Fairfield

Connecticut State Senator Tony Hwang has launched a campaign to become Fairfield’s first selectman. First, he’ll need to collect signatures to force a special election.

Bill Gerber had been Fairfield's first selectman for just a year and a half before he died from complications of a brain tumor. More than a thousand people filled Sacred Heart University’s Martire Arena to hear from Gerber’s family, friends and admirers.

Connecticut officials and road safety advocates met in front of the Fairfield Public Library on Monday to launch the Fairfield Safe Streets Alliance’s new “Safe Streets” campaign, which includes projects to upgrade roads and promote safer streets for bicyclists and pedestrians.

Marie Helene Bertino’s Beautyland was selected as the town’s book for the year — a tradition from the Fairfield Public Library that has lasted almost two decades.

The Fairfield County nonprofit Person to Person debuted their second mobile food pantry this week. They say it will alleviate food insecurity in the Stamford area.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has signed a law to reform the board that approves utility projects. The legislation was championed by lawmakers who oppose United Illuminating construction in Fairfield and Bridgeport.

Donning yellow T-shirts that said, “It’s U&I vs. UI,” around 150 people listened to a panel of state senators and representatives, first selectmen and community organizers discuss what they were doing to stop UI from putting in new telephone poles.

A group of Fairfield and Bridgeport residents, called the Sasco Creek Neighbors Environmental Trust (SCNETI), is holding an informational session with lawmakers at the end of May to discuss UI’s proposed electricity upgrades.

United Illuminating wants to install dozens of monopoles near Metro-North railroad tracks in Southport, Fairfield and Bridgeport. The company said it's needed to bring power to the community — but residents want the cables buried.

Fairfield, Connecticut public schools canceled a planned visit from an LGBTQ+ children’s author after a complaint from a parent about his book’s content.