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Frank MacEachern

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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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Wilton's LaSala Earns Honors For College Football Play Wilton's LaSala Earns Honors For College Football Play
Wilton's LaSala Earns Honors For College Football Play WILTON, Conn., -- Wilton's Michael LaSala, a junior offensive lineman with Washington and Lee University, was named to the D3football.com All-America team on Friday evening. LaSala earned third team All-America laurels from the website, the Generals' eighth All-America selection from D3football.com since it began releasing an All-America team in 1999. LaSala has earned All-America honors from three different organizations in 2015, also garnering first team All-America laurels from the American Football Coaches Association and third team accolades on the AP Little All-America team. He was a …

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Stamford Collects 11,500 Tons Of Leaves, Heads Out For More Stamford Collects 11,500 Tons Of Leaves, Heads Out For More
Stamford Collects 11,500 Tons Of Leaves, Heads Out For More STAMFORD, Conn. -- The city has collected 11,500 tons of leaves this fall as officials announced the annual fall ritual in Stamford was completed last week. “Our guys did a great, thorough job and I want to thank Thomas Turk and his team for getting this all done before the snow starts,” said Mayor David Martin. “It is important for us to get as many leaves off the street and out of the storm drains as possible to prevent flooding and contamination issues this winter. Because of this, and the unseasonable weather, I have asked for a second quick sweep of the city for people’s houses that sti…

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Power Outage In Greenwich After Transformer Fire Power Outage In Greenwich After Transformer Fire
Power Outage In Greenwich After Transformer Fire GREENWICH, Conn., -- A transformer fire on Riveside Avenue saw 166 Eversource customers in Greenwich lose power Friday morning, Greenwich Police said. That number has been reduced to two as of 10 a.m. Those two customers are connected to the damaged utility pole. The utility pole is owned and maintained by Frontier Communications. The repair work will take several hours after the arrival of the pole, police said, and the repair work will take until at least the late afternoon or early evening depending on availability of a new utility pole. During the repair process, two-way traffic will b…

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Norwalk's Carver Center Embraces $500,000 Boost To Create Technology Center Norwalk's Carver Center Embraces $500,000 Boost To Create Technology Center
Norwalk's Carver Center Embraces $500,000 Boost To Create Technology Center NORWALK, Conn. -- A summer job teaching science at the George Washington Caver Community Center more than 30 years ago turned into a $500,000 donation for the Norwalk center. In a ceremony Thursday morning, Mark Feinberg handed a check for $472,000 to the center. It came from the estate of his late aunt, Charlotte Naomi Horblit. The $28,000 balance came from an anonymous donation. More than 30 years ago while he was a Brien McMahon High School freshman, Feinberg was tapped by his science teacher and football coach, the late Richard Fuller, to teach science as a camp counselor at the Carver …

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Schools
Monroe Man Dedicated To Helping At-Risk Students Joins Board Of Education Monroe Man Dedicated To Helping At-Risk Students Joins Board Of Education
Monroe Man Dedicated To Helping At-Risk Students Joins Board Of Education MONROE, Conn. — A Monroe resident who has long been involved in working with at-risk youth has been appointed to the town's Board of Education. Carlos Reinoso Jr. assumed his two-year position Wednesday. “I’m really grateful and happy to be joining a great team of board members who represent a great school district, my children’s school district, that I so admire and am proud of,” he said in an email. Reinoso, who is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, said he's excited by the challenge of serving on the school board. “I’m looking forward to working with Mr. James Agostine, our superintende…

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Events
New Canaan High Theatre Department Raises Voices In Song For Fundraiser New Canaan High Theatre Department Raises Voices In Song For Fundraiser
New Canaan High Theatre Department Raises Voices In Song For Fundraiser NEW CANAAN, Conn. -- The New Canaan High School Theatre Department is hosting a Fundraising Gala featuring music from the "Magic To Do" songbook of Academy Award and Grammy Award winner Stephen Schwartz.  It will be an entertaining evening filled with music and dance performed by New Canaan High drama students, along with students and alum from The Studio of Performing Arts, New Canaan Dance Academy, New England Academy of Dance, and Saxe Middle School. Some of the numbers performed will be songs from “Pippin,” “Wicked,” “Enchanted” and “Godspell.” All proceeds from this special p…

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Comedy About Baring All For Charity Kicks Off At Stamford's Curtain Call Comedy About Baring All For Charity Kicks Off At Stamford's Curtain Call
Comedy About Baring All For Charity Kicks Off At Stamford's Curtain Call STAMFORD, Conn., -- Fear of public speaking may be society's No. 1 phobia, so just think about doing it naked. That's just what a group of women ages 40-something and up will do when Curtain Call's first show of 2016 - "Calendar Girls" - opens in The Dressing Room Theatre in Stamford on Jan. 8. But before you have visions of a centerfold convention, the nudity is tastefully, if comically, handled and is brief. Adapted from the hit Miramax film of the same name, "Calendar Girls" is based on a true story that is both poignant and hilarious. A group of women, members of an o…

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Build a Model Car, Make A Necklace, Take A Free Ride In Newtown Build a Model Car, Make A Necklace, Take A Free Ride In Newtown
Build a Model Car, Make A Necklace, Take A Free Ride In Newtown NEWTOWN, Conn. -- The MOMS Club of Newtown and Newtown Car Show and Kindness Dream Ride are providing all the materials to build a model car or bead a necklace for Newtown residents ages 5-8. The activity will take place from 1:30-3 p.m. Sunday in the meeting room of the Cyrenius H. Booth Library, 25 Main St., Newtown. The MOMS Club of Newtown is a chapter of the International MOMS Club. It is a support group designed for both the at-home and working moms. On June 20, 2016, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., The Newtown Kindness Dream Ride will be rewarding Newtown children for Random Acts of Kindness…

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Schools
Stamford Native At Yale Earns Scholarship To Study In England Stamford Native At Yale Earns Scholarship To Study In England
Stamford Native At Yale Earns Scholarship To Study In England STAMFORD, Conn. -- A Stamford native who is currently studying at Yale has received a prestigious scholarship to study in England. Skyler Ross is one of 32 students from across the country who has received the Marshall Scholarship. Ross, a lifelong resident of Stamford who graduated from Westhill High School in 2012, will study creative producing at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. "The program appeals to me because of its emphasis on theatrical producing as a creative act through its curatorial role," he wrote in an email. "The program will equip me with the ski…

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Women Gather In Old Greenwich To Bake Challah In Support Of Israel Women Gather In Old Greenwich To Bake Challah In Support Of Israel
Women Gather In Old Greenwich To Bake Challah In Support Of Israel GREENWICH, Conn., -- A group of pro-Israel women will bake challah to support the country in an event Thursday in Greenwich. The Mega Challah bake will be held at the Hyatt Regency in Old Greenwich and will see 500 Jewish women from throughout Fairfield County come together to bake challah and support Israel. Challah baking is the traditional bread that Jews eat on the Sabbath and holidays. Women have the special mitzvah of making and sanctifying this bread and do so on Fridays in preparation for the Sabbath. There are special prayers said over the Challah and a piece is separated and sanc…

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