LA Plane Crash
#Los Angelos CA--#Santa Monica municipal airport (KLAX) General A plane aircraft crashed on takeoff.
Chuck Steak House is well done…..
8:33pm--#West Haven CT--Just after 8:30 Wednesday morning a fire ripped through the old Chuck's Steak House on Orange Avenue. The fire went to three alarms and firefighters were ordered out of the building for safety until they got the fire under control. Special thanks to Sean Tomaso for these photos!
CT Job Claims Disputed
Despite his claim to the contrary this week, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is not the only chief executive to hold office in recent history while Connecticut has grown jobs. In fact, it doesn’t even take much leafing through the history books to find someone whose tenure included more job growth. CT Mirror has the full story here
Minumum wage raised
CT State House passes the bill to raise the minimum wage over 2 years to $9.00 per hour. On it's way to the governor's desk for his signature.
All Star Race
Any NASCSR fans watching the Sprint All Star Race? What are your thoughts on it? Are you happy Danica Patrick wins the fan vote for the 2013?
Missing Eastern University Student Sighting
3:12pm--#Bridgeport CT--A person called police that the missing Eastern University student has been seen on Knowlton Street and Stillman Street are of town. She is said to be wearing a blue shirt, jeans brown shoes, looked scruffy like she hadn't changed her clothes in a while. Police are canvassing the area.
Harvick wins at Richmond
Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch exchange words after the race... Kevin Harvick celebrates his first win of the year! Bush hit by Johnson........
Give Blood for Boston
Many will want to give blood/platelets in light of Boston incident. Please call 1-800-RED CROSS to schedule an appointment in the days & weeks ahead. Website here....
Gov. Perry tells CT gun-maker to “come on down” to Texas
PTR Industries, a maker of military-style rifles, threatened to leave Connecticut after the passage of one of the toughest gun-control laws in the United States. Connecticut enacted the measure in the wake of the Newtown school shooting that killed 20 first-graders and six adults. "Hey, PTR," Perry posted on Twitter on Friday. "Texas is still wide open for business!! Come on down!" "There is still a place for freedom that is very much alive and well," the governor added. "That place is called Texas." The Connecticut law bans high-capacity ammunition clips of the kind used in the December school shooting and adds to the firearms covered by the state's assault-weapons ban. Reuters has the full story here.......
Enfield town chair boycotting GOP dinner over McKinney gun vote…
The chairwoman of the Republican Town Committee in Enfield is skipping the state GOP’s annual Bush dinner to protest the party’s decision to present Senate Republican leader John McKinney with its top award. “The man may have done many things in his career that would warrant this accolade,” Mary Ann Turner wrote in a letter to her fellow chairs from north central Connecticut. “But with the gun bill just passing and his finger printers [embedded] in the cement – I can’t support this total disregard for our constitution and our personal liberties,” she wrote. The Hartford Courant has the full story here......