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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.

Meredith Guinness's Contributions

Politics

Fairfield Letter: Tetreau Endorses Georgiadis FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- The Daily Voice accepts signed, original letters to the editor. Please send your letter to fairfield@dailyvoice.com. To the editor: I am very pleased and honored to endorse Dru Georgiadis for State Representative in the 132nd District. What happens at the state level directly affects Fairfield in many ways. It is therefore critical that we have a strong and effective leader like Dru up in Hartford asking the tough questions and fighting to get the best results for our town. A long-time resident and active member of our community, Dru has the experience and determinat…

by Michael Tetreau

10/20/2016

Politics

Fairfield Letter: Kupchick's A 'Fierce Advocate' For Our Children FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- The Daily Voice accepts signed, original letters to the editor. Please send your letter to fairfield@dailyvoice.com. To the Editor: I write in full support of State Representative Brenda Kupchick for reelection to the 132nd District seat. As a parent of three daughters who have attended Fairfield Public Schools, I have come to count on Brenda as a fierce advocate for our children at the State Capitol. I first met Brenda when she was a Board of Education member and grew to admire her as she consistently did what was best for all Fairfield students, and as a parent of a …

by Kathy Finlaw

10/20/2016

Politics

Fairfield Letter: Hwang Listens To Constituents FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- The Daily Voice accepts signed, original letters to the editor. Please send your letter to fairfield@dailyvoice.com. To the Editor: This past August I attended the Forum on Insurance Rate Increases that Tony Hwang sponsored. Tony’s command of the issues and his understanding of the intricacies of this challenging health insurance environment are impressive. He truly listened to what people had to say. His honest discussion of what is broken and ideas about how to fix it were inspiring. Again Tony shows us, he is not just giving lip service to what’s important to his …

by Laurie Sappern Gaugler

10/20/2016

Police & Fire

Fairfield Police Seek Help In Knifepoint Robbery FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Police are seeking the public’s help in finding a man who held up a clerk at knifepoint at the 7-Eleven on Reef Road shortly before 11:30 p.m. Wednesday. The suspect entered the store and threatened the clerk with a knife before leaving with an undisclosed amount of cash, police said. The clerk was not injured and called police about five minutes after the incident. Police responded and deployed a K-9 with negative results, police said. The suspect is described as a male wearing a skull mask, gloves, a striped hoodie and jeans, police said. The incident was captured on s…

by Meredith Guinness

10/20/2016

Business

Popular Stratford Deli Moves Across Town, Fans Follow STRATFORD, Conn. — When Milanno Ukehaxhaj arrived in New York City from Kosovo in 1991, it was a Sunday afternoon and he headed straight for the Italian food mecca that is Arthur Avenue in the Bronx, N.Y. By Monday, he was back there again — because he already had a job and, it turns out, a future business partner. “I met him the first day I came in this country,” Ukehaxhaj said, wrapping an arm around Getano Catalano on Wednesday. “We used to work on Arthur Avenue together.” It was there that the pair hatched a plan to open their own business, bringing a taste of Italy up the shore to Str…

by Meredith Guinness

10/20/2016

Neighbors

Florist Makes Happiness Bloom In Stratford With Petal It Forward Bouquets TRUMBULL, Conn. — At first, Zoeli Farkas was a little skeptical of the smiling woman who was trying to place two bouquets of flowers into his hands outside a Quality Street storefront Wednesday morning. “What’s it going to cost me?” the Fairfield man asked. The answer? Nothing. As part of Pay It Forward week, staff and volunteers from City Line Florist stationed themselves in well-traveled areas across the region, handing out free bouquets as part of their “Petal It Forward” program. Nicole Palazzo, who owns the Trumbull florist shop with her mom, Susan, said they expected to hand out mor…

by Meredith Guinness

10/20/2016

Politics

Fairfield Letter: Kupchick's 'No-Nonsense, Straight-Talking Woman' FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- The Daily Voice accepts signed, original letters to the editor. Please send your letter to fairfield@dailyvoice.com. To the editor: State Rep. Brenda Kupchick always works hard to listen and learn from the people of her hometown through email newsletters, town hall meetings, and most importantly, by being the legislator on our corner. Brenda works to solve problems and is always fighting for common sense solutions. Brenda is a no-nonsense, straight-talking woman who is passionate about public service. Those of us who know Brenda know she works hard to reshape how our …

by Sarah Ellis

10/19/2016

Politics

Fairfield Letter: 'Donald Trump Is Our Last Chance' FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- The Daily Voice accepts signed, original letters to the editor. Please send your letter to fairfield@dailyvoice.com. To the Editor: I feel like Miles in the "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" movie, running through speeding traffic, tossed against car windshields, desperate to warn anyone who will listen: “They’re already here, you’re next.” Things may look the same, but quietly and imperceptibly our freedoms, our security, our cultural and educational integrity and our sovereignty have been drained away. We have become powerless servants of government, media, co…

by Ellen Jacob

10/19/2016

Politics

Westport Letter: Steinberg, Hwang Show Bipartisan Concern For Environment WESTPORT, Conn. -- The Daily Voice accepts signed, original letters to the editor. Please send your letter to westport@dailyvoice.com. To the Editor: State Rep. Jonathan Steinberg and state Sen. Tony Hwang represent the very best examples of true bipartisan leadership on the environment. Both lawmakers have been exceptionally strong voices for the environmental values of their constituents. Both were leading proponents for passage of the Long Island Sound Blue Plan and for preventing “fracking” waste from entering Connecticut. Most recently, both worked tirelessly this year for a consti…

by Lori Brown

10/19/2016

Police & Fire

Spare Keys, $400 Stolen In Dinnertime Theft In Fairfield FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A woman dining at a Commerce Drive restaurant in Fairfield Sunday came out to find her car window smashed and spare keys to a Volvo, a Porsche and a BMW and $400 in cash stolen, police said. The woman had parked and locked her Volvo SUV outside Little Goose and reported the incident around 8 p.m., police said. Also stolen were a hobo purse and wallet, each valued at $20, and various credit cards, police said.

by Meredith Guinness

10/19/2016

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