Bridgeport News: Rollover Crash
2023-06-24@6:42pm--#Bridgeport CT--A rollover crash on Route 8/25 northbound near exit 2
Sneak Peek The Two Roads Food Hall + Bar
Thursday I got a sneak peek of the new The Two Roads Food Hall + Bar. It will open to the public on Saturday. It is located at 1625 Stratford Avenue in Stratford. The Two Roads Food Hall + Bar is a fork in the Road Less Traveled, offering three distinct types of cuisine from best-in-class purveyors: Skull City Taquitos, Roost House Chicken and Industry Schnitzel Bar. Each is taking a local and sustainable approach to ingredient sourcing and a curated drinks menu featuring Two Roads beers, ready to drink cocktails and distilled spirits, custom paired to distinct menu items. https://youtu.be/mulAvMp8NmY
Fairfield News: Pedestrian Hit
FAIRFIELD - On June 23, 2023, at approximately 14:55 hours, a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle in the 500 block of Redding Road. The striking vehicle remained at the scene and the operator is cooperating with police. The pedestrian, a 45-year-old female, was transported to an area hospital where she was pronounced deceased. The identification of all involved parties is being withheld until family notification is complete and the initial investigation is concluded. This incident is an active investigation led by Fairfield Police Crash Investigation and Reconstruction personnel. Redding Road, in the area of the 500 block, will remain closed for an unknown period of time as the investigation progresses. The Fairfield Police Department urges anyone with information or…
BLUMENTHAL STATEMENT ON TICKETMASTER & SEATGEEK’S EFFORTS TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY AROUND HIDDEN TICKET & JUNK FEES
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) released the following statement after Live Nation Entertainment, the parent company of Ticketmaster, and SeatGeek announced they will begin showing consumers the full price of tickets and fees up front: “Live Nation-Ticketmaster’s announcement is a step in the right direction, but no substitute for legislation to provide consumers with transparency and prevent companies from imposing ridiculous junk fees. Rather than a voluntary patchwork varying by company, Americans deserve a basic disclosure standard so they can be fully aware of the prices and fees they’re being charged. The days of padding corporate profits by nickel and diming consumers are numbered. We need the Junk Fee Prevention Act to address the price gouging and…
Ansonia News: Shootout on Main Street
#Ansonia CT--On June 22, 2023 at about 6:30 P.M., the Ansonia Police Department received multiple 911 calls reporting shots fired in the parking lot of Rite Aid and Marshalls at 407 Main Street. The first officers on scene found a male suffering from a gunshot to the lower body. Medical personnel responded to the scene and the male was transported to a local hospital for treatment, the wound is not life threatening. The preliminary investigation showed there was a dispute between two males in the parking lot during which a handgun was displayed and one of the males was shot. The other male remained on scene and is cooperating with the investigation. The handgun was recovered, all the involved parties…
Newly Updated Website Launches for the City of Bridgeport
Bridgeport, CT – Last night, the City of Bridgeport officially launched a revitalized version of the City’s website. The new look of the website is fully accessible for all users and has been updated to meet the standards and guidelines for municipal websites. The website refreshment is a result of three years of effort to best service the City while providing a new look to the site. With the completion of this project, the City of Bridgeport plans to draw more users and attention to the website, as it will continue to be a primary source of updated information regarding services in the City. “The newly designed website is a direct reflection of the work being done in all areas of our…
BLUMENTHAL & BLACKBURN DEMAND META ANSWER FOR INSTAGRAM’S FAILURES TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM PREDATORS & EXPLOITATION
“Meta’s own failures have made Instagram a safe haven for child abuse,” the senators wrote following The Wall Street Journal’s reporting on the platform’s hosting of a “vast pedophile network” [WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Following reporting by The Wall Street Journal about Instagram hosting and connecting a vast network of pedophiles and child sexual abuse material (CSAM), U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), authors of the Kids Online Safety Act, demanded Meta answer for its failures to protect children on its platforms and efforts to stop and report the heinous crimes. The investigation by the Wall Street Journal, Stanford University’s Internet Observatory, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Recue Lab found hundreds of accounts on the platform were…
Bridgeport News: Shooting Suspect Arrested
#Bridgeport CT-- On June 21, 2023, at approximately 7:35 pm Bridgeport Police responded to the area of Madison Avenue and Robin Street on numerous reports of shots fired with a victim on scene. The Emergency Operations Center updated responding officers with a suspect description. Upon arrival, Officers located a male victim suffering from injuries to his head and a gunshot wound to the leg. Officers observed a suspect fitting the description hovering over the victim. At that point, the victim was laying on the sidewalk just outside the Brasa Pub & Restaurant located at 1439 Madison Avenue. The victim told the officers the suspect was still in possession of a firearm and that the suspect was going to kill…
Bridgeport News: Route 8/25 Crash
First responders are at Route 8/25 northboundnear exit 2 for a two car accident. No word on injuries
After 720 Days Bridgeport Police Get A Contract
#Bridgeport, CT – Mayor Ganim met with Local 1159 President Bradford Seely, Bridgeport’s Chief of Police Roderick Porter, and Police Commission Chair Daniel Roach, to announce the tentative agreement that was made between the City of Bridgeport and AFSCME, Council 4, Police Local 1159. The tentative agreement will assist with the recruitment and retention of police officers within the City of Bridgeport by reducing medical insurance costs and implementing pay scale increases. The City will also benefit from this contract in several ways, including being able to recoup more for the use of outside overtime and the civilianization of certain administrative positions in the department. “This tentative agreement is very important to retaining and recruiting police officers for the Bridgeport…