Month: March 2022

Town Earns Grant for Planting One Hundred Trees Along Neighborhood Streets 

  #STRATFORD - The Connecticut Urban Forest Climate Change Grants Program has awarded the Town of Stratford $37,000 to replant trees along neighborhood streets.   The grant came in response to the Town’s application for funding for a “Street Tree Replanting” project. It is one of only five grants awarded by The Connecticut Urban Forest Council during the grant period, and the $37,000 award is the maximum amount granted.  With the funding the Town will purchase approximately 100 trees for planting along streets in two areas designated as Environmental Justice Communities – the South End and the West Side. As part of the grant program, the Town will provide project oversight by Environmental Conservation Superintendent Kelly Kerrigan, who spearheaded the grant…

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Bridgeport News: House Fire

2022-03-03@3:32pm--#Bridgeport CT-- #ctfire-- Firefighters were called to the 140 block of Eaton Street for a fire. Deputy Chief Buck told me that the fire started in the living room. Firefighters quick response kept the fire contained to a small area of that room. A dog, a cat and a bird were rescued and resuscitated by firefighters. According to radio reports 3 adults and 1 child will be relocated by the Red Cross. https://youtu.be/ugpaEamVy08

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Stratford Library Hosts Zoom Storytelling

#Stratford CT--The Stratford Library invites storytellers of every kind – poets, journalists, filmmakers, dramatists, comedians, novelists - to celebrate 125 years of the Library with their original stories. In a special Zoom event, held in conjunction with the 125th Anniversary of the Stratford Library, storytellers of all ages are invited to take part online using the theme: THE LIBRARY. What does the Library mean to you? When did you get your first Library card? Is your home library significant in your life? Any and all memories or original monologues are welcome for the event.The 125th Storytelling Event will take place on Thursday, March 24 from 7-9 pm. Storytellers can register for the evening at: https://stratfordlibrary.libcal.com/event/8858544?hs=a. Stories should be no longer…

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BLUMENTHAL STATEMENT ON STATE AGs INVESTIGATION INTO TIKTOK’S IMPACTS ON KIDS

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Chair of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security and lead sponsor of the Kids Online Safety Act, released the following statement in response to an investigation into TikTok’s impacts on young people announced today by a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general: “Along with Congressional scrutiny, this significant bipartisan probe will uncover TikTok’s actions that put profits over kids’ safety. This investigation underscores the urgent need for our Kids Online Safety Act, so these state attorneys general can hold platforms like TikTok legally and financially accountable for the harms they find. I will be fighting for passage of this bill to impose long-overdue accountability on Big…

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Bridgeport News: Plane Lands At Seaside Park

BRIDGEPORT-At 1649hrs the Bridgeport ECC received a call from the Sikorsky Airport Tower indicating that they had lost contact with a single engine Cesna with one occupant onboard. Moments later the Bridgeport ECC received multiple calls from residents that a plane had landed on the West Beach area of Seaside Park. This successful landing yielded no injuries, no property damage, or any hazardous material spill. City of Bridgeport emergency personnel immediately responded to the scene. There does not appear to be substantial damage to the aircraft or the beach. Mayor Ganim stated, “We’re grateful the pilot was able to do what seems be all the right things and had the ability to land on the beach away from residential areas…

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