Newtown School Shooting

WESTPORT, Conn. – U.S. Rep. Jim Himes, who represents most of Fairfield County in the 4th Congressional District, will be among the special guest speakers at a gun violence forum Sunday hosted by the Social Action Committee of Westport’s Temple Israel.

At the 2 p.m. forum, community members will hear about national, state and local responses to the Sandy ...

FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. – Gov. Dannel Malloy announced Friday that he is directing that U.S. and Connecticut flags in the state return to full staff Saturday at sunset.

Flags were lowered to half staff on Dec. 14 in honor of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown.

At the time, Malloy directed the flags to fly at half staff ...

FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Fairfield First Selectman Michael Tetreau has asked residents to join others around the state in holding a moment of silence Friday morning for those killed last week in Newtown.

The observance is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. under the order of Gov. Dannel Malloy. The bells of Fairfield’s Old Town Hall and churches across the state will ...

FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The majority of Fairfield readers want at least some form of stricter gun control after Friday’s school shooting in Newtown, according to The Fairfield Daily Voice’s ...