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Norwalk

Pizza Delivery Driver Robbed: Suspect Arrested in Norwalk

Mar 21, 2024 Alex

On February 24, 2024, at 11:00 PM, Norwalk Police Combined Dispatch received a distress call reporting a robbery involving a pizza delivery driver on Meadow Street. The incident occurred after a phone order was placed at a local restaurant for delivery to a specified address on Meadow Street. Upon arriving at the designated location, the delivery driver encountered an individual identified as Thompson. Thompson, purportedly armed and using intimidation tactics, proceeded to rob the driver by rifling through his pockets and seizing his belongings. Following extensive investigative efforts by the Norwalk Police Detective Bureau, the suspect was identified as Harlie Thompson, prompting the issuance of a warrant for his arrest. On March 20, 2024, Harlie Thompson voluntarily surrendered to authorities…

Bridgeport

Bridgeport News: Fire

Mar 21, 2024 Alex

At 12:43pm today, the Bridgeport ECC received c 911 call from a City of Bridgeport Public Facilities worker that there was a fire in the pit at the Asylum Street Transfer Station. BFD Units along with BPD were dispatched to the location. First on-scene Fire unit reported a working fire which was declared under control in approximately 25 minutes. No injuries occurred, DEEP and the gas company responded as well. The fire is currently under investigation with the Fire Marshal’s office.

State News

BLUMENTHAL SPONSORS LEGISLATION TO CRACK DOWN ON PRICE FIXING ALGORITHMS THAT HELP PREDATORY LANDLORDS RAISE RENTS

Mar 20, 2024 Alex

[HARTFORD, CT] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) joined Senate colleagues in introducing two new bills that would ban predatory practices by landlords who use pricing algorithms to avoid competition and raise rents. Senator Blumenthal is a cosponsor of both the Preventing Algorithmic Collusion Act, which would prevent companies from using algorithms to collude to set higher prices, and the Preventing the Algorithmic Facilitation of Rental Housing Cartels Act, which would crack down on companies that help landlords increase rents in already high-priced markets. “This practice affects housing throughout Connecticut. This kind of conscious collusion ought to be stopped. It is inflating rents for the ordinary person who goes to the landlord and is given a price that is based on an…

State News Uncategorized

GOVERNOR LAMONT URGES APPROVAL OF LEGISLATION STRENGTHENING CONNECTICUT’S PAID SICK DAYS STATUTES

Mar 19, 2024 Alex

(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont is urging the Connecticut General Assembly to approve legislation he proposed for consideration this session that will expand and strengthen the state’s paid sick days statutes to ensure that more workers have the ability to take time off from work when they are sick or need to care for a sick family member without sacrificing a day’s wage or risk losing their employment. The proposal will also enact safeguards in these statutes for small businesses to ensure that the right to paid sick days is not being misused. “Our current paid sick days laws include important protections for some workers, however there are broad categories of workers who are left unprotected,” Governor Lamont said. “If…

Bridgeport

Bridgeport Police Arrest Felon Found with Stolen Firearm

Mar 19, 2024 Alex

On March 14, 2024, Officers D. Teixeira and Z. Schuler of the Bridgeport Police Patrol Division responded to a reported incident on the east side of the city. Upon arrival, they initiated an investigation that resulted in the recovery of a stolen Smith and Wesson 9mm firearm, equipped with a loaded seventeen-round magazine, from Boysie Vega, a 32-year-old resident of the city. Further inquiry revealed that Vega, a convicted felon, was unlawfully in possession of the firearm. Vega faces multiple charges, including criminal possession of a firearm, carrying a pistol without a permit, illegal possession of a high-capacity magazine, stealing a firearm, illegal transfer of a firearm, and violation of a protective order. Bond was set at $50,000.

