Bridgeport

Bridgeport News: First Responders Show Appreciation

2020-04-16#Bridgeport CT-- Today the city of Bridgeport first-responders traveled in a caravan with lights and sirens to visit St Vincent’s Medical Center and Bridgeport Hospital in an act of appreciation to salute frontline healthcare workers and to recognize patients that are currently in their care at the hospitals due to COVID-19. Neighborhood residents were encouraged to beep, clap, wave.  The city also requested that onlookers follow social distancing guidelines, and either stay in their vehicles or remain 6’ apart.

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Fairfield News: Porsche Rollover

2020-04-16@10:5PM--#Fairfield CT-- A Porsche rolled on its side at Redding Road and Cross Highway near the Patterson Club with no one inside or near the vehicle.  The caller said they helped the driver out of the car and another car with a bunch of yoots inside picked up the driver and sped off.  There were also long skid marks on the hill Cross Highway matching the Porsche.  

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Prayers For Bridgeport Hospital

#Bridgeport CT--How about some likes for Iglesia Bautista Emanuel Church of 258 Harriet Street in Bridgeport? Their members donned personal protective equipment and came out to pray. Reverend William Gonzalez leads the prayers. for the staff, doctors, nurses, all the workers and patients of Bridgeport Hospital Wednesday night at dusk. Reverend William Gonzalez leads the prayers.

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Protests At Bridgeport Prison Facilities

#Bridgeport CT-- Protesters took to the streets at the North Avenue Jail looking for the release of inmates to the facility. According to a woman on a bull horn, she claims that one inmate has already died from the virus that allegedly was brought in by an outside employee. Protesters lined Fairmont Avenue, not the Madison Avenue front entrance. The protestors chanted “free them all” during the protest. Around 4:30 they moved the protest to the Juvenile Detention Center at Housatonic and Congress Street according to police radio reports.

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