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Been Caught Picking—and Proud of It!
I am a big fan of berries. Strawberries. Blueberries. Raspberries, red and black. So, when the summer picking season comes around, you’ll likely find me in a berry patch, kneeling in the dirt, determined to find the biggest, juiciest strawberries. Blueberry picking isn’t so back-breaking, but sometimes the best and brightest blues are nestled deep [...]
Fairfield Public Library’s Job Search Support Continues Through the Summer
The Fairfield Public Library’s Jobs 2009 series has concluded for the summer, but the networking will continue on. Join a summer networking group at the Library. The meetings will be unstructured, providing members the opportunity to exchange job search tips and strategies while expanding their network of contacts in a supportive environment. Each group of [...]
Summer is a great time to work on your life plan
Summer officially started over the weekend although this weather doesn’t feel like it. This is the perfect season to reassess your life before the start of the new school year. I always felt that even if you do not have children that right after Labor Day is a time for a new beginning versus New [...]
Route 58 Fairfield closed yesterday.
This was submitted by one of our regular readers, Paul. Ed, My neighbor, Todd Jones, just sent a few photos to you of a huge tree which fell across upper Black Rock Turnpike just South of the Merritt Parkway in Fairfield. It smashed a windshield on a Subaru and, amazingly, nobody seems to have been [...]
Homes, Hopes and Dreams
I’m a Realtor, and this is my first blog. I love what I do for a living. I also like to write so this seemed like it was worth a shot. I’d like to spend my time writing to you about Real Estate. Don’t worry. I won’t overwhelm you with mind numbing stats though numbers [...]
Local Professionals to Host Free Wish Planning Boot Camp
Beth Carter , a Personal and Business Coach, with Carter Consultants Ltd. and Melissa Ciotoli, a Financial Advisor with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney will be hosting a free Wish Planning Workshop on 6/25 at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney’s office in Westport. The workshop will cover life planning and financial planning to achieve your dreams and goals. For [...]
Fairfield Board of Education Hears Three Proposals for Redistricting
One thing became abundantly clear to me at last night’s Fairfield Board of Education meeting, the Board wastes a lot of time on redistricting. It’s the hand they are dealt. During the past few decades we’ve accepted that. However, as parents, the mere thought of redistricting gets the heart rate up. I can only imagine [...]
Fairfield Teacher’s Union rejects concessions
As reported in the Connecticut Post, the Fairfield teacher’s union has rejected a proposal by the Board of Education to help close a $3m gap. The Board proposed a furlough day for all teachers that would have saved about $375,000. The Union proposal included cuts to capital spending, car leases for administrative officials and reinstating [...]
Junior Achievement Wraps Up at McKinley School
By ed@heyfairfield on June 26, 2009
The students of Ms. Diana Webb’s third grade class looked on intently as Kevin Demshak, a Regional Consultant with Fidelity Brokerage Services, handed checks to several students in exchange for cash. These students were the “bankers” in Mr. Demshak’s activity “You Can Bank On It”, the last activity of five in Junior Achievement’s Elementary School Program [...]
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