Month: March 2013

Hey! Fairfield has no reason not to give police a contract now!

A Stamford Superior Court judge entered a $2.88 million judgment today in favor of the Town of Fairfield against an investment firm that had placed the Town’s retirement funds with Bernard Madoff. Fairfield Police have been without a contract for over two years.  Maybe the RTM can pass their contract this week.  Fairfield has a track record of being anti-union dragging its feet on the firefighters and even the nurses contract.  Oh yea, this is an editorial.

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Shots fired- Bridgeport teen arrested

Police investigating a report of shots fired Thursday arrested  a 19-year-old with a loaded gun. At about 3 p.m. Thursday, Officers Anthony Caiazzo and Alfred Cesar were on patrol in the area of Bassick High School when they heard four or five gunshots. They heard from a witness that after the loud bangs a man in a black hooded sweatshirt ran down Colorado Street. They also learned from a Bassick security guard that the shots happened in the area of Wentfield Park. As they checked the area, they observed a Pontiac Grand Prix occupied by three males with a fourth standing at the driver’s window. When the fourth man saw police, he walked off briskly. He didn’t get far. Officer…

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