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Candlelight Vigil in Stratfield: Sunday, Dec. 16 at 5 p.m.

The vigil will take place at Stratfield Village Center (Stratfield Road and Fairfield Woods Road). Please bring a teddy bear to give to the children of Newtown.

Residents of the Stratfield section of Fairfield have planned at candlelight vigil for 5 p.m. this evening - Sunday, Dec. 16.

Candles will be provided. Please bring a teddy bear to give to the children and families of Newtown.

You can RSVP to the vigil's Facebook event here.

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A townwide community vigil is tentatively scheduled for Monday, Dec. 17, at 5 p.m. on Sherman Green.

Officials offered this statement on the town's Facebook page:

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"The Board of Selectmen understands that it is important that the community have the opportunity to come together as a whole to grieve, as well as to support the survivors of the tragedy and our own first responders who were there in Newtown yesterday."


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