Month: December 2013

Bridgeport’s Christmas Tree Lighting In Under 4 Minutes

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L6Z9FE92TE&feature=youtu.be Mayor Bill Finch and family hosted the city's annual Christmas Tree lighting on McLevy Green Friday night. Mike Bellamy of WICC 600AM served as Master of Ceremonies. Live entertainment, local choirs and the Park City Pride Combined Alumni Drum and Bugle Corps made for a lively presentation. Santa Claus also made an appearance.

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Eleven Bridgeport Firefighters Graduate From Connecticut Fire Academy

#Bridgeport, CT  -- Dec. 6, 2013 – Eleven new firefighters joined the city departmentFriday after completing 14 weeks of training at the Connecticut Fire Academy. A total of 54 firefighters from 19 career and volunteer departments completed the training and graduated Friday at a ceremony in the Parsons Government Center in Milford. “This is a job of unusual dangers with extraordinary rewards,” said Bridgeport Fire Chief Brian Rooney. “Our profession is like none other. It calls for life and death decisions, running into burning buildings looking for those who were left behind. Know this: You now are a part of a new family like none other. You will live together, eat together, laugh together and support each other during the difficult times most…

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Trumbull Home Invasion

11:09pm--#Trumbull CT--A Beech Street resident called police that someone followed him home from the Trumbull Mall, and robbed him as he arrived home by two males with a gun.  11:30pm--UPDATE--Police say three intruders were already in the home when he arrived home. Unknown if he was followed from the mall.

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