By ed@heyfairfield on August 26, 2010
Every now and then a great website comes along highlighting the best of what’s going on in Fairfield. Welcome Fairfield MomsTown to that short bookmark list.
On Fairfield MomsTown you will find a potpourri of information useful to moms (and us stay-at-home dads). They cover the gamut, Road Trips, Discussion Forums, Events, Marital Advice and on. [...]
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By ed@heyfairfield on August 16, 2010
The Fairfield Museum and History Center, will hold its annual fundraising gala, “A Night at the Museum” 2010 on Saturday, September 25th. Committee co-chairs and Fairfield residents, Parker Rogers II and Christopher Wm. Philip are optimistic that the funds raised this year will exceed last year’s contributions of $43,000.
“The cost of the [...]
Posted in Things To Do
By ed@heyfairfield on August 13, 2010
Yesterday a referendum was held to decide the fate of a patch of land in Fairfield. Even though the majority of voters were in favor of the referendum, the referendum failed to receive enough votes to be enacted. So it dies.
I witnessed quite a bit of back and forth arguments over this issue on Facebook, [...]
Posted in opinion, Politics
By ed@heyfairfield on July 10, 2010
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July 3: Pay $9.95 to access the internet for a day at the hotel. Check my email to see if Terms and Conditions have arrived from Apple. Nope. Check spam filter, junk mailbox and trash. Nada. Try Terms page again just in case. No dice. [...]
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By ed@heyfairfield on July 10, 2010
Bring dinner on Wednesday evening July 14th and join neighbors and friends at the Fairfield Museum and History Center’s old-fashioned, free community picnic and evening of Town Ball (different from Baseball), from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The evening is co-sponsored with FCBuzz.org and the Museum will be open to everyone for It’s a Hit! A [...]
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By ed@heyfairfield on July 9, 2010
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July 1: Receive an email from Apple. My order is on hold because of an issue with AT&T setting up the account. Email advises to call AT&T. I spend 30 minutes on the phone with AT&T. It is determined that two phone numbers have been set up. Must call Apple [...]
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By ed@heyfairfield on July 8, 2010
Thanks to the gracious folks at the Smart Car Center in Fairfield, I was able to take a very unique vehicle for a test drive. Later this year SmartUSA is launching the Electric Drive Smart Car in 5 markets, one of them Fairfield. I took the HeyFairfield cam and filmed the test drive. Watch the [...]
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By ed@heyfairfield on July 7, 2010
Occasionally I am going to talk about something that has no relevance to Fairfield, for better or worse.
June 15th: Apple begins taking preorders for the iPhone 4. Preorders placed on this day are promised to be shipped for arrival on June 24th. I started to place an order around 10:00am. The result was “order cannot [...]
Posted in opinion | Tagged Apple, AT&T
By ed@heyfairfield on July 5, 2010
Last week, on Tony Hwang’s Facebook page, a little bit of discussion started about the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in favor of gun rights. Full disclosure, I do not own a handgun, nor would I feel safer with one. However, I do believe citizens should be able to own and use firearms if qualified to [...]
Posted in Newswire | Tagged humor, police
Board of Education – Stuck in the Middle on Middle School Feeder Plan
By ed@heyfairfield on August 24, 2010
Click here for the Fairfield Board of Education Middle School Feeder Proposal
Tonight, further keeping parents on edge, the Fairfield Board of Education was unable to reach a decision regarding the revisions to the middle school feeder pattern.
The subcommittee charged with analyzing the situation and developing various alternatives, Facilities, Technology and Long Range Planning [...]
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