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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

Stamford Man Charged With Strangling Girlfriend And Breaking Her Arm STAMFORD, Conn. — A 48-year-old Stamford man was charged with punching and strangling his girlfriend last week and breaking her arm last month, according to the Stamford Advocate. Police responded to a Pepper Ridge Road home on Friday afternoon, where a woman told officers that her boyfriend, Seth Emond, had punched her in the face and strangled her, according to the Stamford Advocate. She said that after an argument that morning, Emond had started beating her, the Stamford Advocate reported. He also took her phone and purse and threatened to kill her if she told anyone about the beating, p…

by Casey Donahue

11/14/2017

Police & Fire

Fireplace Embers Ignite Basement Blaze In New Canaan Home NEW CANAAN, Conn. -- A small fire broke out in the basement of a home on Hemlock Hill Road in New Canaan on Tuesday morning, but firefighters were able to extinguish it quickly, according to the New Canaan Advertiser. Fighters arrived on scene shortly before 3 a.m. Tuesday and found the small fire behind a wall in the basement using thermal imaging cameras, according to the New Canaan Advertiser. The homeowners had been alerted by both their fire alarms and their dog, the New Canaan Advertiser reported. Fire officials told the New Canaan Advertiser that the fireplace ash dump was walled ove…

by Casey Donahue

11/14/2017

Police & Fire

Car Flips Over, Engine Catches Fire After Trumbull Crash TRUMBULL, Conn. -- A car flipped over and its engine caught fire on Route 15 in Trumbull on Monday evening.The Long Hill Volunteer Fire Company was dispatched on Monday evening on a report of a car accident with rollover and a car on fire, according to a Facebook post. Units arrived and made quick work of a small engine fire, and secured the scene for police and EMS.

by Casey Donahue

11/14/2017

Police & Fire

Bridgeport Police Officer Charged In Fight With Girlfriend In Stratford STRATFORD, Conn. -- Stratford police charged a Bridgeport police officer with smashing a window during a fight with his girlfriend on Sunday, according to the Connecticut Post. Officers were dispatched to Newport Avenue and Milford Avenue in Stratford on Sunday on a report of a dispute, according to the Connecticut Post. They found a woman sitting in a car with a broken window, and learned that she had been in a dispute with her boyfriend, 27-old Steven Figueroa, the Connecticut Post reported. She told police that they had gotten into an argument after she left her bag in his car, and that…

by Casey Donahue

11/14/2017

Police & Fire

Families Of Victims Plead For Information On Norwalk Double Homicide NORWALK, Conn. — More than six years after Bridgeport residents Rickita Smalls and Iroquois Alston were found shot to death in Norwalk, the families of the victims and police are still pleading that anyone with information about their murders come forward. Smalls, 22, and Alston, 27, were found dead in a car parked on Avenue B in Norwalk on Aug. 6, 2011. They had been shot to death by residents of the neighborhood at 7:48 a.m., and while police initially speculated that it might have been a murder-suicide, their deaths were later ruled a double homicide. Related story: Norwalk deaths ruled …

by Casey Donahue

11/14/2017

Traffic

Expect Daily Construction On Route 59 And Congress Street In Fairfield FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Phase two of an ongoing construction project on Route 59 and Congress Street in Fairfield began this week and is expected to continue until April.UI and its contractors will be working on Route 59 (Easton Turnpike) and Congress Street to reconstruct older splice chambers and a new duct bank to enhance network reliability. Work hours will be between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Phase one began on Nov. 7 and will last until Dec. 22, phase two began Monday and will continue until April, and phase three will begin in the summer of 2018. The work will be out i…

by Casey Donahue

11/14/2017

News

Norwalk Invites Public Input On Citywide Plan NORWALK, Conn. -- The city of Norwalk invites Norwalk residents, visitors and other stakeholders to share their vision for the city’s future at a public forum this weekend. The forum will guide the Citywide Plan, the state-required 10-year plan, also known as the Plan of Conservation & Development. The Vision Forum will be held on Saturday, November 18, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Center for Global Studies at Brien McMahon High School, 300 Highland Ave. The city is looking for input from everyone who has a stake in Norwalk’s future, whether you’ve lived in Norwalk all your life or …

by Daily Voice

11/14/2017

Politics

League Of Women Voters Hosts Post Election Coffee In Westport WESTPORT, Conn. -- A Post Election Coffee will be held by the League of Women Voters of Westport on Thursday, Nov. 16, at the Suzuki Music School, 246 Post Road East in Westport at 10 a.m. The free event will feature guest speaker Tanya Rhodes Smith, director of the Nancy A. Humphreys Institute for Political Social Work and visiting lecturer at the UConn School of Social Work, who will discuss the 2017 election. At UConn, she teaches Program Planning and Evaluation, Political Advocacy and Political Social Work. Since earning her Master of Social Work degree in 2000, she has worked in a var…

by Daily Voice

11/14/2017

Neighbors

Tree Festival Opens At Ridgefield's Lounsbury House This Week RIDGEFIELD, Conn. –The 18th biennial Tree Festival opens at Lounsbury House in Ridgefield with a champagne preview party on Thursday, Nov. 16, before opening to the public on Nov. 17. The festival benefits the preservation and operation of historic Lounsbury House and features the Holiday Boutique, a carefully curated selection of unique gifts and holiday décor. The Lounsbury House Women’s Committee invited seasoned professional and talented amateur designers from Fairfield County, Westchester County, and beyond to decorate trees. Each designer was provided with a tree ranging from four to…

by Casey Donahue

11/14/2017

Schools

Bedford Middle School Newspaper Wins Crown Award WESTPORT, Conn. -- Bedford Middle School’s student newspaper, Ursus, was awarded its third consecutive Crown Award by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association last month. The Crown Award is CSPA's most prestigious recognition and is given only to the few high school and middle school newspapers that have demonstrated consistent excellence in writing, photography, layout, and editing. The award also means that Ursus layouts and designs will become part of the teaching publication that CSPA publishes each year to help spark ideas for other school programs. For a firsthand look at the stude…

by Casey Donahue

11/14/2017

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