Plastic bag ban update:

 The Hartford Courant recently reported that Fairfield is a step closer to enacting a ban on plastic shopping bags.  The town board will be voting next week on an ordinance that was passed unanimously by the Reusable Bag Ordinance Committee.  

The Connecticut Post followed up today with a brief, no-nonsense editorial in support of passage of the ban, pointing out that even if plastic bags are "reused a few times, they clog up landfills and harm wildlife."