Fairfield taxpayers face huge added costs, Metro Center Train station overruns could be $6.4 million (document, video)

Fairfield taxpayers face huge added costs, Metro Center Train station overruns could be .4 million (document, video) First Selectman Mike Tetreau announced to a stunned Representative Town Meeting that the cost overruns for the new Fairfield Metro Station will range from $ 2.4 million in the best case scenario to $ 6.4 million in the [...]

Flatto claims MetroCenter overruns were a surprise to him too

Flatto claims MetroCenter overruns were a surprise to him too “I did not have the facts that we would have a cost overrun in April,” said former First Selectman Ken Flatto by telephone. Fairfield/news from minutemannewscenter.com

MetroCenter cost overruns shock RTM

MetroCenter cost overruns shock RTM “I think a lot of us are shocked and certainly have questions,” said Moderator of the Representative Town Meeting, Jeff Steele, at the end of Interim First Selectman Mike Tetreau’s presentation on potential $ 6.4 million in cost overruns for the Fairfield Metrocenter Train Station. Tetreau added that the Town [...]

Fairfield taxpayers face huge added costs, Metro Center Train station overruns could be $6.4 million (document)

Fairfield taxpayers face huge added costs, Metro Center Train station overruns could be .4 million (document) First Selectman Mike Tetreau announced to a stunned Representative Town Meeting that the cost overruns for the new Fairfield Metro Station will range from $ 2.4 million in the best case scenario to $ 6.4 million in the worst [...]

Taxpayers’ Group on Metro Center Deficit

Taxpayers’ Group on Metro Center Deficit Editor’s note: The following letter was received from Kate Daniello and Bob Forcellina, co-founders of We the People of Fairfield, a taxpayers’ advocacy group. We the People of Fairfield (WTP) feel that Ken Flatto should be brought back in to explain under what power as first selectman of [...]

Metro Center Financing Subject of Wednesday Meeting

Metro Center Financing Subject of Wednesday Meeting The town’s Board of Finance has scheduled a special meeting on Wednesday to discuss the Fairfield Metro Center, its projected $ 2.4 million to $ 6.4 million deficit, and the possibility of hiring an independent auditor to review the accounting and financing of the project. The meeting, [...]

High spirits at Ludlowe graduation

High spirits at Ludlowe graduation Three hundred and thirty-eight Fairfield Ludlowe seniors graduated early Wednesday evening. Fairfield/news from minutemannewscenter.com

Malloy seeks to eliminate nearly 6,500 state jobs to close $1.6 billion budget hole (document)

Malloy seeks to eliminate nearly 6,500 state jobs to close .6 billion budget hole (document) HARTFORD – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy Tuesday afternoon released his recommendations to close the state’s $ 1.6 billion budget hole, and it includes loss of nearly 6,500 state jobs. Fairfield/news from minutemannewscenter.com

‘Gypsies’ Swipe $1,600 in Jewelry From Elderly Fairfield Woman’s Safe

‘Gypsies’ Swipe ,600 in Jewelry From Elderly Fairfield Woman’s Safe Two “gypsy scammers” stole $ 1,600 worth of jewelry from an elderly woman’s safe on Mona Terrace in Fairfield after one claimed to be her new neighbor and the other claimed to be a handyman doing work on her new neighbor’s home, police said Tuesday. [...]

Fairfield, Westport firefighters extinguish car fire on Merritt

Fairfield, Westport firefighters extinguish car fire on Merritt At 5:51 p.m. Friday, Fairfield’s Emergency Communications Center began received a report of a vehicle fire on the Merritt Parkway, Southbound in “no man’s land” between exit 44 and 42. Following their automatic mutual aid policy for this difficult-to-access area of the Merritt Parkway, Fairfield and Westport [...]

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