Today’s Car Fire
2022-08-05@2:07pm--#Milford CT-- Today's car fire is in the Walmart parking lot at 1365 Post Road. This news report is made possible by:
Fairfield News: Child On Bicycle Hit By Car
2022-08-05@1:00pm--#Fairfield CT-- Report of a child on a bicycle hit by a car on Fairfield Woods Road near Morehouse Highway. This news report is made possible by:
Attorney General Tong Urges the Biden Administration to Provide More Time and Opportunity for Borrowers to Achieve Loan Forgiveness
(Hartford, CT) – Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 20 states in urging the Biden Administration to extend and expand temporary changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program to provide borrowers with more opportunities to get closer to loan forgiveness faster. Under the PSLF Program, remaining balances on federal Direct Loans are forgiven after borrowers – dedicated public servants such as teachers, firefighters, nurses, police officers – make 120 qualifying payments while working full-time for a qualifying employer. However, due to the PSLF Program’s complexity and poor management, millions of public service workers have been unable to access forgiveness, and the program’s denial rates have been as high as 99 percent. To restore the promise of…
Tonight’s Vehicle Fire
2022-08-04@11:22pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Tonight's vehicle fire is located at Grant and Seaview Avenue. The car is fully engulfed and endangering another car to catch fire. Firefighters going to work! See ALL our posts, not just what Facebook shows you. Download our FREE app, search Doing It Local at the app store-Apple and Android. This news report is made possible by: Visit Interstate's website at: https://ctbattery.com/
Bridgeport News: Possible Kidnapping
Police UPDATE: Last night at approximately 2045hrs a Bridgeport Police Officer was flagged down in the area of Park Ave and John St. The party indicated seeing a street fight at the corners of Fairfield Ave and Park Ave. A call was received into the Bridgeport ECC regarding a party that witnessed a female being pulled into a vehicle. Bridgeport Police were dispatched to the area and based upon preliminary reports it appears that the incident was a street fight amongst known parties with parties fleeing the area. Bridgeport PD cannot corroborate a kidnapping and there have been no notifications of any missing persons or an abduction. BPD has been in contact with several parties involved in the incident. This is…
Fairfield News: Smash And Grab
2022-0804@6:00pm--#Fairfield CT-- A car had its window smashed and a laptop taken while parked at Whole Foods 350 Grasmere Avenue. This news report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: Tombstones Found At Splash Pad
VIDEO REPORT-- 2022-08-04 #Bridgeport CT-- A number of viewers have reached out to me to let me know about tombstones discarded just a couple of feet from the splash pad outside Luis Marin School on the Boston Avenue side. Lakeview Cemetery is across the street but it is not known if the two are connected. It is not known how long they have been there but they are behind a fenced-in area of a small building being demolished.One stone is of PFC Morris J. Cohen who served in the US Army during WWII. The other stone is a mother, Gertrude Jones who passed in 1981. Cohen's year of death is hard to make out, looks like 1983.Frank Recchia of News12…
Fairfield News: Rollover Injures Construction Worker
2022-08-04@1:31pm--#Fairfield CT-- A construction worker was injured when the truck he was operating rolled over on Hillside Road near Cobblers Hill Road.
Bridgeport News: Crash with injuries
2022-08-04@11:32:00 AM-- Report of a crash with injuries at Huntington and Broadbridge Avenue. This news report is made possible by:
MISSING PERSONS SILVER ALERT – EMILY BENITEZ + OLIVER ORTIZ
On July 27, 2022 15-year-old Emily Benitez and her 5-month-old infant son Oliver Ortiz were reported missing by the family’s CT Department of Children and Families (DCF) case worker. To fit the criteria for an amber alert there needs to be an imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death. On August 3, 2022, a silver alert was implemented by the CT Department of Public Safety. Emily is described as approximately 5’ tall/110 lbs. having brown hair/eyes. The child, Oliver, is only five-months-old and has brown hair/eyes. The Bridgeport Police Department is working with our law enforcement partners to bring this incident to a safe and speedy conclusion. We are asking for the public’s help in locating Emily and Oliver. …