The Stratford Library, 2203 Main Street in Stratford, CT will be closed on Thursday, November11 for the Veterans Day holiday.
The library will reopen on Friday, November 12, 2021 at 10 am.
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U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), a member of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committees, spoke on the Senate Floor today to urge Senate passage of bipartisan legislation to stop the tech industry’s self-preferencing.
“Big Tech companies own the railroads of our digital economy, but they also compete with the economies relying on those railroads to get their products to consumers,” said Blumenthal on the Senate Floor.
Blumenthal is a co-sponsor of the American Innovation and Choice Online Act, which would establish commonsense rules preventing dominant digital platforms from harming competition, online businesses, and consumers, and a lead sponsor of the Open App Markets Act, antitrust legislation to promote app store competition.
“The app market is a place where these harms to consumer and competition are starker than anywhere else,” Blumenthal continued. “Two companies, Apple and Google, dictate the terms of this important market. They do it exclusively. And yet they have those dual roles. First as gatekeepers of the dominant mobile operating systems and their app stores, and second as participants on those app stores. And as with the railroad tycoons, Apple and Google abused that gatekeeper status to preference themselves and their business partners, driving up their own profits and consumer costs while shutting down competition and stifling innovation.”
“Congress needs to ensure that new entrants and smaller companies can compete on fair terms,” said Blumenthal. “Today’s digital tycoons need new rules of the road that will protect other businesses like laws protected small farmers and small businesses against the railroad tycoons.”
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2021-11-03@10:26pm–#Bridgeport CT– Firefighters were called to a large brush fire that extended to a garage in the 2400 block of Madison Avenue. Firefighters had to access the scene from backyards on Jewett Avenue.
2021-11-03@7:34pm–#Milford CT– First responders on scene of the Audubon Society at 1 Milford Point Road for a person stuck in the marsh.
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FAIRFIELD – On November 3, 2021, at approximately 7:30 AM, the Fairfield Police
Department received a report of an armed robbery which had occurred on Main Street in
Southport in the area of The Southport School.
The reporting party, an employee of The Southport School, reported that she and a co-worker
were walking to the school after parking their vehicles. As they approached the school they
noticed an unfamiliar male subject on Main Street near the school. The male approached the two
female subjects, displayed what was described as a black/silver handgun and demanded they
hand over their phones and bags. The female subjects complied and then fled into The Southport
School which was briefly placed into a “secure school” condition until police were able to clear
the area.
The suspect was described as a black male in his late teens or early 20’s, clean shaven, wearing a
dark hooded sweatshirt and baggy dark denim jeans. He reportedly fled the area toward Harbor
Road where it is believed he entered a vehicle and further fled the area.
No injuries were reported during this incident.
There is no indication to believe there is any threat to the public. This appears to be an isolated
incident which remains under investigation at this time.
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BRIDGEPORT, CT – City of Bridgeport officials announce the continuation of a speed hump pilot program designed to curb unsafe travel speeds throughout the community.
After review by the City Engineering Department and approval by the Board of Police Commissioners, speed humps have been installed at three locations throughout the City which include:
Approximately twenty more speed humps are scheduled to be installed within proximity of five more identified locations of unsafe traveling patterns, including:
A speed hump is a raised area in the road surface to control the speed and volume of vehicles on residential streets. Speed humps are typically installed at intervals and normally have a maximum height of 3” to 4” with a travel length of approximately 12’. When vehicles are traveling at the typical city speeds, humps create a gentle vehicle rocking motion that may cause some driver discomfort. This causes most vehicles to slow to 15 mph or less at each hump and 25 to 30 mph between properly spaced humps in a system. At high speeds the hump can act as a bump and jolt the vehicles suspension and its occupants or cargo.
Residents are advised to express traffic safety concerns and request a speed hump at specific locations by contacting their City Council member or to call Bridgeport Police Department Clerk at 203-581-5121 to document their request.
City Engineering Department will continue to process data and include additional locations for installation of speed humps to enhance public safety as part of this program.
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2021-11-03@12:32pm–#Stratford CT– #cttraffic– Report of a multi-car crash Merritt Parkway southbound between exits 53 and 52. Everyone made it out of the vehicles safely.
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2021-11-02@1:25pm–#Bridgeport CT– #cttraffic– A rollover accident that started in the southbound lane Route 8/25 is no in the northbound lane. Firefighters needed for extrication.
2021-11-02@11:58am –#Stratofrd CT– Report of a car hitting a fire hydrant near the package store in the 200 block of Ferry Boulevard. Possible entrapment reported.
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Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and U.S. Representatives John B. Larson (D-CT) and Devin Nunes (R-CA) introduced bicameral, bipartisan legislation to improve access to lower-cost outpatient surgical care. Ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) provide quality services, often at lower costs than hospital outpatient departments, and are forecasted to save Medicare billions of dollars over the coming years. However, current Medicare policies have limited beneficiaries’ access to outpatient surgical care and imposed barriers on patients seeking ASC services.
“This legislation expands access to quality, more affordable outpatient surgical care offered at ASCs across the country,” said Blumenthal. “As an often more affordable and convenient alternative, these centers offer Medicare beneficiaries procedures and services essential to their well-being and health. By capping copays, improving transparency through price and quality comparison tools, and ensuring ASCs receive fair Medicare reimbursement rates, this bill will reduce out-of-pocket costs and maintain patient access to this valuable care.”
“Seniors deserve the best care possible. By increasing Medicare access to ambulatory surgical centers, patients can receive quality care at a better value for taxpayers,” said Dr. Cassidy.
“I am pleased to join Senators Blumenthal and Cassidy and Rep. Nunes to introduce The Outpatient Surgery Quality and Access Act. Connecticut has more than 50 Ambulatory Surgical Centers, with 12 centers located in my district. This bill will ensure that Medicare beneficiaries continue to have access to care in ASCs, and that taxpayers’ and seniors’ dollars are spent wisely,” said Rep. John B. Larson.
“Ambulatory surgical centers are increasingly essential components of our healthcare infrastructure. This bill will improve access to these vital centers, which produce outstanding outcomes for local communities,” said Rep Devin Nunes.
The Outpatient Surgery Quality and Access Act would take steps to close the Medicare reimbursement gap for identical services between hospital outpatient departments and ASCs, provide patients with quality comparison measures, and implement a copay cap for procedures performed in ASCs, which will enhance access to care and lower out-of-pocket costs. The bill would also require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to justify declining to add a procedure to the list of covered ASC services, and add a representative of the ASC community to the Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment.
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