Bridgeport News: Today’s Car Fire
2:31pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Firefighters on scene with a tractor trailer that was on fire, at at Oak Street and North Avenue. There is currently a small fire in the wheel well, and light smoke throughout.
UI Scam Continues
1:41pm--#Bridgeport CT--Taco King at 1147 Madison Avenue has called police that he was the target of an attempt to collect money from someone claiming to be from UI.
GOV. MALLOY: STATE MUST “preserve our agricultural heritage and help it expand and create jobs”
(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Dannel P. Malloy and state Department of Agriculture Commissioner Steven K. Reviczky today announced that more than 40 farms, agricultural non-profits and municipalities will receive state funding totaling $880,327 as part of an ongoing effort to expand Connecticut’s growing agricultural economy. “Our diverse and vibrant agriculture sector is an important economic driver for our state with enormous potential for future job creation and economic growth,” said Governor Malloy. “These grants are a clear sign that we can both preserve our agricultural heritage and help it expand and create jobs.” Funding was made through the Agriculture Department’s Farm Transition Grant and Farm Viability Grant programs, designed to increase farm production, promote Connecticut Grown products and…
GOV. MALLOY SEEKS TO ELIMINATE APPROXIMATELY 1,000 PAGES OF STATE REGULATIONS
(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he is seeking to eliminate approximately a thousand pages of state regulations that have been identified as obsolete, duplicative, excessively burdensome, or otherwise ineffective or unnecessary, in a major effort to make Connecticut’s regulations more streamlined, readable and user-friendly for citizens, especially small businesses. “We’re committed to making state government more efficient, more transparent and more responsive. Streamlining regulations and repealing those that are just too burdensome or no longer needed will help in our efforts to be more user-friendly for both citizens and businesses,” Governor Malloy said. The Governor has submitted legislation to the General Assembly (House Bill 5049 – An Act Eliminating Unnecessary Government Regulation) on…
Boat Ordered From China, Never Delivered (Bridgeport, CT – March 19, 2014) – A city man filed a complaint that he paid $1,057 to a Chinese bank for a boat that was never delivered. Officer Daniel Faroni spoke Tuesday to the 57-year-old city resident, who stated that he sent the money to China in December 2013 but that the boat was never delivered. He stated he transferred the amount to the Bank of China. Police Investigate Subway Robbery (Bridgeport, CT – March 19, 2014) – Police responded to a commercial robbery Tuesday on Broadbridge Road. Officer Stacey Lyons spoke to a Subway employee Tuesday, who stated that the robber entered the store at 535 Broadbridge Road shortly before 9:30 p.m.…
Bridgeport News: Where there’s smoke there’s not always fire
1:14pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Firefighters are on scene at 97 Poplar Street investigating a report of smoke in the building. The incident occurred at 6:00am this morning, and there is no incident at this time. Well, at least you know why the firetrucks are there...
Shelton News: 15 year old shot passes
#Shelton CT-- Very sad to report that 15 year old Kristjan Ndoj who was shot on Agawam Trail on Saturday has died from his wounds.
Trumbull News: Cheesecake Factory coming to Trumbull Mall
#Trumbull CT-- First selectman Timothy Herbst just posted on his Facebook page that the Cheesecake Factory just approved at Trumbull Mall!
Norwalk News: Homeowner knocks down fire
1:22am--#Norwalk CT--Homeowner knocks down fire with garden hose at 42 Harbor View Avenue. Firefighters on the way to check for extinctions.
Possible Truck on the Merritt Parkway
11:00pm--#cttraffic--UPDATE-- The tractor trailer has been stopped by Connecticut State Police by exit 41 northbound. The truck has heavy damage. He hit a number of overpasses in #Westchester County and radio reports say 5 overpasses in Greenwich. State police received a call that New York State Police contacted them for a truck that hit a number of overpasses in their state. Connecticut Sate Police keeping an eye out for it, reports say it is northbound near exit 38.