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Norwalk St. Patrick’s Day Grand Marshall Announced

Mar 9, 2016 Stephen Krauchick

#Norwalk CT---The Norwalk Police Emerald Society is proud to announce that Norwalk Mayor Harry Rilling has been chosen as the Inaugural Norwalk St. Patrick’s Day Parade Grand Marshal. The parade will take place on Thursday March 17, 2016. A ceremony will be conducted in front of Norwalk Police Headquarters at 10:30 a.m. followed by the parade at 11:00 a.m. The parade will feature the music of the Norwalk Emerald Society Pipe Band along with members of the Norwalk Police Department, Norwalk Fire Department, Norwalk Emergency Medical Service, Norwalk Veterans, O’Neill’s Irish Pub and Diageo float and much more. The parade will start on South Main Street and proceed to North Main Street, ending on Pine Street. Norwalk Emerald Society President Brendan Collins stated that this year’s parade is…

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State Police K-9 To Get Body Armor

Feb 27, 2016 Stephen Krauchick

#MIDDLETOWN CT – February 24, 2016) - Connecticut State Police’s K-9 Jesse will receive a bullet and stab protective vest thanks to a charitable donation from non-profit organization Vested Interest in K9s, Inc. K9 Jesse’s vest is sponsored by MacKenzie Machine, Inc., of New Haven, CT, and will be embroidered with the sentiment “Keeping our dogs safe! In loving memory of BRP.” Delivery is expected within eight to ten weeks.  K9 Jesse has been assigned to Trooper First Class Scott Menard for the past 18 months and the K9 team is currently working at Troop H in Hartford. K9 Jesse is a six-year-old male German Shepard who is trained in all patrol functions including tracking, building searches, evidence recovery,  apprehension, obstacles and obedience. K9  Jesse…

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Governors’ Accord for a New Energy Future

Feb 18, 2016 Stephen Krauchick

Governor Dannel P. Malloy  joined with a bipartisan group of 17 governors to announce the Governors’ Accord for a New Energy Future – a joint commitment to take action to promote clean energy, clean transportation choices and a modern electrical grid.   The accord provides participating governors – a bipartisan coalition together representing 127 million Americans – with a platform through which their states will collaborate, learn from one another, and leverage partnerships in energy planning and policymaking.   “Advancing clean energy is about advancing our future,” Governor Malloy said.  “In Connecticut, we have coupled a forward-thinking vision with first-in-the-nation initiatives that dramatically reduce carbon emissions.  We believe that economic growth and environmental protection aren’t mutually exclusive, but can happen…

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Housing Authorities in Bridgeport, New Canaan, Norwalk, Stamford receive millions in HUD funds

Feb 18, 2016 Stephen Krauchick

Congressman Jim Himes (CT-04) celebrated the news that the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced $23.4 million dollars in funding to housing authorities across the State of Connecticut. Four areas in the 4th District received a total of $6,268,644 divided as follows:   Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport - $3,876,098 New Canaan Housing Authority - $25,523 Housing Authority of the City of Norwalk - $1,272,166 Housing Authority of the City of Stamford - $1,094857   The grants announced today are provided through HUD’s Capital Fund Program, which is aimed at supporting renovation and modernization for housing authorities throughout the country. Projects supported by these funds include roof replacement, electrical and plumbing repair or updating electrical…

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Is winter over?? The Weatherdogs chime in…

Feb 17, 2016 Valley-Shore Weatherdogs

That maybe the questions asked to us Weatherdogs over the next few days but our answer is a big fat NO! You will start to see a lot of hyping and chatting going on with other weather sources about what some may call a huge storm for next week... but this is what we can tell you as of today. A model consensus and almost total agreement as of this morning is showing us that all the ingredients for what could potentially be a good sized East Coast Storm for next week will be in place. Now before we get bombarded with questions it is way too early to do much of any type of forecast. There will be changes…

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Dangerous Cold

Feb 13, 2016 Valley-Shore Weatherdogs

Good early Saturday morning... These are some of the warning headlines from the NWS this morning. This will be by far the colds temps we have seen in the last 5-10 years. Heed the warnings... the only good thing is it only lasts for 36 hours and then we will see this polar air exit stage right. Lots of model agreement and disagreement for the Early week storm. Hopefully by late tonight or early tomorrow we should have a better idea of what will happen. Stay warm!!  Tom and Kevin Follow us on Facebook at Valley Shore Weatherdogs 

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