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Thursday night at Sullivan Independence Hall at the Fire Commission Meeting five new firefighters were sworn in to duty. Immediately following that formal ceremony, Chief Felner called departing Fire Commissioner and former Chairman Tony Jannotta forward to be recognized for his decade of service and commitment to the Fairfield Fire Department
Friday the 13th was a most unlucky day for one patron at the Pleasant Moment Cafe at 1 William Street in Bridgeport. Shortly after midnight police were called to the cafe, officers quickly called for a supervisor who in turn called detectives to investigate what they are calling an untimely death. There were no signs of foul play, no bruises or contusions. Police suspect he might have been diabetic, they continue their investigation.
WASHINTON, DC – Senator Joseph Lieberman (ID-CT), Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Congressman Jim Himes (D-CT) today sent a letter to Michael Astrue, the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA), expressing serious concerns with the SSA’s decision to close the Norwalk Social Security Office and relocate its employees. “We are writing today to express our serious concerns with your office’s decision to close the Norwalk Social Security Office and relocate its employees to the other local offices within the Norwalk service district. We are united in our objection to this decision and the SSA timeline to close this office without retaining a satellite office or services in Norwalk as this action will place an undue hardship on beneficiaries,” said…
BRIDGEPORT -- Teenagers, mothers whose children have been shot and killed on the city's streets, babies in strollers, preteen girls -- hundreds of them poured onto Stratford Avenue on Wednesday night to rally against the kind of senseless violence that led to the death of 14-year-old Justin Thompson on Sunday. Thompson was gunned down about 12:20 a.m. on Seaview Avenue while walking home with his friends after a 16th birthday party. Read full article.... WTNH report: Bridgeport holds rally against violence after 14-year-old killed: wtnh.com
[SlideDeck id='494' width='100%' height='400px'] 4:45pm--Bridgeport--Benham Ave. resident comes home and finds home broken into. We are receiving reports power has been restored in Bridgeport, Trumbull and Fairfield. 3:22pm--#Bridgeport--5 parties detained at 373 Pembrooke Street after a large gathering, two flashing a gun which turned out to be a BB gun. Power Outages--7,832 in Bridgeport, 884 in Fairfield and 117 in Trumbull. Substation is suspected. 3:22pm--#Bridgeport--5 parties detained at 373 Pembrooke Street after a large gathering, two flashing a gun which turned out to be a BB gun. 2:55pm--#Fairfield--Report of smoke coming from the computer room at Precisions Systems located at 777 Commerce Drive. UPDATE--Faulty compressor was cause of all the smoke. 2:50pm--Bridgeport Police Roll Call- All heroes accounted for. 2:08pm--#Bridgeport--Red…
Tuesday night's New York Philharmonic performance of the Mahler Ninth was stopped dead by an unusual instrument--the iPhone. the offending phone owner was in the front rows of Avery Fisher Hall when his phone went off, just 13 bars before the last page of the score. In other words, in the final moments of a 25-minute movement, that ends a 90-minute symphony. It gets better....Read full story....
The New Haven Register is laying off 105 people as it moves to outsource its newspaper printing operation to Hartford.
Students say they can hear classmates screaming. The day after parents of Farm Hill Elementary School students in Middletown expressed outraged about the way the school is dealing with misbehaving students, the school is making some changes. Parents who attended a board of education meeting on Tuesday night were upset about teachers and staff putting the children, including those with special needs, in what they called "scream rooms." The school district calls them "timeout rooms." Read full story watch video report......
[caption id="attachment_5970" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Pursuit ends in crash"][/caption] At 12:58 pm Tuesday afternoon, Officer Sudora initiated a traffic stop on State St. [caption id="attachment_5971" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Rafael Cooney Faces A Number Of Charges"][/caption] near Butler in Bridgeport on a White Honda which was a possible misuse of plates. As Officer Sudora approached the vehicle, the operator fled on foot on Butler toward Fairfield Ave. Three black males bailed out of the vehicle and fled in different directions. Officer Sudora initiated a foot pursuit, as the suspect vehicle crashed into a parked car. Several Patrols (both Bridgeport and Fairfield) were in the area. The suspect vehicle was confirmed stolen from Stamford, CT. The suspect driver’s abandoned jacket was located a short…
Just before 1pm Monday afternoon fire department received a call for smoke at 300 Chestnut Street apartment complex. Upon arrival they did not find smoke but residents complained of feeling ill. Firefighters metered and found readings of 70 to 80 parts per million, anything above 10 is considered hazardous. This affected 5 apartments, 3 of the families were home and checked out by American Medical Response EMTs and did not require and additional treatment. The flue on the furnace had worked itself loose so each time the furnace ran it released carbon monoxide into the apartments. The gas company arrived on scene and the furnace was repaired. Fire officials remained on the scene until 3:00pm ventilating the apartments.