Month: December 2016

Norwalk News: Results Of DUI Checkpoint

On Saturday December 3, 2016, the Norwalk Department of Police Service held a DUI Checkpoint along the West Avenue corridor. Six Norwalk Police Officers and two Wilton Police Officers worked the checkpoint. The checkpoint stats are as follows: 3 DUI arrests           4 seatbelt violations                    1 seatbelt violation for not having a 2-year-old child in a car seat                            1 felony arrest for failure to appear in court with an original charge of DUI in Norwalk 1 arrest for a suspended license                          …

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Donations Still Needed for Local Effort to Support Veterans and Wreaths Across America

#STRATFORD, Ct. — December, 2016 — Local volunteers with the Civil Air Patrol's Stratford Eagles Composite Squadron are working hard to ensure that all veterans laid to rest at Mountain Grove Cemetery, located in Bridgeport, are honored this December on National Wreaths Across America Day. This year, the ceremony, held simultaneously across the country at more than 1,000 locations, will be on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016. The goal: to place a live, balsam fir wreath at the headstone of every veteran buried there and say each person’s name, so their memory lives on. The Stratford Eagles Squadron is hosting a fundraisers to sponsor the 2, 501 wreaths needed to honor every veteran at Mountain Grove. Each wreath sponsorship costs $15,…

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