2021-08-19@1:08pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Police are reporting there was a foot pursuit in the 1000 block of Pembroke Street. The person was captured and a firearm was recovered. This press release was made possible by:
#Trumbull CT--On Sunday, August 15, 2021, at about 4:00 a.m., Trumbull Police arrested three (3)juveniles in the area of Lake Avenue, after residents reported youths going throughunlocked vehicles parked on the street. One 16-year-old and two (2) 14-year-oldBridgeport residents were taken into custody when officers located them walking in thearea. The Trumbull Police initially received a report of several youths tampering with motorvehicles on Pinehurst Street, and then they subsequently ran into a white sedan and fledthe area. The first responding officer located a white Nissan unoccupied and running onGwendolyn Drive, near Main Street. One 14-year-old suspect was located nearby andtaken into police custody.A Stratford Police K9 was requested to assist with tracking of the remaining suspects,which eventually lead to…
Effective at 12:01 AM on Monday, August 23, the Towns of Westport, Fairfield, and Easton have issued temporary town-wide mask mandates. Neighboring cities of Norwalk, Stamford, and Bridgeport currently have mask mandates in place. Yesterday, Fairfield County was the fifth county in Connecticut to be moved into the “high transmission” category – the most severe level as defined by the CDC. Hospitalizations in Fairfield County are on the rise. The rise in case levels in Westport for the past two weeks will likely place the town into the “substantial transmission” or “red” category this week. The Connecticut Department of Public Health (CT DPH) strongly recommends that all residents over the age of two years, whether vaccinated or unvaccinated, wear masks…
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism, authored an op-ed in USA Today in support of President Biden’s decision to end the longest war in our nation’s history. "The images coming out of Afghanistan are heartbreaking, but the rapid takeover by the Taliban is not a reason to reverse course and indefinitely put more troops back into the country. On the contrary, it’s confirmation that President Biden made the tough but right decision to end this forever war,” said Murphy. Murphy continued: “We thought we could build a modern participatory democracy and American-style military out of whole cloth. We were wrong. Another one or five or 10 years of U.S. troop presence…
(HARTFORD, CT)—Attorney General William Tong and the Office of Consumer Counsel (OCC) filed a petition with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) calling for an investigation into Eversource’s marketing tactics. The petition, filed Wednesday evening, comes after media reports that Eversource was using high pressure and time sensitive tactics to entice customers in the South Windsor area to convert to natural gas. The allegations raise serious concerns and if true, could violate a number of Connecticut laws. According to a column in the Hartford Courant, a customer in South Windsor was sent a mailing by Eversource that said the town “will permanently pave your road in September, so you must sign up for natural gas by August 7, 2021.” The mailer…
2021-08-16@5:13pm--#Fairfield CT-- A police are investigating an attempted home burglary on Philemon Street. The homeowner state that a van with two males pulled in to their driveway attempting to steal power tools. They fled when the homeowner came out. This news report is made possible by:
2021-08-18@4:37pm--#Bridgeport CT-- First responders on the way to the 200 block of Knowlton Street for someone who had their foot smashed by a forklift at the metal recycling plant. This news report is made possible by: https://www.pereztirecenter.com/
2021-08-18@3:11pm--#Wilton CT--According to radio reports a tree fell on a Ridgefield Road man's dog. The man went to fee the dog and the dog bit the man with heavy bleeding reported. This news report is made possible by:
2021-08-18@1130am--#Fairfield CT-- Report of a crash at Brooklawn and Spooner Avenue with injuries. This news report is made possible by: http://www.bdklawgroup.com/
WASHINGTON– U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism, and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Monday joined U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and 42 of their Senate colleagues in urging the Biden administration to take swift, robust action to protect and support Afghan women leaders facing unparalleled danger following the Taliban’s violent sweep across Afghanistan and seizure of Kabul. In a bipartisan letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, the senators called on the Administration to create a humanitarian parole category specifically for women leaders, activists, human rights defenders, parliamentarians, journalists, and members of the…
