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Restaurant Review: Bodega Taco Bar

Restaurant Review: Bodega Taco Bar

This is a guest post from Fairfield resident Wendy Martinenas. To follow Wendy on Twitter @ctgreenrealtor. Her website is www.ctgreenrealestate.com Have you noticed all the new restaurants popping up around town? Check out what we thought of our experience at Bodega. The funky decor made for a great atmosphere.  We headed straight for the bar [...]

Hurricane Irene making a beeline for Connecticut

Hurricane Irene: Hey’s and Nay’s

My own personal observations of the past week’s events dealing with Hurricane Irene, in the form of “Hey’s” and Nay’s. If you have any of your own, please write them in the comment section below. Hey: To the Fire, Police and Public Works Departments for not only risking there well-being, but leaving their families and [...]

Hey, I’m cutting the cord.

Hey, I’m cutting the cord.

I like Cablevision. We had Cablevision installed soon after we moved into our house almost ten years ago. Initially we started with the television and internet packages. Several years later we added Optimum Voice telephone service. We never have a problem with the phone, our internet connection line is fast enough for our needs and [...]

Hey Fairfield, This is a Crisis.

Hey Fairfield, This is a Crisis.

It’s old news already, but the Board of Education barely passed Middle School Feeder Plan E last night. Here are the details of each of the plans. Easily half the meeting (hours) was spent debating this topic and listening to parents voicing concerns about changes. Already this morning, on the walk to and from school, [...]

Board of Education Not Doing Their Job…

Board of Education Not Doing Their Job…

They are doing someone else’s. As I was thinking about tonight’s Board of Education meeting I went to their website to glean some information. Right there on the front of the page is an interesting piece of copy, the BOE’s Mission Statement. It reads: The mission of the Fairfield Public Schools is to inspire students [...]

Board of Education – Stuck in the Middle on Middle School Feeder Plan

Board of Education – Stuck in the Middle on Middle School Feeder Plan

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 [...]

Referendums and Economic Principles.

Referendums and Economic Principles.

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 [...]

My iPhone Troubles: Part 3

My iPhone Troubles: Part 3

Click here to read Part 1 Click here to read Part 2 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. [...]

My iPhone 4 Troubles: Part 2

My iPhone 4 Troubles: Part 2

Click here to read Part 1 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 [...]

HeyFairfield takes the Electric Drive Smart Car for a spin.

HeyFairfield takes the Electric Drive Smart Car for a spin.

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 [...]