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Casey Donahue

Assistant Managing Editor

cdonahue@dailyvoice.com

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Originally from Pennsylvania, Casey graduated from Fairfield University with a major in journalism and a minor in political science. He has covered several towns in Fairfield County since 2010. Case was formerly an assistant managing editor at Daily Voice.

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Police & Fire

Thieves Hit Unlocked Cars At Brookfield Day Care Centers BROOKFIELD Conn. -- Thieves snatched purses and other valuable items from unlocked cars while parents were dropping their children off at two day care centers in Brookfield on Tuesday morning, according to police.Brookfield Police are urging residents to always lock their cars and secure valuables. "This is especially important at this time of year when we are hurried shopping and are more likely to have items in our cars that would attract thieves," police said. "Please take the extra few minutes to secure gifts and valuables in your trunks and lock your vehicles." Anyo…

by Casey Donahue

12/05/2017

Police & Fire

Man Suffers Face Injury Outside Club In Stamford STAMFORD, Conn. -- A man who suffered a face injury outside a Stamford strip club on Monday may have been assaulted, according to the Stamford Advocate. Police told the Stamford Advocate that the 27-year-old man was found bleeding from the face outside the strip club on Poplar Street in the early morning hours of Monday. The man told police that he had trouble remembering, but he had left the club at around 7:45 p.m. on Sunday, the Stamford Advocate reported. He woke up inside the Connecticut Stone property on Larkin Street, according to the Stamford Advocate. The man thought he had been as…

by Daily Voice

12/05/2017

Neighbors

New Illustrated Chronicle Of Monroe's History To Launch In January MONROE, Conn. -- A new illustrated paperback capturing the rich history of Monroe will be launched at a luncheon at the Edith Wheeler Memorial Library on Jan. 7. The luncheon will introduce "Monroe Thought Time II," which chronicles such little-known chapters in the town's history as: A Ku Klux Klan rally in 1924 that drew 1,100 America-Firsters to a site where a Goodwill Store stands today A neighborhood popularly called Punkups that disappeared when Lake Zoar was created in 1919 The unsolved mystery of Captain Nathan Seeley, who was found dead in his barn in 1890 with a noose a…

by Daily Voice

12/05/2017

Neighbors

Norwalk Housing Authority Students Publish Book With Silvermine Arts Center NORWALK, Conn. — A group of Norwalk students are celebrating the publication of a book they wrote this year through the Norwalk Housing Authority and the Silvermine Arts Center in New Canaan. Students in Norwalk Housing Authority's after-school 6th to 8th grade program completed the project through Silvermine's Art Partners Outreach Education Program. The book, titled "Just Between Friends," includes photography and poetry focusing on animals, which was this year's subject matter. NHA's Creative Coordinator Danielle Vinci took the students to the Stamford Nature Center to study an…

by Casey Donahue

12/04/2017

Schools

New Canaan Scholarship Foundation Receives 15 New Named Scholarships NEW CANAAN, Conn. -- In honor of its 50th anniversary, the New Canaan Scholarship Foundation received 15 new named and endowed scholarships established in honor of an individual, group, organization or business. The NCSF began accepting new scholarships this year, and the 15 new ones add to its founding scholarships: the Henry S. Coleman Endowed Scholarship, in honor of Henry Coleman, founder of the New Canaan High School Scholarship Fund; and the Bradley J. Fetchet 9/11 Memorial Foundation Endowed Scholarship, in honor of Bradley Fetchet, a NCHS graduate who died in the World Trade Center o…

by Casey Donahue

12/04/2017

Neighbors

Celebrate Hanukkah With Community Menorah Lightings In Fairfield County FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- The Schneerson Center of Connecticut will celebrate Hanukkah with several community Menorah lightings in Westport, Weston, Wilton and Norwalk. Hanukkah, which begins the evening of Dec. 12, celebrates the victory of the Jewish Maccabees over the Greek Syrian oppressors in the land of Israel and the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem with the lighting of the Menorah. Although they had only one day’s supply of olive oil it miraculously lasted eight full days until new oil was obtained. The public is invited to these community Menorah lightings that will featur…

by Daily Voice

12/03/2017

Police & Fire

Car Reported Stolen In Ridgefield Recovered In Waterbury RIDGEFIELD, Conn. -- A car stolen from a driveway in Ridgefield on Monday was later recovered that day in Waterbury with some damage, according to the Ridgefield Press. The 2013 Audi S5 was reportedly stolen between 2:40 a.m. and 3:15 a.m. from a driveway on Barrack Hill Road, according to the Ridgefield Press. It was recovered in Waterbury at around 4:30 p.m. with a flat tire and a damaged rim, according to the Ridgefield Press. Several items including a wallet and a watch were stolen from the car, and the damage is reported to cost more than $10,000, according to the Ridgefield Press. The…

by Daily Voice

12/03/2017

Police & Fire

State Board Of Ed Member From Trumbull Gets Prison For Violating Probation TRUMBULL, Conn. -- A member of the state Board of Education from Trumbull who was arrested on drunken driving charges four times this year, has been sentenced to prison for violating his probation, according to the Connecticut Post. Stephen Wright, 62, had been arrested in November after failing to show up for a meeting with his probation officer, according to the Connecticut Post. It was also discovered that he had provided a fake address and phone number to probation officials, the Connecticut Post reported. Wright pleaded guilty on Friday to violating his probation, and was sentenced to …

by Daily Voice

12/01/2017

Police & Fire

Men Posing As Cops Rob Traveling Jewelry Salesman At Gunpoint In Trumbull TRUBMULL, Conn -- Two men posing as police officers robbed a traveling jewelry salesman at gunpoint in Trumbull on Thursday, according to police. The incident took place at around 4:40 p.m. at the intersection of Penney Avenue and Intervale Road, near the Bridgeport and Stratford town borders. The 59-year-old salesman from New York reported that he had just finished a business visit at a local jewelry store in Bridgeport and was driving alone to another nearby location. As he entered Trumbull on Penney Avenue, he was "pulled over" by two men in a dark-colored sedan with flash gri…

by Casey Donahue

12/01/2017

Police & Fire

Man With Fake Gun Tries To Rob Stamford Pizza Place Employee STAMFORD, Conn. -- A man tried to rob a Stamford pizza parlor employee on Burr Street using a fake gun Thursday night, according to the Stamford Advocate. Police told the Stamford Advocate that the employee had pulled over in his car at around 10 p.m. on Burr Street to count proceeds from sales that night. At that point a man walked up to the car, pointed a gun at the employee and demanded money, according to the Stamford Advocate. The employee noticed that the gun had an orange tip on it and was therefore not a real gun, the Stamford Advocate reported. Rather than handing over the money, h…

by Daily Voice

12/01/2017

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