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Learn History While You Cruise Local Waterways!
Harbor Cruises are a fun way to learn regional history! The Fairfield Museum and History Center is offering a series of guided cruises of historic Black Rock Harbor, beginning Saturday, June 27 at 5:30 pm. Participants will learn about this deep, protected harbor that developed as a trade port and shipbuilding center in the 1700s [...]
Commemorate Fairfield’s Burning During The American Revolution with a Walking Tour
On July 7, 1779 the people of Fairfield awoke to a warning shot from the fort at Black Rock; a British fleet was spotted off the coast. For two days Fairfield was under British attack with troops burning virtually all its buildings in the town’s center. This year is the 230th anniversary of this devastating [...]
Fairfield blog to check out – andrewwarde.com
Ok all you Andrew Warde High School alumni. Time to dust off those crimson sweatshirts and visit a site just for you: andrewwarde.com It’s a home for all things related to the first high school in Fairfield to honor Andrew Warde. Here you will find alumni news, reunion updates, online issues of the Crimson Crier, [...]
Trends in recruiting
Good news is finally happening in the executive search world! Execunet, a leading executive talent firm, states that “executive recruiters who earlier this spring had a much more negative outlook are now clearly seeing signs of new management hiring by their client companies, amid signs that economic conditions have stabilized and more companies are looking [...]
Fairfield blog to check out – www.fairfieldfamilies.com
If you are looking for what’s going on for families in Fairfield, checkout fairfieldfamilies.com. Karen scours the area for family-minded events and attractions. She also posts tips any mom can appreciate. FairfieldFamilies.com
Free Lectures for Improving Bone Health
FAIRFIELD, CT/June 1, 2009 – Dr. Narain Naidu, Ph.D. (medicine), a globally recognized microbiologist/immunologist with more than 25 years experience in bioactive substances and their benefits on human health, will offer two complimentary lectures on improving bone health without harmful side effects, Friday, June 12th and Saturday, June 13th. The lectures are open to the [...]
Are you worried about the Board of Education redistricting process?
As I meander about town, on my daily sojourns from pick-up to drop-off, to errand to activity, I overhear quite a bit of conversation about the possibility of redistricting in the School District for the 2010-11 school year. What I hear are numerous concerned parents and a fair amount of misinformation. Notice, I wrote POSSIBILITY [...]
Fairfield Museum Offers Walking Tours of Historic Southport Village
The Fairfield Museum presents walking tours of historic Southport Village, originally called, ‘Mill River.’ Participants will gain insights into a part of our area where some of the finest architecture and street-scape design of early America continues to resist intrusion. The tours encompass the village, the harbor and the shipyard that began around 1763. Stopping [...]
Board of Education to Propose Three Options for Redistricting
Once again the School District’s inadequate space is causing redistricting headaches for the Board of Education and stress among parents. Last night’s Board of Education Standing Committee Meeting for Facilities, Technology, Long-Term Planning at Roger Ludlowe Middle School was well-attended with over 100 concerned Fairfield parents. Various options for redistricting have been developed by the [...]
Fairfield Board of Education: Plan to address overcrowding
By ed@heyfairfield on June 17, 2009
Attached is the Plan to Address Overcrowding (in two parts) as presented to the Board of Education by the Committee on Facilities, Information Technology and Long Range Planning on June 16, 2009. I’ll recap the meeting in another posting later today. Part 1
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