Author: Stephen Krauchick

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12:39pm–State Police Divers locate the body of missing boater found–Richard Fiske, the 75 man who went missing in the Housatonic River last week in a boating mishap has been found according to State Police.

5:15am–#New Haven–Grinch arrested–Police recieved a telephone call at approximately 5:15 am reporting that a black male was stealing Christmas ornaments and bows from the city of new havens xmas tree on Church and Chapel at the New Haven Green. Several minutes later a police stopped a subject fitting the man’s desription at the intersection of Chapel and York where the suspect was taken into custody

5:48pm–#Fairfield–EMTs and fire department on the way to Chipotle Mexican Grill at 340
Grasmere Ave (next to Home Depot).  A female teen waiting in line passed out and hit her head.

4:30pm–Bridgeport–Shortly after 4:30pm fire rescue boats scrambled off Battery Road near the lighthouse of St. Mary’s By The Sea. A caller saw people on the breakers and thought they saw one of the people fall in.   After an extensive search turned up nothing and the call taker said they could have been mistaken.

3:26pm–#Fairfield–Heroin problem in town? The other day a mother turned her daughter in to police on Wilson Street; She caught her daughter shooting up.  Now we two people  unresponsive on Euclid Avenue after taking heroin. AMR on the way.    One male in and out of consciousness and one female unresponsive.

10:17pm–#Fairfeild–Customer locked in the CVS Pharmacy at 961 Black Rock Turnpike after the store closed.

10:12pm–#Fairfield–Fairfield University has a maroon Ford Bronco stopped and he claims to be with Fairfield Cab even though he has no meter, lights or license.  

 

Article by the Bridgeport News Video-DoingItLocal.com Photography Catherine Krauchick

Governor Dannel P. Malloy today joined state and local officials to mark the opening of the Fairfield Metro railroad station. The $90 million station, which will open for commuter service on Monday, Dec. 5, also includes 1,400 parking spaces.

Located midway between the Fairfield and Bridgeport stations, Fairfield Metro was built by the Connecticut Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Town of Fairfield. The DOT owns the entire station facility, while the station and parking lot will be operated and maintained by Fusco Management Company.

Connecticut train service is provided by Metro-North under contract to the DOT.

“This project will be an enormous advantage for Connecticut commuters — and state and local leaders should be congratulated for their efforts here,” said Malloy. “I have been clear that we need to continue to invest in our transit infrastructure — it is one way we strengthen our economy and improve regional competitiveness. This new station demonstrates the power of partnerships to benefit the town and the state.”

DOT Commissioner James P. Redeker noted that Fairfield Metro is fully ADA accessible with elevators on each platform. In addition, the station has two high-level platforms with full-length canopies that can accommodate 12 rail cars each.

Other station amenities include ticket vending machines, benches, shelters and a fully enclosed pedestrian overpass for easy passage between platforms. Recycling centers also are available on the platforms.

Beginning in January, bus service to and from the station will be provided by Greater Bridgeport Transit. Taxi service will be available at the station, which is located at 61 Constant Comment Way in Fairfield.

The New Haven Line, the busiest single rail line in the United States, carried 37.3 million people in 2010, a 2.8% increase over the previous year.

NEW HAVEN — Several upside-down American flags are flying over the Occupy New Haven encampment on the city Green, a move activists say symbolizes “a nation in distress.”  Read full story….

BRIDGEPORT — A man was found dead in a house on Columbia Street Wednesday morning from an apparent gunshot wound, police said.    Read more……

In order to include a toy with a meal, restaurants must now comply with city-generated nutritional standards. Those are standards that even the “healthier” Happy Meals McDonald’s introduced earlier this year don’t come close to meeting.  Yet it seems McDonald’s has turned lemons into lemonade — and is selling the sugary drink to San Francisco’s children. Local McDonald’s employees tell SF Weekly the company has devised a solution that appears to comply with San Francisco’s “Healthy Meal Incentive Ordinance” that could actually make the company more money — and necessitate toy-happy youngsters to buy more Happy Meals.  Read full story…..

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The doctor convicted in the overdose death of Michael Jackson was sentenced to the maximum four years behind bars Tuesday by a judge who denounced him as a reckless physician whose actions were a “disgrace to the medical profession.”  Read full article….

I had a personal appointment in Brookfield today and my GPS took me there the way of Route 58 through Redding and Bethel.  Cleaning up the debris of fallen tree branches from the ice storm last month is still a reality for these towns.    On November 2nd Bridgeport sent mutual aid support to Bethel providing one payloader, two dump trucks, a 40-yard dumpster and a two-person chainsaw crew, for a total of six crew members who spent the week clearing roads.   “While the City of Bridgeport was spared the brunt of this weekend’s nor’easter, some of our neighboring towns, like Bethel, were not so fortunate. We’re happy to lend a hand and provide their town with resources to aid in their clean-up. In the days following the tornado last year, and more recently, after Hurricane Irene, our neighbors were kind enough to help us, so we’re happy to return the favor,” said Mayor Bill Finch.

What is a distant bad memory for many in our area is still very real for many in Bethel and Redding.  The roads are lined with these reminders of branches at the side of the road waiting to be collected.

I encountered one minor delay as road crews worked a portion of the road.  Although the power has been restored downed telephone lines were still seen, probably forgotten land lines no longer used.

A new low of lows.  The plaques — which were on a large memorial dedicated in Witek’s honor on May 29, 1999 — were apparently stolen sometime between late Monday and Tuesday morning.

Williamson, 75, put the value of the plaques in the neighborhood of $10,000. He assumed someone stole them with the intent of selling them for scrap metal. He hopes any scrap metal merchant will realize the items are stolen, given the inscription which details Witek’s extraordinary actions during World War II.

Read full story and see additional photos Valley Indy Sentinel

A twenty year old driver and her 18 year old male passenger escaped injury during a rollover accident on Hoydens Hill Lane shortly after 8:15pm Monday night. In the video you can see the accident occurred just before the stop sign at Morehouse Highway. Details are sketchy at the time of this posting but it appears the 20 year old female driver was being questioned by police. Hoyden’s Hill and Hoyden’s Lane is a steep, sometimes winding road. Fairfield’s Planning Zoning Commission recently approved two ballparks to built in the area that will increase traffic on these roads.

An extensive search of the Housatonic River for a missing boater has been suspended for the night. Around 10:30 Monday morning a seventy five year old Woodbridge man who rented out a scull from the New Haven Rowing Club. The boat was found capsized and a search from began with mutual aid from many area towns after the boat was not returned after 2pm. His car remains parked at the rowing club parking lot. The search was suspended after 8:30pm and will resume on Tuesday.