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Fairfield County Man, Brother Cited For Saving Man, Dog From Freezing Water Fairfield County Man, Brother Cited For Saving Man, Dog From Freezing Water
Fairfield County Man, Brother Cited For Saving Man, Dog From Freezing Water Two brothers, one a Fairfield County resident, have been awarded the prestigious Carnegie Hero Medal for their brave actions of saving a man and his dog who had fallen through the ice on an area lake.  The brothers, Fairfield resident Jonathan Goldfarb, and his brother Matthew Goldfarb, of Howell, New Jersey, were honored during a ceremony at the Fairfield Police Department on Wednesday, July 7. The rescue took place on Tuesday, Dec. 22 around 4:05 p.m., when the Fairfield Police Department received a 911 call reported a man and his dog in the water in Lake Mohegan, Sergeant Michael St…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Man Rescued After Falling Through Ice In Fairfield Man Rescued After Falling Through Ice In Fairfield
Man Rescued After Falling Through Ice In Fairfield In a dramatic rescue, a man was saved by three Good Samatarians after falling through the ice of a Fairfield County lake while attempting to save his dog. The incident began in the Town of Fairfield around 4 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 22, when the Fairfield Emergency Communications Center received a call reporting a 24-year-old man had fallen through the ice at Lake Mohegan, said Fairfield Fire Department Asst. Chief  Roger Caisse. The fire department immediately responded to the area within six minutes and found that three Good Samaritans including two men and a woman, had pulled the victim f…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Unresponsive Swimmer Dies After Being Pulled From Lake In Fairfield Unresponsive Swimmer Dies After Being Pulled From Lake In Fairfield
Unresponsive Swimmer Dies After Being Pulled From Lake In Fairfield A 33-year-old area man drowned while swimming with other family members in Lake Mohegan in Fairfield. Geovanny Tapia-Zuniga, of Bridgeport, was discovered drowned around 7:22 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 18, by members of the Fairfield Police Dive Team and the Fairfield Fire Department from Lake Mohegan, at 880 Morehouse Highway, in Fairfield, said Fairfield Police Lt. Robert Kalamaras. Fairfield police officers and firefighters responded to the beach and found that Tapia-Zuniga was swimming near the main beach area who went underwater and never surfaced, Kalamaras said. Family member…

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by Kathy Reakes
Lifestyle
These Area Beaches, Pools Are Closed After Tuesday's Torrential Downpours These Area Beaches, Pools Are Closed After Tuesday's Torrential Downpours
These Area Beaches, Pools Are Closed After Tuesday's Torrential Downpours Fairfield County residents will need to find a different way to enjoy the sun as several beaches and pools will remain closed on Wednesday following the thunderstorms that rocked the region this week. In Stratford, all beaches will be closed for swimming until Friday after the area received more than two inches of rain within 24 hours. The closures come as part of the Stratford Water Pollution Control Authority rules. All swimming areas in Fairfield will be closed, including the Lake Mohegan swimming area, until Thursday. All beaches in Stamford and Greenwich are also closed.

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by Zak Failla