Month: September 2019

Stratford News: Person Shot

UPDATE: Chief McNeil said they are following up leads and the victim is in stable condition. 12:03am--#Stratford CT-- A person has been shot outside the sports bar at 1212 Stratford Avenue.  Initial radio reports say the person was shot in the chest.  Police are looking for a black male who fled in a burgundy vehicle.  There at least four sell casings in the middle of the road.

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Call For Aggressive Action on Eastern Equine Encephalitis

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) urged aggressive federal action, including additional funding for research and development of vaccines and treatment to combat Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), West Nile virus, and other mosquito-borne illnesses. There is currently no vaccine or treatment for EEE. Blumenthal will be joined by Dr. Matthew Cartter of the Connecticut Department of Public Health (CTDPH) and Dr. Theodore Andreadis of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) to provide an update on current mosquito and virus activity in the state. This week CTDPH announced that an adult from East Lyme has tested positive for EEE, only the second human case ever reported in Connecticut. The EEE virus has been identified in mosquitoes in 12 towns and horses in two…

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