Local News in Bridgeport, Fairfield, Stratford, Norwalk, and Beyond!
1:00am--#Trumbull CT #Bridgeport CT--Trumbull and Bridgeport Police converge at Reservoir Avenue and Old Town Road after reports of teens with guns hiding behind bushes. Turns out to be paintball guns, what can go worng? Police from both towns are sorting this out....
9:55pm--#Bridgeport CT--Police locate a stolen vehicle and pull it over. A foot pursuit and manhunt after suspect runs into backyards between Laurel Avenue and Fairfield Avenue.
(HARTFORD, CT) – On Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will join a bipartisan group of the nation’s governors at the National Governors Association’s 2014 Winter Meeting in Washington, DC. The meeting is an opportunity for governors to discuss issues affecting states, share innovative solutions, and look for ways to strengthen the state-federal partnership. Topics being discussed will include job creation, education reform, improvement of infrastructure, restructuring of health care, and the development of energy resources. Governor Malloy serves as vice chair of the organization’s Natural Resources Committee. Governor Malloy will also be attending events at the White House and a meeting of the Council of Governors, which President Obama appointed him to last year. WHO: Governor…
Laurence Bradley, Westport Planning & Zoning Director announced today that on February 27, 2014, the Planning & Zoning Commission is scheduled to review two text amendments (Amendment #669 and Amendment #672) to the Westport Zoning Regulations. Amendment #669 (Application #13-065) was submitted by Karen Johnson on behalf of DC Kemper- Gunn, LLC to modify the zoning regulations to allow for the relocation of historic buildings in the Business Center District/Historic (BCD/H Zone). Amendment #672 (Application #14-007) was submitted by the Planning & Zoning Commission to limit the size of commercial tenant spaces in the Business Center District (BCD Zone) and the Business Center District/Historic (BCD/H Zone) to no more than 10,000 square feet. The amendment is also designed to preclude the merger of commercial properties or tenant…
#cttraffic--I-95 is backed up in both directions at exit 27 due to Arena at Harbor Yard traffic.
#WASHINGTON, DC – Governor Dannel P. Malloy today attended a meeting at the White House with President Barack Obama, Vice President Joseph Biden, U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez, International President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Mary Kay Henry, Director of the National Economic Council Gene Sperling, Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to President Obama, and others to discuss state-level efforts to raise the minimum wage.
4:55pm--#Fairfield CT--Police are investigating a purse snatching that just occurred at the Cumberland Farms on Kings Highway East. Suspect fled in a dark colored car, police have the plate number and other details I won't post at this time.
#Milford CT-- A Metro North train carrying about 80 passengers collided with a car Friday afternoon on Oronoque Road. There were no reported injuries. The road has had a history of car/train collisions in the past according to MTA spokesman.
3:08pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Report of a motor vehicle accident with injuries near Barnum Avenue and California Street.
Sunday, February 23 at 2 p.m.– The Greely Expedition: A Tale of Triumph and Tragedy in the Arctic presented by Professor Michael Robinson, an Associate Professor of History at the University of Hartford and an expert on 19th century scientific expeditions. $5 Donation. Snow date March 2. In 1881, Lieutenant Adolphus W. Greely commanded the largest polar expedition ever fielded by the United States. It would be the most successful -- and the most tragic -- Arctic expedition in American history. Professor Robinson will give a tantalizing overview of the dangerous and ambitious "Greely Expedition," in his illustrated presentation. Robinson is the author of The Coldest Crucible: Arctic Exploration and American Culture (University of Chicago Press, 2006), which won the…