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COVID-19: Popular Market In Fairfield County To Close After Half-Century In Business COVID-19: Popular Market In Fairfield County To Close After Half-Century In Business
Covid-19: Popular Market In Fairfield County To Close After Half-Century In Business A Fairfield County staple for nearly 50 years will be forced to shut its doors due to financial hardships brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Owner Jim Magee of Peter’s Weston Market announced on Wednesday, Jan. 27 that the popular market, which had been struggling financially before the pandemic, will have to close its doors for good after a last-ditch fundraising effort failed. Magee said that over the last five years, sales have declined 10 percent annually, though expenses have increased. The financial struggles were then compounded by the pandemic, which limited in-store sales and hur…

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by Zak Failla
Lifestyle
Single-Use Bag Fees Not Going Over Well In This Fairfield County Town Single-Use Bag Fees Not Going Over Well In This Fairfield County Town
Single-Use Bag Fees Not Going Over Well In This Fairfield County Town The following is Part 1 in a two-part series of stories on single-use bag fees in Fairfield County. Many towns and cities in Connecticut have enacted bans on plastic bag use and others have ordinances in place that will take effect this year. In early March, Weston's plastic bag ordinance took effect, but a local market owner says his customers are upset. It's not the ban on single-use plastic bags shoppers at Peter's Weston Market object to but the 10 cent fee stores have to charge when customers use them, said owner Jim Magee.  The ordinance prohibits retailers from providing singl…

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by Donna Christopher