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Enjoy the Fairfield Sidewalk Sale & Street FairSaturday, July 19 – 10:00am–4:00pm, Rain or ShineShopping, Food, Music and More!

The Town of Fairfield’s Office of Community & Economic Development wishes to remind the public that the Fairfield Sidewalk Sale & Street Fair will take place on Saturday, July 19, 2025 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., rain or shine. Select merchants will offer advance sales of discount merchandise beginning on Thursday, July 17th.

Over 50 vendors are expected to participate in Fairfield Center, setting up stands and offering a variety of merchandise for sale along the Post Road from Coco & Company in Southport to the Heritage Square Shopping Center to the Promenade at the Brick Walk and down to The Two Oh Three. Admission to the event, which is being co-sponsored by the Town of Fairfield and the Fairfield Chamber of Commerce, is free.

Sherman Green will feature an inflatable bounce house as part of a sponsored Kid’s Zone as well as vendors and musical entertainment, including the Star 99.9 street team, to appeal to the entire family. Members of the Fairfield Teen Theatre Company will also be presenting at 11AM a preview of their upcoming stage production of “Disney’s Newsies!”

This year’s event will feature live musical entertainment at multiple venues scattered throughout the downtown. Musicians will be playing throughout the day at venues set up at the Sherman Green and near the Fairfield University Store at 1499 Post Road.

Stop by the Experience Fairfield Tent on Sherman Green to sign up for our monthly newsletter and receive a complimentary limited edition commemorative poster, while supplies last!

For additional information on participating vendors, music and activities, please visit
www.experiencefairfieldct.org/sidewalk-sale.

Sponsors for this year’s event include ConnectFairfield, Bankwell, Fairfield Moms, GoNetSpeed, Motoplex Fairfield, Massage Envy, Star 99.9, and Hearst Connecticut Media Group.

Motorbike & Car Collide

A motorbike and car collided at Main and North Avenue. The person on the bike received back and leg injuries and was transported to the hospital.

2025-07-18@10:37am–#Bridgeport CT

Rollover Accident

First responders are on the scene of a two-car crash with rollover on Lincoln Boulevard. Multiple injuries reported.

2025-07-17@7:06pm– #Bridgeport CT

Norwalk Man Arrested for Sexual Assault of Child

Norwalk Police arrested 60-year-old Jose Rodriguez after a months-long investigation into allegations of repeated sexual assaults against a 5-year-old child. The investigation began on March 20, 2025, when the child identified Rodriguez as the suspect.

The case was led by the Norwalk Police Special Victims Unit, with assistance from DCF, The Children’s Connection, Yale New Haven Hospital, and the Stamford State’s Attorney’s Office. On July 16, 2025, a warrant was issued, and Rodriguez was taken into custody without incident at his home on Ferris Avenue.

He was charged with sexual assault in the first degree and risk of injury to a minor. His bond was set at $1,000,000, and he is scheduled to appear in court on July 17, 2025.

Fugitive from New Hampshire Arrested in Norwalk

Officers arrested Jianming Zeng, 33, a fugitive from the Sullivan County House of Corrections in New Hampshire, after responding to a report of a suspicious person at 331 West Avenue. A gas station attendant reported that a man wearing only a t-shirt and underwear, with blood on his hands, had entered the lot in a heavy-duty pickup truck and then left the scene. The truck’s license plate was determined to be stolen from Claremont, New Hampshire.

Patrol officers located the truck minutes later at the Shell gas station at 94 West Avenue. Inside the store, they found Zeng, now wearing only a flannel jacket and underwear, with multiple lacerations to his hands and feet. A search of the vehicle uncovered a torn orange jumpsuit.

Zeng had escaped custody the day before by throwing clothing over a fence and climbing through barbed wire. He was confirmed to be a fugitive from Sullivan County and was taken into custody without incident. He was transported to Norwalk Hospital for treatment of his injuries.

He was charged with being a fugitive from justice and larceny of a motor vehicle. His bond was set at $500,000, and he is scheduled to appear in court on July 25, 2025.