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HazMat Situation in Fairfield

Aug 17, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

[caption id="attachment_3519" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Fairfield County HazMat Called in to Fairfield"][/caption] Fairfield Fire Department responded to a smoke condition at Metal Specialties on Commerce Drive around midnight. Firefighters found an odd-colored flame and realized it was a chemical reaction taking place in the plant. Firefighters quickly retreated and called in the Fairfield County Hazmat Team. Fire officials tell us everything worked to plan, the public was never in danger and the building was vented and metered at all times. Fire department turned over the property back to the owners around 3am.

2 Injured After A Crash on Black Rock Turnpike

Aug 17, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

[caption id="attachment_3513" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="2 Injured In Black Rock Turnpike Crash"][/caption] Four teens traveling south in a SUV hit a a car, snapped a utility pole and then climbed CVS's embankment and hit a Lincoln Town Car shortly after 10pm on Tuesday. One teen was treated and a woman in the other vehicle was taken to an area hospital for her injuries. The initial impact occurred at Old Stratfield Road and ended in CVS's parking lot, approximately 185 feet away.

Pickup Crashes, Calls Buddy, He Crashes Too on Congress Street Fairfield

Aug 16, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

[caption id="attachment_3506" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Two crashes on Congress Street just before 10pm"][/caption] Shortly before 10pm a man crashed his pickup truck into a utility pole while riding on Congress Street. The pole snapped in two. The first fire truck on scene reported that there were wires down and the pole with the transformer was on fire. The crash victim called his friend, who upon arrival was blinded by the glare of his buddies pickup truck's light crash causing the second accident. One man was transported to the hospital and it appeared that the other man was arrested by police. Fire department departed the scene around midnight.

Sara Welch leaves News 8, Sarah French moving on from Fox CT

Aug 15, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

[caption id="attachment_3497" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Sara Welch"][/caption] Sara Welch, weekend anchor and weekday reporter at WTNH-TV for more than a [caption id="attachment_3498" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Sarah French"][/caption] decade, has left the station for love, family and a new start in California. Sarah French, meanwhile, the former Missouri beauty queen who anchors the morning news on WTIC (Fox CT) with Logan Byrnes, is apparently taking a job in Boston. Read the full story here....

Police Activity Scare at Happy Dollar in Fairfield

Aug 15, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

[caption id="attachment_3487" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Police Swar To The Happy Dollar On A Call A Man Had A Gun"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_3488" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Bridgeport Police Task Force Was Working The Area"][/caption] 2:42pm--#Fairfield--Police received a a call from the Happy Dollar Store on Villa Avenue for a fight and one of the men had a gun. Fairfield Police received another call from citizens that three pickup trucks at the same location surrounded another car, the white car in this photo. A barrage of Fairfield Police cars rushed to the scene, including one car with an M-1/AK-47 style assault rifle. It turned out to be a Bridgeport Task Force working undercover , they did not inform Fairfield Police they were working in…

Workplace-Free Help for the Unemployed

Aug 15, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

This is a feature we will highlight all week, with tips to help those looking for work.The Workplace is a non profit organization. Many of our services are at NO COST to the Job Seeker or Employer. Contact them at 203-610-8528 www.workplace.org

Patch costs AOL about $150,000 per site, $160 million a year

Aug 15, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

AOL is spending about $160 million a year on Patch, which equates to about $150,000 to run each individual Patch site annually, according to an analyst’s estimate. AOL first focused on building traffic to Patch sites, and just recently started ramping up ad sales. …One analyst questions the business model: “If you sell lemonade for $1 and it costs $800 to make it, that’s not a great business." Read full article....

Happenings NOW 8-15 thru 8-21

Aug 15, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

[SlideDeck id='494' width='100%' height='400px'] 3:11pm--#Norwalk--Plank fire on the southbound side of the train tracks, trains do NOT have to be stopped for the firefighters to extinguish the blaze. 2:42pm--#Norwalk--Fire department on the way for a child locked in a car Panera Bread 596 Westport Ave. At approximately 12:30pm the West Haven Fire Department responded to a report of smoke on the 1st and 7th floors of the VA Hospital at 950 Campbell Avenue. Units from all three West Haven Fire Companies responded to the fire scene. On arrival command reported smoke conditions on the 1st and then the 7th floor of Building 2. Searching floors 2 thru 6 the firefighters found a cooling unit had overheated and the smoke went…

Iowa man tries to lure teen and gets mom’s fist instead

Aug 14, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

[caption id="attachment_3459" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Harding is charged with enticing a minor under the age of 16"][/caption] (CBS/AP) DES MOINES, Iowa - A Des Moines man who allegedly tried to lure a young girl into an alley, wound up with stitches and a black eye after the girl's mother took matters into her own hands, according to authorities. "I got down to the alley and I confronted him. I said, 'Why are you staring at the kids?' and he looks at me and says, 'I want to marry the red head.' I came unglued at that point. I was like 'Dude, she's only 13 and that's my daughter,'" Pullen told the station. Read full story....

Happenings NOW 8-13 thru 8-14 2011

Aug 13, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

[SlideDeck id='494' width='100%' height='400px'] 12:14am--#Milford--United Illuminated reporting 2,808 with out power in town. 11: 42-- Ansoinia--Prindle Ave. and a residence atLopresti Court water in the basement threatening electrical. Nothing yet for low lying areas of Ansonia. 10:59pm--Milford Fire and Police have their hands full with flooding conditions. Fire Dept. on the scene of 221 New Haven Ave. and says most of the buildings in this area should have water coming into the buildings the water is so high. Possible on person trapped in a basement because of flooding at another High Street call. UPDATE--11:34--#Milford--More flooding calls trickling in...Car stuck in the water with occupants still in the car at Knob Hill Road. Two flooded basements with threatened electrical boxes and…

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HazMat Situation in Fairfield

2 Injured After A Crash on Black Rock Turnpike

Pickup Crashes, Calls Buddy, He Crashes Too on Congress Street Fairfield

Sara Welch leaves News 8, Sarah French moving on from Fox CT

Police Activity Scare at Happy Dollar in Fairfield

Workplace-Free Help for the Unemployed

Patch costs AOL about $150,000 per site, $160 million a year

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Iowa man tries to lure teen and gets mom’s fist instead

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