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Fairfield Rotary Serves Up Pancakes For Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief Fairfield Rotary Serves Up Pancakes For Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief
Fairfield Rotary Serves Up Pancakes For Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief FAIRFIELD, Conn. — The Fairfield Rotary is teaming up with Chip’s Family Restaurant to offer relief to those dealing with the aftereffects of hurricanes in Puerto Rico. Pancakes for Dinner will take place Jan. 30 at the Tunxis Hill Road restaurant with all proceeds going to the Rotary’s Hurricane Relief Fund for Puerto Rico. Seating times are 5, 6 and 7 p.m. and the set price is $15 per person. Chip’s owners Adam Baiko and George Chatzopoulos will donate all costs of food and service to help the cause. Tips are not included in the price. For reservations with a preferred seating time, e-m…

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by Meredith Guinness
Politics
U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy: Situation in Puerto Rico 'Worse Than I Thought' U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy: Situation in Puerto Rico 'Worse Than I Thought'
U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy: Situation in Puerto Rico 'Worse Than I Thought' FAIRFIELD, Conn. —More than 100 days after Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy said the territory remains “an island in crisis” with more than 50 percent of the population still without electricity. Murphy, who traveled to Puerto Rico with Sen. Richard Blumenthal last week, said he could only imagine what would happen if such a situation was left to languish in Connecticut. “There would be rioting in the streets,” he said Friday at an appearance in Fairfield. Murphy said he and Blumenthal toured a neighborhood in San Juan, the island’s largest city, where many resid…

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by Meredith Guinness