Fairfield

Fairfield News: Melville Mallard Rescue

12:02pm--#Fairfield CT--Just after noontime a passerby noticed baby ducks that had fallen in a storm drain in the Warde High School parking lot on the Knapps Highway side.   Firefighters used a milk crate attached to a rope  and small brooms to nudge them into the crate.  They continued ducking firefighters even after their capture  slipping from their grasp.  Eventually the firefighters were able to return them to the waiting mama duck.  The town will put the charges on the mother's bill, they do not suspect fowl play........ Justo después del mediodía un transeúnte notó patitos que habían caído en un colector de aguas pluviales en el estacionamiento Warde Escuela Secundaria en el lado Knapps carretera. Los bomberos utilizaron una…

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Stolen Vehicle Recovered

1:40pm--#Fairfield CT--#Bridgeport CT-- A woman was walking to her car, a Mitsubishi SUV that was parked at Planet Fitness at 111 Black Rock Turnpike.  She saw it being driven away when she screamed it was being stolen.  A person already in their vehicle in the parking lot began following the stolen SUV.  The suspect possibly not knowing he was being followed went down Fairfield Avenue to Wordin Avenue and Stephen's Lane when Bridgeport Police attempted to pull the vehicle over.  The driver took off taking officers into PT Barnum Housing. The car turned into one of the drives when his car was blocked by a Bridgeport Police car near building 21 at Anthony Street.  A foot pursuit ensued and police captured…

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