The Stratford Library, 2203 Main Street in Stratford, CT will be closed on Thursday, November11 for the Veterans Day holiday. The library will reopen on Friday, November 12, 2021 at 10 am. This press release was made possible by:
U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), a member of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committees, spoke on the Senate Floor today to urge Senate passage of bipartisan legislation to stop the tech industry’s self-preferencing. “Big Tech companies own the railroads of our digital economy, but they also compete with the economies relying on those railroads to get their products to consumers,” said Blumenthal on the Senate Floor. Blumenthal is a co-sponsor of the American Innovation and Choice Online Act, which would establish commonsense rules preventing dominant digital platforms from harming competition, online businesses, and consumers, and a lead sponsor of the Open App Markets Act, antitrust legislation to promote app store competition. “The app market is a place where these harms to consumer and competition are starker than anywhere…
2021-11-03@10:26pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Firefighters were called to a large brush fire that extended to a garage in the 2400 block of Madison Avenue. Firefighters had to access the scene from backyards on Jewett Avenue.
2021-11-03@7:34pm--#Milford CT-- First responders on scene of the Audubon Society at 1 Milford Point Road for a person stuck in the marsh. This news report is made possible by: https://www.bmwofbridgeport.com/
FAIRFIELD - On November 3, 2021, at approximately 7:30 AM, the Fairfield PoliceDepartment received a report of an armed robbery which had occurred on Main Street inSouthport in the area of The Southport School. The reporting party, an employee of The Southport School, reported that she and a co-workerwere walking to the school after parking their vehicles. As they approached the school theynoticed an unfamiliar male subject on Main Street near the school. The male approached the twofemale subjects, displayed what was described as a black/silver handgun and demanded theyhand over their phones and bags. The female subjects complied and then fled into The SouthportSchool which was briefly placed into a “secure school” condition until police were able to clearthe…
BRIDGEPORT, CT – City of Bridgeport officials announce the continuation of a speed hump pilot program designed to curb unsafe travel speeds throughout the community. After review by the City Engineering Department and approval by the Board of Police Commissioners, speed humps have been installed at three locations throughout the City which include: Barnum/Waltersville -- Waterview AvenueBlackham School – Thorme Street and Breton StreetSt. Mary’s by the Sea – Gilman Street Street (Eames Blvd) Approximately twenty more speed humps are scheduled to be installed within proximity of five more identified locations of unsafe traveling patterns, including: Waltersville School -- Hallett StreetHall Neighborhood House – Pembroke StreetSt Mary’s by the Sea -- Eames Blvd./Gilman St Dunbar School -- Union AveWinthrop School -- Ekhart…
2021-11-03@12:32pm--#Stratford CT-- #cttraffic-- Report of a multi-car crash Merritt Parkway southbound between exits 53 and 52. Everyone made it out of the vehicles safely. This news report is made possible by: http://www.bdklawgroup.com/
2021-11-02@1:25pm--#Bridgeport CT-- #cttraffic-- A rollover accident that started in the southbound lane Route 8/25 is no in the northbound lane. Firefighters needed for extrication.
2021-11-02@11:58am --#Stratofrd CT-- Report of a car hitting a fire hydrant near the package store in the 200 block of Ferry Boulevard. Possible entrapment reported. This news report is made possible by:
Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and U.S. Representatives John B. Larson (D-CT) and Devin Nunes (R-CA) introduced bicameral, bipartisan legislation to improve access to lower-cost outpatient surgical care. Ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) provide quality services, often at lower costs than hospital outpatient departments, and are forecasted to save Medicare billions of dollars over the coming years. However, current Medicare policies have limited beneficiaries’ access to outpatient surgical care and imposed barriers on patients seeking ASC services. “This legislation expands access to quality, more affordable outpatient surgical care offered at ASCs across the country,” said Blumenthal. “As an often more affordable and convenient alternative, these centers offer Medicare beneficiaries procedures and services essential to their well-being and…
