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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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Business

Seasoned Restaurateur Offers Up Clean Cuisine In Fairfield FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Chef Gino Riccio may have created the popular Quattro Pazzi, but there’s nothing crazy about his latest restaurant venture. Riccio, who has gained a reputation as one of the “four crazies” behind Quattro Pazzi in Fairfield and Stamford, said his new Organika Kitchen of Fairfield was born of customers’ desire to choose from a cleaner menu. “My wife has been a vegetarian for 30 years, and we always wanted to do something for us and also for the neighbors,” said the Italian-born restaurateur. Organika Kitchen, which held its official ribbon-cutting this week, features a pla…

by Meredith Guinness

09/07/2016

Police & Fire

Bridgeport Police Officer Suspended After Arrests In Bridgeport, Fairfield BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A Bridgeport police officer was arrested and placed on administrative suspension Monday morning after he punched a man in Fairfield and struck a fire hydrant in Bridgeport while driving while impaired, police said Tuesday. Police said Officer Omar Jimenez, 33, of Fairfield Avenue, Bridgeport, got into a physical altercation with the victim, a friend, around 7 a.m. at Fairfield Circle Inn, the Post Road motor inn where the victim was staying. Jimenez punched the man in the eye and then got into a car driven by a woman, police said. The woman drove Jimenez back to his ca…

by Meredith Guinness

09/06/2016

Business

Fairfield Nutritionist Brews Up Tea Shop In Stratford STRATFORD, Conn. — Kasia Lindeberg has a passion for tea. But the Polish-born Fairfield resident didn’t know what to do with it until she was advising a customer on herbal remedies at Nature’s Way Health Foods of Stratford, where she’d worked for 19 years. Seeing Lindeberg’s excitement and energy, the customer, Margi Montanero, suggested she open a tea shop. “I didn’t even realize I had the dream in me because it was small, but she said, ‘Why not, honey?’” said Lindeberg with a big grin. Thus was born Open Door Tea, which will open its doors on Paradise Green on Tuesday, Sept. 6. Lindebe…

by Meredith Guinness

09/06/2016

Schools

Rabbi Who Grew Up With Pope Francis Dedicates New Dorm At Sacred Heart U FAIRFIELD, Conn. — When Rabbi Abraham Skorka, a close friend of Pope Francis since childhood, was asked to help dedicate the new Sacred Heart University residence hall named for the pontiff, he asked his old friend for a little advice on what to say. “How strange it could have been 30 years ago the fact that the rabbi is representing the holy father,” the pope told the Argentinian rabbi and biophysicist in an email. But Skorka said that naming the new sophomore dorm Jorge Bergoglio Hall — after Pope Francis’ birth name — is a fitting tribute to the pope as both he and universities are cham…

by Meredith Guinness

09/05/2016

Lifestyle

Beardsley Zoo Cooking Up New Kitchen For Animal Meals BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Workers at the Beardsley Zoo broke ground on a new animal commissary Wednesday, replacing a circa-1950s kitchen with an open plan that will give visitors a bird’s-eye view as staffers whip up meals for hungry zoo denizens. “Animal care is one of the top cornerstones of what we do with our animals,” said Zoo Executive Director Gregg Dancho, who noted the new addition includes a large picture window. “Guests can come by and actually see the diets being prepared.” The 1,200-square-foot facility, which will cost about $500,000, was approved during the Bill Finch administrati…

by Meredith Guinness

09/05/2016

Business

Science, Nature Converge At New Whole-Body Health Center In Fairfield FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Breiner Whole-Body Health Center officially opened its doors in Fairfield on Tuesday, bringing cutting-edge therapies and a holistic approach to assessing and treating a range of maladies. Providing everything from dentistry and acupuncture to neurofeedback and the state’s only hyperbaric chamber outside a hospital, the father-son team of Mark and Adam Breiner welcome patients with a variety of concerns, including autism, diabetes, Lyme disease, cerebral palsy and sports injuries. “We really assembled one of the most cutting-edge clinics in the country,” said Dr. Adam Bre…

by Meredith Guinness

09/02/2016

Lifestyle

Black Rock Farmers Market Serves Up Annual Hootenanny In Bridgeport BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- Don't forget to visit the Black Rock Farmers Market, the best one in Fairfield County according to the DVlicious poll! It's open Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. through Oct. 15 on St. Ann's Field, 481 Brewster Street, Bridgeport. And you're invited to an old-fashioned hootenanny to celebrate the end of the harvest at 1 p.m. on Oct. 29. Find more information here.

by Meredith Guinness

09/02/2016

Schools

It's Back -To-School Time Across Fairfield FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Fairfield Prep football players headed to the practice field after the first day of school Thursday. At nearby Roger Ludlowe Middle School, buses waited to pull out of the parking lot. Fairfield was one of several local communities welcoming students back to school before the Labor Day holiday weekend.

by Meredith Guinness

09/01/2016

Police & Fire

Ganim: Not Guilty Verdict Possible Trigger Of Gun Violence In Bridgeport BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A recent not guilty verdict in the case of a shooting at Trumbull Gardens Apartments that left one dead and eight injured last summer may have triggered the rash of shootings across the city in recent weeks, according to Mayor Joe Ganim. Speaking after an appearance at the Beardsley Zoo on Wednesday, Ganim said that Police Chief AJ Perez believes the verdict handed down July 21 may have stoked “rivalries” among different factions. But Ganim stopped short of calling the incidents gang related. Ganim said the city is “amping up” police presence at city housing complexes, i…

by Meredith Guinness

08/31/2016

Business

Westport Mom Gets In The Groove With Hip Kids Store WESTPORT, Conn. — Anyone stopping by Groove in Westport for a little back-to-school shopping Tuesday was met with a bit of surprise — locked doors. Owner Corri Neckritz moved her hot kids’ clothing and gifts shop to a much more spacious storefront a few doors down on Post Road West. “I kind of wanted to spring it on people,” Neckritz said. “I kind of kept it hush.” There’s nothing hush about the business the Westport mom of three has created, though. She started back in 2007, when she found herself frustrated by the selection of clothing she could find for her own children. She wanted som…

by Meredith Guinness

08/31/2016

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