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......

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Oven Fire In Bridgeport

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!

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Best Call Of The Day

10:01pm--#Bridgeport CT--Firefighters were called to the PT Barnum Administration Building on Shell Street for an activated fire alarm. When the arrived they heard someone inside the building. They called police along K-9 thinking it was an intruder. Turns out the man went to the bathroom around closing time, fell asleep and you guessed it they locked him inside!!

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SUV Plows Into Nail Salon 8 Injured

4:00pm-#Stratford CT--  Eight people were injured, two critically after an SUV plowed into a Pretty Nails located at Pretty Nails 411 Barnum Avenue Cutoff (McDonald's and the movie theater plaza) this afternoon.  Not a lot of details at this moment.  WTNH is reporting the driver of the van was charged with driving while impaired.  The shop faces a stop sign which it appears the SUV ignored.  The vehicle was about twenty five feet deep into the store.  Initial calls came in of shots fired which was not the case, possibly due to the sound of the crash sounding like a bang of a gun.   Victims were taken to both St. Vincent's and Bridgeport Hospital.

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car accident at Stratford with entrapment

3:58PM--#Stratford CT-- Shots fired and multiple people with gunshot wounds at 411 Barnum Avenue cut off. Car broke into the Nail Salon one person trapped under the vehicle. Police are on the scene. There appears to be 3 people with gunshot injuries. UPDATE-- It appears that the initial call of shots fired was not accurate, it appears now that the car accident is in fact accurate, including the individual trapped under the vehicle. More information will come as the story develops. UPDATE-- 8 wounded 2 in critical condition. There are no gunshot wounds nor shots fired of any kind.

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