Fairfield

Students living off-campus at Fairfield University will not be allowed to return to campus for 14 days due to a recent spike in COVID-19 cases, according to the university. “Throughout the first six weeks of our semester, we experienced steady but limited numbers of COVID-19 cases; and at the beginning of this week, we witnessed a significant downward trend in…

Fairfield Ludlowe High School in Fairfield is closed for the next two days after three more positive cases of COVID-19 and more than 30 additional students have been asked to quarantine. This brings the total number of students and staff in quarantine to more than 80. The superintendent posted a message online saying these are not connected to cases last…

It’s time to stop and smell the roses for Sacred Heart University students. With students back on campus at colleges and universities around Connecticut, school officials around the state have installed many safety protocols. One precaution Sacred Heart is using is more inventive than most. Walking around campus  are small white pop up tents called, “scent tents.” Inside the...

Fragrant bouquets set up in tents are a unique way Sacred Heart is helping students keep an eye out for a loss of smell, a symptom of COVID-19.

Nearly nine months after the first cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in central China, more than 1 million people have died worldwide from COVID-19.

A Westport man was arrested after an altercation in front of the Democratic Town Committee Office in Fairfield. Michael Silverstein, 61, was arrested after he showed up at the front door of the DTC office on Sasco Hill Road and yelled profanities and insults at volunteers inside, according to police. Police said one of the DTC volunteers offered to help…

Town officials in Fairfield say as many as 100 people may have to quarantine after six people tied to the high school community tested positive for COVID-19. Fairfield First Selectwoman Brenda Kupchick said there are six positive cases tied to the high school community – five at Fairfield Ludlowe High School and one at Fairfield Prep. The infected individuals are…

The president of Sacred Heart University in Fairfield recently delivered a tough message to students: get serious about the coronavirus quickly or face the possibility of switching to virtual learning. “We, as the university, are at a critical point in our fight against the virus,” said Dr. John Petillo, Sacred Heart University’s president. The warning comes amid a rising...

A new task force will focus on plans for the eventual distribution of a coronavirus vaccine when one becomes available.

Sacred Heart University in Fairfield is quarantining an entire dorm after nine students tested positive for COVID-19. The university expanded its quarantine of Merton Hall to the entire dorm after additional positive cases were identified on a separate floor from the initial student who tested positive, according to a university spokesperson. The university said the number of positive cases went…

Police have arrested a man who is accused of injuring an officer in Bridgeport and then engaging police in a pursuit before crashing his vehicle in Fairfield on Saturday night. Officers were called to Hollister Avenue around 11:30 p.m. after getting a report of a possible street fight. When police arrived, they said they found about 100-150 people exiting a…

Fairfield University is retesting its students and staff following an “unacceptable number of issues” with the lab they used to run COVID-19 tests, the university said in a statement to the university community. The university initially planned to have COVID-19 tests completed before arriving on campus. The lab, InHouse Physicians, allegedly experienced a significant malfunction with its internal traceability system,…

A police cruiser was hit from behind on the Post Road in Fairfield Thursday evening. Police said the driver of the car that hit the police cruiser is suspected of being under the influence. The officer involved in the crash sustained minor injuries, according to police. Many officers remained at the scene to investigate, police said. Post Road was closed…

A Connecticut teen was killed in a single-car car crash on Block Island Sunday and the young driver involved is facing DUI charges, state police in Rhode Island said. The agency said Jackson Panus, 16, of Southport, was a passenger in the vehicle that crashed at around 12:30 p.m. and died from his injuries. A second male teenager was flown…

Interstate 95 South was closed in the Fairfield-Westport area for hours after a crash, but the scene is now clear. The highway wass closed between Exits 19 and 18 and it was congested between exits 26 and 18

The man who is accused of a fatal hit-and-run in Fairfield on the Fourth of July told police that he had been drinking on a friend’s boat that day, according to the arrest warrant application. Declan Kot, 22, of Easton, has been arrested and charged in connection with the hit-and-run crash that killed 32-year-old  Marileidy Morel Araujo, 32, of Matamoras,…

Fairfield police have arrested a driver accused of hitting and killing a woman and fleeing the scene on Saturday. The victim, 32-year-old Marileidy Morel Araujo of Matamoras, Pennsylvania, was visiting family in the area and walking her dog when she was hit by a pickup on Redding Road Saturday night. She died of her injuries. Police initially said they were…

Police are looking for your help finding the person responsible for hitting a pedestrian and fleeing in Fairfield. The incident occurred between 7:30 and 7:45 p.m. in the area of 2000 Redding Road, according to police. The pedestrian who was hit was 32-year-old Marileidy Morel Araujo of Matamoras, Pennsylvania who was visiting family in the area, police said. A dark…

Three firefighters suffered minor injuries as they battled a fire in Fairfield Sunday night that shut down Metro-North train service and residents in the area reported hearing fireworks before the fire started. A resident of Chestnut Street contacted authorities at 8:45 p.m. to report fire behind her home and firefighters found heavy fire and worked to protect homes. Residents reported…