropped. The case against 67-year-old Anne O'Donnell of Fairfield was dismissed Tuesday after state prosecutor Donal Collimore told the judge he didn't believe he could prove the case. ...
• New manager Willie Upshaw turning Bridgeport Bluefish around
  posted on August 06, 2009 12:00:12 am
  ... Tommy John resigned to pursue interests outside of coaching. John's replacement was a familiar face to the area. Fairfield native, and former Bluefish manager, Willie Upshaw stepped in to take the helm of the squad and things have changed ...
• Southport survey says ...
  posted on August 05, 2009 11:59:56 pm
  ... destroyed by fire in January 2008, Department of Transportation officials asked the Parking Authority of Fairfield to survey its customers to determine which type of amenities they would like to access at the station. And the people have spoken. ...
• Psychedelic Survival
  posted on July 30, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... The Electric Prunes and Love Benefit for community radio station WPKN. 8 p.m., Aug. 6. Quick Center for the Arts , Fairfield University, 1073 N. Benson Rd., Fairfield. $66. (203) 254-4010. One of the great music heroes of the '60s and beyond died ...
• Coleman: Conquering the language barrier
  posted on July 29, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  Last year, Fairfield resident Casey Coleman never thought when she began college that she would graduate last year into the worst economy since the Great Depression.
• $50M payout settles fraud suit
  posted on August 05, 2009 07:54:10 pm
  ... rules beyond the breaking point," said Robert Khuzami, head of the SEC's enforcement division, in a statement. The Fairfield, Conn.-based GE doesn't admit or deny the allegations, but said in a statement that it corrected its financial statements ...
• Connecticut Man Saved During Church
  posted on August 05, 2009 07:39:24 pm
  For parishioners to feel as though they've been saved at church is not uncommon, but for one churchgoer in Fairfield, Connecticut it was a particularly unique experience.
• Ledger
  posted on August 05, 2009 06:56:37 pm
  ... GE maintain a string of earnings that beat Wall Street expectations each quarter from 1995 through 2004. The Fairfield, Conn.-based GE doesn't admit or deny the allegations, but said in a statement that it corrected its financial statements during ...
• Lawmakers Face Hostile Groups At Town Halls
  posted on August 05, 2009 06:33:51 pm
  ... has a similar experience!" I reached the man who wrote this memo by phone. His name is Bob MacGuffie. He lives in Fairfield, Conn., and belongs to the conservative group Tea Party Patriots. He told me he is sick of writing letters to Congress and ...
• High-And-Mighty ESPN Should Take It Down A Notch
  posted on August 05, 2009 06:33:30 pm
  ... arty-pants and start exhibiting a measure of grace. Commentator Frank Deford weighs in from member station WSHU in Fairfield, Conn.
• GE pays $50M to resolve accounting probe
  posted on August 05, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... David Bergers, head of the agency's Boston office. He declined to identify anyone else under review. GE, based in Fairfield, Connecticut, didn't admit or deny wrongdoing. The accord bars GE from violating the antifraud, reporting, record-keeping and ...
• General Electric to pay $50M in SEC settlement
  posted on August 05, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... beyond the breaking point,' said Robert Khuzami, head of the SEC's enforcement division, in a statement. The Fairfield, Conn.-based GE doesn't admit or deny the allegations, but said in a statement that it corrected its financial statements during ...
• GE to pay $50m to settle charges it cooked books
  posted on August 05, 2009 04:33:34 pm
  ... the breaking point,'' said Robert Khuzami, head of the SEC's enforcement division, in a statement. GE, based in Fairfield, Conn., does not admit to or deny the allegations, but said in a statement that it corrected its financial statements during ...
• Improper accounting nets penalty for GE
  posted on August 05, 2009 03:25:59 pm
  ... rules beyond the breaking point," said Robert Khuzami, head of the SEC's enforcement division, in a statement. The Fairfield, Conn.-based GE doesn't admit or deny the allegations, but said in a statement that it corrected its financial statements ...
• GE to pay $50 million to settle SEC case
  posted on August 05, 2009 03:09:36 pm
  ... GE maintain a string of earnings that beat Wall Street expectations each quarter from 1995 through 2004. The Fairfield, Conn.-based GE doesn't admit or deny the allegations, but said that it corrected its financial statements. CAT CEO optimistic ...

