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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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Here's The Scoop: Cops To Chow Down In Ice Cream Challenge For Charity Here's The Scoop: Cops To Chow Down In Ice Cream Challenge For Charity
Here's The Scoop: Cops To Chow Down In Ice Cream Challenge For Charity FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Some Fairfield emergency responders might want to skip breakfast — and lunch and dinner — on Saturday. That’s the day six teams from the police and fire departments, local K-9 units and Fairfield University’s public safety team will go head to head in the first-ever Pol-Ice Cream Eating Contest to benefit Special Olympics at Saugatuck Sweets. The rules are simple: Each team of three will be given a “Caruso Kitchen Sink Sundae” to polish off. First team to finish wins the challenge. But that’s not as easy as it might sound. The kitchen sink sundae is a whopping 14 scoop…

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Lifestyle
Sign Of The Times: Motel Hi-Ho To Replace Neon Icon With Modern LED Model Sign Of The Times: Motel Hi-Ho To Replace Neon Icon With Modern LED Model
Sign Of The Times: Motel Hi-Ho To Replace Neon Icon With Modern LED Model FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Visitors checking in to the landmark Motel Hi-Ho won’t be able to check out its iconic sign for a while. The recently refurbished hotel is replacing the more than 55-year-old neon sign with a more modern LED model, according to Connecticut Post. Though it will look a lot like its predecessor, the new sign will replace “Motel” with “Hotel” and “Restaurant Cocktail Lounge” will become “Barcelona Wine Bar.” Read the whole Connecticut Post story here.

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Schools
Shelton High School Says Goodbye To Its Seniors This Week Shelton High School Says Goodbye To Its Seniors This Week
Shelton High School Says Goodbye To Its Seniors This Week SHELTON, Conn. — Shelton High School will hold its 2017 graduation June 15 at Finn Stadium. Gates open at 4:45 p.m. and the ceremony will begin at 6 p.m. A rain date is scheduled for June 16, but school officials are expecting fair weather on Thursday. Please send us a photo from your graduation to post at Daily Voice.

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Schools
Stratford Ready To Wave Goodbye To Class Of 2017 Stratford Ready To Wave Goodbye To Class Of 2017
Stratford Ready To Wave Goodbye To Class Of 2017 STRATFORD, Conn. — Wednesday is the big day for seniors at both Stratford public high schools. The Stratford High School Class of 2017 festivities begin at 6 p.m. on Penders Field. Graduates should be on the field no later than 5:15 p.m. Bunnell High School will also wave goodbye to its senior class at 6 p.m. on the school’s turf field. The stadium will open at 4 p.m. for open seating. In light of the field house construction, several clubs will be selling water and refreshments and food trucks will be on site. Please send us a photo from your graduation to post at Daily Voice.

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Schools
Thursday's The Big Day For Fairfield High School Seniors Thursday's The Big Day For Fairfield High School Seniors
Thursday's The Big Day For Fairfield High School Seniors FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Students at both of Fairfield’s two high schools will graduate Thursday, June 15. Fairfield Ludlowe will host its graduation at 6 p.m. at its own Taft Field. Students need to be at the school at 5 p.m. and gates will open then. Families are asked to carpool and park in the lower front lot of Unquowa Road or the rear student parking lot or at Ludlowe or Tomlinson middle schools. Fairfield Warde will hold its 6 p.m. graduation in the school’s main courtyard. The rain location is the main gym. Please send us a photo from your graduation to post at Daily Voice.

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Police & Fire
Fairfield Cops: Bridgeport Man Steals All That And Two Bags Of Chips Fairfield Cops: Bridgeport Man Steals All That And Two Bags Of Chips
Fairfield Cops: Bridgeport Man Steals All That And Two Bags Of Chips FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A Bridgeport man was arrested for shoplifting Sunday when he left Whole Foods without paying for groceries he still had in a shopping basket, police said. Samson White, 45, of Fairfield Avenue, was charged with sixth-degree larceny just before 2 p.m., when officers looking for a man who fled the Grasmere Avenue store found him on Black Rock Turnpike near the Bridgeport border, police said. White was holding a store basket containing eight bags of Key West shrimp and two bags of potato chips, a $165 value, police said. He was released on a promise to appear in court on Jun…

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Schools
Fairfield Parents Urged To Take Action Against Possible Class Size Change Fairfield Parents Urged To Take Action Against Possible Class Size Change
Fairfield Parents Urged To Take Action Against Possible Class Size Change FAIRFIELD, Conn. — The Riverfield PTA is calling on parents to show up en masse at Tuesday’s school board meeting to voice their concern over potential class size increases that may come with budget constraints. “Discussion of class size practice” is on the agenda for the meeting, which begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Board of Education offices, 501 Kings Highway East, and public comments will be heard. “As we all know, the difference between 23 students in a class versus 25 or 30 is astronomical for our students and teachers,” read an e-mail the PTA sent to parents. The Board of Education cla…

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Police & Fire
Fairfield Police: Two Downtown Break-Ins Reported Overnight Fairfield Police: Two Downtown Break-Ins Reported Overnight
Fairfield Police: Two Downtown Break-Ins Reported Overnight FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Fairfield police reported two overnight burglaries at downtown businesses Monday morning. An employee of Centro Ristorante called police around 6 a.m. because someone had thrown rocks through a side emergency exit door, police said. Nothing was taken in the restaurant. Around the same time, police received a report that someone forced open a side door at Sunny Daes, an ice cream parlor also on the Post Road. The report was not complete on that incident Monday.

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Police & Fire
Commercial Air Conditioner Swiped From Fairfield Eatery Commercial Air Conditioner Swiped From Fairfield Eatery
Commercial Air Conditioner Swiped From Fairfield Eatery FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Thieves made off with a 275-pound air-conditioning unit that was waiting to be installed at a Tunxis Hill Cutoff restaurant, police said. Employees at Steffano’s Restaurant and Pizzeria noticed the unit missing from a dolly behind the eatery on June 9. Surveillance video appears to show two men — one in a pickup truck and one in a van — pull up to the unit, which was valued at $5,000, police said. The investigation continues. For real-time Fairfield County news updates in your Facebook feed, be sure to "Like" the Daily Voice's pages on Facebook. Click here for the Daily…

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Police & Fire
Fairfield Cops: Woman Finds Suspicious Men, One On PCP, Parked In Driveway Fairfield Cops: Woman Finds Suspicious Men, One On PCP, Parked In Driveway
Fairfield Cops: Woman Finds Suspicious Men, One On PCP, Parked In Driveway FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A Stratford man who told officers he had smoked PCP was arrested Friday after a woman reported two suspicious men parked in her driveway, police said. The woman said the two men parked around 6:15 p.m. and one came to the door and asked about doing work around the house, police said. The car then left and pulled into the upper parking lot at Tunxis Hill Park. Police who questioned the men there said they had constricted pupils and appeared “extremely confused.” They learned the driver, Misael Mercado, 38, of Webster Avenue, was wanted on a warrant for a third-degree ass…

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