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Burger King is retiring it's spooky looking mascot The King and Burger King will be changing ad agencies to redefine itself. The new ad campaign will stress fresh ingredients. Burger King Mascot Retired: MyFoxNY.com
Snapper Blues Fishing Derby Fairfield Police Athletic Leauge Saturday August 20 1pm sign up 2pm – 4pm Open to Children ages 4-15 At South Benson Marina
In a story we were first to Report and Tweet! We were also one of the first video reports on the chaos that took place on the train due in to Greens Farm Station and what those on the train had to endure with the sweltering heat! Here is the video report from Fox 5 in New York: Metro North Officials Apologize for Stalled Train in Heat Wave: MyFoxNY.com
Written by John Kovach Stratford Star A special response team took a man into custody after a nearly 3-hour standoff on Roosevelt Avenue Thursday afternoon. Police were called to a domestic disturbance at 362 Roosevelt Ave. at 2 p.m. Stratford Police Capt. John Popik said a woman told officers that she had been assaulted by her boyfriend, and made reference to him having a rifle, and having acted strangely of late. Neighbors also told police they believed the man had a rifle. Additional officers were called to the scene and moved neighbors away from the hours. Officers and crisis negotiators attempted to contact the man, Popik said, but he did not respond. The special response team was then summoned. It…
Shortly after 10am Wednesday morning 39 year old Frank Mazzabufi began wading into the water off a wooded path when he went under. Lifeguards based at the lake's beach dove in and started swimming out toward the man on their surf boards but he disappeared before they could get to him. Dive teams located him just after 12pm. Frank Mazzabufi is a resident of Shelton.
[caption id="attachment_3523" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Former First Selectman Flatto answered questions from the RTM Subcommittee Wednesday"][/caption] Former First Selectman Ken Flatto voluntarily appeared on his own time as a private citizen to address questions from the RTM subcommittee. The Metro Train Station has a cost overrun of between $2 to $6 million. This is Mr. Flatto's opening remarks in it's entirety. This is the full session in it's entirety.
[caption id="attachment_3519" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Fairfield County HazMat Called in to Fairfield"][/caption] Fairfield Fire Department responded to a smoke condition at Metal Specialties on Commerce Drive around midnight. Firefighters found an odd-colored flame and realized it was a chemical reaction taking place in the plant. Firefighters quickly retreated and called in the Fairfield County Hazmat Team. Fire officials tell us everything worked to plan, the public was never in danger and the building was vented and metered at all times. Fire department turned over the property back to the owners around 3am.
[caption id="attachment_3513" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="2 Injured In Black Rock Turnpike Crash"][/caption] Four teens traveling south in a SUV hit a a car, snapped a utility pole and then climbed CVS's embankment and hit a Lincoln Town Car shortly after 10pm on Tuesday. One teen was treated and a woman in the other vehicle was taken to an area hospital for her injuries. The initial impact occurred at Old Stratfield Road and ended in CVS's parking lot, approximately 185 feet away.
[caption id="attachment_3506" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Two crashes on Congress Street just before 10pm"][/caption] Shortly before 10pm a man crashed his pickup truck into a utility pole while riding on Congress Street. The pole snapped in two. The first fire truck on scene reported that there were wires down and the pole with the transformer was on fire. The crash victim called his friend, who upon arrival was blinded by the glare of his buddies pickup truck's light crash causing the second accident. One man was transported to the hospital and it appeared that the other man was arrested by police. Fire department departed the scene around midnight.
[caption id="attachment_3497" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Sara Welch"][/caption] Sara Welch, weekend anchor and weekday reporter at WTNH-TV for more than a [caption id="attachment_3498" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Sarah French"][/caption] decade, has left the station for love, family and a new start in California. Sarah French, meanwhile, the former Missouri beauty queen who anchors the morning news on WTIC (Fox CT) with Logan Byrnes, is apparently taking a job in Boston. Read the full story here....