Shoplifting with a toddler
1:31pm--#Fairfield CT--Police are on the way to Kohl's at 290 Tunxis Hill Rd for a shoplifter who has a toddler with them.
Police Activity On Jackman Ave Fairfield
12:12pm--#Fairfield--There is police activity on Jackman Avenue area as police search for two males that were seen going through backyards. The pair had bicycles which they abandoned one police arrived. Police are searching the surrounding area. If live in the area and see someone in your backyard at this time call 911 right away.
Flyer Distribution First Thought Suspicious In Black Rock
11:54am--Police investigated suspicious activity off Ellsworth Street after numerous calls from residents. Turns out the four men reported wereistributing flyers for a landscaping company.
Scout survey asks: Should gay and straight Scouts share a tent?
Is it acceptable or unacceptable for an openly gay Boy Scout to share a tent with a heterosexual boy on an overnight camping trip? Is it acceptable or unacceptable for a lesbian to serve as a den leader for her son’s Cub Scout den? Those are among the questions in a survey being distributed to 1.1 million Scout leaders, alumni, volunteers and parents as the Boy Scouts of America considers whether to lift its ban on gay membership. Two of the 13 questions concerning gays and Scouting are open-ended. Others ask whether a scenario is acceptable or unacceptable. Some are yes-or-no questions, such as this one: “Do you believe the current policy prohibiting open homosexuals from being Scouts or adult…
Bridgeport Student Advances to National Spelling Bee!
DANBURY -- Shrenik Kankaria couldn't spell "akaryote," but Abram Goda could spell "rubicelle." As a result, Goda, a 12-year-old seventh-grader at the Multicultural Magnet School in Bridgeport, will head to Washington, D.C., in May to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Connecticut Post has the good news here.......
Gun Pulled On Walgreens Employee
2:43am--#Bridgeport CT--A man known to the employees at Walgreens at 960 North Avenue got into an argument with them and pulled a gun on the employees. The man fled the scene . Police are investigating.
Whose Job Is It?
This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody's job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done. Sound familiar?
Irish Beer and Whiskey Sampling at Premier Wine and Spirits Fairfield Friday
Join Patrick and the crew at Premier Wine and Spirits at 525 Tunxis Hill Road, Fairfield and sample some Irish beers and Irish whiskey from McFadden Whiskey, the last whiskey owned by a Irish family handcrafted in West Cork Ireland. Sampling begins at 5pm Friday! Visit and like (beer, what's not to like?) Premier Wine and Spirits Facebook page here.......
Suicide Attempt Outside The ER
9:39pm--Police intervened when a woman who was in a car parked outside the Emergency Room at St. Vincent's Hospital. She was with her mother and she refused to get out of the car and attempted to take her life, method unknown. Police were able to talk her out of taking her life and got her out of the car an to help.
Face Slashed
9:29pm--#Bridgeport CT--Man was had his faced slashed while on Norman Street. Police are investigating, not a lot of info on this. He was taken to the hospital by EMS.