Fairfield News: Smoke pouring out of basement window
12:25pm--#Fairfield CT-- Report of smoke pouring out of a basement window of 1254 Old Farm Road.
GOV. MALLOY: STATE WILL ACCEPT ASSAULT WEAPON AND LARGE CAPACITY MAGAZINE APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED BUT NOT RECEIVED BY DEADLINE
(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection (DESPP) will accept and process the applications to register assault weapons and large capacity magazines that are believed to have been submitted to the state agency by the statutory deadline but were not received by that date. In a letter to DESPP Commissioner Dora B. Schriro , Governor Malloy’s General Counsel Luke Bronin informed the commissioner that after consulting with the Office of the Attorney General, he has concluded that the agency has the discretion to accept applications received after January 1, 2014, if the department has reason to believe that an applicant attempted to submit the paperwork by the statutory…
CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST AND NIECE OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, DR. ALVEDA KING, COMING TO SPEAK IN CONNECTICUT
March 1st Will Speak At Yale, Keynote 1st Annual ‘Woman of Fire’ Awards Dinner Hartford, CT, February 17, 2014: Regina Roundtree, the Founder of CT Black Republicans & Conservatives, announced today that Dr. Alveda King, the niece of famed civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, will be spending the day speaking in New Haven on March 1st at both Yale University and will be the Keynote speaker at the 1st Annual “Women Of Fire” Awards Dinner at Anthony’s Ocean View. A former college professor who served in the Georgia State House of Representatives, and a strong conservative voice, and a staunch defender of unborn children, Dr. Alveda King is a recipient in 2011 of…
Swim Across the Sound Salutes Fire Chief
“A local name that carries a special ring is Felner. Each year, St. Vincent’s Foundation presents the David Felner Caregiver Award at the Sports Gala to a First Responder who has shown outstanding care and compassion for cancer patients. The award is named in honor of the former Stratford Firefighter who passed away from cancer in 2002. This year, St. Vincent’s Foundation surprised David’s parents, Fairfield Fire Chief Richard Felner and his wife Linda, by presenting them with the prestigious award. The Foundation’s executive director, Lyn McCarthy stated, “Dick and Linda Felner have been at the heart of this event from its inception 11 years ago. They were inspiring caregivers to their son, and to so many others in…
Shelton News: 12th annaul Vally Has a Heart Spooner House
( Shelton , CT - February 17, 2014) – The 12th annual Valley Has a Heart Spooner House food collection will be held on Saturday, Feb. 22 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at three Stop & Shop stores in the lower Naugatuck Valley : Ansonia , Seymour and Shelton . The goal is to gather enough non-perishable food to last for at least two months and $3,000 in cash to use for restocking the shelves as needed during the cold winter months. The website linked above and also listed below has a list of the most needed food items this year. "Food stocks always get depleted during the holidays and also when storms impact the area, explained Susan Agamy,…
Bridgeport News: Break in on Clifford Street
2:11pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Police are investigating a break in at Clifford Street.
Norwalk News: Car and snowplow collide
11:30pm--#Norwalk CT--A snowplow and car have collided at Girard and Orange Street. There were injuries reported . A sand truck was dispatched, the area was a sheet of ice according to radio reports.
Bridgeport News–Threatened after attempted scam
4:22pm--#Bridgeport CT--A person called police after receiving an attempted UI Scam phone call. When they told the caller they knew it was a scam the caller threatened them. Police are investigating.
Stratford News: Trains delayed
4:04pm--#Stratford CT -- Trains are being delayed in Stratford due to an individual causing a disruption on the train. Police and MTA Police are on the scene.
Stratford News: Sikorsky contract modification presidental
#Stratford CT--Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a $10,906,165 modification to an existing delivery order against a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-07-D-0004) for security and integrated logistic support in support of the VH assistant program manager for logistics for the VH-3D and VH-60N presidential helicopters. Work will be performed in Stratford, Conn. (88 percent) and Quantico, Va. (12 percent), and is expected to be completed in November 2014. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Navy contract funds in the amount of 10,906,165 will be obligated at time of award, all of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.