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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

Stratford Woman, Bridgeport Teens Arrested At Child's Party In Fairfield FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A Stratford woman and two Bridgeport teens were charged with breach of peace Saturday when they got into a fight at a 2-year-old’s birthday party at Our Backyard Play Place on Villa Avenue in Fairfield, police said. The girl’s mother, Amanda Santiago, 23, of Wells Place, was arrested after the child’s father arrived at the party with two teen girls, 17 and 16, of Shell Street, who the mother said were not invited, police said. Santiago told police the girl’s grandmother got in an argument with the girl’s father and someone threw a cup at Santiago and the fight ensued, pol…

by Meredith Guinness

04/11/2016

Police & Fire

Trumbull Man Flips Car In Early Morning Fairfield Crash FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A Trumbull man was taken to the hospital early Sunday after his car hit a mailbox and utility pole and flipped on its side on Mill Plain Road, police said. Police said Michael Ciambriello, 21, of Rocky Ridge Drive, was traveling north on Mill Plain near Crystal Lane about 1:30 a.m., when he struck the mailbox and pole with enough force to move the pole a few inches. He climbed out of the passenger door to get out of the car, police said. Officers at the scene noticed a strong odor of alcoholic beverage and Ciambriello was taken to St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgepor…

by Meredith Guinness

04/11/2016

Politics

Kasich Draws Republicans Looking For A Choice At Fairfield Event FAIRFIELD, Conn. — It was pretty clear which candidate John Mihalic supports as he walked into the John Kasich Town Hall Meeting at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield on Friday. Mihalic carried a poster bearing a cartoon drawing of GOP frontrunner Donald Trump and the slogan “Kasich NOT Way Sick.” “He has clear views, but he also works with people who have different views,” the Fairfield resident said of Kasich, the governor of Ohio and one of the three major candidates vying for the Republican nomination for president. Mihalic, who said he has been disappointed with the 2016 political r…

by Meredith Guinness

04/10/2016

Politics

The Curious About Kasich Converge On Fairfield FAIRFIELD, Conn. — It was pretty clear which candidate John Mihalic supported as he walked into the John Kasich Town Hall Meeting in Fairfield Friday. Mihalic held a poster bearing a cartoon drawing of GOP frontrunner Donald Trump and the slogan “Kasich NOT Way Sick.” “He has clear views, but he also works with people who have different views,” the Fairfield resident said. Mihalic, who has been disappointed with the 2016 political race, said he’s still waiting for a GOP debate that is “intelligent and policy-based.” Asked about Trump’s enduring popularity, Mihalic shrugged. “People’s emo…

by Meredith Guinness

04/08/2016

Politics

GOP Hopeful Kasich Focuses On The Issues In Fairfield Rally FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Republican presidential hopeful John Kasich staged a well-attended town hall meeting in Fairfield Friday, touching on taxes, veteran affairs, faith and a range of topics in an upbeat, often humorous forum. Positioning himself firmly above the divisive, name-calling tone of much of the GOP election cycle, the two-term Ohio governor pledged to bring great minds together from both sides of the political aisle to change what’s wrong with government and champion what’s right. “We are still the strongest country by far and we should stop whining about America. That’s playing to…

by Meredith Guinness

04/08/2016

Politics

Crowd Cheers As Kasich Brings Presidential Campaign To SHU In Fairfield FAIRFIELD, Conn. — With the hot contest for the Republican Party's presidential nomination heading down to the wire, Ohio Gov. John Kasich arrived to a cheering crowd for a Town Hall meeting Friday afternoon at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield. And the rally proved even more popular than organizers had expected, said State Sen. Tony Hwang of Fairfield, Kasich’s campaign chair in Connecticut. It was moved from the University Commons on campus, which holds about 500 people, to the new Frank and Marisa Martire Business & Communications Center, which can accommodate closer to 1,200 peopl…

by Meredith Guinness and Jay Polansky

04/08/2016

Schools

Budding Entrepreneurs Vie For Venture Cash At Fairfield University FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Five teams of budding entrepreneurs vied for big bucks from alumni investors Tuesday at the fifth annual Fairfield StartUp, a lively business plan competition at Fairfield University. While the five innovative proposals didn’t get the nearly $800,000 they sought in combined asks, no one walked away empty-handed after a night of five-minute pitches compete with dramatic videos and flashy Powerpoint presentations. “What this world needs…are good ideas,” said Don Gibson, dean of the university’s Dolan School of Business, who served as a jocular master of ceremonies for the e…

by Meredith Guinness

04/08/2016

News

Bridgeport Suspends Officers After Raid On Bar Turns Up Underage Drinking BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Bridgeport is considering two new ordinances to protect college students and safeguard neighborhoods and has also suspended two police officers in the wake of a Tuesday underage drinking raid on a Bridgeport bar and the alleged rape of a 19-year-old Sacred Heart student. “We will not tolerate anyone hurting our children,” said Police Chief Armando “AJ” Perez. “They’re young. They make mistakes.” Speaking at a press conference on a residential street near the university campus, City Councilwoman Michelle Lyons said proposals now with the Ordinance Committee would call for…

by Meredith Guinness

04/07/2016

Neighbors

Shakespeare Fans Celebrate The Bard In Fairfield FAIRFIELD, Conn. — The play was the thing on April Fools Day as dozens of bard-loving bookworms converged on the Pequot Library in Southport for its Shakespeare Family Festival. Elise Broach, an Easton-based author of the popular juvenile mystery “Shakespeare’s Secret,” considered the many theories that the Bard of Stratford-on-Avon didn’t actually write the iconic plays attributed to him, while Mark Silence, a theater teacher at Stamford’s King School, entertained about 50 with a talk on sword fighting in the library auditorium. “It’s hard to do Shakespeare and not run into a sword fight,”…

by Meredith Guinness

04/07/2016

Police & Fire

Raid On Bridgeport Bar Yields 85 Underage Drinkers From SHU BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Bridgeport police issued infractions to about 85 underage Sacred Heart University students during a raid Tuesday night on the Golden Star Cafe on Main Street, police said. Up to 100 infractions were issued “to mostly underage Sacred Heart University students for procuring alcohol while underage” at the bar, police said. The bar is where a 39-year-old Bridgeport man, who was arrested Tuesday on charges of sexually assaulting a Sacred Heart student, met his victim, according to Bridgeport Police Capt. Brian Fitzgerald. The bar’s owner was cited for several liquor violat…

by Meredith Guinness

04/06/2016

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