UPDATE: They are winterizing the lines and forcing the water out with air.
12:56pm–#Norwalk Connecticut– Norwalk Police Officer calls in to police dispatch to have Park and Rec turn off sprinklers due to the water shortage and it doesn’t look good to the public. Leslie Nope unavailable for comment.
[Fairfield, CT, October 21, 2016] The Fairfield Public Library, 1080 Old Post Road will be hosting a historical series with popular host, Mark Albertson. There will be four parts to this series, The Cold War, which will begin November 3: Kennan and Containment, November 10: The Bear Grows Claws, November 17: Détente and Arms Control and December 8: Quagmire. The lectures will be on Thursdays at 7 pm in the Rotary Room.
This lecture series will trace the cold war from the point of view of both the United States and the Soviet Union. It will touch upon the Soviet Union’s rise to power from a backward peasant economy to the world’s second leading industrial power. The jockeying for position of primacy between Washington and Moscow became a high stakes game. The presenter, Mark Albertson is the historical research editor at “Army Aviation” magazine in Monroe and is both an author and professor of history at Norwalk Community College for Lifetime Learners.
Advanced registration is required due to the limited space. All programs at the Fairfield Public Library are free of charge. For more information and to register for this event call 203-255- 7308, or visit us on the web www.fairfieldpubliclibrary.org . Follow the Fairfield Public Library on Twitter: www.twitter.com/fairfieldpublib and Facebook: www.facebook.com/fairfieldlibrary.
12:18am–#Shelton Connecticut–A small kitchen fire at the Courtyard Marriott at 780 Bridgeport Avenue leaves a smoke condition on the first floor. Fire marshal requested to the scene.
8:11pm–#Norwalk Connecticut– An armed robbery occurred on West Avenue near exit 16 of I-95 and a shot was fired according to radio reports. Police are looking for a 4 door blue Nissan Maxima with New York plates HCP 3691.
9:40pm–#Bridgeport Connecticut– It was anything but romantic at Romantix at 410 North Avenue. The owner was allegedly assaulted by an employee who also smashed a window with a pipe. Police were alerted by the panic alarm.
#Fairfield Connecticut–The McKinley School will remain closed on Wednesday, November 2, as we continue to clean and test the water system in the wake of the accidental introduction of an anti-corrosion chemical into the hot water system on Monday.
Extensive purging of all water systems and related equipment has been completed. Some sixty water samples have been sent to the York Lab LLC for testing. We anticipate receiving the results of the testing by the end of the day on Wednesday. If the results are “clean”, school will reopen on Thursday.
The decision to keep the school closed while we await the results of independent testing was made in collaboration with Sands Cleary, Fairfield’s Director of Health. We have also consulted with the Connecticut Department of Public Health and the Aquarion Water Company on this matter.
We now believe that the cooling water inhibitor (known as Formula 1200) was introduced into the hot water boiler sometime between 12:00 noon and 12:30 p.m. By 1:40 p.m., the error had been reported and the water system shut down. It is unlikely – but not impossible – that anyone would have ingested any of the affected water through the school’s drinking fountains, as the contamination occurred in the hot water system.
A decision regarding the status of McKinley School for Thursday, November 3, will be made late tomorrow afternoon, once the results of independent water testing have been received.
5:55pm–#Bridgeport Connecticut– Police have two suspects in custody after a short pursuit in the Hollow. Police said they were investigating the two men for narcotics when the two men in the silver Audi sped off. Police said witnesses confirmed radio reports that there were shots fired at police on Madison Avenue near the intersection of Alice Street. The pursuit continued down Housatonic Avenue, downCongress Street past the police station and double back to the Hollow. The car crashed at the intersection of Chestnut and James Street. The car then tried to run down a police officer before they got the two men in custody after a short foot pursuit. It was first reported that an officer was injured but was not the case. One of the suspects was injured as a result of the crash and was transferred to St. Vincent’s Hospital by EMS. Firefighters were just dispatched to Grand and Hurd Street where a handgun was found on top of a tractor trailer.
3:46pm–#Bridgeport Connecticut– Police were dispatched to the 400 block of Lincoln Avenue for a report of people with guns. When police arrive the group of students scattered. EMS called for one of the students having an asthma attack.
2:42pm–#Bridgeport Connecticut– A driver in his twenties confused the brake and gas pedal, sideswiped a retaining wall before striking a house in the 400 block of Thorme Street. The building inspector was called to ensure the house was safe.
1:38pm–#Bridgeport Connecticut– Today’s vehicle fire is being hosted by Bridgeport at Chopsey and Island Brook Avenue Extension. A gray Volkswagen is the sacrificial vehicle…