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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

Stratford Professor Handicaps Clinton's Presidential Chances In New Book FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Hillary Clinton has to prove her administration would be tough on the status quo if she hopes to win the presidential election, according to a Fairfield University professor who has just penned a book on the Democratic nominee. “I think one of the core issues … is whether the government can really control institutional financial corruption,” said Sonya Huber, author of “The Evolution of Hillary Rodham Clinton” (Squint Books, 2016). “She’s been here and there on that.” After watching the first night of the Democratic National Convention, Huber, an associate professor of…

by Meredith Guinness

07/27/2016

Police & Fire

Radioactive Device Recovered After It Was Stolen From Car In Bridgeport updated: BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A potentially dangerous radioactive device stolen from a Bridgeport car Monday night was recovered at a city pawn shop and a suspect was in custody Tuesday afternoon, police said. Bridgeport and state police were still on the scene of the unfolding story at 6 p.m., according to Av Harris, Bridgeport's director of communications. Police released a surveillance video and asked for the public’s assistance in finding the man they believed stole the device from a car on Douglas Street Monday night or early Tuesday morning. It is unclear whether a tipster directed po…

by Meredith Guinness

07/26/2016

Police & Fire

Police: Fairfield Grocery Theft, Pursuit Bring Charges For Bridgeport Man FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A Bridgeport man was arrested on a warrant Friday after he stole items from the Villa Avenue Stop & Shop and then eluded officers on a brief chase over the winter, police said. Robert Clark, 60, of William Street, was charged with failure to bring a motor vehicle to a full stop, evading responsibility, failure to drive in the proper lane, operating a vehicle without a license and sixth-degree larceny, police said. At about 1:15 p.m. Jan. 31, police said Williams left the Super Stop & Shop with $47.21 in merchandise he had not purchased. When a loss prevention em…

by Meredith Guinness

07/26/2016

Business

Vinyl Street Café Spins Records Old School Style In Fairfield FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Josh Wright has been a truck driver and a shift supervisor at Starbuck’s and is also trained as a registered nurse. So it might come as a surprise that he’s just opened — a record store? Welcome to Vinyl Street Café, a casual listening lounge tucked away in a shopping center on the Post Road in Fairfield, where young and old are digging the snap, crackle, pop of vintage vinyl. Originally from Utah, Wright started his record-selling business online about two years ago. “I’ve had an interesting life,” said the Fairfield resident. “This started with me clearing out a …

by Meredith Guinness

07/26/2016

Lifestyle

Forager Digs Up Food On 'Eat Your Weeds' Walk In Westport WESTPORT, Conn. — As Hayden Stebbins sees it, the natural world is a fascinating place filled with things to see, hear — and eat. “My mission is to show people the world around them,” said the ethnobiologist and forager. “Once you learn about one plant, it’s one shade of green. And there are many more out there.” Stebbins stopped by the Westport Public Library recently to lead “Eat Your Weeds,” an informative hour-long stroll along the town’s picturesque Riverwalk that drew dozens of aspiring backyard botanists. Along the way, he explained to families that many of the so-called weeds that…

by Meredith Guinness

07/26/2016

Police & Fire

Fairfield Man, 53, Charged In Domestic Dispute FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A Fairfield man was arrested Friday after he got into a fight with his girlfriend and pushed her 17-year-old son, police said. Antonio Velez, 53, was arguing with his girlfriend and her son called for help, police said. Police at the scene said Velez yelled at both the woman and her son and was confrontational with officers. Officers had been at the home twice the day before and the victim told police that Velez had choked her because she wanted to leave the residence, police said. Velez was charged with disorderly conduct and held on $2,500, police said. He was …

by Meredith Guinness

07/26/2016

Police & Fire

Cops: Drunken Driver Nearly Slammed Into Fairfield Police Cruiser FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A Bridgeport man was arrested in Fairfield early Monday after he swerved his car on the Post Road, nearly hitting a police cruiser head on, police said. Alexander Thompson, 25, of Brewster Street, was driving east shortly after midnight when he swerved out of his lane and into the westbound lane near Ruane Street, police said. The cruiser turned around and stopped Thompson close to the traffic circle, police said. Thompson submitted to a breathalyzer test, blowing a .2364, almost three times the legal limit, police said. He was charged with operating a motor vehicle und…

by Meredith Guinness

07/25/2016

Police & Fire

Police: Knife-Carrying Senior Citizen Confronts Man On Fairfield Beach FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A man walking on Jennings Beach on Friday afternoon was confronted by an elderly, knife-carrying man known to lifeguards and beachgoers as an argumentative troublemaker who has been involved in other incidents over the last few years, police said. The victim was walking along the shore when he noticed a man, known to some as “Jerry,” keeping pace with him, police said. “Jerry” approached him, saying he had been looking for the victim for three years because the victim once said something derogatory to him, police said. “Jerry” then took a knife out of his pocket, sayin…

by Meredith Guinness

07/25/2016

Schools

Summer Program At Fairfield's SHU Making A Splash With Kids FAIRFIELD, Conn. — There are four things Jermaine Culler likes about summer. “Football, swimming, basketball and swimming,” he said as he stood, dripping wet, at the edge of the shore at Bridgeport’s Seaside Park. His answer — and his fixation on swimming — might have been very different a few years ago before he joined Horizons, a free academic summer enrichment program run by Sacred Heart University in Fairfield. In addition to spending each morning in fun hands-on learning sessions, the 120 Bridgeport students — in kindergarten through fifth grade — spend a half-hour each day in a po…

by Meredith Guinness

07/25/2016

Lifestyle

Tiny 'Star Wars' Fans Swing Lightsabers At Jedi Academy In Fairfield FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Pint-size padawans worked on their cool new light saber skills Wednesday at Jedi Academy, a one-day “Star Wars” fantasy program held at the Fairfield Public Library. “Some of you are already advanced Jedi, I see,” Sensei Morgan Ewing told the group of 20 kids in kindergarten through fifth grade gathered before him. “That’s good because we’re going to be dueling in the end.” “Oh yeah!” said one young apprentice, holding his light saber aloft. Some of the children, like 5-year-old Miller Cooley of Fairfield, came decked out in full stormtrooper regalia. “He’s been com…

by Meredith Guinness

07/25/2016

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