The Week in Photos

The new Board of Selectman (from left to right): Selectman Tom Flynn (R), First Selectwoman Brenda Kupchick (R) and Selectwoman Nancy Lefkowitz (D).

Shu Restaurant, located at 1795 Post Rd.

First Selectwoman Brenda Kupchick in her office at Sullivan Independence Hall.

Jim Brown (second from left) was elected as the Board of Finance’s new chairman Tuesday night.

Estimated costs as of Dec. 3.

Estimated remediation costs by site.

A train arrives at the Fairfield station circa 1900.

A. Rima Dael

Sunrise Senior Living on Stratfield Road, Fairfield.

Brian Farnen hopes to replace First Selectwoman Brenda Kupchick as representative for the 132nd legislative district.

New Haven, Connecticut - Sunday, December, 1, 2019: A New Haven Department of Public Works pay loader dumps salt into its snowplow trucks Sunday afternoon as the City of New Haven prepares to attack the snowstorm with its snow removal teams.

Visitors at the Holiday Express Train Show.

In the family room there is a floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace and a door to the patio.

The eat-in section of the kitchen has French doors to the bluestone patio and backyard.

The formal living room features a fireplace and coffered ceiling.

The formal dining room has flooring framed with a decorative inlaid wood border and paneled wainscoting and intricate moldings.

The master suite features a deep tray ceiling, fireplace, sitting area, and luxurious bath.

Between the family room and dining room the butler’s pantry has a wet bar sink and beverage refrigerator.

The spa-like marble master bath features a soaking tub, shower, two separate vanities, and a water closet.

The gourmet eat-in kitchen has a center island, granite counters, a farm-style sink, and high-end appliances.

On the finished lower level there is a recreation or game room, a television or sitting area, and bar-style seating.

The finished lower level features a 2,000-plus bottle wine cellar.

The bluestone patio is bordered by a red brick sitting wall.

The sizable backyard features open lawn and a fenced vegetable garden.

The bluestone patio is bordered by a red brick sitting wall.

The beige colonial house at 185 Red Oak Road sits on a two-acre property bordering the 155-acre Connecticut Audubon Society’s Roy and Margot Larsen Wildlife Sanctuary.

The family room has a fireplace against a wall of red brick, a beamed ceiling, and wood paneled walls.

In the walk-out lower level there is a triangular, two-sided stone fireplace and glass French doors to the patio and heated in-ground swimming pool.

The formal living room has a fireplace and “new” hardwood floors that were protected by wall-to-wall carpeting from the moment the construction of this house was completed in 1976.

In the formal dining room, and the rest of the main and second living levels, there are newly discovered hardwood floors under decades of carpeting.

This house features a covered wrap-around porch with arches defined with red brick.

In the eat-in kitchen there is a ceramic tile floor, a decorative ceramic tile backsplash, granite counters, a beamed ceiling, and stainless steel appliances.

The eat-in section has a built-in desk area and glass doors to the raised deck, patio, and backyard.

The custom-built stucco Mediterranean-style colonial house at 120 Deerfield Drive was built on a property of more than 10 acres.

There is ample parking in the paved driveway that leads to the attached two-car garage. The house has a tile roof.

On this sizable property, even by Easton standards, there is a heated in-ground swimming pool.

Karen Burke of Fairfield looks for some gifts at the Pequot Library's holiday book sale on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019, in Fairfield, Conn.

Cindy Avery of Black Rock, left, and Heather Dry of Auburn, Maine, take a closer look at the Pequot Library's holiday book sale on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019, in Fairfield, Conn.

Barbara Barrett of Fairfield browses through some Christmas books at the Pequot Library's holiday book sale on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019, in Fairfield, Conn.

Doug Healey of Bridgeport looks over some books at the Pequot Library's holiday book sale on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019, in Fairfield, Conn.

"We come every year," said Laura Szamatulski of Trumbull, seen here sorting through some holiday CD's at the Pequot Library's holiday book sale on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019, in Fairfield, Conn.

There were many offerings for the holiday gifts at the Pequot Library's holiday book sale on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019, in Fairfield, Conn.

Billy Lafaette of Millcreek, W.V., looks for some books to take home at the Pequot Library's holiday book sale on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019, in Fairfield, Conn.

Helen Wallace, 8, of Fairfield, checks out some Nancy Drew titles at the Pequot Library's holiday book sale on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019, in Fairfield, Conn.

Wendi Miles, left, a student teacher from Fairfield, and her mother, Sharon, look over some books for kids at the Pequot Library's holiday book sale on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019, in Fairfield, Conn.

Michael Zaffino, a high school teacher in Stratford, looks through some books to expand his classroom library at the Pequot Library's holiday book sale on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019, in Fairfield, Conn.

Michael Weinshel

Governor Ned Lamont, here in a file photo, was the keynote speaker Monday night at Fairfield University.

Gov. Ned Lamont, here in a file photo, announced that Fairfield’s special election will take place on Jan. 14.

State Rep. Brenda Kupchick of Fairfield

Front row from left, Mark Barnhart, Fairfield director of economic development; Nancy Carberry, former Fairfield chief of staff; Jay Tolisano, CCM branch manager; and Beverly Balaz, president of Fairfield Chamber of Commerce. Back row, CCM's Susan Holland, Aimee Merritt, and Elizabeth Eckman

Father Thomas Fitzpatrick