Month: February 2021

“Meet-the-Author” on Zoom Platform March 14

The Stratford Library will host author Peter D. Cimini for a special “Meet-the-Author” program on Sunday, March 14 from 2-3 pm.   Cimini, who will discuss his historical fiction set on the Dark Continent, The Man Who Transformed Africa: The Rebirth of a Continent, is free and open to the public. The Man Who Transformed Africa opens with Vatican intrigue between liberal and conservative cardinals, which leads to the unlikely selection of an Indonesian pope. Seizing the opportunity, the new pope uses his ex-cathedra (papal infallibility) to declare poverty to be an immoral human condition. The pope decides to lead by example, taking the provocative step of selling Vatican treasures to fund a long-term plan to build a strong middle-class society in Africa. The…

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Bridgeport News: Now For Something Totally Different

2021-02-27@2:22pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Police received a call reporting a person in the convenience store Reservoir and Trumbull Avenue was bleeding from the hand and then went unconscious.  Fire and AMR were sent to the scene.  Shortly after fire arrived on scene, they reported a possible gunshot wound.  Patrol units and a Sector Sergeant were sent to the scene to investigate. The victim had since gotten up and attempted to walk away from the scene but was located in the 1800 block of Reservoir Avenue. The victim did not suffer from a gun shot wound after further assessment. 

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Fairfield News: Attack On The Bus

Fairfield Police UPDATE: On 2/26/21 at 8:35 pm, a Greater Bridgeport Transit bus driver called police to report a woman passenger had boarded the bus and struck another passenger while the bus was in the area of Post Road and Beach Rd. Officers responded and identified the alleged assailant as 38 yo Lisette Hernandez of Bridgeport.  According to the victim, she was seated on the bus when she was struck in the face by a woman she did not know. The victim did not sustain any injuries. Lisette Hernandez was issued a Misdemeanor Summons for Breach of Peace in the Second Degree and is scheduled to appear in court on 3/10/2021. 2021-26@8:36pm--#Fairfield CT-- A person got on the CostalLink bus…

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