David.Gurliacci@patch.com
203.822.2603
Hometown: Darien, Connecticut
I joined the school paper at Darien High School and had a blast. At Trinity College in Hartford, I wrote an opinion column for the student newspaper and found that writing was what I wanted to do. I've been addicted ever since.
I've worked at various newspapers in Massachusetts and New York state before moving back to Fairfield County, where I worked at the Norwalk Hour, covering Westport, then cops and then courts.
I later worked as a correspondent for The Advocate and was then a reporter for the Fairfield County Business Journal and its sister publication in Westchester, then did more freelance work, including some for HersamAcorn's New Canaan Advertiser.
I used to do the daily New York Times crossword, but now I prefer the KenKen puzzle. I have a serious bibliophilia problem (please contribute to the cause: we can wipe out bibliophilia in a short time if we all switch to Kindle and burn all the paper books). In theaters, I see about 40 movies a year of all types except horror, and now I'm seeing a lot more on Netflix. Historic sites and hiking trails interest me. One day I will see more Shakespeare plays. I play no sports. My cooking skills are limited, but people love my apple pies.
How would you describe your political beliefs?
I believe democracy only works with an informed citizenry, and no system of government works all that well. I think human nature has enough flaws in it that we'll never do better than make some improvements in society, but improving it is vitally important. As a journalist, I'm not here to make those improvements. I'm here to report all the relevant facts about problems and issues, and do it in a way that sparks the interest of people.
Are you registered with a certain party?
No.
How religious would you consider yourself?
I'm a Catholic who goes to Mass.
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Police arrested the man after an investigation into 60 phone calls going back to September 2013.
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After DNA test results came back from the state crime lab, police charged a 31-year-old Woodbridge woman with the 2012 burglary.
After DNA test results came back from the state crime lab, Norwalk police charged a 31-year-old woman with a 2012 shoe store burglary.
The woman was taken to Manchester Hospital with minor injuries; the son was taken there for an evaluation, police said.
The robber left the store with the loot in a blue shopping bag.
Roberto Chiappeloni wants his New Canaan store to replicate the success of his longstanding Greenwich Avenue store.
Manfredi Jewelers, now at 72 Elm St., is a partnership between Roberto Chiappelloni, who founded Manfredi in Greenwich, and Kimberly La Du.
About 25 students from Bethany Community School's Girls Excelling in Math and Science Club visited the university on Friday.