08/02/09 The Fairfield Briefing By Robo Blogger (Updated)

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• Recreation baseball: Teams are popping up all across the region
  posted on August 02, 2009 02:23:37 pm
  ... and teams: Tri-County Bulldogs Type of baseball: Year-round league that serves Putnam, Westchester, Dutchess and Fairfield, Conn., counties. There are 90 players representing 35 towns. It is part of the United States Specialty Sports Association and ...
• GE shares up, U.S. lawmaker sees no breakup
  posted on July 30, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... regulatory system, investors and analysts have been concerned that a passage in the proposal could compel the Fairfield, Connecticut-based company to spin off GE Capital. "To break up GE at this point, I think, would be a mistake," U.S. Rep. Barney ...
• Perdicaro signs pro deal
  posted on August 02, 2009 06:21:55 am
  ... their games in U.S. colleges continues to grow. Defenceman Shayne Taker of Surrey has committed to Sacred Heart in Fairfield, Connecticut for the 2010-2011 season. Taker was a rookie with the Caps last season and blossomed into a dependable ...
• Suspect sought in Fairfield propane incident
  posted on August 01, 2009 11:44:16 pm
  ... 4180 Black Rock Turnpike, is just north of the Merritt Parkway at exit 44. The hotel also houses the Barcelona Fairfield restaurant. He said that it was an old tank "with not a square inch of paint" on it. "I'm sure somebody was stuck with it and ...
• Danbury Pembroke Road barber shop is family affair
  posted on August 01, 2009 02:00:45 pm
  ... another customer, has been bringing her son Jonathan, now 11, to Rocco's shop since he was 6 months old. The New Fairfield resident was in the shop last Friday with Jonathan and her youngest son, 18-month-old Joey, to initiate Joey to get his hair ...
• Business Calendar
  posted on August 01, 2009 01:55:18 pm
  ... 1 p.m. in the Meeting Room of the library at 101 W. Putnam Ave., Greenwich. Call 203-622-7924 for information. The Fairfield Chamber of Commerce will hold a Leads Group Meeting from 8 to 9 a.m. in the conference room of the Old Town Hall, 611 Old ...
• Car Clunker program goes clunk
  posted on August 01, 2009 01:53:48 pm
  ... sending in applications. Steven's Ford of Milford and Meriden said it had 19 deals pending and Maritime Motors of Fairfield had more than a dozen interested in the program. Curran said he has 10 people expecting to pick up their new cars and trade ...
• Swim across Sound tests body and souls
  posted on August 01, 2009 01:53:42 pm
  Andy Davis and his fourteen-year-old son Gannon pose for a photograph at Penfield Beach in Fairfield.
• Performers wanted for Summer Sings
  posted on August 01, 2009 06:10:54 am
  Singers wanted: no experience necessary. That's the call from the Fairfield County Chorale, which will kick off its perennially popular "Summer Sings" series on Monday at Trinity Episcopal Church in Fairfield's Southport section.
• GE closing West Chester service center
  posted on July 31, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... it plans to close its service center at 156 Circle Freeway by next April eliminating 94 jobs. The unit of Fairfield, Conn.-based General Electric Co. said with global demand for power generation equipment and repair service down it planned to ...
• GBS' 64th season to open with Joy
  posted on March 06, 2009 04:00:00 pm
  ... with Beethoven's masterpiece: Symphony No. 9 (Choral). Season highlights include the GBS debut of the 15-year-old Fairfield piano prodigy Alexander Beyer; a holiday pops concert that pairs guest conductor Mark Shapiro, the new music director of the ...
• Mea Culpa, Mea Maxima........
  posted on August 01, 2009 04:11:16 am
  ... and charm, but he's really cast completely against type as the movie-quoting DiNozzo. The real actor grew up in Fairfield, Conn. and he's perfect for things like Whit Stillman's 1998 film "The Last Days of Disco" where upper-crust WASPS disport ...
• Bridgeport man reenacts fetish movie in sexual assault of two...
  posted on August 01, 2009 01:29:39 am
  A convicted felon has been charged with kidnapping two Fairfield women at gunpoint and, in a re-enactment of a scene from a fetish movie, forcing them to wear prom dresses and stockings before sexually assaulting them.
• GE Energy to close West Chester center
  posted on July 27, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... educes the number to four from six. GE Aviation, in Evendale, also is a unit of General Electric, headquartered in Fairfield, Conn.
• Sunday Baroque sues Sirius XM for trademark infringement
  posted on July 31, 2009 09:17:23 pm
  ... of recognition, good will and possibly hundreds of thousands of dollars. That's why Suzanne Bona-Hatem, a former Fairfield resident now living in Cincinnati, is suing Sirius XM Radio for allegedly using her Sunday Baroque trademark for their own ...
• Open propane tank found at Fairfield motel
  posted on July 31, 2009 09:16:57 pm
  Police and Fire Department officials are looking for the person who left a large, leaking propane tank at the HiHo Motor Inn Thursday night.
• Sensible Sitters' superb service
  posted on July 31, 2009 08:20:01 pm
  ... were moving to New York; my brothers' friends here were college students, and there were a lot of nice, normal Fairfield County kids with tons of experience moving here. But they didn't know any families. I knew the families that needed sitters." ...

