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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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Neighbors

Weston Historical Society Puts Human Face On World War II With New Exhibit WESTON, Conn. — Bayard Dodge Jr. was a promising student at Deerfield Academy headed for Princeton University in the spring of 1944. But by November of that year, the 20-year old — then-Private First Class Dodge — found himself leading a group of men up a hill in the south of France. “Bang, he was shot. And that was the end of him,” said Reg Bowden, shaking his head at the sad memory. Dodge’s is one of hundreds of stories collected by the Weston Historical Society for “Memories of World War II,” a fascinating exhibition running now through April 1 at the Weston Road site. “This is a very …

by Meredith Guinness

01/14/2017

Police & Fire

Two Teens Arrested In Sweet 16 Shooting That Left Six Wounded In Bridgeport BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Bridgeport police have arrested two youths in connection with a November shooting in which six people were injured at a Sweet 16 party at a Park Avenue club. Police were called to Club Sportivo at about 10:45 p.m. Nov. 12, after the party hosts began charging admission to an “after party” and a fight erupted with gunfire outside the club, police said. Based on an investigation, police arrested a 15-year-old boy on Jan. 9, charging him with criminal attempt at first-degree assault, carrying a pistol without a permit, unlawful discharge of firearms, first-degree reckless e…

by Meredith Guinness

01/13/2017

Police & Fire

Drugs, Guns Seized In Raid On Bridgeport 'Drug Factory' BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — State and Bridgeport officers raided a Beechwood Avenue “drug factory” Thursday, arresting one man and seizing cocaine, marijuana, a liquid opioid, handguns, sawed-off shotguns and nearly $15,000 in cash, police said Friday. The raid on two apartments in the three-family house was the conclusion of an on-going investigation by Bridgeport police and the Statewide Urban Violence Cooperative Crime Control Task Force, assisted by the Statewide Narcotics Unit. Carlos Fontanez, 25, who lived in the second-floor apartment, was charged with possession of narcotics with intent to…

by Meredith Guinness

01/13/2017

Lifestyle

Check Out The Changes At The Renovated Weston Public Library WESTON, Conn. — Weston Public Library was built in 1963 and, up until a few months ago, it looked it. The stacks were a little too high to allow light to shine throughout the rooms. Electric outlets weren’t properly placed for the modern technology that today’s patrons use for research and entertainment. And then there was the little matter of the asbestos. But all that’s changed, due to an extensive renovation project more than two years in the making. “It’s a great space,” said Karen Tatarka, library director for the past six years. “We’re really pleased with the way it turned out.” Ch…

by Meredith Guinness

01/13/2017

Schools

Fairfield Country Day Students Visit With State Sen. Hwang FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Fairfield County Day School students got a peek behind the scenes at the State Capitol on Thursday, when state Sen. Tony Hwang welcomed them to the historic Senate Chamber. Hwang thanked the school’s teachers and administrators for scheduled the tour of the complex and urged students to continue to take an interest in their state government. Hwang represents Fairfield, Easton, Newtown, Westport and Weston.

by Meredith Guinness

01/13/2017

Business

Stratford's OSM Stat Opens New After-Hour Office In Westport WESTPORT, Conn. — Parents across Fairfield County know the drill all to well. It’s 5:30 p.m. and your daughter’s coach calls to tell you she fell at soccer practice and may have a broken wrist. The doctor’s office is closed, so it’s off to the emergency room to wait — and wait — and wait. Not anymore, says the staff at OSM Stat, a new location of the Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Center that opened its doors in Westport on Tuesday. This innovative orthopaedic urgent care facility will offer both regular visits and crucial after-hours walk-in care for just such emergencies. “Athletes don…

by Meredith Guinness

01/12/2017

Business

Peaches & Bacon Pie? Check Out Milano Of Bridgeport BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Working for a food distribution company, Freddy Tomaj often passed the burgeoning little Fairfield Avenue strip of shops and restaurants known as Bijou Square. Having worked at pizzerias through high school and college, he took an interest in Two Boots, the New Orleans/Italian eatery that specialized in unusual pies. When the Newtown resident noticed that establishment abruptly shuttered last March, he started to pine for the old days making pizzas. “The itch came back — and the opportunity came up,” said Tomaj. Welcome to Milano Wine Bar & Pizzeria, his family-fri…

by Meredith Guinness

01/11/2017

Business

Stratford Brothers Have All The Right Moves At Fairfield Dance Studio FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Paul Herman might not remember his first dance performance, but his mother certainly does. “My mom told me she was trying to change my diaper and I was dancing — to Michael Jackson,” he said with a wide grin. “To ‘Beat It.’” And more than 30 years later, he’s still dancing — only now it’s at Double Up Dance Studio, the Fairfield facility he opened Sunday with his brother, Brian. The pair started dancing together as kids growing up in the South Bronx. They had their first true performance in the backyard of their grandmother’s Teller Avenue home. “It was just a love and …

by Meredith Guinness

01/11/2017

Police & Fire

Cops: Stolen Fairfield Car Turns Up As Police Chase Auto Taken In Westport FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Waterbury police officers who were pursuing a car stolen in Westport happened upon a car that had been taken in Fairfield early Friday morning, police said. An Arbor Terrace woman reported the black 2016 Infiniti QX60, missing on Friday morning, police said. She told Fairfield officers she had left it unlocked with the keys inside outside her home the night before, police said. But it turned out the car had already been recovered in Waterbury before she even reported it missing, police said. Waterbury police found the Infiniti — with broken front and rear axles — while t…

by Meredith Guinness

01/10/2017

Police & Fire

Fairfield Cops: Trumbull Man Harasses Ex, Held On $100,000 Bond FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A Trumbull man who spent 15 months in prison for assaulting his ex-girlfriend was held on $100,000 bond because he repeatedly contacted her after his recent release, Fairfield police said Monday. Gregg Gerathy, 56, of Wheeler Drive, sent texts to the woman last month, in violation of a criminal restraining order against him, police said. The victim’s attorney went to the Fairfield Police headquarters on Dec. 12, seeking a full criminal protective order against Gerathy, police said. He showed officers the texts that Gerathy, who has a lengthy criminal record, sent to the v…

by Meredith Guinness

01/10/2017

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