Jay Polansky

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Born and raised in Fairfield County, Jay graduated from Fairfield University. He has written for Hearst Connecticut Newspapers.

Jay was formerly a reporter at Daily Voice.

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Stamford, CT
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New Stamford Steakhouse Gearing Up For Opening, Hiring Workers New Stamford Steakhouse Gearing Up For Opening, Hiring Workers New Stamford Steakhouse Gearing Up For Opening, Hiring Workers
New Stamford Steakhouse Gearing Up For Opening, Hiring Workers STAMFORD, Conn. — Construction crews are putting up the finishing touches for the opening of another much-anticipated restaurant in downtown Stamford. Del Frisco's Grille is set to open on Aug. 21 at the corner of Broad and Atlantic streets, according to a sign on the property, which is undergoing massive renovations.  The restaurant also is hiring workers. Another sign posted in a window Tuesday advised those interested in jobs to visit visit jobs.dfrg.com or call the restaurant’s hiring office at 203-658-8482. The chain has been serving up steaks and other chef-driven cuisine for 2…

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by Jay Polansky
Westport, CT
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Bridgeport Man Charged With Stealing From Westport Office Eight Years Ago Bridgeport Man Charged With Stealing From Westport Office Eight Years Ago Bridgeport Man Charged With Stealing From Westport Office Eight Years Ago
Bridgeport Man Charged With Stealing From Westport Office Eight Years Ago WESTPORT, Conn. — A Bridgeport man was arrested Sunday on an active warrant stemming from the theft of a wallet from an employee's purse at a Westport office park eight years ago, police said.  Westport officers went to the Bridgeport Police Department on Sunday and took custody of Marvin Robinson, 55, of 1001 Old Town Road, police said. The larceny was reported to the Westport Police Department on Aug. 17, 2007, by a company in the Greens Farms Office Park on Greens Farms Road. Suspects had entered a business there during working hours and stolen an employee’s wallet from a purse, poli…

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by Jay Polansky
Fairfield, CT
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Police: Intoxicated Fairfield Woman Hit Two Cars On Stratfield Road Police: Intoxicated Fairfield Woman Hit Two Cars On Stratfield Road Police: Intoxicated Fairfield Woman Hit Two Cars On Stratfield Road
Police: Intoxicated Fairfield Woman Hit Two Cars On Stratfield Road FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A Fairfield woman was arrested on an impaired driving charge last week after hitting a vehicle while traveling north on Stratfield Road, setting off a chain of events that caused a three-car collision on July 20, police said. A 2015 Black Chevy Silverado pickup truck driven by Dianne A Hart-Damato of 165 Lounsbury Road collided with a 2014 Chevy Black Equinox, police said. The impact from that collision sent the Equinox into a 2013 Mercedes GL 350, police said. Hart-Damato was arrested in connection with the accident Aug. 7 and charged with failure to wear a seat belt…

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by Jay Polansky
Fairfield, CT
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Driver Leads Fairfield Cops In Chase After Stealing Underwear, Undershirts Driver Leads Fairfield Cops In Chase After Stealing Underwear, Undershirts Driver Leads Fairfield Cops In Chase After Stealing Underwear, Undershirts
Driver Leads Fairfield Cops In Chase After Stealing Underwear, Undershirts FAIRFIELD, Conn. — The driver of a white Infinity made a quick getaway from a local department store Friday evening after stealing underwear and undershirts as part of a group of shoplifters, Fairfield police said.  A manager at Marshalls, located at 700 Post Road, flagged down an officer who was conducting an unrelated traffic stop in the parking lot. The manager told police that he saw a white male and female shoplifting from the store, police said. The female, who was wearing a dark blue or black tank top with gray shorts, walked into the store carrying an empty white plastic bag, po…

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by Jay Polansky
Westport, CT
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Four Teens Hit The Trails To Preserve The Environment In Weston Four Teens Hit The Trails To Preserve The Environment In Weston Four Teens Hit The Trails To Preserve The Environment In Weston
Four Teens Hit The Trails To Preserve The Environment In Weston WESTON, Conn. — Four teens from New Haven hit the trails to improve natural preserves in Weston this July. The teens are members of The Nature Conservancy’s internship program dubbed Leaders in Environmental Action for the Future, or LEAF. They went to  work in the Devil’s Den and the Katharine Ordway preserves. “They were working on a variety of projects,” Cynthia Fowx, conservation outreach and Devil's Den Preserve manager, told the Daily Voice. “All of them were focused on improving our visitors' experience.” The teens engaged in way-finding projects. They painted trail blazes so …

