Bridgeport News: Crash!
11:30pm--#Bridgeport Connecticut-- Report of a crash between a truck and car at Fairfield Avenue near Brewster Street. This report is made possible by:
Ganim On Municipal Layoffs
The following is a statement by Mary Joe Ganim regarding intending municipal employee layoffs in the city of Bridgeport. "As we end fiscal year 2016 and begin a new fiscal year, my administration has been unable to come to an accommodation with the various city employee labor unions that would get us to a figure of $4,000,000 in savings that is required in order to balance the budget for the coming fiscal year. Our administration has been working very hard for months in cooperation with labor unions trying to close the budget gap through some modest concessions such as wage freezes and furlough days. These are actions that appointed officials in my ministration have already taken. We have been as…
Bridgeport News: Pedestrian Hit
9:44pm--#Bridgeport Connecticut-- A pedestrian hast been hit by a car in the 200 block of Granfield Avenue. No further details. This report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: Rubbish Fire
6:05pm--#Bridgeport Connecticut-- A rubbish fire in the back of Orland Street is what all the noise was about! This report is made possible by:
8/25 Crash
4:40pm--#Bridgeport Connecticut-- A 4 car crash at Route 8/25 north near exit 5. EMS on scene requesting firefighters to help extricate trapped victims. This report is made possible by:
Ziak Virus Funding
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) andU.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) will join Norwalk Mayor Harry Rilling, State Senator Bob Duff, and Dr. Majid Sadigh, Director of the Global Health Program at Western Connecticut Health Network, at Norwalk Hospital to demand the Senate immediately pass the $1.1 billion bipartisan compromise to combat the Zika outbreak. According to Senator Murphy's press release "This week, Senate Republicans abandoned a bipartisan compromise that had previously passed the Senate and instead took up a divisive bill that needlessly and recklessly cut funding for Planned Parenthood and the Affordable Care Act. Murphy and Blumenthal will outline the specific steps they’re taking to secure emergency funding, help Connecticut companies – like Protein Sciences in Meriden and CargoGen Corp.…
Bridgeport Launches Summer Youth Initiative
#BRIDGEPORT, CT – Mayor Joe Ganim today joined The Department of Youth Services, local business and youth participants to launch The Summer Youth Initiative and The Youth Champions Program (Youth Empowerment through Summer Employment). The summer initiatives were designed to serve youth and young adults between the ages of 14 and 21 this summer with quality programs, activities and/or services. The Summer Youth Initiative gives local organizations or individuals access to a total of $250,000 in funding to create organized youth programs, like that of The Youth Champions. “The launch of these programs is terrific news for the young adults in the community of Bridgeport,” said Mayor Ganim. “I am so thankful for the support of the business community…
Tonight’s Car Fire
10:25pm--#cttraffic--#Milford Connecticut-- Tonight's car fire is on I-95 southbound at the rest area at exit 41. In the picture it is directly behind the bright light which is either a light or the camera is overexposed or both. Firefighters report on scanner transmissions that it is fully engulfed involving the fuel so foam has been ordered.