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Alert Issued After Tick Species Found To Be Established In Fairfield Alert Issued After Tick Species Found To Be Established In Fairfield
Alert Issued After Tick Species Found To Be Established In Fairfield A Fairfield County town is urging residents to take precautions following the discovery that Asian longhorned ticks have become well-established in the area. The Town of Fairfield announced on Tuesday, June 21, that researchers at Western Connecticut State University’s Tickborne Disease Prevention Laboratory discovered a week earlier that the ticks were found on a resident's dog. WCSU conducted sampling on Monday, June 20, in the overflow grass parking areas of Penfield Beach and other areas at Jennings Beach and found "a significant number" of the ticks, officials said.  Officia…

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Wanted Man Nabbed After Side-Swiping Mail Truck, Fleeing In Fairfield Wanted Man Nabbed After Side-Swiping Mail Truck, Fleeing In Fairfield
Wanted Man Nabbed After Side-Swiping Mail Truck, Fleeing In Fairfield A 54-year-old Fairfield man was arrested for several offenses after side-swiping a U.S. Postal truck and then taking off instead of waiting for the police, according to the Fairfield Police. William Brown was arrested Friday, Aug. 17, after Fairfield Police received a 911 call reporting a motor vehicle collision in front of Tile America and that the vehicle at fault was fleeing the scene, said Lt. Robert Kalamaras.  Officers on scene determined that a mail truck was traveling east on Commerce Drive in the right lane of travel was struck by a red landscaping truck passing him on his left sid…

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by Kathy Reakes