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Axe-Wielding Man In Fairfield Captured After Pursuit
The incident occurred in Fairfield around 11 p.m. on Tuesday, April 16, at Hemlock Hardware at 1860 Post Road. According to Sgt. Michael Stahl of the Fairfield Police officers responded to the hardware store after receiving a report of a suspicious man. On the scene, officers found Orlando Roper of...
Sound Bites: Bridgeport, Danbury ranked among the top 15 most diverse cities
Good morning. Two Fairfield County cities are among the top 15 most diverse in the country. According to the personal finance company WalletHub, Danbury was ranked 10th most diverse, and Bridgeport was ranked 12th. In comparison, New Haven was listed as the 107th most diverse city in the country. Cities...
Erin O’Brion Page, 67
Erin O’Brion Page, of Austin,TX and formerly of New Canaan CT, passed away after a long and courageous battle with AML leukemia on March 21, 2024. Her faith, hope and positive spirit carried her through until the very end. Erin was born on May 29, 1956, in Austin, TX,...
Update: Person Killed In Crash On I-684 In Bedford
The crash happened on Sunday, April 14 around 3:15 p.m. on Interstate 684 North in Bedford, when a vehicle left the roadway near mile marker 13.9 north of Exit 4 (Route 172) and collided with a tree, Trooper AJ Hicks of the New York State Police said on Tuesday, April 16.
Vehicle Goes Up In Flames In Rye
The incident happened on Tuesday, April 16 around 11:45 a.m., when the Rye Fire Department learned of a vehicle blaze at the intersection of Old Post Road and Playland Access Road. According to City of Rye officials, the driver had been traveling on Interstate 95 when he saw smoke coming...
Disorderly, Interfering with Emergency Call Charges for New Canaan Man, 28
Police last week arrested a 28-year-old West Road man and charged him with disorderly conduct and interfering with an emergency call. At about 8:50 a.m. on April 12, officers were dispatched to the man’s home on a report of a dispute, police said. There, officers established probable cause to...
Blackbird Opens in New Canaan; Gotta Get Over There
It’s been a while since a new restaurant opened in New Canaan, so I was very excited when I heard that the much-anticipated Blackbird opened a few doors down from its sister restaurant Solé. After the first visit, the food was so spectacular, that I was quick to visit a second time a week late. Spoiler alert - It is already serving some of the best and most creative dishes in Fairfield County.
DAR Honors World War II Veteran Edith Linger
Edith Linger, 103, thought she was attending a regular meeting of the Hannah Benedict Carter Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution last Thursday. It’s an organization her own daughter, Patty Beyer, had joined in October. Except this was a special gathering of the nonprofit organization, designed to...
‘I Don’t Want Town Funds Being Used for This’: Carlson Pushes Back on Contract for Stanchion Repair
Town officials decided Tuesday to wait for an insurance claim to be processed prior to repairing a low painted brick column that marks the start of a public road near the Merritt Parkway. One of the two columns located at the start of White Birch Road—opposite the off-ramp from Merritt...
Seen Her? Alert Issued For Missing Litchfield Woman
According to Connecticut State Police, Troop L, 44-year-old Litchfield County resident Elizabeth Gyurko of the town of Litchfield, was last seen in Fairfield County in the Danbury area on Sunday, April 7. Police said Gyurko was wearing black jeans and a hooded sweatshirt. She is described as 5 feet, 89...
Lost class ring turns up after almost 80 years
A local treasure hunter, Ken Smith, has reunited a Connecticut family with a missing class ring dating back to the 1940s. "This is my handy dandy Garrett 18 max metal detector," said Smith as a local TV station shadowed him on one of his treasure-hunting trips. Smith spends a lot...
Can alcohol keep Old Mill Grocery afloat?
WESTPORT — The nonprofit group that owns the Old Mill Grocery and Deli is seeking permission to serve alcohol. The market at 222 Hillspoint Road, whose latest operator is Romanacci, is owned by Soundview Empowerment Alliance, Inc. That’s a nonprofit started by local people who wanted to keep the century-old corner store open after a previous incarnation, Elvira’s, went up for sale a few years ago.
Jennifer Gulden & John Luther III
When Jennifer Gulden and John Luther were planning their wedding, they agreed it was important to keep things “simple, meaningful and from New Canaan.” The bride and groom are both long-time residents of New Canaan, but their paths didn’t cross until they connected on Match in 2019. They have been inseperable ever since.
Police: Man charged with larceny after defrauding bank
WESTPORT — A 27-year-old man is charged with depositing a fraudulent check at a regional bank’s Fairfield office and then illegally withdrawing the money from the bank’s Westport office, according to police. Alexis Antuna, of Greenwich, was charged April 3 with third-degree larceny and criminal attempt to...
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