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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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Brewport Taps Into Bridgeport's Rich Brewing History BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Area beer lovers will be able to take a step back in time later this month when Brewport opens its doors, offering up a sudsy slice of Bridgeport’s brewing history. Master brewer Jeff Browning, most recently of BAR in New Haven, will be cooking up some of his own creations, as well as brews taken directly from journals recorded by a top Bridgeport brewer from 1902 through Prohibition. “We will be bringing back authentic recipes,” the Hamden resident said. “It’s going to be fun.” Nestled right smack in the middle of the Route 8 loop on Frontage Road, Brewport couldn’t…

by Meredith Guinness

07/08/2016

Lifestyle

Bringing Back Old-World Traditions In Westport, One Raviolo At A Time WESTPORT, Conn. — When Angelina Tenaglia was a teenager, she worked at her father’s Spadoni’s Macaroni Shop in Stamford, learning the deceptively simple and deeply satisfying art of pasta-making from a master. And Westporters will be happy to know she passed her secrets on to her grandsons, who recently opened Grana Pastificio, a new fresh pasta shop conveniently located steps from the train station on Railroad Place. “We learned at a very young age,” said Enivaldo Jimenez, who owns the shop with his brother, Thomas Tenaglia. “It was never a big ordeal. If we were having pasta, we made it…

by Meredith Guinness

07/07/2016

Lifestyle

Bridgeport Unveils New Tech-Savvy Parking Meters Downtown BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — It may seem like a trivial problem, but finding and paying for parking in Bridgeport can be a royal pain for those visiting the city's courthouse or stopping for dinner at a downtown restaurant. The current parking meters are cash-only and require a driver to keep an eye on the clock or risk a ticket. “Quarters,” said Mayor Joe Ganim. “In a time when you can pay your bills online.” On Wednesday, the mayor tried out the first of a series of new, state-of-the-art meters that will accept cash and credit and debit cards and offer instructions in several languages on a co…

by Meredith Guinness

07/07/2016

Politics

Taxpayer After Taxpayer Blisters Ganim, City Council At Bridgeport Forum BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — When Merrilyn Vanghele opened her property tax bill a few days ago, she wept. In a single year, the bill on her modest Black Rock home had risen 38 percent to a whopping $15,786. “I cried. I actually cried,” she said. “I thought they made a mistake and it was someone else’s bill. How am I going to pay that? I’m being put out of my home and I didn’t know what I did wrong.” Vanghele joined about 300 other angry, frustrated taxpayers who stormed Tuesday’s Bridgeport City Council meeting, demanding answers and solutions to the city’s current fiscal “crisis.” Though only…

by Meredith Guinness

07/06/2016

Police & Fire

Trumbull Man Faces Drug Charge In Fairfield Traffic Stop FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A Trumbull man faces drug charges after police stopped a driver for speeding on the Post Road in Fairfield Saturday and found his passenger with cocaine, police said. The 22-year-old was charged with illegal possession of narcotics after police found him with about 2.83 grams of suspected cocaine in three knotted bags, police said. The car he was riding in was stopped when police observed it traveling around 60 miles per hour near the traffic circle on the Post Road at 2 a.m., police said. He was released on a promise to appear in court on July 11.

by Meredith Guinness

07/06/2016

Politics

Large Crowd Blasts Ganim, City Council Over Bridgeport's Huge Tax Hikes BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Before Mayor Joe Ganim showed up at Tuesday night's City Council meeting, a crowd angry about huge property tax increases in Bridgeport began to shout "Where's Joe? Where's Joe?" It didn't get any friendlier when Ganim finally did arrive at the City Hall Council Chambers. About 300 people met him with a thunderous round of boos. Property owners, especially many from the Black Rock neighborhood, stormed the meeting to demand answers to a 29 percent mill rate hike that will spell $2,000-and-up tax hikes for homeowners already stretched by a sagging Grand List an…

by Meredith Guinness

07/05/2016

Police & Fire

Police: Westport Man Arrested After Fighting With Family In Front Of Kids WESTPORT, Conn. — A Westport man was arrested June 30 after he physically assaulted a visiting family member in front of children, police said. David Roth, 48, of Canal Street, assaulted a man in front of his children over a disagreement with his girlfriend at a Rices Lane residence, police said. He was charged with third-degree assault, two counts of risk of injury to a child and disorderly conduct, police said. He posted $2,000 bond and is scheduled to appear at Norwalk Superior Court on July 11.

by Meredith Guinness

07/05/2016

Police & Fire

Woman Arrested In 2013 Assault On Emergency Medical Workers In Westport WESTPORT, Conn. — A Torrington woman turned herself in to Westport Police on June 30 on a 2013 arrest warrant charging her with assaulting two emergency medical employees at a Westport medical facility, police said Tuesday. Christina Servellon, 29, of Washington Avenue, was charged with two counts of assault on an emergency medical person, police said. She was unable to post $500 bond and was arraigned at Norwalk Superior Court the same day. The original incident happened on April 2013, police said.

by Meredith Guinness

07/05/2016

Police & Fire

Police: Thief Steals Bike From One Home, Trades Up At Another In Fairfield FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A bike stolen from a house on Algonquin Road on Friday was found in a neighbor’s garage, where a more expensive model went missing, Fairfield police said. The case was one of several bike thefts in the Brooklawn area over the holiday weekend, police said. Just after midnight Saturday, a neighbor called police to report that the bay door on his three-car detached garage was open and windows had been smashed. Upon investigation, the man reported that his $500 mountain bike was missing and a green bike of lesser value had been left in its place, police said. That bike ha…

by Meredith Guinness

07/05/2016

Police & Fire

Police: Fairfield Woman Grabbed By Stranger While Taking Out Trash FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A Fairview Avenue woman was assaulted by an unknown male who approached her while she was putting out trash in her driveway Monday night, Fairfield police said. The victim’s husband was helping their children get ready for bed at about 11:30 p.m., while the woman took a tray to her garbage can, police said. She told police she saw a Hispanic male who appeared to be high school age in the area. The male came up behind her and reached across her chest leaving scratch marks on her shoulder, police said. The victim screamed, and the male let go and ran off, police said. …

by Meredith Guinness

07/05/2016

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