School board rejects general food ban amid allergy policy
Fairfield area board of education approves a targeted allergy policy after rejecting a district wide ban on party foods. The plan focuses on individual plans for students with life threatening nut allergies, with administrators identifying affected children and tailoring responses. Parents of severely allergic students express disappointment, citing lives at risk and urging stronger restrictions.
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Board of Education
Fairfield Health Department
Beth McTigue
Alliance For
Alecia Emrich
James Lee
Brian Fagan
Deborah Dowd
Dowd
Clifton Freedman
Fairfield residents push leash law after dog attacks
Grace Dickman and Jack Jason recount two dog attacks in Fairfield involving a rottweiler and a pit bull that injured pets and people. They urge a leash law as Animal Control notes at most one similar incident per month, while some neighbors argue owners must be responsible for keep dogs restrained.
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Grace Dickman
Miro Street
Fairfield
Jack Jason
Stratfield Road
Benny
Dickman
Carl Dickman
Grace
Jason
Miller
Encephalitis threat spurs area health alerts and trip cancellations
Fairfield health officials report calls about dead birds after a crew tested positive for a virus in Westport. Schools cancel trips while animals are collected and sent to state labs for testing. Officials wait for DEP and DOH guidance as test results take days.
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Fairfield Health Department
Westport
Brian Fagan
DEP
Center For Disease Control
Arthur Leffert
Fairfield
Leffert
Department of Environmental Protection
State Department of Health
Greenwich
Westchester County
N.Y
St. Louis
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