Trying to will the warm weather to arrive, we break out a spectacular Rose` and delightful Sav Blanc for the day. We finish with a great Tempranillo for an unbelievable $7.99! Wine tasting until 6pm!! Premier Wine and Spirits 525 Tunxis Hill Rd, Fairfield (203) 345-9088
2:10pm--#Bridgeport CT--Firefighters responded to their 2nd dumpster fire at Edison School on Barnum Terrace.
2:02pm--#Fairfield CT--A pedestrian was hit by a car on the I-95 northbound rest area.
12:12pm--#Bridgeport CT--A man is in the emergency room at St. Vincent's Hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg. He said he was shot last night but did not report it. No mention where the shooting took place.
12:07pm--Today's car fire is on the Merritt Parkway southbound near exit 48. Firefighters on the way.
11:49am--#Fairfield CT #Westport CT #cttraffic--I-95 southbound near exit 18 southbound a 3 car accident slowing traffic. Its slowing traffic but not at a standstill.
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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.......
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......
11:52pm--#Bridgeport CT--Don't go to sleep yet Bridgeport! Report of an oven fire at 143 Jackson Avenue (Between Lincoln Blvd and Madison Ave.) Firefighters on the way. Might be a good time to shop for a new oven at Marsillio's on Black Rock Turnpike in Fairfield. Better pricing than the big box stores and outstanding customer service!
