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4 hrs ago | Journal News

New City student serves the community on way to becoming and Eagle Scout

NEW CITY - Many are familiar with the Boy Scout motto "be prepared." John Hanos certainly lives by it.

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Related Topix: New City, NY

Fri Dec 04, 2009

Hartford Courant

State's Job Forecast Still Cloudy Despite Upbeat National Report

Good national news on joblessness Friday might not be reflected in Connecticut, but it won't be known for several weeks.

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Related Topix: Ansonia, CT

Fairfield Citizen-News

Tops in town

The Board of Selectmen hosted its sixth annual Town Employee and Fairfielder of the Year awards Wednesday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Fairfield, CA, Libraries

Thu Dec 03, 2009

News Times

Drummer Nussbaum play Quick Center

Fairfield University's Jazz Ensemble features jazz drummer Adam Nussbaum in concert Saturday at the Wien Experimental Theatre in the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts.

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Related Topix: Norwalk, CT, Sonny Rollins, Jazz, Stan Getz, The Gil Evans Orchestra, Eliane Elias

Tue Dec 01, 2009

Connecticut Post

Voila! Quick Center hosts 'Cirque Viola!'

With so much to do, and so much going on, the holidays are a real circus, aren't they? Thus, what's a better distraction from all the hubbub than an actual circus? On Sunday at 2 p.m., Fairfield University's Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts will host "Cirque Voila!," an eye-popping collection of jugglers, contortionists, clowns and the like.

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Related Topix: Fairfield County, CT, New Haven Metro, Stamford, CT, Norwalk, CT, Bridgeport, CT

Sun Nov 29, 2009

Connecticut Post

Sanitizer demand outpaces supply at local colleges

The H1N1 scare has inspired a surge in handwashing and profits for hand-sanitizer makers, especially market-leader Purell, and has led to apparent shortages on area college campuses.

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Related Topix: Southern Connecticut State University, Sacred Heart University

Fri Nov 27, 2009

Fairfield Citizen-News

Mudbound author hopes novel brings justice

During her talk at Fairfield University last Tuesday, Hillary Jordan, author of Mudbound, was asked if her characters come back to her.

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Related Topix: Mississippi

Wed Nov 25, 2009

Fairfield Citizen-News

High school conference creates 'global citizens"

Given the United States's military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan, along with significant ongoing dialogues with world leaders in Iran, Pakistan and, most recently, in China, it is vital that young people understand complex global issues.

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Related Topix: New York, Education Etc.

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Connecticut Post

Comedienne Poundstone comes to Fairfield University

Comedian Paula Poundstone made just one promise about her show Friday night at Fairfield University's Quick Center for the Arts: "No one will get physically hurt.

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Related Topix: Boston Metro

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Connecticut Post

Long-time Bridgeport NAACP member takes over its helm

About 10 days ago, Carolyn Vermont, the first vice president of the Greater Bridgeport chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, got a phone call from the civil-rights organization's state president, Scot X. Esdaile.

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Related Topix: Bridgeport, CT, New Haven Metro, Bridgeport Metro, Fairfield, CT, Entertainment, Drama, Television

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Norwalk Citizen News

Norwalkers help light the way at aquarium

Norwalk women are helping to light the way for visitors to The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk as part of the eighth annual "Festival of Lighthouses." Barbara Seith, Rafique Vahora and Courtenay Austin entered four of the display's 23 creative lighthouses, which can be see now through Jan.

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Related Topix: Norwalk, CT, Stamford Metro, Marketing, Fairfield, CT

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Connecticut Post

Fairfield U. music prof wins Carnegie honor

It's kind of like the Academy Awards of college teaching, and even though a Fairfield University music professor didn't walk away Thursday with the title of U.S. Professor of the Year, she was chosen to represent Connecticut at a ceremony honoring elite educators in the nation's capital.

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Related Topix: Fairfield, CT, US Politics, US News, Christopher Dodd, US Senate, Democrat

Stamford Times

Sound Surfing by Mike Horyczun

Sound Surfing by Mike Horyczun The Quick Center for the Arts in Fairfield is the place to experience international sounds once again, as this weekend it presents the marvelous music of Cape Verdian singing sensation Sara Tavares in concert at 3 p.m. Sunday.

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Related Topix: San Francisco, CA, Downtown (San Francisco, CA), Downtown (New York, NY)

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Fairfield Citizen-News

Police reports

Two Bridgeport residents were arrested for stealing a backpack leaf blower from the front porch of a Hillside Road home on Friday at 2:30 p.m. Joseph Marchionni, 38, was charged with fifth-degree larceny for taking the leaf blower, and Mary Homa, 40, was charged with conspiracy to commit fifth-degree larceny and issued an infraction for driving ...

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Related Topix: Bridgeport, CT, New Haven Metro, Bridgeport Metro

Mon Nov 16, 2009

The Volokh Conspiracy

Publishing a Misogynistic Student Newspaper Column = Sexual Harassment?

From the Connecticut Post , apparently discussing this column : ... The Fairfield Mirror ...[, an] independent student publication[,] faces harassment charges before the school's Student Conduct Board.... The controversy erupted over a satirical column in the Sept.

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Bloomberg

Lieberman Independence Hinders Democratic End Game on U.S. Health Overhaul

Joseph Lieberman was re-elected to the U.S. Senate as a political independent after Connecticut Democrats snubbed him in 2006.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Aetna, Insurance, John McCain, University of Connecticut

Connecticut Post

Original 'Lights Out' director brings horror classic to life

Audiences will be able to get a taste of the golden age of radio drama next weekend when three live performances of the classic radio show "Lights Out" are presented at the Wien Experimental Theatre on the Fairfield University campus.

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Related Topix: Fairfield, CT, Sandy Hook, CT, Newtown, CT, Theater, Arts

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Wcbs880.com

"Walk of Shame" Column Lands Newspaper in Trouble

Fairfield University officials are looking into harassment claims against the student newspaper after a satirical column sparked a protest on campus.

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Fri Nov 13, 2009

News Times

Goldman exec tackles 'too big to fail' at Fairfield U

Imagine a world in which Goldman Sachs Group Inc., JP Morgan Chase Co., Citigroup Inc.

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Related Topix: Investment Banking, Financial Services, Goldman Sachs Group, Investment Services, Banking, Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase , Insurance, American International Group

NewsTimesLive.com

Fairfield U. newspaper faces discipline over column's 'harassment'

Three months after the Fairfield Mirror newspaper ran a column that some Fairfield University students found highly offensive, the independent student publication faces harassment charges before the school's Student Conduct Board.

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Related Topix: Journalism

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