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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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Politics

Former Congressman's Letter: Hwang Respected Across Connecticut FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- The Daily Voice accepts signed, original letters to the editor. Please send your letter to fairfield@dailyvoice.com. To the editor: There is no one in the Connecticut Legislature who works harder for his district than State Sen. Tony Hwang. What some in his sprawling district (including Easton, Fairfield, Newtown, Weston, and Westport) may not be fully aware of is the growing respect he has throughout the state for his strong and sensible leadership on such issues as fiscal accountability, job creation, education, and transportation. Having worked with …

by Bob Steele

10/06/2016

Business

Small Plates Make Big Splash In Bridgeport's Black Rock BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — When the lease was up on the popular SoNo Brewhouse in Norwalk, Lou Montanari, who had run the business for about 20 years with his brother Bob, took his time finding a new location, eventually winding up in Bridgeport. In fact, Montanari and his wife, Jennifer, spend about a year looking for the perfect spot. Then the Norwalk couple found the Black Rock section of Bridgeport. “We were looking for a neighborhood,” Jennifer Montanari said. “We decided this was the place.” On Tuesday, the couple and their children, Michael and Mia, officially cut the ribbon on Hub and Spo…

by Meredith Guinness

10/06/2016

Politics

Sens. Blumenthal, Murphy Tout New Gun Reforms Tied To Domestic Violence Law FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Connecticut’s two senators were in town Wednesday, applauding a new state gun control law targeting domestic abusers and calling for similar measures at the federal level. “The reality is every 16 hours in this country a women is shot and killed by her husband or boyfriend. And it only happens here (in the United States) …in the industrialized world.” U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., told about 40 people gathered for a Domestic Violence Awareness Month discussion at the Fairfield Police Department. A state law went into effect this month that requires individuals to give …

by Meredith Guinness

10/06/2016

Neighbors

Stratford Gathers For Vigil To Pull Back Curtain On Domestic Violence STRATFORD, Conn. — Every nine seconds a bell’s ring cut through the chill air outside Stratford Town Hall on Tuesday evening. As the sun set, Deb Greenwood, president of the Center for Family Justice, said the constant ringing was meant to remind those gathered on the lawn that every nine seconds someone becomes a victim of domestic violence. “It’s supposed to be annoying,” she said, referring the bell ringing. The bell ringing marked the somber event, one of six vigils the Bridgeport-based center is holding to mark Domestic Violence Awareness Month. One was held in Easton on Monday and …

by Meredith Guinness

10/06/2016

Politics

Fairfield Letter: Neuberger Will Get Connecticut Back On Track FAIRFIELD, Conn. — The Daily Voice accepts signed, original letters to the editor. Please send your letter to fairfield@dailyvoice.com. To the Editor: Despite the constant negative news, Connecticut does still have a lot going for it, but we continue to neglect our transportation issues. You do not have to be a commuter to realize we have some serious congestion issues. The Democrats in Hartford, led by Gov. Dannell Malloy, just don’t seem to get it. Cristin McCarthy Vahey has voted to fund the last two budgets with record-high tax increases. Although she claims she voted against the bud…

by Nick Aysseh

10/05/2016

Police & Fire

Police Arrest Newtown Man In Westport On Heroin Charges WESTPORT, Conn. — A Newtown man wanted on a warrant by Newtown police was arrested in Westport on Monday when officers found him in possession of 3.1 grams of heroin, police said. Around 6:45 p.m., officers responded to the area of Sylvan Road South to find Christopher Evans, 31, of Rock Ridge Road, who was wanted on an active warrant for larceny, police said. Westport officers stopped a car in which Evans was a passenger and found 10 small folds of suspected heroin in his wallet, police said. He was charged with possession of narcotics and released to the custody of Newtown Police, police…

by Meredith Guinness

10/05/2016

Lifestyle

Bridgeport Sees Snow As Film Crew Preps For Holiday Movie BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- Fall may just have begun but at McLevy Green in Bridgeport, it's looking a lot like Christmas. That's because, according to the Connecticut Post, a TV movie “Love in the Newsroom” is being filmed at the site. It stars Dean Cain of “Lois & Clark” fame, Westport resident Melissa Joan Hart, known for her role as "Sabrina the Teenage Witch," and Jackee Harry, who was involved in sitcoms like “227” and “Sister, Sister." Scenes were also filmed in Stamford and Fairfield, according to the article. In Bridgeport, the areas used for scenes — which were draped…

by Daily Voice

10/05/2016

Business

Owners Like To Change It Up At Monroe Marketplace MONROE, Conn. — Visit The Marketplace on Main two months in a row and you’re likely to think you’ve walked into a completely new shop. And that’s exactly how owners Denise Houghton and Kate Hinrichsen like it. “We’re open a handful of days and a weekend and then we come in and completely redecorate it for the next month,” said Houghton, who, like Hinrichsen, is from Trumbull. “We never wanted to set it up like a crowded antique shop.”  Instead, visitors find a space that speaks to the co-owners’ strengths. Hinrichsen, who runs The Lyon’s Lair Antiques from her home, provides the funky col…

by Meredith Guinness

10/05/2016

Police & Fire

Westport Police: Repeat Offender Threatened Cop Again WESTPORT, Conn. — A man arrested for threatening an officer at police headquarters in August was arrested again Saturday after police said he left a threatening message about the officer on his Facebook page. On Sept. 10, a Westport Library patron told officers he found the message on a computer screen when he tried to log onto Facebook on a public computer and saw that Lawrence Kozar, 58, of Jesup Road, had not logged out of his account, police said. The patron told officers he noticed the threatening post, which warned a Westport officer would be “buried alive by Kozar,” police said. Ko…

by Meredith Guinness

10/04/2016

Politics

Fairfield Letter: Hwang's No Ordinary Politician FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- The Fairfield Daily Voice accepts signed, original letters to the editor. Please send your letter to fairfield@dailyvoice.com To the Editor: I've always lumped all political candidates under one ugly umbrella as mean, name calling, finger pointing mud-slingers until I had the fortunate experience of working closely with Tony Hwang on his last election campaign. What I especially appreciated, that while everyone embraced the negative mode, Tony maintained and successfully ran a clean, issue focused campaign, never bowing to the level of his adversaries and naysayers. My…

by Stephanie Pinto Johnson

10/04/2016

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