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.

Senator Wants To Dissolve The NRA

WASHINGTON, DC] – Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement on the New York Attorney General’s lawsuit to dissolve the National Rifle Association (NRA):   “The NRA is rotten to the core – and this legal action will hasten its disintegration. For years, the NRA has been crumbling from within – rife with fraud, abuse, and misconduct. Responsible gun owners should be outraged that this organization has claimed to represent their interests while, instead, executives personally profit from their donations and work against reforms the majority of its membership supports. As the NRA implodes, its vice-like grip on lawmakers is weakening and we are finally seeing overdue gun violence reforms passed in…

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Fairfield News: Crash With Injuries

2020-08-06@5:40pm-- #  Fairfield CT crash with injuries reported at the intersection of King's Highway East and Chambers Street (near Cumberland Farms).  This is a challenging intersection on a good day let alone with the traffic lights being out due to the storm.   Our sponsor would have taught them that with traffic lights out you would handle this as a four way stop.  

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Where Are The Utility Trucks?

From city officials to citizens everyone is asking where are the utility trucks? If you see UI truck in your area, posted it here and what street it was on. Give a little hope your neighbors in getting their power restored. Let's just hope this isn't as difficult as playing Where's Waldo.   Has anyone seen an out-of-state utility truck helping out? Remember when all the other states would have hurricanes or ice storms and your power lines came down and then we sent our trucks out to help them out? Where are the out-of-state trucks when we need them?   This report is made possible by:  

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Bridgeport News: Mayor Wants To Sue UI

Bridgeport, CT – Mayor Ganim, who usually keeps constituents in the dark joined City officials to provide an update on the aftermath of Storm Isaias which includes the report of approximately 8,500 Bridgeport customers that remain without power.  In a response to Bridgeport’s Emergency Operations email for an update to restore power for vulnerable residents, United Illuminating stated they are “not providing estimated time of restoration.”     Mayor Ganim, “City’s across the state, like Bridgeport, need to take priority in recovery and restoration. This plan does not work.   It’s the urban centers that have high rise apartments with hundreds of people, vulnerable individuals, and seniors, as well as multi-generation homes with large families.  This is flagrant disregard for human lives.  The state’s most populated city, the…

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