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, [...]
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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 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 January 20, 2010
This post started on one of our RTM members Facebook page, but as I started writing I realized this would make a good blog post. I hope you weigh in with your viewpoint in the comment section.
Posted in opinion | Tagged Connecticut, Fairfield, Healthcare, Massachusetts Special Election
By Tony Derbyshire on January 13, 2010
School systems are a big deal to some people. My parents moved from one town to another to be a part of a better school system. I was lucky. I got a great education from public school that I didn’t fully appreciate until I went to college. As a parent, the quality of public education continues [...]
Posted in Around Town, Local Blogs, opinion, real estate, Uncategorized | Tagged Fairfield Real Estate, private schools, schools
By Tony Derbyshire on January 12, 2010
We used to live on the Westport line here in Fairfield. It was great! You could walk to the train station, the gym, the beach, the grocery store and even Friendly’s. What was the best, though, was the fact that Toys R Us was also walking distance. Until it closed, that is. If that didn’t [...]
Posted in Around Town, opinion, real estate | Tagged Commuting, CT, Fairfield, Homes, real estate, Toys
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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