Bridgeport News: Out Of Control Voter
2019-11-05@11:49pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Police dispatched to Barnum School on Waterview Avenue for an out of control voter. No other details provided. This news report is made possible by:
Governor Receives Plan On Harmful Gas
HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the Connecticut Interagency PFAS Task Force, the group he created this summer and tasked with making recommendations for him to consider that address the potential harmful effects of a widely-used class of chemicals known as PFAS, has transmitted to his office its final action plan. The plan recommends testing water supplies across the state, reducing the sources of PFAS in the environment, and cleaning up known contamination due to this class of emerging pollutants. “I applaud the work of this task force, which is the result of a collaborative effort among public, private, and nonprofit stakeholders coming together to address an emerging contaminant with real impacts globally, nationally, and right here in Connecticut,” Governor…
Murphy Wants Bill To Accommodate Students From Puerto Rico
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) this week introduced the ELEVATE Act (S.2761), bicameral legislation that will ensure states receive the federal funding necessary to provide high-quality instruction to students learning English. Specifically this legislation will correct a flawed funding formula the U.S. Department of Education uses to allocate funds to states by fully capturing the number of K-12 students who relocate to the mainland from Puerto Rico. This bill would allow Puerto Rican students to be fully counted in the annual grant allocation that states receive under the English Language Acquisition grant program. Correcting this flaw will be especially helpful to states like Connecticut and Florida, which…
Bridgeport News; EbLens Robbed…AGAIN
2019-11-04@8:50pm--#Bridgeport CT- The Eblens, located at 56 Boston Avenue was robbed by 1 woman and 2 men of $3,000 worth of merchandise. One of the men punched the manager in the face. They fled in a dark SUV. This same store was robbed of $3,000 in merchandise back on October 3rd. This news report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: Man Shot
5:44pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A man was shot in the upper thigh and arm on Mountain Grove Street. He did not have life-threatening injuries but was in a great deal of pain. This is still breaking news so there isn't a lot of details at this moment.
Trumbull News: Trumbull PD Charge Waterbury Man On Robbing Elderly Woman
#Trumbull CT-- Trumbull Police detectives charged a Waterbury man for robbing an elderly woman at the Westfield Trumbull Mall in August and stealing her car. Jordan Savage, age 25, of Waterbury, was apprehended when he was stopped by Watertown Police on Friday night and was arrested without incident after they learned of the active warrant for his arrest out of Trumbull. He was transported to Trumbull Police Headquarters where he was processed on numerous charges. After an extensive investigation, Trumbull Police detectives had identified Savage through a series of related crimes and an additional stolen vehicle from locations in Connecticut and New York State. The vehicle he had stolen from Trumbull was recovered days later in Staten Island, NY and…
Health Literacy Month
#WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Tim Scott (R-S.C.), on Thursday introduced a bipartisan resolution designating October as “Health Literacy Month.” “Managing your health care benefit shouldn’t be so complicated to understand. Improving health literacy will go a long way toward reducing barriers to care and bringing down the health costs for the people of Connecticut. I’m proud to join my colleagues in introducing this important resolution just days before open enrollment season begins,” said Murphy. “Improving health literacy could help lower rates of diabetes, obesity, and high blood pressure as more people understand symptoms, nutrition, and fitness. I joined this resolution to encourage people in places like Mississippi to become proactive in understanding their health…
Bridgeport News: Woman Shot
2019-11-03@10:44pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A woman was shot in the arm by her ex according to radio reports. She suffered a non-life-threatening injury from a small caliber gun and she was transported to the hospital by EMS.
Bridgeport News: Smoking At The ATM
2019-11-03@8:41pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Someone smoking at the ATM at TD Bank at 4865 Main Street set off the fire alarm and is why firefighters are there. This news report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: 4 Detained 2 Pellet Guns Recovered
2019-11-03@6:37pm--#Bridgeport CT--Four teens detained with one teen still at large for shooting at cars with pellet guns at Lafayette Park/Nanny Goat Park on Oak Street according to radio reports. This news report is made possible by: