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.

City Of Bridgeport To Observe Veterans Day

BRIDGEPORT, CT – The City of Bridgeport offices will be closed to observe Veterans Day. Additionally, residents are advised of the following holiday schedule for sanitation, recycling, brown bag collection, the transfer station, and City COVID-19 testing. Sanitation and Recycling pick-up routes Veterans Day sanitation and recycling pick-up will remain on schedule, Thursday routes will not be affected by the holiday. Brown Bag collection Brown bag collection is happening on your Recycling Day. Collection will be delayed on Veterans Day with Thursday routes to be picked up on Friday. *If pick-up is delayed by more than one day, do not remove bags from the curb—the public facilities crew will service your neighborhood as soon as possible. Transfer Station Closed Thursday, November 11th (Veterans Day) Reopens Wednesday, November 12th *City of…

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Data Breach Warning

Attorney General William Tong urged Robinhood users to exercise additional caution following a data breach that exposed millions of customer names and email addresses. The online stock trading platform confirmed today that a hacker tricked a customer service representative over the phone into turning over access to Robinhood’s customer support systems. That information gave the hacker access to email addresses for five million people, and the full names of two million people. The hacker then demanded a ransom payment from Robinhood. “Data breaches, particularly those involving ransom demands, are a ubiquitous modern threat to businesses and consumers. The Robinhood hacker will likely now use the email addresses and names they have harvested to send phishing emails to try to extract…

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2021 Family Holiday Giving Program

Fairfield Social Services has kicked off its 2021 Family Holiday Giving Program to help Fairfield families in need during the  holiday season. Last year more than 150 families received gift cards, generously donated by their neighbors, including individuals, businesses, faith-based and community  organizations. COVID has brought many challenges from job loss to childcare expense and many worries in between. Rather than   collecting wrapped gifts and toys, we are again requesting gift cards for supermarkets, gas stations, your favorite local stores and businesses, Amazon, Target, Walmart - anywhere families shop for their loved ones for the holidays. During this special, yet stressful time of year, our goal is to support with gift cards to help purchase items for their loved ones.…

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