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Reply(1) Fairfield's 2021-22 budget was approved Monday. (Anna Bybee-Schier/Patch) FAIRFIELD, CT — Fairfield officials continued the debate over the town's 2021-22 budget this week, issuing dueling public statements after the $332.3 million spending plan was approved Monday by the Representative Town Meeting. The budget passed with a 23-17 vote that fell mostly along party lines. The spending plan has a projected mill rate increase of 0.78 percent, which is set to be finalized 7:30 p.m. Thursday by the Board of Finance. The original version of the budget, presented several months ago by Fir...

Reply Fairfield's mill rate for the coming year is set. (Anna Bybee-Schier/Patch) FAIRFIELD, CT — When Fairfield's Board of Finance met Thursday to set the mill rate for the coming year, Chair James Brown began the discussion on an optimistic note. "Maybe tonight we can save the taxpayers some more dollars," he said. In fact, the board saved Fairfield taxpayers an additional $465,271 by unanimously voting to lower the mill rate increase from a projected 0.86 percent to 0.71 percent. The projected increase changed from 0.78 percent Monday to 0.86 percent Thursday after the Board of Assessmen...

Groton — Groton Town Councilor Aundré Bumgardner and City of Groton Mayor Keith Hedrick will again face off to see who will be the city's mayor for the next term — this time in the city's general election on May 3. Democratic nominee Bumgardner and Hedrick, the city's Democratic mayor for the past two terms who is making a write-in bid after losing the March Democratic primary to Bumgardner by five votes, both are seeking to lead the city. No Republican has entered the race. The two candidates outlined their priorities for the city. The post-COVID recovery, fiscal prudence and addressi...

Chiefs unite behind fight to increase the Greenwich Fire Department's command staff FacebookTwitterEmail 1of8 Firefighters from left, Richard Neuman of Station 1, Fire Chief Joe McHugh, Gary Wilson of Station 2, Rick Strain of Station 6, Joe Gianfrancesco of Station 5, Mike Hoha of Station 4, Dave Walko of Station 3, and Al Farquar of Station 7 pose together at the North Street Training Center Thursday, March 11, 2021.Contributed Photo / Contributed PhotoShow MoreShow Less 2of8 Volunteer District Chiefs David Walko and Richard Neuman, at right, are among the volunteers hoping that the town wi...

BRATTLEBORO — Kurt Daims is unhappy about the political climate in Brattleboro.