07/27/09 The Raw Darien News Feed

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• Silverman leaving NBC to head multimedia venture
  posted on July 28, 2009 12:30:57 am
  ... ng 20 percent. Shares in New York-based IAC rose 36 cents, or 2 percent, to $18.27 in midday trading Monday, while Fairfield, Conn.-based GE gained 24 cents, or 2 percent, to $12.27. AP Television Writer David Bauder contributed to this story.
• NBC co-chairman Ben Silverman leaving to head new multimedia venture with Diller's IAC
  posted on July 28, 2009 12:26:19 am
  ... ng 20 percent. Shares in New York-based IAC rose 36 cents, or 2 percent, to $18.27 in midday trading Monday, while Fairfield, Conn.-based GE gained 24 cents, or 2 percent, to $12.27. ___ AP Television Writer David Bauder contributed to this story.
• Possible lightning strike starts Fairfield fires
  posted on July 27, 2009 11:30:35 pm
  ... a third of a mile apart. The cause of the incidents is unknown On Sunday July 26, at approximately 10:42 p.m., the Fairfield Fire Department responded to a report of smoke in the basement resulting from a possible lightening strike at 144 Bennett ...
• Vivendi eyes buying rest of NBC Universal: report
  posted on July 27, 2009 04:59:19 pm
  Vivendi, the Paris entertainment and communications major, may be interested in acquiring the 80% of NBC Universal that it doesn't own from General Electric Co., the Fairfield, Conn., industrial and financial-services giant, the New York Post reported.
• Two Danbury Police Explorers earn national recognition
  posted on July 27, 2009 11:44:35 am
  ... 'I hate you,'" McNally said. Not really. In fact, both McNally, 18, of New Milford, and Cardella, 20, of New Fairfield, members of Danbury Police Explorers Post 33, were pretty much where they wanted to be July 12 to 18 -- attending the National Law ...
• Pequot sale boosts local commerce
  posted on July 24, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... set up signs in the window," Watkins said. "The Pequot signs do help and the traffic helps bring people in." The Fairfield Women's Exchange will take advantage of the sidewalk traffic during the sale, according to Ingrid Hawley, a volunteer at the ...
• Swine flu sparks boost in health funds
  posted on July 17, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  The Board of Selectmen on Wednesday afternoon approved an increase in state grant revenues in the amount of $61,839 to cover the cost of Fairfield's continued planning in preparedness for, and response to, pandemic influenza and other public health emergencies.
• Police: Man Struck Officer Twice With Car
  posted on July 27, 2009 10:31:04 am
  A man is accused of hitting a Fairfield officer twice before leading police on a short pursuit and hitting a pedestrian.
• Hot Dog Program
  posted on July 27, 2009 10:21:11 am
  ... CC Stereo TVG This documentary is an all-American celebration of what may be the country's most popular food. From Fairfield, Connecticut, to Los Angeles, California, the program visits some of the nation's coolest hot dog places, taking viewers ...
• Fur flies in Fairfield over deer
  posted on July 26, 2009 12:06:34 pm
  ... the DOT 25. Those two years alone, Rice said, show the correction factor method "doesn't hold up." In 2008, the Fairfield police got 127 calls involving deer, though not all calls are about collisions with deer. That number so far this year is 62. ...
• Former Time magazine publisher Bernhard Bernie Auer dies
  posted on July 26, 2009 10:10:52 am
  Former Time magazine publisher and Jupiter Island resident Bernhard "Bernie" Auer died Friday night in Fairfield, Conn., surrounded by his family.
• Fairfield County Condominium Bonanza: 19 Condominium Lofts To Sell At Auction On August 30th
  posted on July 25, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  On August 30th, Sheldon Good & Company Auctions Northeast, LLC will conduct an auction of 19 residences at Lofts 881, an upscale, modern condominium community situated at 881 Lafayette Boulevard in downtown Bridgeport, Connecticut.Four of the lofts will be sold subject to low minimum bids of $90,000 for a one-bedroom and $110,000 for a two-bedroom ...

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 ...