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Meredith Guinness

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mguinness@dailyvoice.com

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Meredith Guinness was formerly a Daily Voice reporter covering breaking news and community features in Fairfield County.

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Police & Fire

Fairfield Police: Woman Attempts To Steal $700 In Goods From Stop & Shop FAIRFIELD, Conn — A 26-year-old woman faces a larceny charge after she left the Villa Avenue Stop & Shop in Fairfield Saturday without paying for nearly $700 worth of goods packed into reusable shopping bags, police said. Shortly before 7 p.m., the store’s loss prevention officer saw Jennifer Kellner, of Barnum Avenue, Bridgeport, putting items in the bags she took from a stand in the store, police said. After she left the store with the bags in a shopping cart and other goods concealed in her purse, she as stopped and charged with fifth-degree larceny, police said. She was released on…

by Meredith Guinness

02/21/2017

Police & Fire

Fairfield Cops: Routine Traffic Stop Turns Up Multiple Baggies Of Cocaine FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Two men face felony drug charges after a routine traffic stop in Fairfield on Feb. 17 revealed several baggies of cocaine under the hood of the Hyundai they were riding in, police said. An officer stopped the car for a tinted window violation around 1:55 a.m. on Carter Henry Drive near the Post Road, police said. A check by a narcotics K-9 indicated drugs in the car and officers found 11 mini zip baggies of cocaine in the fuse box underneath the hood, police said. The driver, Gordon Cote, 45, of High Park Road, Stratford, was charged with possession of narcotics with in…

by Meredith Guinness

02/21/2017

Police & Fire

Women Fight With Restaurant Manager, Police At Girl's Cancer Fundraiser FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Two women were arrested Sunday after they struck a Crave Restaurant manager who asked them to be quiet during a fundraiser for a young girl with Stage 4 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, police said. Tanisha Duncan, 22, of Whitney Street, Bridgeport, and Erika Hernandez, 23, of Pioneer Court, Fairfield, were both charged with breach of peace and interfering with an officer during the 8:50 p.m. incident at the Sanford Street restaurant, police said. The restaurant manager told police he was going around the restaurant asking everyone to be quiet while a relative of the young girl was tr…

by Meredith Guinness

02/21/2017

Police & Fire

One Teen Arrested, Another Escapes After Crashing Stolen Car In Fairfield FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A Bronx teen was arrested for stealing a car while his friend crashed a second stolen car near the Fairfield Metro station and escaped, possibly boarding a passing train early Tuesday, police said. A sergeant patrolling Kings Highway shortly after 3 a.m. noticed a young man urinating next to a car parked at the Cumberland Farms, police said. When questioned, the teen seemed fidgety and nervous, so the officer checked on the car, a 2009 Infinity, which had been reported stolen out of Greenwich, police said. At the same time, a second car sped out of the parking lot with i…

by Meredith Guinness

02/21/2017

Business

Stratford Quartet Finds Pub Grub Popularity In Milford STRATFORD, Conn. — Dan Rizzo has a mind for marketing. Chris Hey has years of experience in finance. Brian Kearney is a seasoned bartender and manager. And Dan Kardos makes award-winning pub grub. Add these four talented Stratford residents together and what do you get? Liberty Rock Tavern, the popular eatery they opened just over the Milford border in Devon in October. “It’s a good mix with the four of us,” said Hey. “It was a unique opportunity.” Hey started his journey from keeping books to opening bars last year when two friends asked him to help develop a plan to take over the former …

by Meredith Guinness

02/21/2017

Politics

Bridgeport Abandons Plan To Move Latimer Statue From Government Center BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A likeness of one of Bridgeport’s most legendary citizens is staying put outside the Margaret Morton Government Center. So says Mayor Joe Ganim, whose administration had considered moving the prominent statue of African-American inventor Lewis Latimer to a spot outside the University of Bridgeport because the artwork was paid for with funds meant for street improvements in the South End. But after facing some criticism from city leaders and the sculptor, who said a move might risk damage to the statue, the mayor has decided to leave Latimer alone. “Lewis Latimer is a si…

by Meredith Guinness

02/17/2017

Business

Stratford Entrepreneur Says Yes To The Dresses At The Savvy Bride Shop STRATFORD, Conn. — Erica La Ferlita enjoyed the hustle and bustle of working at The Gap for 19 years, but she’s finding some secret perks to owning her own business, the recently opened The Savvy Bride in Stratford. “I just sit here and I look at all the beautiful dresses,” she said, relaxing at her desk in the center of the Paradise Green shop’s showroom. “I’m just in awe at the beauty of them.” And there’s more to those satiny stunners than just beauty: All of La Ferlita’s wares are discontinued sample gowns, so she can sell them at a fraction of their original prices. The idea is simple…

by Meredith Guinness

02/17/2017

Neighbors

Skating On Sherman Green Still Needs Volunteer Helpers In Fairfield FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Volunteers are still needed to staff the first-ever Skating on Sherman Green, a three-day event sure to turn the center of Fairfield into a picture print by Currier & Ives. The event will take place from Feb. 24 through 26 on a 40 foot-by-80 foot synthetic ice rink stretching from the Post Road to the gazebo in the center of the green, said Al DiGuido, owner of Saugatuck Sweets, who is organizing the fundraiser. “It’s actually plastic, but you get 90 percent of the friction you get on regular ice,” he said. While adult volunteers have been signing up for the event, …

by Meredith Guinness

02/17/2017

Business

Jump Shot Range Helps Players Learn To Take It To The Hoop In Stratford STRATFORD, Conn. — If there’s one thing Patrick Parker knows it’s that practice makes perfect. He sees it every day at Jump Shot Range, a basketball skill-building facility he and some friends opened on Access Road in Stratford in November. The idea came to him when his 13-year-old daughter told him she wanted to play basketball, but she didn’t know how to shoot. “She needed a lot of reps to get good,” said the Milford resident, who by day is an attorney for a Stamford financial services company. “I thought, there are a lot of kids out there who could use an accelerated program.” Unlike gy…

by Meredith Guinness

02/16/2017

Neighbors

Home Is Where The Heart Is For 90-Year-Old Habitat Volunteer From Shelton BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Betty McPherson loves volunteering at Habitat for Humanity so much, she even showed up recently on her birthday — her 90th birthday. McPherson, who has volunteered at the Coastal Fairfield County offices for nearly 30 years, is matter-of-fact when asked why she continues her service to others into her 10th decade. “It keeps me young,” she said. “It keeps me going. It makes my day.” The longtime Shelton resident was inspired to join the cause in the 1980s, when Millard Fuller, the organization’s founder, spoke at McPherson’s congregation, First Presbyterian Church of Fai…

by Meredith Guinness

02/15/2017

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