Fairfield

For many students, the pandemic has meant learning at home in front of a computer.

Five former or current officials of Fairfield, Connecticut, are among several people who have been arrested in connection with the illegal dumping of hazardous materials next to the town’s public works garage and efforts to hide the extent of the contamination, according to police. Several of the officials were arrested this past week. The charges are related to a...

Four people were arrested as an investigation into the mismanagement of contaminants at a Fairfield fill pile continues. The arrests come as a part of the investigation into Julian Development on the city’s Department of Public Works property, which started in 2017, police said. Julian Development is a construction material processing facility. The investigation revealed that Julian Development had dumped…

An overturned tractor-trailer shut down a portion of I-95 in Fairfield for several hours Tuesday morning. According to officials, the northbound lanes had been closed between exits 23 and 24 in order to investigate and clean up the debris. Crews were dispatched to the area just before 3 a.m. Investigators say the tractor-trailer was carrying various packages. There are no…

An overturned tractor-trailer has shut down a portion of I-95 in Fairfield Tuesday morning.

Animal control officers in Fairfield euthanized an animal believed to be a younger coyote, but it was later determined that the animal was actually a family’s small dog. Fairfield Police Chief Christopher Lyddy said the animal, which appeared to be in a state of severe distress because of prolonged exposure to adverse weather conditions, was brought to a local...

The 20-year-old junior who was majoring in social work, and whose father was a Port Authority police officer killed on 9/11, died after choking during the charity event in 2017

Sacred Heart University in Fairfield has entered a red COVID-19 alert level as the school has over 200 active cases of coronavirus. Because the school has entered the red COVID-19 alert level, a majority of classes will be completely online through the end of the semester, school officials said. Certain labs and clinical and public school placements may not go…

Fairfield public schools are delaying a return to full-time elementary school as cases of COVID-19 increase. The school district planned to begin full-time elementary school on Nov. 9. However, the coronavirus positivity rate has gone from 1.8 percent on Oct. 4 to 4.1 percent by the end of the week of Oct. 19. Then there was a spoke in cases…

The state of Connecticut’s COVID-19 positivity rate on Tuesday is 4.1 percent. It’s the highest since early june, the governor said.

A Fairfield pub was fined and will have to temporarily close after violating state COVID-19 gathering size restrictions and face-covering guidelines, police said. Police said they received multiple complaints regarding COVID-19 violations occurring at the Brickyard Pub located at 93 Post Rd. Police said they went to the pub late Friday night after health officials observed gathering size and face-covering…

A new model from the University of Washington shows that half a million Americans could die of the coronavirus by February 2021. But researchers say that if Americans universally wore masks, nearly 130,000 of these lives could be saved.

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...