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The Sustainable Living Center-Fairfield Ecological Design Center Fundraiser, Saturday, August 22nd,will raise funds for an executive director post. The SLC Board has selected Frank Cicela, presently with Clipper Turbine Works in Cedar Rapids.

A Slow Food 5-course meal will feature the talents of Sundar Raman, Grover Stock, and Torrey Witherspoon. Truckstop Souvenir’s Lauryn Shapter and Dennis

Fresh from touring the famous music festivals of Europe, Ranajit Sengupta, sarode player extroardinaire and Indian and European film score composer from Calcutta, will perform with Fairfield's own David Hurlin on tabla, Sunday, August 16 2 p.m., Fairfield Arts and Convention Center. Part of the new era of younger Indian classical musicians, Ranajit has been collaborating with jazz greats in

The Arc of Jefferson County is launching raffle ticket sales for a queen-sized quilt made locally and donated to The Arc, to raise funds for camp for local and area individuals who are intellectually or otherwise developmentally disabled. The quilt design is “Log Cabin – Star,” machine stitched and quilted.

Tickets are $1 each or six for $5, sold through the last day of the County Fair at The Arc

When you have a big conceptual behemoth on a roll, gaining momentum for 60 years or so, it’s pretty hard to stop it. That’s our food system. We waste, we pollute, we overconsume. We subsidize some farmers to grow more food than we need—or food products we really don’t need, all the while importing other foodstuffs from thousands of miles away. I’m not pointing fingers here—I’d say we’re all in

Fairfield Mayor Ed Malloy has officially proclaimed November 28 through December 7, 2008, as “Fairfield First Buy Local Week,” in recognition of the important role local businesses play in Fairfield. A part of the Fairfield First! campaign, Buy Local Week promotes patronizing local businesses during the biggest retail-shopping week of the year.

According to Burt Chojnowski, one of the founders of