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Frank MacEachern

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fmaceachern@dailyvoice.com

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Originally from Canada, Frank started his journalism in his native country before moving to Fairfield County a decade ago where he continued his career. He is a graduate of St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia and of University of King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Frank was formerly a reporter at Daily Voice.

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Business
Brookfield Family Hockey Retail Business Skates To The Top Brookfield Family Hockey Retail Business Skates To The Top
Brookfield Family Hockey Retail Business Skates To The Top BROOKFIELD, Conn. -- It started when five hockey dads put their own money on the table to open a small hockey retail business 43 years ago. And now, the Brookfield store is recognized as one of the best in the country. WESCO Sports Center at 270 Federal Road, Brookfield, has carved out a niche as the go-to store for hockey players. The business opened in 1972 when the late Edward Mathews and four friends from Perkin-Elmer in Danbury, who were hockey dads and coaches, were dissatisfied with the service they received at a store in Westchester County, N.Y. They had gone there to get gear for t…

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Lifestyle
Trumbull Woman Launches New Business With A Different Take On Meditation Trumbull Woman Launches New Business With A Different Take On Meditation
Trumbull Woman Launches New Business With A Different Take On Meditation TRUMBULL, Conn. -- Two meditation instructors say they have been able to change their lives through meditation, and together they have opened a business in Trumbull to help others. Val Foster of Trumbull and Bill Van Ollefen of Bridgeport opened Pathway To Mindfulness in September. Their meditation philosophy is about "mindfulness," Foster said, which she describes as the "present moment awareness."  People are far too involved in what has happened in the past as well as what might happen in the future, Foster said. They don’t spend time concentrating on the present, s…

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by Frank MacEachern
Lifestyle
Legendary Bank Robbers/Lovers 'Bonnie and Clyde' Take The Stage In Stamford Legendary Bank Robbers/Lovers 'Bonnie and Clyde' Take The Stage In Stamford
Legendary Bank Robbers/Lovers 'Bonnie and Clyde' Take The Stage In Stamford STAMFORD, Conn. -- Possibly the most famous and most romanticized criminals in American history - Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow – will be back at their old tricks when "Bonnie and Clyde, The Musical" opens in The Kweskin Theatre in Stamford on Nov. 13. Arielle Boutin and William Bednar star as the lovers and bank robbers who engaged on a violent spree of robberies and killings that ended with their deaths in an ambush by police. Their death helped marked the end of the Public Enemy era in the 1930s when bank robbers and other criminals achieved notoriety for the crimes during the…

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Lifestyle
Sherman Pie Company Offers Up A Slice Of Life For Two Decades Sherman Pie Company Offers Up A Slice Of Life For Two Decades
Sherman Pie Company Offers Up A Slice Of Life For Two Decades SHERMAN, Conn. -- On Memorial Day weekend in 1993, a new restaurant opened its doors in Sherman with the idea that honest American food and great pies would be a winning combination. Twenty-two years later, the American Pie Co. has become an institution, drawing people in from throughout Connecticut and New York who want great meals, an easy-going atmosphere — and pie.  Co-owners Audrey Day and Bill Hunniford met as students at the University of Connecticut and worked in a restaurant together.  They kept in touch after college and, a few years later, decided to launch their own business. …

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News
Stamford Woman Remembers Her Slain Mother As Positive, Peaceful Stamford Woman Remembers Her Slain Mother As Positive, Peaceful
Stamford Woman Remembers Her Slain Mother As Positive, Peaceful STAMFORD, Conn. -- A daughter of the woman shot to death at Lione Park in Stamford said her mother was peaceful and always got along well with everyone. "She didn't bother anybody," said Maxine Gooden's daughter Danielle. "She was always positive. She never argued with anybody. She was the best with everybody."  Danielle Gooden made her comments Tuesday in the same parking lot where she had seen her mother shot just after 10 p.m. Monday. Danielle, 22, one of Gooden's five children, was only a few feet away from her mother when the shooting occurred. "She was standi…

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Politics
Republican Vanderslice Wins Race For Wilton First Selectman Republican Vanderslice Wins Race For Wilton First Selectman
Republican Vanderslice Wins Race For Wilton First Selectman WILTON. Conn. -- Republican Lynne Vanderslice swept to a win as she defeated her Democratic rival Deborah McFadden in the race for first selectman in Wilton on Tuesday night. Vanderslice accepted the congratulations of fellow Republicans after she walked into the Trackside Teen Center shortly before 8:30 p.m. to celebrate her victory.  She succeeds Republican Bill Brennan, who didn’t run for re-election after 10 years in the town's top position. “I am really excited about it, and I am energized,” she said in her victory speech. “I am really looking forward to getting to work.” Vanderslic…

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Police & Fire
Witness Describes Chaotic Scene At Stamford Park After Woman Was Shot Witness Describes Chaotic Scene At Stamford Park After Woman Was Shot
Witness Describes Chaotic Scene At Stamford Park After Woman Was Shot STAMFORD, Conn. — A friend was standing just feet from Maxine Gooden when she suddenly heard gunshots ring out and saw Gooden fall slowly to the pavement of the parking lot at Lione Park in Stamford on Monday night. "She dropped, we heard shots and she dropped," Annette Rose said in an interview Tuesday afternoon. "I thought she was ducking. That's a Jamaican thing — when we hear shots, we duck." Three men have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting, police said. It was a warm evening Monday and many people had gathered in the parking lot, said Rose, who li…

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Police & Fire
CTTransit Bus Hits Pole, Damages Car At Cannondale Train Station CTTransit Bus Hits Pole, Damages Car At Cannondale Train Station
CTTransit Bus Hits Pole, Damages Car At Cannondale Train Station WILTON, Conn. -- A CTTransit bus driver’s turn into the Cannondale train station in Wilton on Oct. 27 turned into a calamity as a utility pole was pulled down and a parked car was damaged, Wilton Police said. Just before 6 p.m., Jackson Cariotte, 39, of Bronx Avenue, Bridgeport, was attempting to back up into the Cannondale train station and turned onto the front lawn of 19 Cannon Road to maneuver the bus into the train station, police said.  As he did, the front left wheel caught a support wire attached to a utility pole, which caused wires attached to a second, smaller utility pole across…

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Police & Fire
Police: Shooters Targeted Woman Killed In Stamford Park Police: Shooters Targeted Woman Killed In Stamford Park
Police: Shooters Targeted Woman Killed In Stamford Park STAMFORD, Conn. — A 43-year-old West Side woman was killed in brazen shooting at a busy Stamford park Monday night, police said Tuesday morning. Police received multiple calls at 10:04 p.m. reporting the shooting at Lione Park. Maxine Gooden had been shot in the torso and was taken to Stamford Hospital — just down the street from the scene — where she later died, police said. It appears that Gooden was targeted in the shooting, police said. She was standing between cars and talking with family and friends when two suspects approached her, police said. “It wasn’t a random shooting, it wasn’…

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by Jay Polansky and Frank MacEachern
News
Stamford City Employees Step Up To Complete Walking Challenge Stamford City Employees Step Up To Complete Walking Challenge
Stamford City Employees Step Up To Complete Walking Challenge STAMFORD, Conn. -- City of Stamford employees stepped it up in a fitness challenge as they recorded more than 23 million steps during a three-week period.  They are participating in a 10-week Health and Wellness Challenge with the goal of developing and sustaining healthier lifestyles.  The Wellness Challenge takes place over a 10-week period with five different challenges designed to encourage healthy eating, fitness, and weight loss.  One component of the Challenge was a step challenge in which employees were encouraged to take at least 5,000 steps a day. When the three-week step challen…

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