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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

Westport Cops: Danbury Man Charged With Drunken Driving Twice In Three Days WESTPORT, Conn. — A Danbury man was arrested twice in three days for drunken driving in the area of Turkey Hill Road South, police said. Officers were looking for Bradford Brown, 50, of Forty Acre Mountain, around 7:15 p.m. May 12, when he left a Turkey Hill Road South home and drove off in the owner’s car without her permission, police said. The victim said Brown had spent the previous night at her home because he had nowhere else to stay, police said. She told police he was “highly intoxicated” and sleeping in her bed later in the day. When she went to wake him, he stormed out of the res…

by Meredith Guinness

05/17/2017

Lifestyle

Shelton's Soupstock VIII Unveils Stellar Musical Lineup SHELTON, Conn. — It’s official: A full slate of bands has been announced for Soupstock VIII, a two-day festival of art, music, food and crafts on the spacious green at Veteran Memorial Park in downtown Shelton. The fundraiser’s headliners for the June 10-11 event include Particle and The Skatalites, as well as Bella’s Bartok and Sophistafunk. You can also jam along to Yes, Darling with Ryan Montbleau and Hayley Jane, Alpaca Gnomes, Goose, Shwizz, Elise Testone & The BRYAC Funk AllStars, Hubinger Street, Hitch & The GiddyUp, The Van Burens and more. And don’t forget what puts the sou…

by Meredith Guinness

05/17/2017

Police & Fire

Fairfield Police: Bridgeport Woman Shoved $300 In Stolen Clothes In Handbag FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A Bridgeport woman was arrested Friday, when she was found with more than $300 in Kohl’s merchandise stuffed in her handbag, police said. Loss prevention officers at the Tunxis Hill Road store said they watched Brandi Soares, 20, of Madison Avenue, bring her handbag and several items into a fitting room, only to come out a few minutes later with just the bag, police said. Store employees confronted Soares after she tried to leave the store without paying for the goods, police said. An inspection of her bag uncovered three pair of sandals, junior sleepwear, three tops, a…

by Meredith Guinness

05/17/2017

Business

Bridgeport Breaks Ground On Second Phase Of Steelpointe Harbor BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Bridgeport Landing Development on Monday broke ground on the second phase of the much-anticipated Steelpointe Harbor project, laying the ground work for the three-story DockMaster building and a public harbor walk. “The end product is going to be nothing short of magnificent,” Mayor Joe Ganim said of the project. Work on the lower peninsula is expected to eventually include a mix of residential, retail and entertainment ventures. Scheduled for completion in the second quarter of 2018, the 35,000-square-foot DockMaster building will include a first-floor restaurant, sec…

by Meredith Guinness

05/16/2017

Police & Fire

Fairfield Police: Man Flashes Woman At Downtown Library FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A man exposed himself to a woman at Fairfield Public Library Saturday afternoon, police said. The woman told police she was in a conference room at the main Old Post Road library around 3:15 p.m when a man sitting nearby pulled out his penis and began rubbing it and looking at her. She tried to take a photo with her cell phone, but the man covered up, told her he was sorry and exited the building, police said. Library staff told police the man did not look familiar.

by Meredith Guinness

05/16/2017

Police & Fire

Staples High Grad Offers Timely Discussion On Race And Law Enforcement WESTPORT, Conn. — CBS News correspondent Jeff Pegues, a Staples High School alumnus, comes back to town June 8 for a timely discussion on race and law enforcement at Westport Library. Pegues, author of “Black and Blue: Inside the Divide Between the Police and Black America,” will be joined in his 7 p.m. discussion by Westport Police Chief Foti Koskinas. In the book, Pegues, justice and homeland security correspondent for CBS, examines facts, statistics and perspectives from both sides of the community-police divide as well as his access to top law enforcement officials throughout the countr…

by Meredith Guinness

05/16/2017

Police & Fire

Fairfield Police: Armed Pair Stickup Southport Dunkin' Donuts FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A man and woman held up the Southport Dunkin’ Donuts at gunpoint Saturday night, making off with a register tray full of cash and a customer’s wallet and cell phone, police said. Around 7:30 p.m. the pair entered the Post Road eatery and the woman went to the counter and ordered a donut. When the cashier opened the register, the man pulled out what appeared to be a silver semi-automatic handgun and pointed it at the cashier, police said. He then jumped over the counter, stole the entire tray and headed for the door. On the way out he noticed a patron’s cell phone and wall…

by Meredith Guinness

05/15/2017

Lifestyle

Aprés ‘Hamilton:’ Westporter Tells It Like It Is On Broadway And Beyond WESTPORT, Conn. — Westporter Ed Katz caught the film and theater bug early and film became one of his two majors at Syracuse University. But it was when, as newlyweds, his wife took him to see “Les Miserables” on Broadway that he truly became enamored with The Great White Way. “After that I started to love musicals, too,” said the award-winning marketing guru. “Then I took her to see ‘The Who’s Tommy’ on Broadway and I was hooked.” So it’s no surprise that Katz was WICC-AM 600’s choice to host Katz Reviews, a new morning drive-time feature covering both Broadway and the burgeoning local …

by Meredith Guinness

05/15/2017

Neighbors

Bridgeport Matriarch, 103, 'Iconic' Volunteer Honored For Mother's Day BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — When Christine Correnti was born on Feb, 5, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson was in the White House, Henry Ford had just introduced an assembly line for the Model T and Charlie Chaplin was three days from debuting his beloved “Little Tramp” persona. So it seemed fitting this Mother’s Day weekend that the city pay tribute to this nearly 104-year-old great-grandmother of eight — the eldest mom at the Bethany Senior Center — by proclaiming May 12 in her honor. “She takes everything in stride,” said Correnti’s 77-year-old son Ron, explaining his mother’s secret to longevity. “…

by Meredith Guinness

05/14/2017

Sports

Fairfield Warde Soccer Star Reaches Goal Of International Competition FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Jason Deck’s passion for soccer began at the tender age of one, when the Fairfield toddler first pushed a size 1 ball around his family room. By age 3, he was on his first recreational team, developing his skills and stamina. Well, all the hard work and determination has paid off: Deck, who plays for Fairfield Warde High School and Fairfield County premier travel team Revolution United FC, will compete in the World Maccabiah Games this summer. Often referred to as the "Jewish Olympics," The World Maccabiah Games are held in Israel every four years with more th…

by Meredith Guinness

05/14/2017

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