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Obituaries
Member Of Raveis Real Estate Family Killed In Fairfield Crash Remembered For 'Loving Heart' Member Of Raveis Real Estate Family Killed In Fairfield Crash Remembered For 'Loving Heart'
Member Of Raveis Real Estate Family Killed In Fairfield Crash Remembered For 'Loving Heart' A well-known mother of three from the region who was a member of the William Raveis Real Estate Company family is being remembered for her kindness and impact on the community where she lived. Massachusetts native Meghan Raveis, age 45, died on Friday, June 23 after she was struck by a vehicle while walking near her Connecticut residence in the town of Fairfield in the 500 block of Redding Road. The driver of the vehicle stopped at the scene and is cooperating with the investigation, Town of Fairfield Police said. Earlier report: 45-Year-Old Member Of Raveis Real Estate Com…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
ID Released For Man Found Dead At High School In Fairfield County ID Released For Man Found Dead At High School In Fairfield County
ID Released For Man Found Dead At High School In Fairfield County Police have released the identity of a man who was found dead in a stairway of a Fairfield County high school. The incident happened around 3:45 p.m., Sunday, May 16, when Bridgeport Police received a call reporting the body at Bassick High School. Bridgeport Police and AMR responded to the scene and pronounced the man, now identified as Bruce Lee Gilbert, age 46, of Bridgeport, dead on-scene, said Bridgeport PD Captain Kevin Gilleran. Gilbert had been living close by at the Bridgeport Rescue Mission, according to Gilleran.  Detectives made a follow-up to the Rescue Mission and…

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by Kathy Reakes
Lifestyle
COVID-19: Three Fairfield Women Spearhead Food Drives For Those In Need COVID-19: Three Fairfield Women Spearhead Food Drives For Those In Need
Covid-19: Three Fairfield Women Spearhead Food Drives For Those In Need As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to affect not only the health but livelihood of millions of citizens, organizations, and residents have stepped forward to help, including in Fairfield County. In Fairfield, three women who stepped forward in March and began holding food drives for other residents needing something to eat will hold their sixth "social distancing food drive" on Sunday, April 19. Helene Daly, Heather Dubrosky and Alexis Harrison began holding food drives on March 7 when the three women saw a need to help the community’s most vulnerable citizens, especiall…

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by Kathy Reakes
Lifestyle
Norwalk Senior Wins $100K College Scholarship Norwalk Senior Wins $100K College Scholarship
Norwalk Senior Wins $100K College Scholarship When Norwalk High School senior Emilia Cuevas found out she had won a $100,000 college scholarship, the young woman said she was speechless. Cuevas, this year’s winner of the 23rd annual Kevin M. Eidt Memorial Scholarship for Norwalk High School students, named after Kevin M. Eidt, who was an 18-year-old Boston College freshman when he died suddenly in 1997 from cardiac arrest while playing in a basketball game.  "I was so overwhelmed at the thought that I had won," Cuevas. "All of the other finalists were so qualified and have such amazing accomplishments so it is an ho…

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by Kathy Reakes