Bridgeport Cold Weather Protocol Activated
Bridgeport, CT – Mayor Joe Ganim today announced that the Bridgeport Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security will activated the city’s cold weather protocol tomorrow through Saturday morning December 17, 2016 at 6:00 a.m. This means all Bridgeport public library branches and senior centers as well as the Greater Bridgeport Transit Terminal will be open during the day as warming centers. In addition, the United Congregational Church located at 877 Park Avenue will serve as an overflow shelter for anyone in need of a warm shelter during the extreme cold temperatures expected to impact the region for the next two days. “With frigid weather expected to drop temperatures to sub-zero levels and extreme wind chill, everyone who needs…