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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

Westport Stop & Shop Clerk Charged With Stealing $1,132 WESTPORT, Conn. — A Bridgeport woman was arrested Thursday after she was accused of stealing more than $1,132 from Stop & Shop, where she worked, police said. On June 7, security officers at the Post Road store alerted police that one of their customer service associates, Quatiesha Johnson, 24, of Baldwin Street, was suspected of processing fraudulent returns and pocketing the money, police said. Security captured her activity on surveillance video over a period of months, police said. Johnson was taken into custody on a warrant by Bridgeport police and turned over to Westport officers…

by Meredith Guinness

09/26/2016

Neighbors

Vicki Soto Project Supports Stratford Literacy With Free Books, Funds STRATFORD, Conn. — Stratford’s 18 reading teachers were all smiles Friday, as they filled bags with free books and applauded a $20,000 donation from Miss Soto’s Literacy Legacy Project. The project, part of the Vicki Soto Memorial Fund founded in memory of the Newtown teacher who was among the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, collected thousands of books for the donation day. “It means my sister’s life and her legacy get to continue,” said Soto's brother Matt Soto, a college sophomore who is the project’s co director. Stratford Schools Superintendent Janet Robinson s…

by Meredith Guinness

09/26/2016

Lifestyle

Hurry! Penguins At Beardsley Zoo In Bridgeport Depart Soon BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- Don't miss your chance to see four South African penguins, the popular summer guests at Bridgeport's Beardsley Zoo. Tubbs, Sal, South and Squirt will fly the coop at the end of the month. African penguins are one of five critically endangered species the Association of Zoos and Aquariums is highlighting this year as part of its Saving Animals From Extinction, or SAFE, program, according to Gregg Dancho, the zoo’s director. “One of the cornerstones of our zoo is conservation,” Dancho said when Penguin Plaza opened in April. “This is the first time we’ve had penguins here…

by Meredith Guinness

09/24/2016

Police & Fire

Bridgeport Police Release Video In ATM Burglaries BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — The Bridgeport Police Detective Bureau Burglary Squad is asking for assistance in identifying the suspects and vehicle responsible for recent multiple ATM burglaries at Granfield Avenue and other locations throughout the city, police said. Contact Detective David DeFeo at 203-581-5165 with any information.

by Meredith Guinness

09/23/2016

Police & Fire

Westport Police: Man Calls Woman 98 Times In A Day, Gets Arrested WESTPORT, Conn. — A man who was accused of calling a woman 98 times in one day in violation of a protective order was arrested Wednesday, police said. A woman called the Westport Police Department to report she was being harassed by Donato Rinaldi, 40, of Watertown, police said. In addition to the 98 calls she did not answer on Sept. 8, the victim said she received several text messages from Rinaldi on Monday, police said. An order of protection in place barred Rinaldi from contact the with complainant unless the communication was in regard to a business they once shared, but the complaina…

by Meredith Guinness

09/23/2016

Sports

SHU Wrestling Coach Spins To St. Louis To Raise Funds For Fairfield Squad FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Last season, Sacred Heart University wresting head coach Andy Lausier and assistant coach Derek Moore decided to raise money for their team by running all the way from the Fairfield campus to the site of the 2016 NCAA championship — Madison Square Garden in New York City. This year, the finals are in St. Louis, so Lausier, an avid cyclist, picked up is bike and is peddling the 1,116 miles to the Scottrade Center, hoping to raise $100,000 for his squad. Moore has opted to ride with him — in a car — providing water and fixing flats along the way. “It’s just them,” said team…

by Meredith Guinness

09/23/2016

Police & Fire

As Opioid Epidemic Surges, Bridgeport Fire Dept. Gets Critical Donation BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — In 2015, Bridgeport firefighters administered Narcan, the fast-acting opiate-overdose drug, about every other day to people near the brink of death, according to Fire Chief Richard Thode. This year, the number has jumped to once or twice a day, as the heroin and opioid epidemic continues to run rampant across the nation, he said. So it was with great gratitude that Thode accepted a donation of 400 Narcan “overdose kits” from the Greater Bridgeport Area Prevention Program (GBAPP), which presented the kits Thursday morning at Bridgeport Fire Headquarters. “At the end of …

by Meredith Guinness

09/23/2016

Schools

Fairfield Get First Look At New, 'Accessible' Schools Superintendent FAIRFIELD, Conn. — When incoming Fairfield Schools Superintendent Toni Jones decided to look for her new job, she didn’t need to print dozens of updated resumes and fashion reams of cover letters. “This was the only job that I applied for,” the Oklahoma native told about 40 people gathered for a Wednesday meet and greet with the new education chief. “I knew Fairfield was the kind of school district I wanted to be a part of.” Jones will be on the job in Fairfield in early December, after she wraps up a five-year stint as superintendent of schools in Falls Church, Va. Her experience in the be…

by Meredith Guinness

09/23/2016

Business

Teamsters, Legislators Get Peek At Sikorsky's Plan To Stay Put In Stratford STRATFORD, Conn. — Members of Teamsters Local 1150 got their first peek at a plan to keep Sikorsky Aircraft headquarters in Stratford Wednesday, a proposal that could go before a special session of the state legislature as early as Sept. 28. Asked if Sikorsky would leave the state if the plan does not go through, Gov. Dannel Malloy said the plan’s failure is not an option. “It’s gonna go through,” he told those gathered at a press conference outside the massive Main Street plant. “Let’s leave it at that.” On Tuesday, Malloy announced the state has reached an agreement with aerospace giant …

by Meredith Guinness

09/22/2016

Business

'Disney World For Foodies' Opens In Fairfield FAIRFIELD, Conn. — For years now, Fairfield First Selectman Michael Tetreau has had a little secret. When he’d go out for a leisurely weekend coffee, he crossed the town line to visit Garelick & Herbs — in Westport. “It’s one of my Saturday haunts,” he said during the grand opening of Garelick & Herbs' new Southport location Tuesday. “Now I can come here.”  After 23 years at its Post Road flagship, owners Paola and Jason Garelicks decided to build the new Southport shop that doubles their space to nearly 10,000 square feet and allowed them to expand their offerings and build a bak…

by Meredith Guinness

09/22/2016

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