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Month: February 2016

Fairfield Small Business Shout Out

Small Business Development Center Opens In Fairfield

Feb 24, 2016 Stephen Krauchick

#Fairfield CT--The Connecticut Small Business Development Center (CTSBDC) and The Town of Fairfield are hosting a grand opening reception to celebrate the newest CTSBDC office located at the Old Town Hall, 611 Post Road, Fairfield, Connecticut. Business Consultant Valeria Bisceglia said the service if free whether you are a start up, thinking of opening a business or need help with capital, marketing efforts or human resources. You can schedule an appointment by calling 1-855-4CT-SBDC.

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Bridgeport News: Dual Accidents On North Avenue…..AGAIN!

Feb 23, 2016 Stephen Krauchick

UPDATE: Two car crash at North and Wood Avenue with two on the way to the hospital.  The crash at Norman Street wasn't a crash but a car that ran up on a front lawn. 11:24pm--#Bridgeport CT-- For the second time today there are two accidents at the same time on North Avenue, but this time they are not related.  One accident at North and Wood Avenue. The second crash is a car into a utility pole at North and Norman Street.   This report is made possible by:

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Fairfield Trumbull Valley

K-9 Graduation

Feb 23, 2016 Stephen Krauchick

A graduation for K-9 was recently held at Fairfield Police Department for Fairfield, Trumbull, Derby and Seymour.  Fairfield Police Chief Gary MacNamara said K-9's make our department better.  First Selectman Michael Tetreau agreed, citing K-9 Ruger's at his retirement ceremony a few months back.  K-9 Ruger had to retire over health issues.   Frank Reda from Superior K-9 said the benefit is teamwork, that each town will share the dogs and the same training allows police  K-9 to "plug and play", that is each officer and K-9 knows what is expected.   The graduates were Fairfield Officer Kevin Wells with K-9 Jager, Fairfield Officer Evan Kaesmann with Maverick, Trumbull Officer Richard Carlson with Cyrus, Trumbull Officer Gregory Lee with Storm, Seymour Officer…

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Bridgeport Crash

Feb 23, 2016 Stephen Krauchick

4:49pm--UPDATE: Police report that the cars have been removed and traffic is flowing on North Avenue once more. 3:49pm--#Bridgeport CT--Two people were seriously injured in the green Subaru after being rear ended by a silver SUV. Witnesses told me they thought the driver of the silver SUV either was intoxicated or had a medical condition, they said the driver was swerving prior to hitting the green Subaru at the interseciton of North Avenue and Dewy/Briarwood Avenue. The silver SUV continued south on North Avenue near the Fairfield town line and came to a stop after hitting a tree in the median.

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Learn How to Win Your Oscar Pool from the Fairfield Public Library

Feb 23, 2016 Stephen Krauchick

#Fairfield, CT--Wondering which films will win at the Oscars? Join us in the Rotary Room of the Fairfield Public Library, 1080 Old Post Road on Wednesday, February 24 at noon for a light-hearted hour of sparring about everything Find out which films should win and more importantly which films will probably win.  Diverse topics including the return of the Star Wars franchise, women’s pay equity through nominated films and those films that were passed over for  nomination will be topics of conversation. The presenters for this hour are Nicole Scherer, Teen Librarian and Philip Bahr, Reference Librarian. They both consume a lot of media and have strong opinions on the topic of film they love to share. Advanced registration is required due to the limited space. All…

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Fairfield News: Dunkin Donuts Dumpster Fire

Feb 22, 2016 Stephen Krauchick

10:50pm--#Fairfield CT--Police on patrol called in a dumpster fire behind the Dunkin Donuts at 200 Tunxis Hill Road.  Police question a woman who was seen in the Kohl's parking lot, asked why she didn't report it to the police nearby she said she was afraid because she was drinking in the lot.  Firefighters had no problem knocking it down preventing it from spreading elsewhere.  Police are investigating.  

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