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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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Immigrants In Stamford Share Post-Election Fears Of Hostility, Deportation STAMFORD, Conn. — Local immigrants who are worried about what the election of Republican Donald Trump could mean to them and their families gathered Monday night in Stamford to talk about the issue and hear what local leaders had to say. About 200 people crowded into Neighbors Link in Stamford for the session, which attracted representatives from Stamford Police Department, the Board of Education and the Mayor's Office. Trump has promised to enact a hardline against illegal immigrants and cut immigration from Muslim countries. That has led to fear among immigrants about what it means for t…

by Frank MacEachern

11/15/2016

Police & Fire

Stamford Firefighters Rescue 12 From Sinking Boat In Long Island Sound STAMFORD, Conn. — Twelve people were rescued from a sinking boat just off Shippan Point on Monday afternoon, Stamford Fire Department officials said. The Super Moon played a role in the accident as the boat hit a rock during an unusually low tide, the fire department said in a press release. The fire boat was used to rescue the 12 people just before the 39-foot-long boat sank after taking on too much water just after 1 p.m. Monday. Stamford and Greenwich police departments, Stamford EMS and the Coast Guard all responded to the scene. It was the second time in two weeks the fire department…

by Frank MacEachern

11/14/2016

News

New Safety Measures Put In Place At Stamford High After Student's Death STAMFORD, Conn. — A Stamford High student welcomed new safety measures — especially a new crosswalk — that the city installed after a student died while crossing Strawberry Hill Avenue. Earthaiza Watkins, a junior at the school who was about to use the new crosswalk Monday morning, said it's an improvement. "It was really dangerous," she said of crossing the avenue before the crosswalk was installed. "This is much safer than before." Karina Tinajero, 18, of 1425 Bedford St. died hours after she was struck by a van while she was crossing Strawberry Hill Avenue at 7:30 a.…

by Frank MacEachern

11/14/2016

Police & Fire

Man Robbed Of Cellphone By Four Teens, Stamford Police Say STAMFORD, Conn. -- Four suspects surrounded a 34-year-old man as he got out of his vehicle late Friday, punched him in the face and robbed him of his cellphone, Stamford police said. The attack occurred on Victory Street near Piave Street around 10:30 p.m., police said. After he was punched, the man fell to the ground, police said. One of the suspects grabbed his cellphone while he was on the ground and the suspects fled, police said. The suspects were described as black males in their teens, police said. The man experienced some pain and a cut to an elbow but declined medical assistance.…

by Frank MacEachern

11/14/2016

Police & Fire

Man Arrested After Striking Pedestrian With His Car STAMFORD, Conn. -- A police officer came to the rescue of a man who jumped on the hood of a car that had just struck his friend early Saturday, police said. A pedestrian was struck on Spring Street near Bedford Street just before 2 a.m. and the driver drove away, but not before the man's friends acted, police said. "One of the friend's yelled 'Stop that car' and a (another) friend jumped on the hood of the car to stop the car," Sgt. Jennifer Lynch said. However, the driver kept going until a sergeant a short distance away noticed the car with its unlikely passenger and pulled it …

by Frank MacEachern

11/14/2016

Obituaries

Services Set For Teacher Judy Martin, Wife Of Stamford's Mayor STAMFORD, Conn. -- Judith "Judy" Martin, wife of Stamford Mayor David Martin, died Thursday morning after a long battle with cancer. She was 63. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 14, at Temple Beth El, 350 Roxbury Road, Stamford. The family will be available to meet with friends at the Temple immediately after the service. Judy Martin was born in Framingham, Mass., to Rhoda and Sidney Reasenberg. She graduated from the University of Massachusetts with a degree in cultural anthropology and received an MBA from the Wharton Business School. In 1979, she joined Co…

by Frank MacEachern

11/13/2016

Police & Fire

Police: Bethel Man Charged With Disrupting Polling Place On Election Day BETHEL, Conn. -- A Bethel man caused a ruckus at a polling place on Election Day and then spat at a police officer who went to issue him a summons the next day, Bethel Police said. Brian Mansfield, 55, of 8N. Beach St., was charged with assault on a police officer, refusal to be fingerprinted and second-degree breach of peace. On Election Day, Mansfield disrupted voting operations, was disruptive with polling staff, knocked over polling location materials and even disturbed a Girl Scout cookie sale, police said. The next afternoon when police went to his home he is alleged to have spit at …

by Frank MacEachern

11/13/2016

Police & Fire

Police: New Haven Man Scams Three Stamford Residents In Auto Body Con STAMFORD, Conn. -- Like father, like son. Stamford Police said they arrested a New Haven man who ripped off people on auto repairs, two years after arresting his father in the same scam. Bobby Megel, 28, was charged Thursday with multiple counts of larceny, operating a repair shop without a license and illegal sales without a tax receipt after he scammed three Stamford residents — including an 88-year-old man and a woman with Parkinson's Disease — of about $3,700, police said. Investigator Paul DeRiu said said Megel's father, Jimmy J. Megel, 44, was arrested by Stamford Police two years ag…

by Frank MacEachern

11/13/2016

Schools

Stamford High Launches GoFundMe For Scholarship To Honor Fallen Student STAMFORD, Conn. — A GoFundMe has been launched for a memorial scholarship in honor of a Stamford High student who was struck and killed while crossing the street in front of the school on her way to take the SAT. Karina Tinajero, an 18-year-old senior at Stamford High, died in Stamford Hospital after the accident on Strawberry Hill Avenue last weekend. "The students, staff, and community of Stamford High School are grieving," says the GoFundMe, started by Raymond Manka, the school's principal. "She was a hardworking, amazing young woman who had much to offer the world,&qu…

by Frank MacEachern

11/13/2016

Police & Fire

Police: Stamford Man Scammed Out Of More Than $400K In Scheme To Aid Africa STAMFORD, Conn. -- Two Pennsylvania men are facing charges after they scammed a Stamford man out of more than $400,000 in a scheme they said would aid to people in a West African country. Soko Kanneh, 27, and Justin Jusu Kennedy, 30, both of Upper Darby, Pa., were each charged with first-degree larceny and first-degree conspiracy to commit a crime. They were arrested last week in Pennsylvania and extradited to Stamford on Thursday, Stamford police Sgt. Steven Perrotta said. A third suspect in the case was murdered in Indiana, Perrotta said. This summer, the three suspects met with an elder…

by Frank MacEachern

11/11/2016

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