1:39am–#Bridgeport CT–A contractor is painting road line in the street on Capitol Ave. and North Avenue area until 6am. You can expect slight delays in the area.
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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.
Tonight’s Car Fire
10:15am–#Bridgeport CT #ctfire–Tonight’s car fire is on Taft Avenue. Firefighters on the way. I hope he’s in “Good Hands”!
Fatal Motorcycle Accident
#Bridgeport CT–One man is dead after his motorcycle was hit by a pick up truck. Witnesses say the motorcycle was riding along with another motorcycle in pairs at a high rate of speed. The motorcyclist was thrown from his bike. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
AAA needed for a Model T
10:48am–#Fairfield CT–A Model T is broken down at the Post Road at the exit 19 on ramp. His wife told him to trade it in a half century ago!
Tonights Car Fire
11:25pm–#Bridgeport CT #ctfire–Tonight’s car fire is on Pleasantview Ave. , more like burning van view with a van fully engulfed in flames. Firefighters going to work.
Odor of burning
10:08pm–#Trumbull CT–Resident at Greenbrier Road reporting an odor of burning and a slight haze in the kitchen. Bet it’s going to be a compact florescent bulb, I had that happen a couple months ago.
Alarm puller
8:04pm–#Ansonia CT–There is a kid pulling false alarms at the fire alarm boxes in the Woodbridge Avenue area. Police and fire have their eyes out for him.
Unresponsive tanner
7:28pm–#Fairfield CT–EMS on the way to Beach Bum Tanning at 1330 Post Road for an unresponsive woman in a tanning booth.
Honky!
3:20pm–#Fairfield CT–A woman is calling police from the “Pod” condos at 713 Black Rock Tpke for a man honking his horn for the last half hour because someone took his parking spot. There is no reserved parking at the pod according to the woman……maybe the man should chill with a nice bottle of wine from our friends at
Premier Wine and Spirits 525 Tunxis Hill Rd in Fairfield!
Oven Fire
3:14pm–#Norwalk CT–Report an oven fire at 31 Lockwood Lane. Report that the fire is now out. They better call our friends Marsillio’s on Black Rock Turnpike in Fairfield afterwards! Pricing lower than the big box stores!