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by Jay Polansky
Westport, CT
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Website Adds Up The Numbers, Finds Westport Among 'Most Boring Towns' Website Adds Up The Numbers, Finds Westport Among 'Most Boring Towns' Website Adds Up The Numbers, Finds Westport Among 'Most Boring Towns'
Website Adds Up The Numbers, Finds Westport Among 'Most Boring Towns' WESTPORT, Conn. — RoadSnacks.Net believes that Westport is among the most boring towns in Connecticut. But rest assured, the designation is purely statistical.  “We didn’t use personal opinion when it comes to what classifies a city or town as ‘boring,” wrote Sam Sparkes, the article’s author. “We crunched actual numbers to figure out which towns are statistically more boring.” The website also features other equally cheerful but statistically based articles — citing scientific fact, of course —such as “These Are The 10 Worst Places To Live In Delaware”  and “These Are The 10 Worst Plac…

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by Jay Polansky
Westport, CT
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Eco-Friendly Home Builder Finds Purity On Westport Property Eco-Friendly Home Builder Finds Purity On Westport Property Eco-Friendly Home Builder Finds Purity On Westport Property
Eco-Friendly Home Builder Finds Purity On Westport Property WESTPORT, Conn. — The path to better luxury living begins by becoming more friendly to the environment, according to Pure House creator Doug Mcdonald.  “If you’re not at war with your house, land and yard, you’re living in more luxury,” Mcdonald told The Daily Voice on Thursday, referring to such environmentally destructive habits of fighting nature as using pesticides to kill weeds. But the property of his company's newly constructed 6,000-square-foot house on Coleytown Road in Westport will be purely natural.  That devotion to nature can be seen in the landscape, where Mcdonald esc…

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by Jay Polansky
Westport, CT
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Black Rat Snake Spotted Slithering Up Tree In Weston Yard Black Rat Snake Spotted Slithering Up Tree In Weston Yard Black Rat Snake Spotted Slithering Up Tree In Weston Yard
Black Rat Snake Spotted Slithering Up Tree In Weston Yard WESTON, Conn. -- A Weston resident spotted a 6-foot-long snake climbing a tree in her yard Tuesday evening. And in this case, it was a welcome sight — sort of. "He climbed an incredibly tall tree while my kids played very loudly nearby," Gemma Richards said in an email to the Daily Voice. "He reached the top of the tree and seemed to rest there for a while, but I didn’t see him come down or fall out." Richards said she was pleased to spot the harmless black rat snake after seeing two copperhead snakes on her property earlier. She also reported that her neighbor had spotted a copperhe…

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Westport, CT
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Weston Student Turns Food Scraps into Gardening Gold Weston Student Turns Food Scraps into Gardening Gold Weston Student Turns Food Scraps into Gardening Gold
Weston Student Turns Food Scraps into Gardening Gold WESTON, Conn. — Josh Lachs, a senior at Weston High School, returned home from a semester studying in the Caribbean with more than just a tan and some high school credits. Lachs, who studied at The Island School, arrived back in leafy Weston with the inspiration to make environmentally friendly changes in his life and those of his neighbors. Known as “The Compost Kid,” Lachs is the brains and muscle behind a Weston-based business that picks up compostable material — fruits, vegetables, coffee grounds — from homes and returns the finished compost. Customers can use the resulting produ…

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by Jay Polansky
Greenwich, CT
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Greenwich Ecologist Takes A Leap Into Africa Greenwich Ecologist Takes A Leap Into Africa Greenwich Ecologist Takes A Leap Into Africa
Greenwich Ecologist Takes A Leap Into Africa GREENWICH, Conn. — Even though Axel Hunnicutt grew up in suburban Greenwich, he was always drawn to wildlife.  He enjoyed visiting Audubon and the Bronx Zoo as a kid. But when the opportunity arose, he decide to move to the wilderness.  “I’ve never wanted to be an armchair ecologist,” Hunnicutt said from a coffee shop in Cos Cob on Tuesday. So he did something not many University of Connecticut grads do: He packed up his bags and moved to study grizzly bears in the Canadian Rockies. When Hunnicutt was admitted to the University of Pretoria, he moved across the world to KwaZulu-Nat…

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