Month: October 2016

22 Years After Deadly Crash Improvements Made At Airport

BRIDGEPORT, CT –Mayor Joe Ganim today joined Mayor John Harkins of Stratford, City Council Members and State Lawmakers to reopen Runway 6-24 at Igor. I Sikorsky Memorial Airport. Mayor Ganim boarded a twin engine Wheels Up jet with City Council members Tom McCarthy, Jeanette Herron and Anthony Paoletto to make the first inaugural landing at the new and improved runway. The ceremony  recognized the more than 20 year effort to re-construct the runway and bring critical safety improvements to the airport, including replacing the South Main Street metal blast fence with a new Engineered  materials Arresting System (EMAS). “It was an honor to be on the first plane to ever land at the new runway,” said Mayor Ganim. “This partnership with the Town of Stratford proves municipalities united with a common goal can bring a lot of…

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Bridgeport News: Clown Sighting

11:39pm--#Bridgeport Connecticut-- A Kennedy Drive resident called police that a male in a black hoodie, possibly wearing a clown mask jumped on their back deck and fled.  Earlier police were dispatched to Vincellette and Madison Avenue for a possible clown sighting.  Police are being dispatched as priority one calls for clown calls so if you have been waiting over two hours to see an officer you may want to call back and say a clown was involved.   This news report is made possible by:

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Trumbull News: Incident At Booth Hill School

1:23pm--#Trumbull Connecticut-- WFSB Channel 3 dispatched me to Booth Hill School at 545 Booth Hill Road for a report of a possible man with a rifle in the wooded area near the school.  When I arrived on scene all was calm but there was a Trumbull Police SUV and motorcycle on scene.  Police said they received a third party call of a report of a man dressed in camouflage with a rifle.  When police arrived the did not find anyone.  They said that now that is hunting season and hunters are permitted to hunt in the wooded area behind the school.  The school never did go into a "hard" lockdown" according to police.  For video and any further details see…

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