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Sandy takes her toll on beach living

Senior year at Fairfield Beach. Every student released. Point Saturdays. Thursday night Nauts. Mind Erasers and Two Dollar Tuesdays at the Grape. Hurricane Sandy swept in and washed it all away. As of...
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Volleyball Completes Comeback

The Fairfield volleyball team won the final three sets in their match last Saturday against Iona, defeating the Gaels 3-2 and improving their winning streak to four straight matches. The Stags got down...
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Addressing concerns for beach residents

I met Hurricane Sandy with giddy anticipation. I bought a keg, picked up a few good books and screamed obscenities into the wind, daring Mother Nature to do her worst. In honor of my request, Sandy doubled...
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Extreme weather hits multiple locations

Flooded streets. Houses ripped to their foundations. Trees down across main streets - and that is just in Fairfield. The devastation felt from Hurricane Sandy stretches far beyond North Benson Road,...
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Fairfield U. campus belted by storm

Yesterday morning, the sun shone down on the Barone Campus Center. Fairfield University flags reclaimed their places on light poles campus-wide. The gardening staff returned to meticulously caring for the...
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Cyber hype and real gripe

The storm we have just endured was unprecedented. We remember it now, and we’ll tell the story to our grandchildren in this same way: It was 5:30 p.m., and everyone’s Facebook statuses went negative. The...