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🌱 Patch AM: 5 Fairfield Programs Approved For 2026 Neighborhood Assistance Act Tax Credits

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Hey hey Fairfield! Your one-stop source for local news is here. Continue reading for all the updates. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Fairfield nonprofits gain new tax-credit boost for 2026 donations
  • What Fairfield's vote to keep school speed cameras means for drivers

Also on today's calendar: Open House German School of Connecticut and 19 more events.

Today's riddle: What has 2 arms and a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Humid with a thunderstorm, with a high of 85 and low of 67 degrees.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny and humid, temps: high: 86, low: 62. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 80 and low of 59 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 5 Fairfield Programs Approved For 2026 Neighborhood Assistance Act Tax Credits (patch.com) — Fairfield businesses have a new opportunity to earn state tax credits by supporting five local programs approved under Connecticut's 2026 Neighborhood Assistance Act, including Fairfield Theatre Company, Wakeman Boys & Girls Club, and veteran housing support. Local officials say the initiative helps nonprofits fund key services for Fairfield residents while allowing participating companies to reduce their corporate tax bills through qualifying donations.
   

• Connecticut town keeps speed camera plan despite local backlash: 'It feels like a money grab' (thecooldown.com) — Fairfield's Representative Town Meeting has voted 25–12 to keep school‑zone speed cameras running, despite hours of criticism from residents who say the program feels like surveillance and a money grab. Officials also created a drafting committee to review the traffic‑enforcement ordinance, meaning the cameras stay on while potential changes are studied.
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Shepherds Student Explores Career in Nursing Through Sacred Heart University Summer Program —Shepherds Inc. Read on Patch
  • Vista Life Innovations to Host 18th Annual Tour de Shore Cycling Event on October 4 —Vista Life Innovations Read on Patch
  • Looking for someone to make a space in my basement look more modern.
    Maybe put up some wall panels fixtures paint etc Not to good at decoration so I need ideas. Need a professional looking office (Nextdoor Fairfield Village)
  • Have had 2 dump run workers not show up.
    Does anyone have someone reliable please to do a clean out of an attic and dump some outside items this week? (Nextdoor Melville)
  • Teleperformance USA posted a job opening for Payroll Tax Processor - Remote in Fairfield. Apply here.
  • Carvana posted a job opening for Customer Service Delivery Advocate in Fairfield. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fairfield here.

🗞 Nearby News

Bridgeport

  • Suspect Shoots At Bridgeport Police Officers, Who Return Fire; Arrest Made (patch.com)
  • The Museum's Sikorsky JRS-1: The Mystery of the 'Meatball' Roundel (si.edu)
  • International apostolate seeks to consecrate businesses to Sacred Heart in Bridgeport Diocese (ewtnnews.com)

Westport

  • Westport Police, Youth Commission Reward Young Cyclists For Safe Riding (patch.com)

Trumbull

  • Police To Hold Car Seat Safety Check Event In Trumbull (patch.com)

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