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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

Fairfield Police Investigating Sexual Assault Report FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Police are investigating a possible sexual assault in an Old Post Road parking lot in the early morning hours of July 25. A nurse at the Hospital of St. Raphael in New Haven alerted the Detective Bureau to the incident, which occurred in a lot near The Gray Goose Café, police said. The alleged victim is a 37-year-old North Haven woman, police said. No other details were available Monday.

by Meredith Guinness

08/01/2017

Police & Fire

Fairfield Police: Enfield Man With Extensive Record Arrested In Stolen Car FAIRFIELD, Conn. — An Enfield man with an extensive, multi-state criminal record, was arrested early Monday while driving a stolen car through town, police said. Around 2 a.m., officers stopped Tony Hight, 35, of Shaker Road, because they thought the light blue Hyundai he was driving eastbound on the Post Road might match the description of a car used in a recent shooting in Bridgeport, police said. An investigation revealed the car, valued at $16,000, was stolen in Meriden on Saturday, police said. Officers also found Hight had more than six grams of marijuana and several electronic devic…

by Meredith Guinness

07/31/2017

Politics

Democrats Nominate Fairfield Woman For Board of Education Jennifer Leeper, an educational professional, has won the Democratic nomination for a seat on the Fairfield Board of Education. Leeper worked as a school administrator in New York City. There she managed the school's data-driven instructional model, coordinated testing and was the director of special education. When Leeper moved to Connecticut, she earned a job at the State Department of Education in the Performance Office. There she collaborated with stakeholders statewide to expand the federally mandated school and district accountability system beyond simply student testing data. The sy…

by Meredith Guinness

07/31/2017

Police & Fire

Westport Police: Norwalk Housekeeper Stole Checks — Again — And $16K WESTPORT, Conn. — A Norwalk housekeeper faces larceny and forgery charges after she deposited $16,000 in bad checks stolen from an employer’s checkbook to her own bank account, police said. Diana Parra, 48, of Cavanaugh Street, was charged with third-degree larceny and third-degree forgery in connection with the January 2017 incident, police said. She was held on $50,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court on Aug. 10. Police said Parra stole six blank checks from the victim’s checkbook and made them out for $16,000 total, depositing them in a bank account unknown to the victim. Bank …

by Meredith Guinness

07/31/2017

Police & Fire

Westport Police: Norwalk Woman Faces Bad Check Charges In Westport WESTPORT, Conn. — A Norwalk woman was arrested Tuesday on two warrants for passing bad checks in town, police said. Patricia Hiller, 70, of North Main Street, faces two counts of issuing a bad check. Both charges stem from checks Hiller wrote in 2016. On Aug. 1 of that year, a complainant said Hiller wrote a check for $1,039.92 that could not be cashed against Hiller’s account due to insufficient funds. A second victim alerted police in September 2016 that a check from Hiller for $945.46 could not be processed because the account was closed, police said. Both victims sent certified lette…

by Meredith Guinness

07/29/2017

Lifestyle

Don't Be Blue: The Berries Are Ripe For The Pickin' In Shelton SHELTON, Conn. — Rise and shine, blueberry fans! There’s a bumper crop of the little blue beauties at Jones Family Farms just waiting for you to pick them this weekend. Pick-your-own fans were out in force Friday, walking away with pounds of the tiny fruits that were practically jumping off the bushes. The farm advises visitors to call Farmer Jones Crop Line — 203-929-8425 — before driving to the Pumpkinseed Hill and Valley Farm fields, as they move pick-your-own options back and forth depending on the crop. Jones has been welcoming guests to harvest blueberries for more than 40 years. …

by Meredith Guinness

07/29/2017

Lifestyle

Namaste: Westport Kids Ward Off Kindergarten Jitters With Yoga Night WESTPORT, Conn. — The weeks before the first day of kindergarten can be an anxious time for little ones. And Westport Library aims to help with a family yoga night to teach them how to chill out and stay energizes for their first year of big-kid school. “The days and weeks leading up to the start of kindergarten can be a stressful time for both kids and their parents,” said Children’s Librarian Lynne Perrigo. “We thought this would be a unique way to give students the chance to chill out and relax with their families and with one another here at the library.” The free session will run from…

by Meredith Guinness

07/29/2017

Police & Fire

Westport Cops: Norwalk Man Had Heroin, Syringe, Warrant For Arrest WESTPORT, Conn. — A Norwalk man spotted yelling loudly because he missed his bus Tuesday ended up in handcuffs when officers found he had heroin and a syringe in his pants’ pockets, police said. Cesar Torres, 34, of Grandview Avenue, was charged with violation of probation, possession of narcotics and possession of drug paraphernalia, police said. Westport officers were dispatched to the area of the popular Bar Taco restaurant around 10 p.m. on a report of an intoxicated man yelling loudly, police said. The officers found Torres at the intersection of Post Road East and Wilton Road. He sai…

by Meredith Guinness

07/29/2017

Lifestyle

Save The Sound Expects Smooth Sailing For New L.I. Soundkeeper STRATFORD, Conn. — Long Island Sound has a new keeper — Wilton native William Lucey. On Tuesday, Save the Sound announced Lucey’s appointment to replace longtime Soundkeeper Terry Backer, who died in late 2015. Lucey, a fish and wildlife biologist, former commercial fisherman and environmental advocate, said he’s pleased to come back home to Connecticut. “The woods and the waters where you grow up…it kind of gets in your blood,” said Lucey, who has most recently been in Hawaii. “You never feel truly at home again until you return to your childhood habitat. A lot of progress has been made s…

by Meredith Guinness

07/29/2017

Neighbors

Stratford Cancer Survivor Swims To Support Those Still In The Fight STRATFORD, Conn. — Laurie Trupp was training to run the New York City Marathon in 2007, when she felt a lump in her breast and knew she needed to get it checked out. Her suspicions proved correct: She had triple negative breast cancer and would spend her 50th birthday in the hospital getting radiation treatments. "It's crazy to think that one minute your life's on track and then all of a sudden you get knocked off course and have to start all over,” the Stratford resident said. This year Trupp will celebrate 10 years of being cancer free and honor all those who have fought the disease…

by Meredith Guinness

07/29/2017

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