Local News

Today’s Vehicle Fire

12:00pm--#cttraffic--#New Haven CT--Today's vehicle fire is an open bed tractor trailer with its back end on fire on I-95 northbound near exit 51.  The truck drove quite a few miles no knowing he was on fire.  It was discovered by state police monitoring the traffic cameras.  Firefighters just arriving on scene.  Traffic is going to back up further than it already was. Hoy vehículo fuego es un remolque de tractor cama abierta con su parte trasera en el fuego por la I-95 hacia el norte cerca de la salida 51. El camión llevó un buen número de millas en saber que estaba en llamas. Fue descubierto por la policía estatal de monitoreo de las cámaras de tráfico. Los bomberos acaba…

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UB Has Won An Award

If ideas are the currency of trade in academia, then conferences are its central banks where researchers, scholars, and other experts can exchange invaluable information on vital topics that shape our world. Yet all too often, conferences are prohibitively expensive or time-consuming, so the exchange of ideas and research, however great, gets mired in logistics. UB School of Engineering Associate Dean Dr. Khaled M. Elleithy and Dean/Senior Vice President for Graduate Studies Dr. Tarek Sobh set out to change that. And now, thanks to their success in bringing engineers together, UB has won a Connecticut Quality Improvement Award Competition (CQIA) Gold Innovation Prize. CQIA awards recognize organizations from manufacturing, service, education, government agencies, and other not-for-profits that develop products, services,…

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Bridgeport Announces New Safety Initiatives

#Bridgeport CT (June 30, 2015 Press Release) – Mayor Bill Finch today announced the Police Department is instituting walking beats in the city’s four public housing complexes and expanding its Safe Corridors program in the area of Trumbull Gardens to enhance safety for kids and families. “Bridgeport today is safer than it has been in about 40 years, but we can and must do more,” said Mayor Bill Finch. “That’s why we are initiating walking beats in our public housing complexes. Our officers will be out there every day -- talking with residents, building better relationships and keeping our kids safe. It’s not just community policing. This is smart policing.” In addition, the city is expanding its Safe Corridors program…

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Milford News: I-95 Shooting and Stabbing

UPDATE: Witnesses at Yale New Haven Hospital said a man named Alberto was brought in to the emergency room (his name was mentioned many times) and was shot in the face. He allegedly stabbed the person who shot him in the face. 9:50pm--#cttraffic--#Milford CT--There was a shooting and stabbing that occurred on I-95 exit ramp at exit 41 (traffic cameras are turned off).  According to radio reports a person got off exit 41 and started shooting at a gray car on the highway.  The shooter is a white male in a white t-shirt.  Major crimes squad has been dispatched to the scene.  Traffic cameras from exit 40 to Long Wharf have been turned off so I don't know if the…

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