Popular Fairfield County Restaurant Owner Dies At Age 80
A much-beloved restaurant owner and philanthropist in Fairfield County has died.
Dimitrios Paschalidis, age 80, died Thursday, April 1, at his home in Norwalk.
He was born August 20, 1940, in the northern village of Saint Dimitrios, Kozani, Greece.
The co-owner of Dimitri’s Diner and Gyro on Pita, both in Ridgefield, Paschalidis died after surgery performed due to aggressive cancer, according to Dimitri's staff.
"We are beyond saddened by the loss of Dimitri," the staff at Dimitri's said. "There is a hole in our hearts"
Before moving to the United States in 1968 in search of a bette…
ID Released For 20-Year-Old Killed In Head-On Route 7 Crash
A 20-year-old man has been identified as the victim of a fatal two-vehicle crash in Fairfield County on Route 7.
The crash took place around 4:02 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 14, on Route 7 near Stonehenge Road in Ridgefield.
The two vehicles collided head-on, and both drivers needed to be extricated from their vehicles, said Ridgefield Police Captain Shawn Platt.
Jose Miguel Guillen-Hernandez, of Waterbury, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, Platt said.
The driver of the second vehicle, Karol Mora, age 44, of Ridgefield, was transported to Danbury Hospital for an evalu…
