Man shot dead in Bridgeport
BRIDGEPORT -- A man was found dead in a house on Columbia Street Wednesday morning from an apparent gunshot wound, police said. Read more......
Happy Meal Ban: McDonald’s Outsmarts San Francisco
In order to include a toy with a meal, restaurants must now comply with city-generated nutritional standards. Those are standards that even the "healthier" Happy Meals McDonald's introduced earlier this year don't come close to meeting. Yet it seems McDonald's has turned lemons into lemonade -- and is selling the sugary drink to San Francisco's children. Local McDonald's employees tell SF Weekly the company has devised a solution that appears to comply with San Francisco's "Healthy Meal Incentive Ordinance" that could actually make the company more money -- and necessitate toy-happy youngsters to buy more Happy Meals. Read full story.....
Michael Jackson’s doctor sentenced to 4 years
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The doctor convicted in the overdose death of Michael Jackson was sentenced to the maximum four years behind bars Tuesday by a judge who denounced him as a reckless physician whose actions were a "disgrace to the medical profession." Read full article....
Bethel, Redding Still Cleaning Up After Nor’Easter
I had a personal appointment in Brookfield today and my GPS took me there the way of Route 58 through Redding and Bethel. Cleaning up the debris of fallen tree branches from the ice storm last month is still a reality for these towns. On November 2nd Bridgeport sent mutual aid support to Bethel providing one payloader, two dump trucks, a 40-yard dumpster and a two-person chainsaw crew, for a total of six crew members who spent the week clearing roads. “While the City of Bridgeport was spared the brunt of this weekend’s nor’easter, some of our neighboring towns, like Bethel, were not so fortunate. We’re happy to lend a hand and provide their town with resources to aid…
Memorial Plaques Dedicated To Derby War Hero Stolen
A new low of lows. The plaques — which were on a large memorial dedicated in Witek’s honor on May 29, 1999 — were apparently stolen sometime between late Monday and Tuesday morning. Williamson, 75, put the value of the plaques in the neighborhood of $10,000. He assumed someone stole them with the intent of selling them for scrap metal. He hopes any scrap metal merchant will realize the items are stolen, given the inscription which details Witek’s extraordinary actions during World War II. Read full story and see additional photos Valley Indy Sentinel
Hoyden Hill Lane Rollover Accident-Fairfield
A twenty year old driver and her 18 year old male passenger escaped injury during a rollover accident on Hoydens Hill Lane shortly after 8:15pm Monday night. In the video you can see the accident occurred just before the stop sign at Morehouse Highway. Details are sketchy at the time of this posting but it appears the 20 year old female driver was being questioned by police. Hoyden's Hill and Hoyden's Lane is a steep, sometimes winding road. Fairfield's Planning Zoning Commission recently approved two ballparks to built in the area that will increase traffic on these roads.
Housatonic River Search For Boater
[caption id="attachment_5212" align="alignright" width="300" caption="A scull is a very narrow boat, a life vest is not required to be worn."][/caption]An extensive search of the Housatonic River for a missing boater has been suspended for the night. Around 10:30 Monday morning a seventy five year old Woodbridge man who rented out a scull from the New Haven Rowing Club. The boat was found capsized and a search from began with mutual aid from many area towns after the boat was not returned after 2pm. His car remains parked at the rowing club parking lot. The search was suspended after 8:30pm and will resume on Tuesday.
Happenings NOW 11-28 thru 12-2-2011
[SlideDeck id='494' width='100%' height='400px'] Housatonic Boater Update: Authorities do no believe Richard Fiske, 75 of Woodbridge, who's boat (scull) was found overturned survived the night and went from rescue to recovery efforts. The search turned up nothing today and was suspended for the night. Efforts will continue on Wednesday. 11:19am--#Bridgeport--Police and fire department on scene at Colorado Avenue investigating a death. If we get details on this of course I will post it. 10:50am--#Milford--Fire department on scene at 51 Davids Drive for a house fire. Bulk of the fire has been knocked down. 12:31am--#Bridgeport--Strange EMT calls tonight. They are on their way to Marina Village for a patient that had a IV line left in her arm during a hospital…
Rollover Scofield Ave Bridgeport
Shortly after 11pm on Sunday night a Kia SUV hit a parked Jeep and rolled over. Witnesses tell us the driver of the Kia suffered head injuries and was transported to a local hospital.
Small Business Saturday Not New To The Spector Furniture
Early on Saturday I posted on DoingItLocal.com’s Facebook and Twitter pages that today was Small Business [caption id="attachment_5187" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Shoppers at Spectors got to a chance to do all their holiday shopping in one place!"][/caption] Saturday, an small business campaign launched by American Express this year. Many of you were strongly in favor of the concept. Margie Rosten commented that the 3 local merchants she visited had never heard of it; I guess they don’t take American Express! Small Business Saturday is nothing new to Spector Furniture and Home Décor in Ansonia. They have been bringing local vendors together inside their store for a couple years for their annual Holiday Gift Boutique. I had to head up to the…