Bridgeport News: Down Tree
5:43pm--#Bridgeport CT-- There is a large branch or tree blocking Fairfield Avenue at Circular Avenue. Police have the road detoured. This news report is made possible by:
Merritt Parkway Crash
12:55pm--#cttraffic--#Stratford CT-- A crash with injuries on the Merritt Parkway northbound between exits 52 and 53. This news report is made possible by:
Career Coach in Westport 9/13
#Westport, CT - Director of Human Services Elaine Daignault announces the return of the American Job Center Southwest’s Career Coach at Westport Town Hall. On Thursday, September 13 the Coach will offer a class in Social Networking for Job Search from 10 a.m. – noon, and from 1 – 3 p.m. This course will focus on the increasing necessity for an online presence to be a credible employment candidate in the current hiring environment. Emphasis is on the most popular social networking sites and how to use the resources and tools of those sites. The Career Coach is a “training center” tour bus equipped with ten wireless computer labs offering free computer classes to residents in the greater Norwalk area. The mobile unit operates on…
Bridgeport News: Food Burning, No Fire
7:40pm--#Bridgeport CT-- It is food burning on the stove, no fire at Lance Circle. But now you know what all the noise was about! This news report is made possible by:
Black Rock Bike And Boat Tour
#Fairfield CT--The centuries of history in and around the Black Rock neighborhood that today is part of Bridgeport will be the focus of a combined bicycle and boating history tour Saturday, September 8 starting 1:30 PM. The tour, which starts at Captain’s Cove in Bridgeport, is organized by the Town of Fairfield’s Bicycling and Pedestrian Committee and the Fairfield Museum. Bike tour group members will start by cycling together toward the home of Caleb Brewster, the Revolutionary War-era spy ring leader who aided in reporting on British military movements to General Washington’s staff. At the time of the Revolutionary War, Fairfield’s border extended all the way to what is today Park Avenue. Just sixty miles away, however, New York City…
Congressman Who Opposed Tariff’s Celebrates His Own Tariff
Congressman Himes, who has been critical with the Trump Administration said in March that tariffs were “backward-looking,” and said other nations are moving in the opposite direction – toward free trade celebrated a tariff of his own. He issued this press release: The United States International Trade Commission overturned tariffs on Canadian newsprint. The tariffs, some of which were as high as 20 percent, drove up costs for newspapers across the country, especially affecting smaller and local papers without the budget cushion to absorb such a massive increase. The Commission found that imports of Canadian newsprint did not actually harm American producers. “These tariffs were putatively imposed to help American paper companies, many of whom had already switched from newsprint to cardboard production…
Bridgeport News: 70 Year Woman Exposing Herself
2:39pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Police dispatched to Gregory and Walnut Street for a 70-year-old Russian woman exposing herself to the complainant and threatening him with a knife. This news report is made possible by:
Westport News: Squatter Arrested
On 09/03/18 at approximately 11:45am, officers were dispatched to a residence under construction on Wilton Road on a report of a burglary. The homeowner reported an unknown vehicle in the driveway and reported evidence of someone “squatting” inside the home. The vehicle was registered to Deshawn Harper of Bridgeport, CT. The officer had reason to believe the suspect had been inside the home upon his arrival. Items stolen from the property were observed inside the suspect vehicle and personal items belonging to Harper were located inside the residence. A K-9 track was conducted, which led through the rear of the property, but the suspect was not located. Shortly thereafter, the investigating officer located Harper walking in the area of 245…
Norwalk News: Weapons Arrest
#Norwalk CT--On September 4, 2018 at 8:20am, the School Resource Officer (SRO) assigned to Norwalk High School was contacted by school security regarding a threats complaint that security and the school administration had just been made aware of. The SRO learned that on August 30, 2018, a school cafeteria worker had a conversation with a co-worker named Leslie Delaney. During this conversation, Delaney stated that if the co-worker saw him in his army fatigues, the co-worker should leave because he will have an AK-47 and that he could come to finish everything and then "off" himself. Additional officers responded to Norwalk High School and contacted Delaney, who was in the cafeteria. Delaney was escorted outside the building and interviewed. During…
Bridgeport News: US Marhals Arrest Murder Suspect
U.S. Marshals in Bridgeport, Connecticut, have arrested a 15 Most Wanted fugitive wanted in New York for the 2002 murder of his sister and an ex-girlfriend, as well as for parole violation and illegal entry into the United States. Andre Neverson, 54, is a Trinidad and Tabago native who was added to the U.S. Marshals "15 Most Wanted"; fugitives list in February 2004. At approximately 3:45 p.m. today, U.S. Marshals from the Connecticut Violent Fugitive Task Force, along with members of the Bridgeport Police Department, arrested Neverson in the 600 Block of Ogden Street in Bridgeport. After developing information that Neverson was hiding in a house there, U.S. Marshals established surveillance and spotted Neverson as he exited the…