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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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Police & Fire
Brothers Charged With Shooting Teen In Buttocks With BB Gun In Stamford Brothers Charged With Shooting Teen In Buttocks With BB Gun In Stamford
Brothers Charged With Shooting Teen In Buttocks With BB Gun In Stamford STAMFORD, Conn. -- Two brothers were arrested on charges of shooting a teenager in the buttocks with a BB pellet while walking on West Broad Street on Saturday night, Stamford police said.  Police charged Kevin Sanchez, 18, of Englewood Avenue, Bridgeport, with second-degree assault, reckless endangerment, carrying a dangerous weapon and criminal trespass. Police said he gave a videotaped statement admitting to shooting the BB gun and striking the teenager. His younger brother, Erick Sanchez, also 18, of Tresser Boulevard, was charged with carrying a dangerous weapon, reckless endang…

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News
Winter Storm Settles In On Stamford Winter Storm Settles In On Stamford
Winter Storm Settles In On Stamford STAMFORD, Conn. -- Stamford and the rest of southern Fairfield County dealt with the first taste of winter Wednesday, a little less than a month before the official start of winter, as rain occasionally turned to wet snow during the afternoon. A slushy mix of rain, sleet and snow fell throughout the cold day, making for miserable weather on the day before Thanksgiving. Little snow accumulated in the southern part of the county, a couple of inches fell in the northern reaches.  But the storm came up short on earlier predictions of snow totals of 4 to 10 inches. A store manager at a Stamf…

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Police & Fire
Suspect In Theft Of $50K In Fur Coats At Greenwich Sak's Is Nabbed Suspect In Theft Of $50K In Fur Coats At Greenwich Sak's Is Nabbed
Suspect In Theft Of $50K In Fur Coats At Greenwich Sak's Is Nabbed GREENWICH, Conn. -- A suspect grabbed fur coats worth $50,000 in a brazen theft from the Saks Fifth Avenue store on Greenwich Avenue at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, said police, who have made one arrest in the case and are looking for a second suspect. After grabbing multiple fur coats and leaving the store without paying, the suspect jumped into a waiting sedan with at least one other passenger in it, police said. The vehicle left on Greenwich Avenue at a high rate of speed, Greenwich police Capt. Robert Berry said. Witnesses provided Greenwich police officers with a description of the vehicl…

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News
Greenwich's Parkway School Recognized for 'Growing Green' Efforts Greenwich's Parkway School Recognized for 'Growing Green' Efforts
Greenwich's Parkway School Recognized for 'Growing Green' Efforts GREENWICH, Conn., -- Parkway Elementary School was honored for its green initiatives by being named a Connecticut Green Leaf School. Principal Patricia Allen said that the school's commitment to environmentalism began with studying a butterfly. "What started out as a mission to save the Monarch butterfly has heightened our awareness that the little things we do add up to make a great big difference in our environment.," she said. Parkway is the 66th school in the state to be included in the Green LEAF program, a collaborative effort between the Connecticut State Departments of Educat…

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Schools
AFB, Stamford Schools Deliver Thanksgiving Meals For Families AFB, Stamford Schools Deliver Thanksgiving Meals For Families
AFB, Stamford Schools Deliver Thanksgiving Meals For Families STAMFORD, Conn. -- More than 300 families in the city will enjoy a Thanksgiving meal thanks to the efforts of a private company and the Stamford Public Schools. On Tuesday evening, boxes filled with turkeys and other Thanksgiving-related food were packed into school buses to be delivered to schools where needy families would pick them up Wednesday. Charles Benzyk, director of energy management for Stamford Public Schools, is an employee of AFB Management, which has a facility management contract with the school district. The company organized the event, marking its fifth year of taking …

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Family Centers' Staff, Volunteers, Donors Help Less Fortunate In Greenwich Family Centers' Staff, Volunteers, Donors Help Less Fortunate In Greenwich
Family Centers' Staff, Volunteers, Donors Help Less Fortunate In Greenwich GREENWICH, Conn. -- Thanksgiving will be a little happier for some families in Greenwich and Stamford thanks to the generous gifts of others and the work of the Family Centers. On Monday morning, staff and volunteers prepared 130 bags of food for families in need for the holidays. "People are still struggling and some are too proud to ask for help," said Jennifer Flatow, director of community engagement for the Greenwich-based Family Centers.  The food items were donated by companies and individuals who decided to donate on their own or held food drives, she said. As of Monday, 11…

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Former New Canaan Bank Employee Admits Embezzling $106,000 Former New Canaan Bank Employee Admits Embezzling $106,000
Former New Canaan Bank Employee Admits Embezzling $106,000 NEW CANAAN, Conn. -- A member of the West Haven City Council resigned from his position after he pleaded guilty Monday and admitted embezzling $106,028 while he worked as a personal banker at a JPMorgan Chase branch in New Canaan. Stephen DeCrescenzo, 37, faces up to 20 years in prison on one count of wire fraud for embezzling the funds during a three-year period, said Deirdre M. Daly, U.S. attorney for Connecticut.  He pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in New Haven before Judge Janet Bond Atherton. His sentencing date has been set for Feb. 17. He was released on $50,000 bond. …

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Schools
Stamford School Leaders Meet With Prosecutors After Stinging Rebuke Stamford School Leaders Meet With Prosecutors After Stinging Rebuke
Stamford School Leaders Meet With Prosecutors After Stinging Rebuke STAMFORD, Conn. -- Two days after State's Attorney David Cohen castigated the leadership of the Stamford Public School District during a court hearing for two Stamford High principals, two senior school administrators met with the prosecutor.  In a press release issued Friday evening, Superintendent of Schools Winifred Hamilton said the district has heard his message. "I assured State's Attorney Cohen that I took his message very seriously," Hamilton said in the press release. "We discussed immediate next steps, including additional training, uniform internal procedures and practices, a…

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Lifestyle
Tens Of Thousands Turn Out To Enjoy UBS Parade In Downtown Stamford Tens Of Thousands Turn Out To Enjoy UBS Parade In Downtown Stamford
Tens Of Thousands Turn Out To Enjoy UBS Parade In Downtown Stamford STAMFORD, Conn. -- Tens of thousands of people lined the streets of downtown Stamford as giant balloons, marching bands, and floats stepped off in the annual UBS Parade Spectacular on Sunday. The annual event, second only in size to Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, kicks off the holiday season in Stamford and throughout southwestern Fairfield County.  Among the thousands in attendance was Ashley Telesco of Stamford, along with her godchildren, brothers Drevon, 9, and Matthew Kearney, 5. Telesco said she regularly attends the parade and enjoys how the whole city turns out to enjoy the fest…

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Neighbors
New Canaan Doctor Co-Authors Textbook On Rotator Cuff Tears New Canaan Doctor Co-Authors Textbook On Rotator Cuff Tears
New Canaan Doctor Co-Authors Textbook On Rotator Cuff Tears NEW CANAAN, Conn. -- Rotator cuff injuries, the bane of baseball pitchers everywhere and the injury that ended Mark "The Bird" Fidrych's career, is the focus of a book by a New Canaan doctor Dr. Edward Craig, an orthopedic surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery Physician Office in Greenwich, has co-authored a textbook on large rotator cuff tears, a common shoulder injury.  Craig, who also practices in the Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service at Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan, says he co-authored the book with his colleague, Dr. Lawrence Gulotta, to provide a guide for ot…

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