Stephen Krauchick

DoingItLocal is run by Steve Krauchick. Steve has always had interest with breaking news even as an early teen, opting to listen to the Watergate hearings instead of top 40 on the radio. His interest in news spread to become the communities breaking news leader in Connecticut’s Fairfield County. He strongly believes that the public has right to know what is happening in their backyard and that government needs to be transparent. Steve also likes promoting local businesses.

Bridgeport News: Attempted Abduction

2:02pm--#Bridgeport CT-- There was an attempted abduction in the 400 block of Beechwood Avenue.  A seventeen-year-old male told me and police that he did get in a car to help a middle-aged woman locate an address.  When he attempted to get out of the car the woman tried holding him back, ripping his shirt and scratching up his chest.  Police are looking for an older silver Honda with a white or Hispanic female who spoke with an accent.  She was about 45-50 years of age, with white/gray hair, about 170 pounds wearing glasses, a pink blouse and light blue pants.  The victim said he didn't think much about getting in the car because of age.  He refused medical treatment.   Of…

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Three things for CT residents to do on CT Clean Energy Day

There are a few ways to make your home high-performing – and one you’ll truly fall in love with. High-performance homes are airtight, comfortable, and healthy. Assess these three areas to get started. Make sure your home is air-tight with proper insulation. You wouldn’t wear a jacket with holes in it when you go out in the cold, so why allow gaps and poorly-insulated areas to let the frosty air into your home? Sealing cracks and gaps in walls, attics, and crawl spaces as well as around wires, pipes, windows and door frames will help solve that, keeping the warm inside air from escaping. Don’t forget about properly insulating those same walls, attics, crawl spaces and around your ducts too.…

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Bridgeport News: McValentine?

11:33pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Police were called to the McDonalds at 250 North Avenue for a man trying to get into cars in the drive-thru. When police arrived they discovered the man fled up onto Route 8/25 where they now have him detained. Traffic was slowed on the highway until they caught up with him. This news report is made possible by:

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State Police Update On Wrong Way Parkway Crash

11pm 2/13--#Fairfield CT--#cttraffic-- State Police say Ashley Cooper, 59 of Bridgeport  was driving her 2005 Nissan Altima southbound in the northbound lane near the Morehouse Highway overpass in Fairfield last night and struck a 2016 Acadia SUV driven by Jeffrey Butler, 51, of Shelton and a RAV 4, identified as William McGeorge, 54, of Park Avenue.  Cooper and Butler were injured and transported to the hospital by AMR.  Butler's passenger and McGeorge were not injured according to the state police accident report.  The highway was shut down for over an hour.  Cooper was charged second-degree reckless endangerment, reckless driving and driving the wrong way on a divided highway.

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