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Stratford

Stratford Health Department is offering special flu clinics for preschool-aged children

Dec 2, 2024 Alex

STRATFORD, CT December 2, 2024—The Stratford Health Department is offering special flu clinics for preschool-aged children to assist families in meeting the Connecticut Department of Public Health’s influenza immunization requirement. The clinics will be held at the Stratford Health Department on the following dates: •     Thursday, December 12, 2024, from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM •     Monday, December 30, 2024, from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM •     Thursday, January 2, 2025, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM According to state guidelines, all preschool children (PK3 and PK4) are required to receive at least one dose of influenza vaccine each year between August 1st and December 31st. Children receiving the influenza vaccine for the first time must receive two doses separated by at least…

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Stratford

Stratford Library Teen Events for December

Nov 28, 2024 Alex

The Stratford Library Teen Department has a variety of exciting events planned for December: 12/1-12/31: December-Pop-Up ChallengeGuess how many holiday candy kisses in the jar & win the jar. It will make a great gift for anyone who loves chocolate.Location: Teen Department. Grades 6-12. 12/1-12/31: Holiday Celebration TreeDo you celebrate Diwali, Kwanza, Hanukkah, or Christmas? Maybe you celebrate the cold weather, warm flannel, or school vacation. Share whatever you feel like celebrating this season by designing your own mini-ornament to hang on the Teen Department tree.Location: Teen Department. Grades 6-12. No registration; while supplies last. Peer Tutoring/Homework HelpersAre you struggling with class or homework assignments? Need help with math or writing that essay? We have high school volunteers here ready…

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Norwalk News: Norwalk Police Conducting Seat Belt Enforcement

Nov 26, 2024 Alex

The Norwalk Police Department will be proactively conducting traffic enforcement for seat belt violations leading up to and during the holiday season. Please be cognizant of all passengers in your car, especially children and the elderly. They may need guidance with certain safety measures such as seatbelts. As a driver, the passengers’ safety is your responsibility, so please ensure everyone is buckled in. A motor vehicle accident may not be in your control, but using a seatbelt is. Be safe, keep your passengers safe, and enjoy a great holiday season. This is a roving enforcement initiative, not fixed checkpoints. The dates we will be conducting the enforcement action are: Friday 11/29/24 from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM, Saturday 11/30/24 from…

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Traffic Advisory – Pequot Running Club Thanksgiving Day Road Race on Thursday, November 28, 2024

Nov 26, 2024 Alex

The Pequot Running Club of Fairfield will be holding their annual ThanksgivingDay 5-mile road race and 2.6-mile walk this Thursday, November 28, 2024. The event kicks off in Southport and the road race will initially enter Westporttown limits from Pequot Avenue/Beachside Avenue. It then travels north on SascoCreek Road, east on Greens Farms Road, northwest on Clapboard Hill Road, south onMaple Avenue South, west on Greens Farms Road, south on New Creek Road andthen east on Beachside Avenue until the race again enters Southport on PequotAvenue. A map of the route has been included along with this release.The event is scheduled to begin promptly at 8:15am. It is estimated thatparticipants will have completely exited all Westport roads by approximately10:30am. While…

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Bridgeport

Bridgeport News: Police Seek Information in Hit-and-Run That Critically Injured Local Man

Nov 26, 2024 Alex

On November 22, 2024, at approximately 6:36PM, the Bridgeport Emergency Operations Center received several calls for a motor vehicle versus a pedestrian collision/evading. The callers reported a pedestrian was struck at the intersection of Fairfield Avenue and State Street Extension. Bridgeport Fire Engine 7, American Medical Response (AMR), and Bridgeport Police Officers were dispatched to the location. Bridgeport Police Officers arrived on scene and observed Bridgeport Firefighters rendering aide to an unconscious male lying on the ground.   AMR arrived shortly after and transported the male to Bridgeport Hospital. After a preliminary investigation, it was determined an unknown vehicle was traveling east on Fairfield Avenue and struck the male pedestrian in the intersection and fled the scene in an unknown…

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Bridgeport

COUNTDOWN FOR NEW MUSIC DIRECTOR CONCLUDES

Nov 24, 2024 Alex

WITH FOURTH AND FINAL CANDIDATE RACHEL WADDELL DECEMBER 14 AT THE KLEIN MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM IN BRIDGEPORT WITH COUNTDOWN 1 . . . WADDELL! SHOW FEATURES SPECIAL GUEST, JAMIE BERNSTEIN, DAUGHTER OF THE LATE LEONARD BERNSTEIN NARRATING PETER AND THE WOLF AND SIGNING COPIES OF HER NEW BOOK FAMOUS FATHER GIRL Rachel Waddell Credit: Graham Richards BRIDGEPORT, CT (November 21, 2024) – the Greater Bridgeport Symphony (GBS) will finally conclude their search for their next Music Director with Rachel Waddell taking the podium for Countdown  1…Waddell!  on Saturday December 14 at The Klein Memorial Auditorium in Bridgeport, CT at 7:30 PM. After an exhaustive search over two seasons, GBS is down to the wire as the competition to become the next Music Director ends.  Maestro Waddell will present a family-friendly “concert of storytelling,” highlighted by some…

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Bridgeport

Bridgeport News: Structure Fire

Nov 24, 2024 Alex

https://youtu.be/X4nZJqZUzr4 Report of a Structure fire on the third and second floors of a home on Seeley Street in Bridgeport. Firefighters quickly knocked down the fire which was contained to the inside of the building. One Guinee Pig was rescued from the fire, and there are no reported injuries at this time.

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Bridgeport Stratford

Stratford Man Arrested for Reckless Driving, Engaging Police in Pursuit in July Incident on I-95 in Bridgeport

Nov 23, 2024 Alex

On Wednesday, November 20, 2024, at approximately 12:05 PM, Eliseo Batz Donis, a 27-year-old Stratford resident, was arrested at Milford Superior Court on an active warrant. The warrant was issued following an investigation into a July 2024 incident on I-95 in Bridgeport, where Batz Donis fled a traffic stop after multiple 911 calls reported his erratic driving. Batz Donis was arrested without incident and charged with several offenses, including reckless driving, disobeying an officer’s signal, engaging police in pursuit, misuse of registration plates, failure to maintain proper lane, improper turns without signaling, failure to renew registration, and operating a motor vehicle without insurance. He was held on a $50,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in Bridgeport Superior Court on…

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