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Learn how to Protect Your Valuables at the Fairfield Public Library

Feb 24, 2014 Alex

[Fairfield, CT, February 21, 2014] The Fairfield Public Library is hosting Police Lieutenant James Perez on Tuesday, March 4. He will discuss crime prevention and personal safety at 7 pm in the Rotary Room of the Main Library, 1080 Old Post Road. Learn how to protect yourself and your valuables. Lieutenant Perez will talk about personal safety, identity theft, home improvement, vacation scams, investment fraud and the latest in crime technology. Lt. Perez has 22 years of experience in law enforcement and is currently Commander of Special Services in Fairfield. Advanced registration is required due to the limited space. All programs at the Fairfield Public Library are free of charge. For more information and to register for this event call…

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Fairfield News: Uhaul truck hits North Benson Overpass (again)

Feb 24, 2014 Alex

3:07pm--#Fairfield CT-- Report of a Uhaul that has struck the North Benson Overpass. The truck has made it through, but there is a large debris field that needs to be cleaned up.

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Book Discussion with Dr. Mark Schenker at the Fairfield Public Library

Feb 24, 2014 Stephen Krauchick

[Fairfield, Conn., February 21, 2014] Dr. Mark Schenker will lead a book discussion on A House in the Sky. The discussion will be held in the Rotary Room at the Main Library, 1080 Old Post Road, on Saturday, March 1 at 2 p.m. A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett, is the official selection for Fairfield’s One Book One Town 2014. Join us for what are always a lively discussion and a wonderful exchange of ideas. Dr. Mark Schenker, our popular discussion leader, is a Senior Associate Dean at Yale College and Dean of Academic Affairs, and a part-time lecturer in the English Department. He has led book discussions in Connecticut libraries for over 25 years,…

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Author Vivien Shotwell to visit Fairfield Public Library

Feb 24, 2014 Stephen Krauchick

[Fairfield, CT, February 21, 2014] The Fairfield Public Library will host author Vivien Shotwell and her newly released, debut novel, Vienna Nocturne on Monday, March 3. She will be discussing her book at 7 pm in the Memorial Room of the Main Library, 1080 Old Post Road. When Vivien Shotwell was an undergraduate studying at Williams College, her voice teacher assigned her the haunting aria “Non temer, amato bene,” written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for English soprano Anna Storace on her departure from Vienna. It immediately struck Shotwell as something special. Vienna Nocturne is a sweeping historical love story and a portrait of an age. It is a deeply moving novel that brings to life two extraordinary figures—a thirty-year-old…

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Today’s Car Fire

Feb 23, 2014 Stephen Krauchick

5:00pm--#Fairfield CT--Today's car fire was on I-95 northbound near exit 19. A 2013 Volkwagon Golf sustained substantial damage but there were no injuries.

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Charity Craft at Fairfield Public Library Woods Branch

Feb 22, 2014 Alex

[Fairfield, CT, February 21, 2014] The Fairfield Public Library is hosting its monthly DIY Craft Salon at the Fairfield Woods Branch Library, 1147 Fairfield Woods Road on Saturday, March 1 at 11 a.m. This month we will work on a project that will support cancer survivors. Alexandra Currie will be the presenter for this salon. She is the owner of a little square LLC in Fairfield and creator of the Pink Pom Pom Project, a crafting initiative that seeks to help those affected by cancer. Join us as we make squares for a quilt that will be given to a cancer support organization. All supplies will be provided, but if you are a knitter, please bring size 8 needles. Advanced…