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In its nineteenth annual year, The Knot continues its long-standing tradition of supporting the expertise and outstanding service of local wedding professionals with The Knot Best of Weddings 2026. As a go-to guide of top wedding vendors across the country, this prestigious award honors those vendors on The Knot deemed by couples as trusted, dependable and consistently delivering quality service. To determine the winners, The Knot assessed thousands of user reviews for 200,000+ wedding professionals within its Vendor Marketplace across various categories—planners, venues, officiants, musicians, DJs, florists, photographers, caterers, hair and makeup artists, and more—to find the top vendors of the year. Vendors who have received at least 7 reviews on The Knot with an average score of 4.5+ between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025 received The Knot Best of Weddings Award. These winners represent the top wedding professionals that best embody what matters to couples in their wedding planning journey. |
The Pavilions at Penfield Beach have been selected as a 2026 winner of |
In its twentieth annual year, The Knot continues its long-standing tradition of supporting the expertise and outstanding service of local wedding professionals with The Knot Best of Weddings 2026. As a go-to guide of top wedding vendors across the country, this prestigious award honors those vendors on The Knot deemed by couples as trusted, dependable and consistently delivering quality service. To determine the winners, The Knot assessed thousands of user reviews for 200,000+ wedding professionals within its Vendor Marketplace across various categories—planners, venues, officiants, musicians, DJs, florists, photographers, caterers, hair and makeup artists, and more—to find the top vendors of the year. Vendors who have received at least 7 reviews on The Knot with an average score of 4.5+ between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025 received The Knot Best of Weddings Award. These winners represent the top wedding professionals that best embody what matters to couples in their wedding planning journey. |
Fairfield Community Services is pleased to announce that The Pavilions at Penfield Beach have been inducted into 
The Community Focal Point designation, awarded by the Southwestern Connecticut Agency on Aging (SWCAA), is a prestigious honor for organizations providing essential services to seniors and people with disabilities in Fairfield County. These designated centers serve as central, trusted hubs offering resources, nutrition, transportation, and support services, symbolizing community care.
Sustainable Fairfield is proud to be recognized with Gold Certification from Sustainable CT, a voluntary certification program to recognize thriving and resilient Connecticut municipalities. Achieving the highest level of certification is based on extraordinary leadership and innovation in sustainability. The Gold Certification recognizes comprehensive and effective sustainability strategies that serve as models for other municipalities. Congratulations to Sustainable Connecticut! Learn more about Sustainable Fairfield's work at Sustainablefairfield.org
 Congratulations to our very own Tom Henderson and Bob Bigonette for winning top spots on the Golf Digest Best Teachers in every state!These golf teachers were voted the best in each state through a peer-voting process conducted by Golf Digest. More than 3,000 teachers were included in the voting. |
 We are happy to announce that Fairfield Farmer's Market has been selected as the Winner for the 2022 Best of Fairfield Awards in the category of Farmers' Market. The Fairfield Award Program purpose to support and offer public recognition of the contributions of businesses and organizations in and around Fairfield. |
On October 27th 2022, the Fairfield County Dispatch Center received a 911 call from a boater in distress reporting his boat was taking on water and he did not believe that he and his four passengers were going to make it. The boater reported he was just south of the Penfield Lighthouse and described his anchor became entangled with the boat propeller causing the stern of his boat to become emerged in water and sinking at time of call. Marine Unit Officers Ed Terifay and Walter Burke summoned the assistance of Patrol Sergeant Bill Beattie and our very own Marina Manager, Justin Cathcart, to assist both Marine Unit Officers. These actions allowed our Marine Unit to rapidly deploy two police boats (Safeboat 33 and Safeboat 23) out to assist with the water rescue. Patrol Sgt. Beattie responded with Ofc. Terifay in the Safeboat 23 and Ofc. Burke was assisted by Justin Cathcart in the Safeboat 33.
The quick actions of our personnel to deploy two Safeboats and subsequently locate and rescue four stranded boaters in open waters approximately 1/2 mile south of Penfield Lighthouse are a reflection of their professionalism and dedication to this profession and service to the Town of Fairfield. Their actions also prevented the loss of the victim's boat as they were able to prevent the boat from sinking by making it float safe and tow it back to the victim's home port in Bridgeport, CT.
Chief of Community Services, Anthony Calabrese, accepted the 2021 Facility of Merit Award for H. Smith Richardson Clubhouse from the Connecticut Recreation and Parks Association, Inc. at their 61st Annual Banquet at Mohegan Sun.
This award will be given to a department that has developed or renovated an exceptional facility within the last 2 years. The director of the department/organization must be a current CRPA member.
Congratulations to our very own Fairfield Chief of Community Services, Anthony Calabrese, for winning the Connecticut Recreation & Parks Association (CRPA) Outstanding Professional Award! This award is given to a CRPA member who has made outstanding contributions to the parks and recreation profession, over a period of 10 years or more.
RACE Coastal Engineering’s award-winning South Benson Marina Dredging & Beach Nourishment Project.
In May 2020, the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) announced Jennings Beach in Fairfield, CT as a winner of the America’s 2020 Best Restored Beaches Award. The award comes following the more than 27,000 cubic yards of sand that was hydraulically pumped onto the beach this past winter as part of a maintenance dredging project for the adjacent South Benson Marina. The national award highlights the crucial role that beach restoration projects like this play to local recreation, economies, ecosystems and shoreline protection.
“This year’s Best Restored Beach winners represent a wide variety of beach types that offer unique and varied attributes. I congratulate the winners for their hard work and for the beautiful beaches they have protected and enhanced,” said ASBPA President Tony Pratt. “For more than 50 years, beach restoration has been the preferred method of shore protection in coastal communities. Beach restoration is the process of placing beach-quality sand on dwindling beaches to reverse or offset the effects of erosion.”
We are pleased to announce that Penfield Pavilion was designated "Best Party Venue" in 2020 through the Town Vibe (now, Moffly Media) Reader's Choice Awards! Thank you to everyone who voted and showed their love for our local businesses.
Fairfield Chief of Community Services, Anthony Calabrese, accepted the 2017 Facility of Merit Award for Penfield Pavilion from the Connecticut Recreation and Parks Association, Inc. at their 57th annual banquet at Mohegan Sun. This award will be given to a department that has developed or renovated an exceptional facility within the last 2 years. The director of the department/organization must be a current CRPA member.
Smith Richardson Golf Course was named as the state’s “Golf Course of the Year” by the Connecticut State Golf Association, the first time the award has been bestowed on a municipal course, according to town Recreation Director, Gerry Lombardo.“This just came out of the blue,” said Jim Alexander, the head golf pro at the golf course. Lombardo, who attended the annual dinner Dec. 3 with Alexander, said, “It was quite an honor to get this.”
The association began presenting the award in 2001. Alexander said he believes the conditions and layout of Smith Richardson contributed to its selection.
