First Selectman Michael Tetreau presented to the boards of Selectmen and Finance Thursday a $272.6 million operational budget for Fiscal Year 2013 (FY2013). The proposed budget carries a 3.61 percent ($9.4 million) increase over the current budget and would, if approved as is, carry a .9 mill increase -- or raise most residents’ taxes by 4 percent. Read full story.....
On Dec. 13, 2011, his mother's 98th birthday, Peter Kantorowski had his mother served with eviction papers. The eviction has not only caused friction between Mary and Peter, it has split the two brothers, with Jack Kantorowski siding with his mother. Read Full story.....
BRIDGEPORT -- At least five people were injured and at least 35 have been displaced by a massive two-alarm fire early Thursday morning at the Beechmont condominium complex on Main Street. Read full article......
NEW CASTLE, Pa. (AP) -- Firefighters in Pennsylvania have managed to save 200 pounds of Polish sausage from what they're calling the best-smelling fire they've doused in years. Read full story.....
[SlideDeck id='494' width='100%' height='400px'] 1:30am--Driver tries to hit a Bridgeport Police car on Barnum Avenue. After a brief foot pursuit the driver of the car crashed near Livingston Place (I don't believe the police were involved in the crash). The three suspects flee into Beardsley Park. One in custody. Canine working the scene. At 2:11am police radios they lost the track of the other two suspects. 12:56am-- Police pursuit starting in Bridgeport I-95 heading towards Fairfield. UPDATE--Pursuit ends after a brief foot pursuit near exit 20. 11:38pm--Bridgeport--Bridgeport--WRONG WAY DRIVER on Fairfield Ave. just crashed at Colorado Ave. Driver bailed after T-boning another car and injuring the occupants. 6:39pm--#Bridgeport--Classic! Car hits a hydrant and water shooting in the air…
At ten minutes before 2pm the Best Nail Salon at 3129 Main Street (Next to Lupes Drug Store) was armed with a handgun. Five women as well as a 9 year old girl were robbed of their purses. Police are looking for a white or Hispanic male, 5’ 10” medium built wearing a black hoodie gray baggie pants who fled on foot south on Main Street. If you have any information please contact the Bridgeport Police at 203-581-5201. All Calls will be confidential.
A U.S. congressman is urging President Obama to recognize the work of enslaved African-Americans who helped build the White House. “Slaves helped dig the foundation for the White House,” Ackerman wrote in correspondence to the White House Thursday. “They quarried stone that would be used for the walls, dug up clay for thousands of bricks, cut timber, sawed lumber, and performed carpentry inside the White House. Read full story....
The US Senate bailed out its own barbershop after it ran nearly $300,000 in the red last year—despite $27 cut-and-blow-drys, $105 highlight jobs, and 27,000 annual customers. Capitol’s four barbers and stylists made $22,000 to $30,000 last year with no benefits, manager Lynn Dang said. At the Senate barbershop, formally called Senate Hair Care Services, the top four barbers and stylists made more than twice that — $54,761; $70,349; $73,658; and $81,641 — plus they have a generous 401(k) plan, health care and paid vacation. In all, the government contributed $230,000 in benefits for the barbershop, said Eve Goldsher, a spokeswoman for the Senate Appropriations Committee. Read full story.......
The American multinational corporation, Apple, stands accused of hiking up the prices of their Whitney Houston iTunes collections right on the heels of her untimely death, according to the UK’s Digital Spy. Apple’s price increases took place in the space of just 30 minutes after Houston’s death, but further reports indicate that label Sony Music is actually responsible for the hike. Read full story......
The Greek parliament approved a deeply unpopular austerity bill to secure a second EU/IMF bailout and avoid national bankruptcy, as buildings burned across central Athens and violence spread around the country. Cinemas, cafes, shops and banks were set ablaze in central Athens as black-masked protesters fought riot police outside parliament. Read full story..........