State News

GOVERNOR LAMONT ANNOUNCES $400,000 IN STATE GRANTS TO SUPPORT FINANCIAL WELLNESS AND EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS

Mar 18, 2024 Alex

(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont, Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz, and Banking Commissioner Jorge Perez today announced the release of three state grants totaling more than $400,000 that will be used to support programs focused on improving the financial wellness of Connecticut residents with a priority focus on women and girls. The grants are being awarded through a competitive RFP process issued by the Connecticut Department of Banking that solicited proposals centered on the grant’s objectives. “These grants will be used to support programs that empower people to improve their own financial stability through education and training, with a particular focus on our underserved populations, including women and girls,” Governor Lamont said. “I appreciate the partnership of the organizations that are…

Uncategorized

Bridgeport Police Make Breakthrough Arrest in Jewelry Store Robbery Case

Mar 18, 2024 Alex

On March 15, 2024, the Bridgeport Police initiated their first arrest in connection with the violent armed robbery that occurred at an East Side Jewelry store in June 2023. Adam Buster, 32, a Bridgeport resident, was apprehended by Bridgeport Regional Task Force Officers at his workplace in Shelton without any resistance. He faces charges including Robbery in the First Degree, Assault in the Second Degree, and Larceny in the First Degree for his involvement in the robbery at ABC Jewelry on June 10th, 2023, with his bond set at $750,000. During the June 10th incident, three masked suspects armed with guns stormed into ABC Jewelry, forcing employees into a back room where they were assaulted and robbed of personal belongings.…

Bridgeport

Mayor Ganim and the City of Bridgeport Announce the Return of Household Bulk Pickup

Mar 18, 2024 Alex

Bridgeport, CT – Today, Mayor Ganim and the City of Bridgeport announced the return of the Household Bulk Trash Pickup Program for 2024. This program gives residents the opportunity to discard large items, such as furniture and appliances, that may be difficult to transport to the Transfer Station and are not part of regular weekly trash collection. The program will have different guidelines for removal this year, where residents will be able to discard trash on scheduled date periods specified by the Department of Public Facilities, depending on the district. This will further give residents the flexibility to have their pickup completed at a time that is most convenient for them. Public Facilities has established a dedicated phone number for residents to…

State News

Household Hazardous Waste Day

Mar 17, 2024 Alex

Saturday, April 13, 2024 RAIN or SHINE 9am – 2pm Greens Farms Railroad Station, Parking Lot #1, New Creek Road, Westport CT (Located between I-95 and Metro-North Railroad tracks) Household Hazardous Waste Day is a NO CHARGE regional program for residents of Westport, Norwalk, New Canaan, Darien, Stamford, and Greenwich to safely dispose of their household hazardous wastes. Products such as cleaners, gasoline and pesticides can pollute the environment and jeopardize public health when they are disposed of improperly. Residents of participating towns may safely dispose of the following types of hazardous waste: gasoline, kerosene, spray paint, paint strippers, paint thinners, solvents, paints, stains, turpentine, varnishes, wood preservatives, degreasers, fertilizers, fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, pesticides, bleach, charcoal lighter, cleaning chemicals, drain…

Stratford

Community Book Discussion a Zoom SeriesStratford Library, First Congregational Church & CARE Are Sponsors

Mar 16, 2024 Alex

A special Community Book Discussion of When We Walk By led by co-author Donald W.Burnes is currently underway in Stratford. The Zoom series, co-sponsored by the StratfordLibrary, the First Congregational Church of Stratford and CARE (Citizens Addressing Racial Equity),begins on Monday, March 18 and will continue on weekly Monday evenings through April 29.When We Walk By provides a deeply humanizing look that radically changes onesunderstanding of neighbors, poverty, and homelessness. Believing we can make inroads inresolving homelessness and poverty in our community, the multipart discussion series welcomesall to attend, even if they have not yet read the book. Free copies of When We Walk By arecurrently available at the Stratford Library while supplies last.After the March 18 talk, the next…

Pizza Delivery Driver Robbed: Suspect Arrested in Norwalk

Bridgeport News: Fire

BLUMENTHAL SPONSORS LEGISLATION TO CRACK DOWN ON PRICE FIXING ALGORITHMS THAT HELP PREDATORY LANDLORDS RAISE RENTS

GOVERNOR LAMONT URGES APPROVAL OF LEGISLATION STRENGTHENING CONNECTICUT’S PAID SICK DAYS STATUTES

Bridgeport Police Arrest Felon Found with Stolen Firearm

GOVERNOR LAMONT ANNOUNCES $400,000 IN STATE GRANTS TO SUPPORT FINANCIAL WELLNESS AND EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS

Bridgeport Police Make Breakthrough Arrest in Jewelry Store Robbery Case

Mayor Ganim and the City of Bridgeport Announce the Return of Household Bulk Pickup

Household Hazardous Waste Day

Community Book Discussion a Zoom SeriesStratford Library, First Congregational Church & CARE Are Sponsors

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