Fairfield Police Take Down Sign That Offended Citizen

1:58pm–#Fairfield CT–A Lakeview Court resident called police that a sign on Black Rock Turnpike was “offensive” to him.  The sign was for a gun safety class hosted by Safe and Secure Training (SafeandSecureTraining.com).  The sign was taken down by police.    I interviewed First Selectman Micahel Tetreau about this back in July of 2014.  He said  “We value the look of our community” and that the signs are in fact illegal but “We don’t have the labor to enforce it as much as we like”.    A year later if you look around town you will still see the same street spam by the same offenders.    Tetreau continued  “we need to look for a better way” but with the precedent set today with police taking down a sign for someone being offended will justify similar occurrences.  When I first posted the interview in 2014 many viewers commented they are out of work and they would gladly split the fines with the town and do the job.  It sounds less expensive than sending out a police officer to take them down.   The question is who will determine what is an offensive sign and what is not an offensive sign?

The link to the 2014 interview with the first selectman is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDpq6nyu4xI

 

 

Fairfield News: Kayak Adrift

4:12pm–#Fairfield CT #Southport CT– A kayak was found drifting in Long Island Sound and called in by resident towards the end of Fairfield Beach Road.  Fairfield Firefighters lead by Assistant Fire Chief George Gomola had Marine 228 and 217 launch.  Marine 217 located the 12 foot one person kayak about 400 feet from shore.  A search was conducted and Coast Guard was called in.  After a search of the contents inside the kayak it was determined that there was no one in the boat.  As protocol the Coast Guard did a sweep of the area.

Valley-Shore Weatherdog Holiday Week Forecast

Good evening everyone we hope you had a great weekend! Eastern parts of the state are seeing some light rain tonight while western parts had a beautiful sunset!
 
Looking at the week ahead we start off chilly but plenty of sun each day! Bundle the kids up for the bus stop as it will be chilly to start each day…
We don’t see any travel issues weather wise in the state what so ever for your thanksgiving holiday travels!!
 
As we get closer to Thanksgiving we will see a slight warm up!
 
Our next chance for some rain will be late Friday into Saturday morning. It looks like we clear out for any tree lighting activities for Saturday night but the chance for more showers come back for Sunday. We are a while away from next weekend and we know how the forecast can change!!
 
That’s all friends… enjoy the short work week and safe travels as you head out for the holiday! Be safe!
 
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Tom and Kevin

Westport News: Pool Contractor Arrest

Warrant Arrest: On Wednesday November 18th, 2015 the accused turned himself into the Westport Police Department after learning that there was a warrant for his arrest. The arrest stems from a larceny complaint received on September 18th, 2015. The complainant alleges that he had hired CT Windows and Sunrooms LLC back in December 2014 to reconstruct his pool roof and paid $5000 upfront as part of the contract agreement. From December 2014 to September 2015 no work was completed or attempted by the contractor. The complainant had requested his money back from the owner/contractor, which the suspect failed to do. Arrested was Noah Cifarelli (age 58) of East Haven Connecticut

 

Cifarelli was charged with Larceny 3rd C.G.S 53a-124,  Failure to Refund Demand 10 days C.G.S 20-247(b)(8),  Failure to Provide Duplicate note of Cancellation, C.G.S 43-135a2,  Failure to Provide Oral Note of Cancellation C.G.S 42-135a5

Cifarelli posed a $5000 bond and was issued a court date in November 30th, 2015 at Norwalk Court.  (Westport Police Press Release)

 

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