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Top News In Brookfield: DMV Worker Arrested, Best Friends Killed In Crash Top News In Brookfield: DMV Worker Arrested, Best Friends Killed In Crash
Top News In Brookfield: DMV Worker Arrested, Best Friends Killed In Crash FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. — The arrest of a DMV worker in Bridgeport on charges of stealing money and the death of two best friends in a head-on crash on Route 1 in Norwalk topped the week's news in Fairfield County.  Here are the top stories of the week, as reported by Daily Voice:  Kimberly Brown of Bridgeport was arrested after police said she stole $79,000 while working for the DMV by exploiting a loophole while registering cars. She was terminated and charged with first-degree larceny by defrauding a public community, and first-degree forgery.  Two men were killed in a head-on two-car c…

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Stamford Boy's 'Bullying Button' Wins High Honors In National Contest Stamford Boy's 'Bullying Button' Wins High Honors In National Contest
Stamford Boy's 'Bullying Button' Wins High Honors In National Contest STAMFORD, Conn. — A Stamford fifth-grader’s simply ingenious invention to combat bullying has transformed into a national prize for him and $5,000 for his school’s science programs. In fall 2017, Pfizer and Scholastic launched the If Kids Could Cure contest, asking children in grades K to 5 to dream up solutions to medical and societal problems and help make the world a better place. Brian Chen of Toquam Magnet Elementary School said he wanted to create a wearable “bullying button” that could alert others if a person is feeling bullied. His idea netted him runner-up honors in the national …

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by Meredith Guinness