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.

Fairfield School Bus Accident

Police are investigating an accident between a pickup truck and First Student school bus on the Black Rock Turnpike southbound near the Merritt Parkway entrance/exit area shortly before 11:15am Monday morning.  One student was on board but there appeared to be no injuries.   No ambulance was on scene nor was one called.  We will update if any further  information becomes available.  

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Fire on Congress Street Fairfield

ON SATRUDAY December 5, 2011 AT 7:19 PM the Fairfield 911 received a request from a homeowner on Congress Street to check on a roof fire that had been extinguished by her friends.  Jody Hoffman, of 3590 Congress Street noticed a small fire on a second floor porch roof while showing some friends the upstairs of her home.  According to the homeowner sparks and embers from a fire in the fireplace had gone up the chimney and landed on the flat roof of a second floor porch, starting a small fire.  The fire was extinguished by her friends who formed a “bucket brigade” and poured water out the window.  Mrs. Hoffman contacted the fire department “just to be sure” the…

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Fire in Bridgeport leave numerous homeless

Shortly after 7pm Saturday night firefighters responded to an apartment fire on the third floor of 223 Washington Avenue.   Firefighters rescued many from the four story Iroquois Apartments.  The fire broke out on the third floor on the left side of the building.  Assistant Fire Chief Ivan Fossesigurani tells us that the tennant of the apartment was in the bedroom with his girlfriend when his son was in a another  bedroom said there was a large pop and the apartment  filled with smoke.  One man on the fire floor suffered a hand burn but refused treatment at the scene.  No firefighter were hurt batteling the blaze.  The fire marshal is on the scene investigating.

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Happenings NOW 12-3 thru 12-5-2011

[SlideDeck id='494' width='100%' height='400px'] 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…

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Malloy, DOT, officials, cut ribbon on new Fairfield Metro Rail Station

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…

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Happy Meal Ban: McDonald’s Outsmarts San Francisco

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.....

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