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Meredith Guinness

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mguinness@dailyvoice.com

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Meredith Guinness was formerly a Daily Voice reporter covering breaking news and community features in Fairfield County.

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Business

Little Pub Taps Into Fairfield's Bustling Restaurant Scene FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Daneen Grabe has one goal in mind for each of her Little Pub restaurants — to make people happy. “It’s cute when you hear laughter,” the Fairfield resident said with a wide smile. “It means people are having a good time.” And it’s been a recipe for success for Grabe and her husband, Doug, who recently christened their fourth location on busy Black Rock Turnpike in Fairfield. The newest Little Pub joins outposts in Greenwich, Wilton and Ridgefield, where their eatery odyssey began seven years ago. The couple had been in manufacturing previously, creating battery-powered l…

by Meredith Guinness

09/21/2016

Business

Trumbull's Chop House Sizzles With Cast Iron Delicacies TRUMBULL, Conn. — Chef Attilio Marini likes cooking with cast iron. He really, really likes cooking with cast iron. He’s so enamored that he recently rechristened the landmark Marisa’s Ristorante, which his mom opened in 1988, as the Cast Iron Chop House in Trumbull, unveiling a bold new menu that reflects his skill with the skillet. “I’ve always had a passion for meats,” said Marini, taking a rare break from work in one of the dining rooms in the sprawling Main Street restaurant. “At Marisa’s, we always did a lot of steak, but we didn’t have a plan to showcase what I like to do. “But I wa…

by Meredith Guinness

09/21/2016

Lifestyle

Weston 'Frogman' Found Adventure On High Seas With Jacques Cousteau WESTPORT, Conn. — It was the summer of 1973 and while most of his classmates were preparing to head off to college, Richard Hyman was embarking on the adventure of a lifetime. The Weston 18-year-old was given the opportunity to be a supply truck driver for an expedition led by legendary French explorer/filmmaker Jacques Cousteau in Canada. The next thing he knew, Hyman found himself driving from Los Angeles to the wilds of Saskatchewan, then working with Cree builders to create a cabin for Cousteau’s crew to live in while they documented a beaver colony through the frigid winter. Hyman shar…

by Meredith Guinness

09/21/2016

Police & Fire

Naugatuck Woman Arrested On Drug Charge In Fairfield FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A 23-year-old Naugatuck woman was arrested for possession of narcotics after police saw her driving erratically on Tunxis Hill Road Sunday, police said. An officer stopped Jessimar Rodriguez, of Wisteria Drive, on Kings Highway East after he saw her nearly collide with another vehicle around 11:30 p.m.. police said. Rodriguez submitted to a breathalyzer test and blew a .164, more than twice the legal limit, police said. She also told police she had marijuana in the car and officers found drug paraphernalia and a small jar with an oxycodone pill in it, police said. Rodrig…

by Meredith Guinness

09/20/2016

Business

Customers Pay It Forward At New Latin Restaurant In Stratford STRATFORD, Conn. — Mayra Cabrera is taking a “take an empanada, leave an empanada” approach to Cibus Latin Fusion, the new restaurant she opened recently on Woodend Road. Customers who have a little extra cash on hand can pay it forward, buying an extra snack or entree and leaving a ticket for it on a column near the cashier’s station. Those who might be a little strapped for cash can take the ticket and enjoy a free meal. “I’ve heard about places doing that in Europe and I liked the idea,” said Cabrera, who hails from Ecuador originally. “A lot of people don’t have a lot of money. This is …

by Meredith Guinness

09/20/2016

Police & Fire

Two 17-Year-Old Girls Charged With Shoplifting In Fairfield FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Two 17-year-old Fairfield girls were arrested Saturday, after they attempted to steal about $668 worth of merchandise from Kohl’s on Tunxis Hill Road, police said. The girls hid items, mostly cosmetics, in backpacks in the 7:30 p.m. incident, police said. But a store loss prevention officer was watching them because they had previously attempted to shoplift in the store, police said. Each girl was charged with fifth-degree larceny and was scheduled to appear in juvenile court on Sept. 26, police said.

by Meredith Guinness

09/20/2016

Police & Fire

Man With 41 Prior Arrests Nabbed In Fairfield, Police Say FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A Bridgeport man with 41 prior arrests was arrested Sept. 16 after Fairfield police said he was caught on surveillance video stealing two bikes and a weed whacker from a Moody Avenue garage. Jorge Ramirez, 54, of Summit Street, was charged with third-degree burglary and third-degree larceny in the April 28 incident, police said. Police said he was caught on video removing a pane of glass from the detached residential garage and stealing a $500 men’s mountain bike, a $200 girl’s bike and a $200 weed whacker sometime between 12:30 and 1:30 a.m. The items were pawned, but p…

by Meredith Guinness

09/19/2016

Police & Fire

Oh Deer! Police Save Snagged Stag At Fairfield University FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Officers from Fairfield Animal Control and the state Department of Energy & Environmental Protection were called into action Monday morning when a large buck got his antlers stuck in a soccer goal on a playing field at Fairfield University. Video of the struggling stag show him flailing around to free himself, pulling the goal net about 30 or 40 feet across the rugby field at 1073 North Benson Road in the process, police said. Officers managed to cut him free at about 9:45 a.m., and he ran off into the woods, police said. The fields are used by teams at Fairfield Uni…

by Meredith Guinness

09/19/2016

Business

Unassuming Bridgeport Firm Fuels Freedom Tower And More BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Phillips Fuel Systems, which has built fuel transfer solutions for the Statue of Liberty, the Freedom Tower and many U.S. embassies in its modest Holland Avenue manufacturing space, welcomed a special visitor Friday — Gov. Dannel Mallloy. Malloy took a brief tour of the site between appearances in southwestern Connecticut, saying he was happy to see successful manufacturing is still alive and well in Bridgeport, an industrial giant in its heyday. “Bridgeport was the second largest producer of munitions in World War II,” the governor said. “It’s an important manufacturing…

by Meredith Guinness

09/19/2016

Business

Fairfield Brewers Tap Into Shared Love of Suds At Stratford Brewery STRATFORD, Conn. — Mike Borruso and Joe Bow realized they shared a love of home brewing one day while they were coaching their sons’ Little League team. Both New York City commuters, the pair would often talk taps on the train ride back to their Fairfield homes. So it wasn’t long before they were talking about another shared dream — opening a brewery. On Thursday, the new business partners welcomed a bumper crop of brew lovers to Fairfield Craft Ales, a brewery and taproom they opened recently in a town fast becoming somewhat of a suds mecca. Fairfield Craft Ales is within walking distan…

by Meredith Guinness

09/16/2016

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