2022-08-06@11:55am–#Bridgeport CT– EMS on the way to a garage at Sheridan and Mead Street for a worker who sandblasted his arm. Employees are applying a tourniquet according to radio reports.
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#Norwalk CT– On August 4, 2022, at 10:58 p.m., Norwalk Combined Dispatch received multiple 911 calls reporting that gunshots were heard in the area of South Main Street and Merritt Street. Responding officers located a crime scene in the area of 152 South Main Street. A short time later Norwalk Combined Dispatch received a call from Norwalk Hospital, which reported that male suffering from a gunshot wound had just arrived by private vehicle. The victim is a 36- year-old male who suffered non-life-threatening injuries to his legs. The Detective Bureau responded to the scene and assumed the investigation.
This investigation is active at this time. The Norwalk Police Department Detective Bureau is asking anyone with information to come forward and contact the lead investigator, Detective James Barron, who can be reached by telephone at 203-854-3034, or email at jbarron@norwalkct.org. Anonymous information may be provided in one of the three ways below.
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2022-08-05@4:01pm–#Bridgeport CT– Today’s 2nd vehicle fire is in Bridgeport on Bass Pro Drive. Firefighters report it was a Sherwin Williams truck.
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2022-08-05@2:07pm–#Milford CT– Today’s car fire is in the Walmart parking lot at 1365 Post Road.
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2022-08-05@1:00pm–#Fairfield CT– Report of a child on a bicycle hit by a car on Fairfield Woods Road near Morehouse Highway.
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(Hartford, CT) – Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 20 states in urging the Biden Administration to extend and expand temporary changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program to provide borrowers with more opportunities to get closer to loan forgiveness faster.
Under the PSLF Program, remaining balances on federal Direct Loans are forgiven after borrowers – dedicated public servants such as teachers, firefighters, nurses, police officers – make 120 qualifying payments while working full-time for a qualifying employer. However, due to the PSLF Program’s complexity and poor management, millions of public service workers have been unable to access forgiveness, and the program’s denial rates have been as high as 99 percent. To restore the promise of PSLF, in October 2021, the U.S. Department of Education announced a temporary “Limited PSLF Waiver” which temporarily offers millions of qualifying public service workers the chance to have previously nonqualifying repayment periods counted toward loan forgiveness. The Department plans to conduct a one-time account adjustment later this fall that will count certain long-term forbearance periods toward forgiveness under PSLF.
In their letter sent to President Biden and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, the attorneys general request an extension of the Limited PSLF Waiver’s deadline on October 31, 2022, noting that many borrowers remain unaware of or confused by the waiver, and that an extension is necessary to enable borrowers to get the information and help they need to secure critical waiver benefits. The letter also cautions against ending the waiver just two months after the federal loan portfolio is scheduled to resume repayment and amidst an ongoing transfer to a new PSLF servicer. Further, the letter expresses concerns over subjecting borrowers to repeated PSLF rule changes over a relatively short period of time.
“Millions of teachers, nurses, first responders and other dedicated public servants have been unfairly denied promised loan forgiveness due to longstanding bureaucratic dysfunction. President Biden and Secretary Cardona were right to recognize this injustice, and to provide waivers to get applicants back on track. But the waiver deadline is now just a few months away, and too many borrowers are still unaware of or confused by this process. We need to extend the waiver, and streamline this process to get relief to everyone who needs it,” said Attorney General Tong.
The attorneys general also argue that the waiver should automatically count all forbearance periods toward loan forgiveness and made available to all federal loan borrowers to address pervasive servicer misconduct and resulting missed opportunities to make qualifying payments. In addition, the attorneys general advocate for equal treatment for all federal loan borrowers by recommending that waiver benefits be expanded to include all Parent PLUS borrowers and borrowers who obtained FFEL joint consolidation loans with spouses.
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2022-08-04@11:22pm–#Bridgeport CT– Tonight’s vehicle fire is located at Grant and Seaview Avenue. The car is fully engulfed and endangering another car to catch fire. Firefighters going to work!
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Police UPDATE:
Last night at approximately 2045hrs a Bridgeport Police Officer was flagged down in the area of Park Ave and John St. The party indicated seeing a street fight at the corners of Fairfield Ave and Park Ave. A call was received into the Bridgeport ECC regarding a party that witnessed a female being pulled into a vehicle.
Bridgeport Police were dispatched to the area and based upon preliminary reports it appears that the incident was a street fight amongst known parties with parties fleeing the area. Bridgeport PD cannot corroborate a kidnapping and there have been no notifications of any missing persons or an abduction. BPD has been in contact with several parties involved in the incident. This is an active investigation.
2022-08-04@8;52pm–#Bridgeport CT– Police are looking for a reddish sedan that pulled over at Park Avenue and John Street. According to radio reports to area towns, 6 males got out of the car, assaulted a woman, and threw her into the car, possibly headed north on I-95.
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2022-0804@6:00pm–#Fairfield CT– A car had its window smashed and a laptop taken while parked at Whole Foods 350 Grasmere Avenue.
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VIDEO REPORT– 2022-08-04 #Bridgeport CT– A number of viewers have reached out to me to let me know about tombstones discarded just a couple of feet from the splash pad outside Luis Marin School on the Boston Avenue side. Lakeview Cemetery is across the street but it is not known if the two are connected. It is not known how long they have been there but they are behind a fenced-in area of a small building being demolished.
One stone is of PFC Morris J. Cohen who served in the US Army during WWII. The other stone is a mother, Gertrude Jones who passed in 1981. Cohen’s year of death is hard to make out, looks like 1983.
Frank Recchia of News12 plans a report on Saturday. If you know or are related to either of these two people please message Frank on Facebook.
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