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Mayor Finch Declares Snow Emergency for 12:01 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 2

Mayor Finch Declares Snow Emergency for 12:01 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 2 Alternate side of the street parking rules in effect BRIDGEPORT, CT (December 31, 2013) – Due to the upcoming projected winter, Mayor Bill Finch has declared a snow emergency in the City beginning at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, January 2.  During a snow emergency, residents must move their cars off posted Snow Emergency streets or be subject to fines and towing. Alternate-side-of-the-street parking rules are in effect for all other streets throughout the City in order to allow snow plow drivers’ clear passage. To comply with the Snow Emergency Alternate-Side-of-the-Street Parking Rules, residents must move their cars to the ‘even-numbered’ side of the street by 12:01 a.m. on Jan. 2, and remain on the…

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Westport Volunteer EMS Offers Free Hands-Only CPR Classes

Westport Volunteer Emergency Medical Service (WVEMS) announces it will be offering free Hands-Only CPR training sessions for the general public. Students will learn how to perform hands-only CPR (no mouth-to-mouth) for an adult who does not show signs of life, how to use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), and how to assist an adult who is choking and cannot breathe. Hands-Only CPR takes only 30 minutes to learn; it is NOT a certification-level class. Classes will take place on Friday January 3, 2014, at 6:30PM and 7:00PM, in the training classroom of the Westport Police/EMS Headquarters building, located at 50 Jesup Road. Participants need to attend only one 30-minute session, at the time of their choosing. Participants should use the Training Division entrance on the west side of the building (facing the Library). Please do not park in spaces designated for the Police Department.   Pre-registration is required in order to ensure a proper ratio of instructors to students. Sign up by sending an e-mail to cpr@westportems.org, or call our CPR Hotline @ (203) 341-6030. Please indicate the date and time that you want to attend. Westport Volunteer Emergency Medical Service (WVEMS), a designated American Heart Association (AHA) training center, also conducts certified CPR and First Aid classes. For a full schedule of our classes, please go to our website, www.westportems.org, and click on the Training tab.

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Redding Youth Donates Teddy Bears to BFD to Help Reassure Sick Children

#Bridgeport, CT – Dec. 24, 2013 – Ten-year-old Vladimir Romano has a simple explanation for why he sells  lemonade and buys teddy bears to give to fire departments for children. “I don’t want people to be more scared than I was,” he said in a visit to Bridgeport Fire Headquarters this morning. Vladimir was 3-years-old when he spiked a 105 degree temperature and was taken to the hospital by ambulance. He was scared. He remembers a firefighter putting a stuffed bear on his chest and it made him feel better. A couple years later, he opened his first lemonade stand and his mother, Merian Schwindeman, asked what he wanted to do with the money. “He said, ‘I’m going to give it…

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Bridgeport Homicide Arrest

Detective Paul Ortiz obtained an arrest warrant his morning for Dominick Gonzalez, Park Avenue Bridgeport charging him with Felony Murder, and Conspiracy to Commit Robbery 1st as a result of an investigation that has been ongoing in response to the homicide of Dewayne Gardner on 12/16/2013. Gardner was found shot multiple times in his vehicle on Poplar Street during the early morning hours of 12/16/2013. Perez was apprehended in Guilford, Ct. Hel be held on 1.5 million dollar bond. The investigation is ongoing under the supervision of Lt. Lamaine and additional arrests are anticipated. The homicide of Garner was record as the City’s 13thof the year.

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