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Fairfield News: Teens Drinking

2019-08-01 @9:27pm--#Fairfield CT-- A Quincy Street resident came home to find unknown teens drinking in the home who fled as she walked in.  They fled in cars.   This news report is made possible by:   [caption id="attachment_74023" align="aligncenter" width="300"] For more info see: https://www.bmwofbridgeport.com/[/caption]

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Floating Wheelchairs Donated To Local Beaches

On Tuesday, August 6, 2019, SMILE Mass (Small Miracles in Life Exist) will donate floating beach wheelchairs to the towns of Fairfield, Norwalk and Westport, CT at a ceremony taking place at 12 noon at Westport’s Compo Beach Pavilion, 60 Compo Beach Rd., Westport, CT 06880. The public is invited to attend. SMILE Mass has donated over 130 of the floating beach wheelchairs throughout New England.  This will be the first donation to Connecticut. The floatable wheelchairs, which resemble beach recliners, have shock-absorbing wheels that maneuver easily over sandy terrain. Westport First Selectman Jim Marpe stated, “We are grateful to SMILE Mass for this donation. Along with the newly constructed sidewalks, Mobi-Mats and the ADA compliant restrooms on South Beach,…

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Fairfield News: Another Rain Another Vehicle Trapped By Tree & Wires

2019-07-31 @ 7:50pm-- Another rain and another car trapped by wires with a person inside, this time on Crestwood Road.  Police escorted the United Illuminating truck from the exit ramp to the scene.  Police were speaking with the driver who was not in distress and told him to remain in the car.  Primary wires surrounded the car and they burned a couple hundred feet in front of it.  Within twenty minutes UI secured the power and the man was not injured.   Sergeant Mike Paris said this is the fourth incident recently.   On July 17, 2019 a man died when a tree struck his car, entangling his car in wires.  It took UI fifty minutes to respond but first responders…

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CIRMA Issues Members’ Equity Distribution Check to Fairfield

# Fairfield CT--The Connecticut Interlocal Risk Management Agency (CIRMA) has presented the Town of Fairfield and Fairfield Board of Education with a check for $51,959, the prorated share of CIRMA’s $5 million Members’ Equity Distribution for 2019. The Town of Fairfield and Fairfield Board of Education has received $313,256 in distributed Members’ Equity since the program began in 2011. This is CIRMA’s eighth distribution of Members’ Equity made in the past nine years, for a grand total of nearly $30 million across its entire membership. “The partnership and risk management efforts of our members are a sustaining force behind CIRMA’s outstanding financial strength, growth in service programs, and our ability to deliver a Members’ Equity Distribution Program. Working together, we…

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Fairfield News: Lifeguard Rescues Two At Lake Mohegan

2019-07-28 @ 2:34pm--#Fairfield CT-- An alert life guard noticed two brothers in distress at Lake Mohegan located at 960 Morehouse Highway and rescued the two boys single-handedly.  According to witnesses the boys swam out a little too far and began to panic when they realized they could not touch bottom with their feet.  The lifeguard was able to grab both boys bring both boys and bring them into safety.  The youngest, aged 6 swallowed some water.  He was checked out by paramedics from AMR and found out he was okay and released to his grateful parents.   I wanted to interview the lifeguard to tell the good news of his heroic feat but lifeguard supervisor Ben Gullatti asked me to…

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