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Meredith Guinness

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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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Potential Employees Graduate From Back-To-Work Program In Shelton Potential Employees Graduate From Back-To-Work Program In Shelton
Potential Employees Graduate From Back-To-Work Program In Shelton SHELTON, Conn. — As The Workplace, a Bridgeport-based workforce development organization, held a graduation Thursday for its long-term unemployment program, President Joe Carbone said he was especially pleased to see a full 50 empty seats at the front of the room. They represented the graduates of the Platform to Employment cohort who couldn’t attend the ceremony — because they have found jobs. “There should be 65, but we ran out of chairs,” he said. Platform to Employment (P2E) is an innovative five-week program that aims to get the long-term unemployed back to work and provide employers …

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Police & Fire
Woman, 69, Killed In Head-On Crash Route 110 Near Stratford Border Woman, 69, Killed In Head-On Crash Route 110 Near Stratford Border
Woman, 69, Killed In Head-On Crash Route 110 Near Stratford Border SHELTON, Conn. — A 69-year-old Shelton woman is dead after a head-on crash Friday afternoon on River Road in front of the Sports Center of Connecticut, police said. At about 1:30 p.m., Shelton Police received several 911 calls reporting the two-car accident on the road, also known as Route 110. Fire, police and EMS staff responding to the scene determined that Samantha Monaco, 23, of Shelton, and Rosemarie Dwyer, 69, also of Shelton, were involved in the accident just north of Sikorsky and the Stratford border, police said. Dwyer was transported to Bridgeport Hospital, where she was prono…

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Neighbors
It's The End Of An Era For Bridgeport Family Deli, Package Store It's The End Of An Era For Bridgeport Family Deli, Package Store
It's The End Of An Era For Bridgeport Family Deli, Package Store BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — It was Theresa Valentino’s 21st birthday when her mother and father opened West Side Package in Bridgeport, and she’ll be 68 when she puts the key in the lock for the final time Saturday. The Valentino family, which has operated both the package store and neighboring Ernie’s Delicatessen for decades, is finally handing the landmark businesses in the shadow of Interstate 95 over to new owners. “I’ll be 69 in October. I’m done. I’m tired!” said Valentino, a retired Notre Dame High School teacher who has operated the liquor store since 1997. “It’s been a 20-year course in s…

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New African Penguins Make A Splash At Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo New African Penguins Make A Splash At Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo
New African Penguins Make A Splash At Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim channeled his inner Doctor Doolittle on Thursday, climbing into the Beardsley Zoo’s freshly opened penguin exhibit to try to make a few flightless friends with a fish or two. But the birds — males Tubbs, Sal and South and female Squirt — weren’t taking the bait. They were too engrossed watching the throngs of schoolchildren crowded around new temporary exhibit open now through Sept. 30 near the zoo’s carousel. African penguins are one of five critically endangered species that the Association of Zoos and Aquariums is highlighting this year as p…

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Bridgeport-Based LifeBridge Honors Trumbull Couple For Service Bridgeport-Based LifeBridge Honors Trumbull Couple For Service
Bridgeport-Based LifeBridge Honors Trumbull Couple For Service BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — LifeBridge Community Services on Thursday bestowed its first-ever Community Impact Award on Ernest and Joan Trefz, honoring the longtime Trumbull couple for their business and philanthropic support for Bridgeport and the region. The Bridgeport-based organization had its Food for Thought breakfast at the Bridgeport Holiday Inn, welcoming nearly 300 guests to hear featured speaker John Choate, a former Navy SEAL, who spoke to the group about the power of shared self-awareness, dynamic communication and mission planning and practice. In honoring the Trefzs, LifeBridge Presi…

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Lifestyle
Bestselling Westport Author Of 'Lifeboat' Tackles Big Issues With Readers Bestselling Westport Author Of 'Lifeboat' Tackles Big Issues With Readers
Bestselling Westport Author Of 'Lifeboat' Tackles Big Issues With Readers WESTPORT, Conn. — Charlotte Rogan freely admits she hears voices in her head, though “not in a Joan of Arc way.” The voices the Westport author hears are those of her developing characters, the unique individuals she creates to tackle the universal realities of life — from the nature of truth and morality to the downsides of altruism. While writing her newest book, “Now and Again,” she heard from Maggie Rayburn, a secretary at a munitions plant who stumbles upon a high-level cover-up and has to decide how to act on what she’s discovered. “The truth is not a single thing,” she told an audie…

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Park Avenue Medical Center Serving Stratford Officially Opens Its Doors Park Avenue Medical Center Serving Stratford Officially Opens Its Doors
Park Avenue Medical Center Serving Stratford Officially Opens Its Doors TRUMBULL, Conn. — The Yale New Haven Health System officially opened its Park Avenue Medical Center on Tuesday, bringing state-of-the-art services and an emphasis on patient-centered compassion in a convenient location. “For many years, this is what our patients have asked for,” said William Jennings, president and CEO of Bridgeport Hospital, which is part of the Yale New Haven system. “We have it all here. I couldn’t be more proud.” The three-story, 100,000-square-foot outpatient center at 5520 Park Ave. will house new and expanded services of Bridgeport Hospital, Smilow Cancer Hospital, Y…

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Schools
Canine Visitors Help Students De-Stress At Fairfield University Canine Visitors Help Students De-Stress At Fairfield University
Canine Visitors Help Students De-Stress At Fairfield University FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Four furry friends from Little Black Dog Rescue visited Fairfield University’s campus center Tuesday, in an effort to take the pressure off students heading into final exams. Students converged on the canine quartet — Hunter, Sugar, Cooper and Sweet Pea — as they wagged tails and rolled on the floor, eager for every pat and belly rub. “All they want is love, and they can get it here. They love nothing more than this,” said senior Kayley Nugent of Morristown, N.J., who has been working with the rescue nonprofit to encourage students living off campus to foster dogs awaiti…

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Schools
Stratford College Student Joins In Book Drive For Bridgeport Kids Stratford College Student Joins In Book Drive For Bridgeport Kids
Stratford College Student Joins In Book Drive For Bridgeport Kids BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Budding readers at Madison Elementary School in Bridgeport will be bringing home free gently used books this week, thanks to a spur-of-the-moment book drive by some caring students at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield. Senior Jacqueline Passariello of New Jersey was working with Madison students during a service learning class two weeks ago, when she noticed the school was having a book fair. She asked one third-grader which books he wanted to buy. “The boy told Jackie, ‘I love to read, but I have no money to buy books at the book fair,” said Valerie Wherley, Ph.D., a…

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Police & Fire
Three Men Arrested On Drug Charges After Short Pursuit In Fairfield Three Men Arrested On Drug Charges After Short Pursuit In Fairfield
Three Men Arrested On Drug Charges After Short Pursuit In Fairfield FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Police acting on an anonymous tip of drug dealing on Roselle Street arrested two Bridgeport men and a Fairfield man on narcotics charges after a short pursuit, police said. The anonymous tipster told police Thursday that a man appeared to be buying drugs out of a car around 6 or 6:30 p.m. several times a week, police said. Officers in an unmarked car parked nearby on Friday and observed Nicholas Bandanza, 20, of Roselle Street, approach a silver Honda that drove up to him and make a transaction, police said. The officers followed the car to Stratfield Road and engaged in …

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