Bridgeport News: Crash!
2023-08-07@11:46pm--#Bridgeport News: Report of a two-car crash at North and Wells Avenue
Bridgeport News: Carjacking
2023-08-07@10:00PMish--#Bridgeport Police are looking for a White Mercedes taken at gunpoint at Chopsey and Boston Avenue.
Norwalk News: Gun/Drug Charges
#Norwalk CT--On Sunday, August 6, 2023, at 10:49 PM, a Norwalk Police Officer conducting high visibility patrol at 30 Day Street, was notified of a suspicious vehicle in the parking garage of building “E”. Patrol Officers approached the vehicle to investigate, and noticed a GLOCK 9mm handgun on the driver’s floorboard of the vehicle, accompanied by a 33 round high-capacity magazine. Officers also foundOxycodone in the vehicle. The driver resisted arrest as Officers attempted to take him into custody, and was transported to Police Headquarters for processing.Arrested: Scullark, Dontae Jayden, 20, of 11 Norden Place #10, Norwalk, CTCharges: Illegal Possession of a Large Capacity Magazine, Illegal Possession of a Weapon in a Motor Vehicle, Possession of Controlled Substance, and Interfering…
EXPANSION OF CONNECTICUT’S FREE SCHOOL MEALS PROGRAM
(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont and Education Commissioner Charlene M. Russell-Tucker today announced plans to expand Connecticut’s free school meals program for the 2023-2024 school year, enabling more students to receive access to nutritious breakfast and lunch at no additional cost to them or their families. Under the plan, $16 million of funding the state received from the American Rescue Plan Act will be invested into the program. Funds will be utilized to support the provision of meals at no cost in the following ways: All students in non-Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) schools participating in the federal School Breakfast Program (SBP) will be able to receive breakfast meals at no cost, including day students within residential childcare institutions. Approximately…
Bridgeport News: Motorcyclist Pinned Under SUV
2023-08-06@10:41pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A motorcyclist is injured with unknown injuries after colliding with and pinned under an SUV on Fairfield Avenue at Colorado Avenue. Expect Fairfield Avenue to be closed for the accident investigation. https://youtu.be/nVjlKLwBnZk
Stratford News: House Fire
2023-08-06@12:02pm--#Stratford CT--A viewer sent in this photo of a house fire on Harding Avenue The fire was quickly extinguished according to radio reports.
Milford News: Sleeping On Back Porch Nets Violation of Release
#Milford CT--On August 2, 2023, authorities received a report about David Sutton IV (a 59-year-old male) violating the Conditions of Release, which were issued after a domestic violence arrest. The violation involved him sleeping on the back porch of a residence on Naugatuck Avenue. As a result, he was taken into custody and charged with Violation of Conditions of Release 1st Degree. The court set his bond at $50,000, and he is scheduled to appear in court on 8-2-2023.
Fairfield Commission on disAbilities Honors the Anniversary of the American with Disabilities Act
Fairfield, CT – July 26, 2023 – Dan Van Horne, Chair of the Commission on disAbilities and Director of Human and Social Services, Julie DeMarco, are pleased to honor the 33rd Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), “The ADA has improved the lives of people with disabilities immensely, and that is worth celebrating!” said Dan Van Horne, Chair of the Commission on disAbilities. “We honor the inclusion and access promoted by the ADA.” Grounded in four core outcomes of full participation, equal opportunity, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency, the ADA prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in contexts such as of public accommodation, employment, transportation, and community living and provides recourse for people with disabilities who faced…
Bridgeport-Fairfield News:
2023-08-06@1:03pm--#Fairfield CT-- A person shoplifted phone charges at the Villa Avenue Stop and Shop and fled on a bicycle down North Avenue. The suspect was apprehended by Fairfield Police on Howard Avenue.
Stratford News: Bicyclist Strikes Utility Pole
2023-08-06@12:39pm--#Stratford CT--A bicyclist has struck a utility pole at Old Honeyspotand Honeyspot Road