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#Bridgeport: Want to be heard?

Want to be heard?  Open public forums to discuss challenges, ideas and solutions facing Bridgeport City Transition Task Force   Monday November 23rd:     Geraldine Johnson School, 1375 North Avenue, Bridgeport, CT    7:00 p.m.   Tuesday November 24th:    Jettie S. Tisdale School, 345 Logan Street, Bridgeport, CT        7:00 p.m.   This report is made possible by:

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Bridgeport News: Manhunt

10:19pm--#Bridgeport CT--#Fairfield CT--One suspect at large in the Brooklawn/North Avenue/Suburban Avenue wanted on narcotics charges.  Light skinned black male with dreadlocks.   In backyards last seen on Lynbrook Road off Villa Avenue in Fairfield .  One officer has been injured and taken to the hospital, unknown at this time how he was injured.      

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DoingItLocal Locates Stolen Landscape Truck

#Fairfield CT--#Bridgeport CT-- Earlier this afternoon I reported on a stolen Greenscape landscaping truck take on Park Avenue with the keys.  While on my way to see Larry at Interstate Batteries I turned down Dewey Street and located the truck.  I called 911 who transferred me to Bridgeport Police.  I gave them the plate number and told them the truck was unoccupied and that I would stay with it until police arrived.  About 5 minutes later I see a man watching me from across the street so I took a ride down the block.  It turned out to be the owner of the truck.  Fairfield Police arrived and confirmed it was in fact the stolen truck.  I asked the owner…

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Syrians Coming To Bridgeport

#Bridgeport CT--Today, Governor Malloy said that Connecticut will continue to accept more than 1,600 refugees from Syria.  Arizona, Texas, Michigan and Alabama and President Obama's home state of Illinois is suspending the refugee resettlement. The reason is that it is reported that some of the attackers in France came through Greece as a refugee. The International Institute Of Connecticut (IICONN) located at 670 Clinton Avenue in Bridgeport has been listed as a group accepting the refugess according to the US Refugee Public Affiliate Directory (see http://www.scribd.com/doc/280725813/US-Refugee-Public-Affiliate-Directory). Catholic Charities of Hartford and the International Refugee and Immigrant Services in New Haven will be slated to process the refugees according to the list for Connecticut. According to IICONN's September newsletter: “The U.S.…

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