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Former Fairfield Superintendent Sentenced To Prison For Environmental Crimes Former Fairfield Superintendent Sentenced To Prison For Environmental Crimes
Former Fairfield Superintendent Sentenced To Prison For Environmental Crimes A former public works superintendent in Fairfield County has been sentenced to prison for committing environmental crimes and conspiring with others to defraud. Scott Bartlett, age 61, of Fairfield, was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Friday, Dec. 1, suspended after five years and five years of probation, said Chief State’s Attorney Patrick J. Griffin. As part of his plea agreement, Bartlett, the disgraced superintendent for Fairfield, is also required to make restitution payments of $1 million to the town for the harm caused. Bartlett pleaded guilty in August to nine felony environmen…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Delivery Driver Shot During Attempted Robbery At Fairfield County Auto Dealer Delivery Driver Shot During Attempted Robbery At Fairfield County Auto Dealer
Delivery Driver Shot During Attempted Robbery At Fairfield County Auto Dealer A delivery driver was shot in the stomach during an attempted robbery in Fairfield County. The incident took place around 1 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 14, at Miller Nissan in the Town of Fairfield. Officers responded to the Cumberland Farms on Kings Highway after receiving a call that a delivery man had stumbled into the store after being shot at the dealership located at 930 Kings Highway East, according to Lt. Eddie Weihe, of the Fairfield Police Department. The victim was transported to an area hospital and has undergone surgery, Weihe said. The latest report was that he is expected to recove…

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by Kathy Reakes
Schools
Students Walk Out Of Class At High Schools In Fairfield County After Racist Post Students Walk Out Of Class At High Schools In Fairfield County After Racist Post
Students Walk Out Of Class At High Schools In Fairfield County After Racist Post Groups of high school students in Fairfield County walked out of class to protest recent racial incidents that came to a head following a racist social media post earlier this month. On Monday, May 24, students at Fairfield Warde High School orchestrated a mass walkout of hundreds of students that were also in collaboration with students across town at Ludlowe High School. In total, upwards of 600 students reportedly walked out in Fairfield on Monday, which lasted a few hours, featuring speeches and some of the teens sharing their own experiences with race in the area. According to the o…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Shelter In Place Order Lifted For Fairfield County School After No Weapon Found Shelter In Place Order Lifted For Fairfield County School After No Weapon Found
Shelter In Place Order Lifted For Fairfield County School After No Weapon Found A shelter-in-place order for a Fairfield County school that believed a weapon may have been brought to school has been lifted after a police search. Students at Walter Fitzgerald Campus in Fairfield were told to shelter in place on Thursday, May 13, after school officials called the Fairfield Police Department to search the school when fears surfaced that a student may have a weapon at the school, said Andrea Clark, director of communications at Fairfield Public Schools. The shelter in place was lifted around noon Thursday, after police searched the school, and talked with the students invo…

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by Kathy Reakes
Schools
COVID-19: School Districts In Fairfield County Report 13 New Cases COVID-19: School Districts In Fairfield County Report 13 New Cases
Covid-19: School Districts In Fairfield County Report 13 New Cases Several new positive COVID-19 cases were confirmed in multiple Fairfield County schools, officials announced. In Westport, four new cases were reported at four different schools: Bedford Middle School, Long Lots Elementary, Staples High School, and Stepping Stone Preschool, Superintendent Thomas Scarice wrote in a notice to parents. Related story - COVID-19: Two New Cases Confirmed In Westport School District “In our efforts to remain transparent with reports of positive Covid-19 cases associated with our schools, we will continue to provide these updates as information is confirmed,” Scar…

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by Zak Failla
Obituaries
Former Trumbull Women's Club and Welcome Wagon President, Sally Garrick, Dies At 103 Former Trumbull Women's Club and Welcome Wagon President, Sally Garrick, Dies At 103
Former Trumbull Women's Club and Welcome Wagon President, Sally Garrick, Dies At 103 Sally Dorothea Toth Garrick, 103, died on Sept. 22 at Lexington Medical Center in West Columbia, SC.  Born in Fairfield, she was the last of 10 children born to Hungarian parents, Joseph and Suzanna Kanotz Toth. She enjoyed swimming and golf.  She married architect Joseph E. Garrick in 1940 and remained married for 65 years until his death in 2004. Sally and Joe traveled to various European countries on several occasions. One of these trips included a visit to her father’s old family home in Hungary from which he left for New York City in approximately 1890. Sally attended the Pr…

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by Daily Voice
Police & Fire
Woman With Active Warrant Taken Into Custody In Wilton Woman With Active Warrant Taken Into Custody In Wilton
Woman With Active Warrant Taken Into Custody In Wilton A 25-year-old woman was arrested by Wilton Police on an active warrant while being interviewed in connection with another case.  Rachel Ragone, of Kings Park, was arrested Tuesday, Nov. 6, after police learned she was wanted an active warrant for failure to appear for automobile charges in 2016 in Fairfield, said Wilton Police Lt. Robert Kluk. She was processed and released on $1,000 bond. Ragone is scheduled to appear in court on Nov. 16. 

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by Kathy Reakes