The Stratford Library Reference Department and its Knit Wits program present a Yarn Swap on Saturday, January 27 (2024) at 11 am. The program is free and open to the public. One crafter’s unwanted yarn is another’s inspiration. Do you have a yarn stash that is languishing, unused and unappreciated? Crafters are invited to bring their unwanted yarn to the Library’s first-ever Yarn Swap. Participants should package their yarn in clear bags and be ready to negotiate with fellow yarn lovers. Tables will be available to set-up and display yarns and crafters can also bring knitting accessories (books, needles, project bags) which need to be in good and clean condition. Attendees are also encouraged to stay and knit. Light refreshments will be available. The Yarn Swap will be held in the Stratford Library Lovell Room from 11 am – 2 pm on January 27. Due to limited space, registration is required by calling the Stratford Library at 203.385.4164 or online at: https://stratfordlibrary.libcal.com/event/11364456.
2023-12-17@5:37pm–#Fairfield CT– #cttraffic— Police are on scene of a “rolling domestic” or a domestic argument in a moving car at exit 21 of I-95. It was first reported in Bridgeport with the woman waving her hands out the back seat window.
The Connecticut congressional delegation, including U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, along with U.S. Representatives John B. Larson, Rosa DeLauro, Joe Courtney, Jim Himes, and Jahana Hayes, has announced $6.6 million in funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for eight traffic safety projects in Connecticut. The funds, awarded through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant program, aim to prevent roadway deaths and serious injuries. The federal investment seeks to enhance the safety of Connecticut’s roadways for pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists, addressing the concerning rise in traffic-related fatalities.
The funding will support various projects across the state, including a regional transportation safety plan for the Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments, a Silas Deane Highway Corridor Study in Wethersfield and Rocky Hill, a sidewalk inventory and safety planning initiative in the City of Hartford, a Comprehensive Traffic Safety Plan in Middletown, a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan Grant for the City of Danbury, and similar safety action plans for Ridgefield and Glastonbury. The Western Connecticut Council of Governments will receive substantial funds for safety improvements, including new crosswalks, curb extensions, bus stops, and speed reduction efforts. These projects align with the Safe Streets and Roads for All program’s goal of achieving zero deaths and serious injuries on the nation’s roadways.
This federal investment comes at a crucial time when traffic fatalities have reached record highs. The delegation emphasizes the significance of these projects in promoting safer roadways for all users and addresses the urgent need to reduce traffic-related deaths and enhance overall roadway safety. The announcement coincides with ongoing efforts, including Senator Blumenthal’s reintroduction of the Road to Zero resolution, aiming to eliminate roadway fatalities by 2050 through improved data collection and access to safe transportation options.
2023-12-16@3:55pm–#Bridgeport CT– A man in his forties suffered head trauma and a deformed leg as a result of a crash with a car at Main and Broad Street.
he Bridgeport Fire Department hosted a ceremony to highlight the graduating Recruit Class of 02-2023 with a distribution of their probationary helmets to start their career.
2023-12-15 1:30pm — #Bridgeport CT — A 4 car motor vehicle accident on 27a North reportedly sends 3 to the hospital and 27a North is currently shut down, and they are about to start to shut down the highway.
2023-12-14@10:18pm–#Fairfield CT– Firefighters are investigating a smoke condition in the basement at Geronimo Tequila Bar & Southwest Grill at 2070 Post Road.
On 11/29/23 at around 11:30 pm, the Fairfield police responded to a glass break alarm at Lenox Jewelers located at 2500 Black Rock Turnpike. When an Officer arrived on scene, he located a vehicle exiting the parking lot of Lenox Jewelers. The Officer was unable to stop the vehicle as it fled at a high rate of speed. Officers confirmed that a burglary in fact just occurred. Entry was made through a smashed out front window and around $56,000 in jewelry had been taken. The investigation of the burglary was then followed up by the Quality-of-Life unit who collaborated with the Bridgeport Auto Theft Task Force. Investigators identified a vehicle of interest from the burglary and had located that vehicle on 12/7/23. At this time, investigators started to surveil the vehicle. At around 12:00am, Investigators observed the vehicle travel into the parking lot of Lenox Jewelers. It continued to the rear of the building, Officers converged on the vehicle and placed the operator into custody before he was able to commit another burglary into Lenox. Juan J Aviles (DOB 05/29/1993) was arrested and charged with C.G.S. 53a-49/53a-101 Criminal Attempt of Burglary 1st and C.G.S. 53a-167a Interfering With Police/Resisting and for C.G.S. 14-147(c) Misuse of Plates with a bond of $250,000. Aviles was transported to court on 12/8/23.
The Bridgeport Police have released a video of a “person of interest “in a case involving a deceased woman found in shopping cart in an East End parking lot in November.
The deceased female was identified as 37 year-old Rickeyta Baker, DOB: 01/20/86. of Bridgeport. She was discovered next to a dumpster, behind 1028 Stratford Ave., at approximately 4:00 p.m. on November 3rd, 2023.
The department’s Homicide Unit took over the investigation. Detectives located surveillance video that showed what appeared to be a male wheeling Ms. Baker into the lot in the shopping cart, three days earlier, on October 31st, 2023. at approximately 3:30 a.m.
The same person was then seen on video walking north of Fifth St several minutes later. That video is being released today.
The department is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the person in the video. Detectives are requesting the public pay special attention to his walk and jacket. They believe the person is familiar with the East End, and may reside there.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner conducted an autopsy on Ms. Baker. The results are pending.
Anyone with information in asked to contact Detective Keith Hanson at (203) 581-5243. All tips will be confidential.
