Category: Local News

5:03pm–#Trumbull CT–Firefighters battling a brush fire next to the Big Y on Hawley Lane.  Addition fire units have been added to the assignment.

#Bridgeport, CT – Oct 11, 2013– – A city man was stabbed in the back Friday and a suspect was in custody.

Police were called to the 2400 block of Main Street, where the Recovery Network of Programs operates a supervised apartment program.

Officers Fernando Oquendo, Frank Delbouno and Raymond Ryan responded to the location and found the victim, Robin Retamar, 56, suffering from multiple stab wounds to the back.

They subsequently located the suspect, Willie Clark, 53, inside his apartment. Both are residents in the program’s facility.

The suspect surrendered without incident and police recovered a folding knife from found the suspects pocket.

Clark faces charges of first-degree assault and carrying a dangerous weapon.

Bill Kaempffer

Public Safety Spokesman

Bridgeport Police Department

Bridgeport Fire Department

2:54pm–#Fairfield CT–Today’s car fire is on the Mill Plain Road on ramp to I-95.  Brakes are on fire, the vehicle was towing horses and a silent approach was requested.

Mayor Finch, Council Members, State Legislators
Join School Children to Celebrate Black Rock School Groundbreaking
New addition will bring 10 new classrooms, gymnasium and new playgrounds

BRIDGEPORT, CT (October 8, 2013) – Black Rock School students cheered and joined in the effort as Mayor Bill Finch, Supt. Paul G. Vallas, City Council members, State Representatives and tradespeople turned over the ‘ceremonial’ dirt for the new addition to Black Rock School on Tuesday afternoon.

The 18,000 square-foot addition includes 10 new classrooms, a multipurpose room that can serve as a gymnasium and assembly space, elevator access to all floors to make it ADA compliant, two new playground structures and a new entrance area on School Street. The addition was designed by Newman Associates of New Haven. Bismark Construction is the construction manager and Premier Construction Mac LLC is the joint venture partner on the project. The addition will cost $8.8 million, with the state paying 80 percent. Construction is expected to be complete by August 2014.

“My administration has worked very aggressively to improve our school facilities, either through the building of new schools or significantly upgrading existing buildings. The students of Bridgeport deserve a learning environment that gives them an opportunity to grow, learn and compete in the 21^st century economy,” said Mayor Bill Finch. “The addition to the school gives the children of Black Rock a state-of-the-art building and allows the Black Rock School community the same K-8 environment that other schools in the City have, which I know is very important to the parents and students.”

“The expansion of Black Rock School to include 7th and 8th grade is a win for both the school district and the community,” said Superintendent Paul Vallas, “We are grateful to neighborhood parents and to the City and State for their partnership in creating the chance for students to have access to state-of-the-art facilities and remain in their community school until the transition to high school.

“I am thrilled that our persistence has brought this project to fruition.  The parents at Black Rock School worked tirelessly with the city to be certain this project maintained its place as a top priority,” said 130^thDistrict City Council representative Susan Brannelly. “Our goal is to keep young families in our city with high quality schools to educate their children.  This project will help us all considerably to reach that goal.”

“This addition will make Black Rock School a top-notch neighborhood school facility, providing students with a cohesive learning environment until they are ready to move on to high school and further increasing the desirability of the neighborhood,” said 130^th district City Council representative Steven Stafstrom Jr. “Susan and I want to thank the Mayor and our Council colleagues for their support in keeping this project on track, and State Rep. Auden Grogins for her support in ensuring the receipt of state funding for the project.”

“Bridgeport students deserve this long-awaited addition and improvements to Black Rock School which will enhance the educational environment for teachers and students alike,” said State Rep. Auden Grogins. “I would like to thank Mayor Finch and our City Council members, Susan Brannelly and Steven Stafstrom, for their help and support on this.”

 

City press release.

 #Westport CT—Officers initiated a motor vehicle stop on a motor home that was observed travelling through a red light at the intersection of Riverside Ave and Treadwell Ave. Subsequent to the motor vehicle stop the operator admitted to having a quantity of marijuana in the vehicle. With the assistance of Westport Police Service Dog Koda officers searched the vehicle and recovered the following:

144 Pills marked (M362) identified as Acetaminophen and Hydrocodone 660 mg / 10 mg

3 bags marijuana & 2 smaller containers of marijuana (total weight 80.0g or 2.82 ounces)

Bottle of liquefied marijuana extract (total weight: 1077.0g or 2lbs 6 ounces)

3 syringes filled with the liquid marijuana

3 plastic containers of hash (total weight: 24.8g (include plastic containers) a metal marijuana grinder with residue.

Miscellaneous marijuana smoking pipes and paraphernalia.

$4,131.08 in US Currency

Arrested were the following:

 Thomas Michael Howard age 73 and  Nora Clark age 65.   Both were from Colorado.   They were both charged with:

 Possession of Narcotics CGS 21a-279a  Possession of Controlled Substance CGS 21a-279b

Possession narcotics with intent to sell CGS 21a-277a  Possession of Drug Paraphernalia CGS 21a-267

Possession of narcotics not in proper container CGS 21a-257   The operator of the vehicle Thomas Howard was issued an infraction as well for failure to obey a traffic Signal.

 Both parties were held in lieu of a $10,000.00 bond and will be arraigned in Norwalk Superior Court in the morning.

12:45pm–#Bridgeport CT–A man was beaten and robbed in the 1700 block of Boston Avenue.