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UrSwim Celebrates Grand Opening at Stratford LA Fitness During Water Safety Awareness Month Structure Fire “Sunday Afternoon Talks” at Stratford Library Comical Therapist to Speak at SAT Finale on May 18 Rotary Flies Flags to Honor Community Heroes Bridgeport Multi Car Crash
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Kidnapping scare was attempted scam

Apr 3, 2013 Stephen Krauchick

6:06pm--#Fairfield CT-- A Greenfield Street resident received a call that her son was kidnapped and "he would not be released until the gave them money". Police and the detective bureau investigated and after a brief search found the son safe and sound.  The phone call originated from Puerto Rico.  This same scam happened last year to a Housatonic University student, police locked down a portion of downtown to find it too was a scam.    If you receive a call from area code 945 there is no area code in the United States and if you Google the area code it is host to a number of scams so be ware of that area code!

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North Korea approves nuclear strike on United States

Apr 3, 2013 Stephen Krauchick

SEOUL — North Korea dramatically escalated its warlike rhetoric on Thursday, warning that it had authorised plans for nuclear strikes on targets in the United States.  There was no immediate American reaction to the North's latest statement, but US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Pyongyang represented a "real and clear danger" to the United States and to its allies South Korea and Japan.  YahooNews has the full story here........

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Domestic Violence White Ribbon – Walk A MIle In Her Shoes

Apr 3, 2013 Stephen Krauchick

Fairfield Police Chief Gary MacNamara in a White Ribbon Campaign against Domestic Violence. Walk a Mile in her Shoes is a walk with a purpose: To focus attention on domestic violence and sexual assault. It is the first event of the White Ribbon Campaign, an initiative of The Center for Women and Families of Eastern Fairfield County, the lifeline for victims of domestic violence, child abuse and sexual assault who live in Bridgeport, Easton, Fairfield, Monroe, Stratford and Trumbull. Fairfield Police Chief Gary MacNamara is leading the Walk, and his goal is to have 1,000 people join him as he walks down the Post Road. The event is free; donations will gladly be accepted. Visit http://walkamilefairfield.eventbrite.com/# to sign up for…

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Unions surprised Finch seeks concessions again

Apr 3, 2013 Stephen Krauchick

BRIDGEPORT -- In Mayor Bill Finch's first term, he squeezed more than $20 million in concessions from the city's labor unions. Now, in his second term, he's asking for even more.  But union leaders, who had no advance notice of the $1.6 million in concessions factored into the 2013-14 budget unveiled Tuesday, say there isn't much left to give.  CT Post has the full story here......

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