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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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Construction Begins Soon On Major Bridge-Rail Project In Old Greenwich OLD GREENWICH, Conn. -- The neighborhood is bracing for construction work expected to begin next month on a pair of major bridge projects in Old Greenwich. In the $14.9 million project, set for completion in July 2017, the bridges over Sound Beach Avenue and Tomac Avenue will be demolished and replaced. Preliminary site work has already started. The work will cause problems, but the end result will help improve the community, Old Greenwich Association President David Rafferty said. "The train bridge project will be an inconvenience, but a manageable one," he said. "And the increased …

by Frank MacEachern

01/23/2015

Police & Fire

Stamford Police Release Video Of Suspects In Daytime Purse-Snatching STAMFORD, Conn. -- Police are asking the public for help in identifying the suspects in a brazen daytime purse-snatching that occurred Monday in downtown Stamford. "We need your help! These two individuals are suspects in a purse snatching," Stamford police said on their Facebook page. "If anyone can identify the people in this video, please call our Bureau of Criminal Investigations at 203-997-4417." A 25-year-old woman walking alone on Gay Street toward the Stamford Town Center mall was accosted by two men at 11:55 a.m., police said. She fought desperately to keep her purse, but one…

by Frank MacEachern

01/22/2015

News

State's FBI Chief Details Threat Of Homegrown Terrorism In New Canaan Talk NEW CANAAN, Conn. -- The FBI is increasingly concerned about the "kid in the basement" as the agency seeks to counter people who are swayed by radical Islamic ideology, the FBI's chief in Connecticut said in a talk in New Canaan. "The kids in the basement who are on the Internet who are listening to ISIL, who are listening to Al-Qaeda, who are becoming radicalized here in the United States, American born," Patricia Ferrick said. "How do you get in front of that?" Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI in Connecticut, made the comments during a talk with the New Canaan Police Depart…

by Frank MacEachern

01/22/2015

News

Stamford's Martin Heads To D.C. Meeting With Mayors, Obama STAMFORD, Conn. -- Stamford Mayor David Martin will be in Washington, D.C., for three days to share ideas with his fellow mayors and to raise the city's profile with federal officials. Martin is attending the 83rd Winter Meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington, D.C. It began Wednesday. Nearly 300 mayors from across the country are expected to be present, including 13 mayors from Connecticut. It will be Martin’s second time participating in the conference. He will be accompanied by Chief of Staff Michael Pollard. “I am looking forward to representing Stamford, sharing …

by Frank MacEachern

01/21/2015

Police & Fire

NY Woman Charged With Using Phony $100 Bills At Stamford Mall STAMFORD, Conn. -- A Queens woman attempted to use counterfeit $100 bills at Stamford Town Center on Friday, but an alert store employee contacted police and the woman was arrested, police said. Police Capt. Richard Conklin and Officer Steve Lopez, while working extra duty at the Stamford Town Center Mall, were contacted by an employee of Zumiez, who had just made a sale and received a $100 bill in the transaction just after 8 p.m. Friday, police said. The bill was tested by a security pen and appeared to be legitimate. However, the employee still had a question about it. The officers e…

by Frank MacEachern

01/21/2015

Police & Fire

Stamford Police Department Promotes New Sergeant In Its Ranks STAMFORD, Conn. -- A onetime captain in the New York City Department of Correction was sworn in Tuesday as the Stamford Police Department's newest sergeant. Doug Desio joined the Stamford Police Department 10 years ago after working for the correction department. He has served as a patrol officer, worked in the narcotics unit and been in the K-9 unit for the last four years in Stamford. Desio also serves in the department's honor guard unit, is a field training officer and is an instructor for the Police Academy.

by Frank MacEachern

01/21/2015

News

Woman Robbed Of Purse In Noontime Attack In Stamford STAMFORD, Conn. -- A 25-year-old woman fought desperately to keep her purse, but an attacker yanked it away from her in a daylight robbery in downtown Stamford on Monday, police said. The attack occurred just before noon in the area of Gay and Broad streets, police said. Two men were walking nearby and turned toward the woman, with one grabbing the purse and the second acting as a lookout, police said. The woman struggled, but lost the purse to the two men, who fled into the nearby Bedford Street Parking Garage, police said. The purse was found nearby at 50 Forest St., but its contents …

by Frank MacEachern

01/20/2015

Neighbors

Weston, Wilton Boys Become Friends On Baseball Field In Hong Kong WILTON, Conn. -- Two young baseball players from neighboring Fairfield County towns had to move halfway across the world to become fast friends after meeting in Hong Kong on the field. We may be stuck in a deep freeze, but in Hong Kong, it’s Little League baseball season. That's what brought together the young friends. Weston resident Sam Hensinger, 10, and Wilton resident Chris Jones, 11, both moved to Hong Kong with their families in the summer of 2013. Although the boys had played Little League for their respective hometowns back in Connecticut, they had not met until they arrived f…

by Frank MacEachern

01/20/2015

Schools

Principal At Greenwich's Hamilton Avenue Leaving Post At End Of School Year GREENWICH, Conn. -- There will be a new principal at Hamilton Avenue School in Greenwich next fall after the current principal announced she will be moving out of state after the school year ends, the school district announced Friday. Cynthia Womack has been principal at the elementary school for five years. She said she will be sad to leave the school but that she will be getting married and moving to Maryland. “My time with the Greenwich Public Schools and, in particular, with the Hamilton Avenue School community has been a wonderful experience. I am sad to leave the students, staff a…

by Frank MacEachern

01/19/2015

Weather

Stamford Opens Warming Stations Due To Cold Weather Overnight STAMFORD, Conn. -- As the temperature dips overnight and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy activated the state's severe cold weather protocol, the City of Stamford began opening warming shelters for residents looking to get out of the cold. The following warming centers in the city are open for the times and locations listed: Domus/Chester Addison Community Center, 245 Selleck St., weekdays 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturdays 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sundays 2 to 9 p.m. Stamford Family YMCA, 10 Bell St., weekdays 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Faith Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church, 29 Grove St., Mondays to Thursda…

by Frank MacEachern

01/16/2015

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