Bridgeport

Bridgeport News: $500K In Grants For Homeless Youth

#Bridgeport Connecticut--#WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and U.S. Representative Jim Himes (CT-4) on Wednesday announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded a three-year, $179,776 per year federal grant to the Council of Churches of Greater Bridgeport, Inc., to support the Janus Center for Youth in Crisis. With help from this grant, the Janus Center will provide shelter and homelessness prevention and intervention services to 1,200 male, female and transgender runaway, homeless and street youth under the age of 18 from Bridgeport, Stratford, Fairfield, Trumbull, Monroe and Easton. The Janus Center runs a 24-hour crisis hotline; provides youth and family counseling; conducts mental health, substance abuse, and trafficking assessments;…

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Bridgeport News: Police Pursuit Terminated

8:44pm--#Bridgeport Connecticut-- A pursuit that started around East Main Street, then the wrong way on Boston Avenue to Route 8 northbound ended after police broke it off near exit 8.  The car was a stolen vehicle.   This new report is made possible by: 8:44pm--#Bridgeport Connecticut-- Una búsqueda que comenzó alrededor de East Main street, y luego en WRONG WAY por la avenida Boston hasta ruta 8 en dirección Norte. Terminó cuando la policía lo paro en la salida 8. El auto era un vehículo robado.

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Bridgeport News: A Resuscitates Person Thought To Be Dead

4:44pm--#Bridgeport Connecticut-- Bridgeport Police detectives dispatched to a home where the person was thought to be dead.  EMS from American Medical Response (AMR) resuscitates the victim.  WAY TO GO!   4:44pm--#Bridgeport Connecticut -  Detectives de la policía de Bridgeport fueron enviados a un hogar donde la persona se pensó que habia muerto. EMS desde el American Response ( AMR ) resucita la victima.

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