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Month: October 2021

Westport

President’s Lifetime Achievement Award

Oct 19, 2021 Stephen Krauchick

#Westport, CT-- At Westport Police / EMS Headquarters, on October 13, 2021, Mr. Larry Kleinman waspresented with The President’s Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his volunteerservice at Westport Emergency Medical Service.The award, presented by the Office of the President of the United States and AmeriCorps(formerly known as the Corporation for National and Community Service), recognizes a lifelongcommitment to building a stronger nation through community service. “Larry has demonstrated his skills, abilities and compassion in thousands of 911 medicalemergency calls. The community and our organization are extremely fortunate to have anexceptional and dedicated individual like Larry Kleinman available and ready to respond toemergencies and provide community education. His logged in volunteer hours vastly exceed theminimum 4,000 hours required for the…

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Fairfield News: Hate Crime Charges

Oct 19, 2021 Stephen Krauchick

FAIRFIELD – Chief Robert Kalamaras reports that the Fairfield Police Department arrested and charged a man with a hate crime following an incident in which the suspect allegedly accosted a masonry worker and yelled racist language at the man. JOSEPH R. SORACCO, AGE 61, of FAIRFIELD, was charged with:   *   Intimidation Based on Bigotry or Bias, second degree  *   Reckless Endangerment, second degree  *   Threatening, second degree  *   Breach of Peace, second degree On Saturday, Oct. 16, shortly after 1 p.m., Fairfield Police received a complaint of a man threatening and using racial slurs, apparently over a masonry worker's truck being parked in such a way that it blocked a section of sidewalk adjacent to a lot where construction…

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Flags To Half Staff

Oct 19, 2021 Stephen Krauchick

HARTFORD, CT – Governor Ned Lamont announced that – in accordance with a proclamation issued by President Joe Biden directing flags to be lowered throughout the country as a mark of respect for General Colin Powell – he is directing U.S. and state flags in Connecticut to be flown at half-staff beginning immediately until sunset on the evening of Friday, October 22, 2021. Accordingly, since no flag should fly higher than the U.S. flag, all other flags, including state, municipal, corporate, or otherwise, should also be lowered during this same duration of time. This press release was made possible by:

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Fairfield News: Selectwoman Update On Penfield Pavillion

Oct 19, 2021 Stephen Krauchick

#Fairfield CT-- I am sending out an interim update to clarify some misconceptions about the future of Penfield Pavilion, which I know was all over social media the last few days.This week, I met with my administration and our relevant department heads to determine a timeline for when we should stop taking reservations for events at Penfield Pavilion. This is due to the ongoing environmental testing and remediation required by law, and knowing that we will have to do something with the building since it was constructed in 2017 in violation of the regulations of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), under FEMA. In simple terms, the placement of the horizontal grade beams in the foundation of the building are against FEMA regulations and…

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Westport News: Commercial Fire

Oct 17, 2021 Stephen Krauchick

2021-10-17@6:07AM (Saturday)--#Westport CT--The Westport Fire Department was dispatched to a commercial automatic fire alarm at 246Post Road East 6:07 am. Upon arrival, the Shift Commander reported smoke in one of the storefronts and the assignment was upgraded to a structure fire.First two arriving companies located the fire and stretched a large hand line to quicklyextinguish the fire. An extensive search and overhaul of the building found no additionalfire and the building was cleared of smoke. The initial response included 2 engine companies, 1 truck company and the ShiftCommander. The final response included 7 engines, 1 truck, 1 rescue, 5 command andsafety officers with mutual aid from Wilton, Norwalk, Fairfield, Westport PoliceDepartment and Westport EMS. The Fire Marshal’s Office has ruled…

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