irfield News: Fence Fire
2022-06-24@9:18pm--#Fairfield CT-- Firefighters extinguish a vinyl fence fire along the Park North Condos at 3927 Park Avenue. This news report is made possible by:
New Eversource Program Aims to Improve Electric Resiliency in Hardest Hit Neighborhoods
With trees causing 90% of outages during storms and severe weather happening more often, Eversource is launching a new, data-driven approach to vegetation management. The energy company has identified electric lines on its network with the worst reliability performance and is looking to collaborate with individual property owners and their community leaders to look at the vegetation along those lines. Using 10 years of outage data, Eversource arborists are working to understand how concentrated tree work, including retention and planting of appropriate utility-compatible trees can strengthen the grid to make it more resilient during powerful storms. “Our goal is to find a collaborative solution with our customers and communities that has the potential to significantly reducetree-related outages during storms,” said Eversource Vice President of Operation…
Tonight’s Vehicle Fire
2022-06-23@11:51pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Tonight's vehicle fire is a tractor trailer under the underpass on Bass Pro Drive. This news report is made possible by:
Fairfield News: Outdoor Diners Pelted With Eggs
2022-06-23@10:10pm--#Fairfield CT-- The manager at Geronimo Tequila Bar & Southwest Grill located at 2070 Post Road called police to say that diners eating outside were pelted with eggs by someone in a passing car. This news report is made possible by:
Stratford News: Scooter-Car Collide
2022-06-23@7:45pm--#Stratford CT-- Report of a scooter and car colliding in the 900 block of Ferry Boulevard near Danny's.This news report is made possible by:
I-95 Crash
2022-06-23@10:47am--#Fairfield CT- #cttraffic-- A car slammed in to the back of a truck according to radio reports on I-95 near exit 21. It appears to be southbound.
CONNECTICUT CO-LEADS $1.25 MILLION MULTISTATE SETTLEMENT OVER 2019 CARNIVAL CRUISE LINE DATA BREACH
Connecticut to Receive $67,505(Hartford, CT) – Attorney General William Tong announced that Connecticut, along with 45 other attorneys general, has obtained a $1.25 million multistate settlement with Florida-based Carnival Cruise Line stemming from a 2019 data breach that involved the personal information of approximately 180,000 Carnival employees and customers nationwide. Connecticut will receive $67,505.86 from the settlement.In March 2020, Carnival publicly reported a data breach in which an unauthorized actor gained access to certain Carnival employee e-mail accounts. The breach included names, addresses, passport numbers, driver’s license numbers, payment card information, health information, and a relatively small number of Social Security Numbers. More than 1,200 Connecticut residents were impacted.Breach notifications sent to attorneys general offices stated that Carnival first became…
Fed Gas Tax Suspended
U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) released the following statement in support of President Biden’s announcement urging Congress to approve a three-month suspension of the 18.4 cent per gallon federal gas tax.“I’ve urged for months that the federal gas tax be suspended and commend President Biden’s support for this action. The savings from this measure must be passed along to consumers – not hoarded by major companies – to make a measurable difference at the pump.” “After this good first step, more must be done to combat Big Oil’s rising prices and profits. I’m demanding a windfall profits tax to give hundreds of dollars back to consumers through quarterly rebates because Big Oil companies continue to pocket record profits while consumers…
Bridgeport News: Homicide Arrest
2022-06-22 #Bridgpeport CT-- This evening, Amheir Noel (DOB: 7/15/02 of P.T. Barnum Housing Complex, building #6, apt #208) was arrested for fatally shooting Kyle Dear in the P.T. Barnum Housing Complex on June 13th. Noel had been arrested by our gang task force earlier today on unrelated charges in the town of Milford. During a post-arrest interview, Noel admitted to shooting Dear. The murder was said to be in response to Dear’s friends robbing and pistol-whipping Noel.Noel is charged with Murder and Carrying a Pistol Without a Permit. He is being held on a $2,500,000 bond and will be arraigned in court tomorrow.This was outstanding work by the lead investigator, Detective Thomas Harper, and all the detectives that worked on…
Asian Longhorned Ticks Identified In Fairfield Beach Area
FAIRFIELD, Connecticut (June 21, 2022) – Last week researchers from Western Connecticut State University’s (WCSU) Tickborne Disease Prevention Laboratory identified several Asian longhorned ticks (ALT’s) from a dog of a Fairfield beacharea resident. Due to this finding, the WCSU research team yesterday conducted surveillance sampling of the overflow grass parking areas of Penfield Beach and various areas at Jennings Beach and found a significant number of these ticksin these areas, indicating that these ticks are now well established in the Fairfield Beach area. While ALT’s are known to transmit disease in other countries, they are not known to transmit any diseases to humans or pets in the US at this time. These ticks can be a concern to livestock, and…