Fairfield CT

2013 Town’s holocaust commemoration

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3: Town of Fairfield’s 30th Annual Holocaust Commemoration: an educational, uplifting and thoughtful evening of remembrance, with former local resident and retired educator Bob Gillette, who authored the Virginia Plan, a true story of rescue. There will be a short presentation by Mr. Gillette, musical selections by Fairfield County Children’s Choir and Fairfield Ludlowe Ensemble, a candle lighting ceremony and a reception. The event will be held at First Church Congregational, 148 Beach Road, Fairfield at 7:30pm. FREE ADMISSION. Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/FHC2013 Website: http://fairfieldholocaustcommemoration.org

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Retired Chief now police officer in Bridgewater

Former Chief of Police for the town of Fairfield recently changed his LinkedIn status to police officer in the town of Bridgewater Connecticut.  I message him and he confirmed it.    Bridgewater is a small community of about 1,800 residents according to the  2000 census and is the last dry town in the state.   Bridgewater is served by one resident state police officer and two other town police officers.  David Peck was the chief in Fairfield from August 2006  to May 2010 when he retired.  He often drove the town's senior citizen's bus,  a constable for Fairfield and consultant Vigilant Resources International in New York.   Anyone who knows the chief knows David enjoyed serving the public and always and upbeat…

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Mural Unveiled In Fairfield While Police Still Wait For a Contract

Editorial- On Thursday, March 7, 2013 at 5 pm, First Selectman Tetreau and the newly formed Fairfield Arts Advisory Committee (FAAC) held a press conference to unveil a mural in the second floor conference room in the John J. Sullivan Independence Hall, 725 Old Post Road.  Yet it's been over two years since the Fairfield Police Department has had a contract or even a cost of living increase.  Priorities....why is Fairfield so anti-union?  They made the fire department and nurses union wait years for a contract proving their anti-union stand.  The town's sticking point?  Health insurance.  If there is any town employee that should have stellar health insurance that should be our firefighters and police.  Cut it back?  Let's start…

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