Month: July 2019

New Yorker Arrested For Stalking Ex Wife and Daughter

#Trumbull CT--A New York man, with a history of threatening behavior towards his family, spent consecutive days following his ex-wife and daughter to locations where they frequent, including their residence. On July 24, 2019 David Kamara, age 46, of Rosedale, NY was arrested on an arrest warrant by the Trumbull Police after he was located at a Stratford gas station. At about 6:42 p.m., on July 22, 2019, the Trumbull Police were dispatched to a suspicious person complaint involving Kamara, who was parked near his ex-wife’s residence near Madison Avenue. When speaking to police, Kamara stated that he did not know anyone in Trumbull, and that he was “sight-seeing.” Earlier, on July 21st, Kamara was reported to have been at…

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CIRMA Issues Members’ Equity Distribution Check to Fairfield

# Fairfield CT--The Connecticut Interlocal Risk Management Agency (CIRMA) has presented the Town of Fairfield and Fairfield Board of Education with a check for $51,959, the prorated share of CIRMA’s $5 million Members’ Equity Distribution for 2019. The Town of Fairfield and Fairfield Board of Education has received $313,256 in distributed Members’ Equity since the program began in 2011. This is CIRMA’s eighth distribution of Members’ Equity made in the past nine years, for a grand total of nearly $30 million across its entire membership. “The partnership and risk management efforts of our members are a sustaining force behind CIRMA’s outstanding financial strength, growth in service programs, and our ability to deliver a Members’ Equity Distribution Program. Working together, we…

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Zoo Gets $2.5 Million from City of Bridgeport

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. –— July 29, 2019 – Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo’s fundraising efforts to create a new habitat for its Amur tigers received a big boost today—Global Tiger Day-- with a pledge for $2.5 million from the City of Bridgeport. Bridgeport Mayor Joseph P. Ganim, a longtime Zoo champion, announced the city’s contribution in a press conference in front of the Amur tiger habitat and two of the Zoo’s three Amur tigers.  Ken Kochiss represented his sister, Pam Hope (Kochiss) Werth at the event, the Zoo’s first donor for the new habitat. Zoo Director Gregg Dancho, members of the Board of Directors, volunteers, and Zoo guests attended the special ceremony at noon. After the birth of four extremely endangered Amur tiger cubs in…

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Bridgeport’s New Clean Power Plant

#Bridgeport CT-- Today was the ceremonial flipping of an over-sized switch to the new gas powered 485 mega watt electric plant, It will provide clean electricity to over a half a million homes in the south-west area of Connecticut. President and COO of PSE&G said the plant has been operational for some time now. He was proud to point out that there was nothing to see coming out of the smoke stack saying it is an environmentally friendly plant. Governor Lamont commented that we need to rebuild Connecticut, we have a lot of old infrastructure including transportation that needs to be rebuilt. Mayor Joe Ganim said the old coal plant will be decommissioned and work with businesses to rebuild the…

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