2019-10-31@6:12pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Report of a pedestrian being struck at East Main and Putnam Street. No word if it was a trick or treater but be careful as they out there now! This news report is made possible by: [caption id="attachment_71997" align="aligncenter" width="12166"] Visit: https://www.bridgeportpersonalinjury.com/[/caption]
2019-10-31@1:41pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A man was robbed of his wallet and green card near the library on Fairfield Avenue. Police are looking for two black males and one Hispanic male responsible who fled down Fairfield Avenue. This news report is made possible by:
#Bridgeport CT--#Easton CT-- How about some likes for Cub Scout Troop 166 and Kevin Burwell of AMR on Operation Comfort Critters? Last year, Kevin Burwell launched Operation Comfort Critter to provide critters of comfort when AMR responds to a call dealing with a child, whether it be a child being transported or a child of a family member that is being transported to the hospital. This year, Keven got a lot of help from Troop 166 from Easton's Samuel Staples Elementary School. A box was left in the school's lobby and an appeal for gently used, non-battery stuffed animals The troop, all second graders gathered 266 stuffed animals from the school for Operation Comfort Critters. The critters are sanitized…
2019-10-31@12:40pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A report of two turkeys (the bird) attacked and injured a security officer at the University of Bridgeport near the soccer field. The birds are still on scene acting aggressively, police are on the way. This news report is made possible by:
Please note, this is the only press release received by any local town on Halloween activities. #Fairfield CT-- Members of the Town's Emergency Management Team met yesterday to discuss the weather forecast for Halloween and the effect it may have on trick-or-treating in Fairfield. The Team also discussed requests the Town has received to consider changing trick-or-treating night to Friday or Saturday and the logistics involved in making such a change. The Team agreed, that due to the fact that trick-or-treating is not a Town-sponsored event, it is best to leave the decision up to families and individual neighborhoods to change the night within their own neighborhood. The Team suggests there may be alternate ways of celebrating including attending the free, jointly-sponsored Police Department and FairfieldMom's Trunk…
Police/Fire UPDATE: On October 30, 2019 at approximately 9:30 pm, Bridgeport Patrol Officers responded to a serious motor vehicle crash at 1415/1417 Boston Avenue, Bridgeport, Connecticut. This was a single car motor vehicle accident involving a 35 year old Bridgeport man operation a 1998 Honda Civic. The vehicle was travelling northbound on Central Avenue, accelerating at a high rate of speed, when it crossed the intersection of Boston Avenue and Central Avenue and left the roadway. The vehicle continued north, mounted the sidewalk, struck the south east corner of the house located at 1417 Boston Avenue, travelled along the east side of the residence, and subsequently crashed into a porch located at the rear of this location. The vehicle came to a stop, underneath the…
2019-10-30@8:49pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A deliveryperson was robbed on Remington Street. No further details. This news report is made possible by:
2019-10-30@6:24pm-- A Trumbull Avenue resident sold his Yamaha Banshee to find out he was paid with counterfeit money. This news report is made possible by:
The Stratford Library continues the fall season of “Sunday Afternoon Talks”, its monthly series of informative and entertaining talks featuring prominent local guest speakers, on Sunday, November 3 at 2 pm with “Stories from Stratford: “Shag Carpet Toilet” & “St. Stan’s: Tales from the Penguin Academy”. Guest speaker is author Kenneth Lynch. “Sunday Afternoon Talks” is free and open to the public. Humorist Kenneth Lynch wrote two novels about his experiences growing up in Stratford in the early 1970s: “Shag Carpet Toilet” and “St. Stan’s: Tales from the Penguin Academy”. Lynch was born in Bridgeport but soon moved to Stratford where he attended Franklin Elementary School, Holy Name of Jesus School, Wooster Junior High School and Stratford High School. In his senior year, his family moved to Wallingford and lived there until…
2019-10-29@5:22pm--#Bridgeport Ct-- #Stratford CT-- #cttraffic-- I-95 northbound near exit 30 is shutdown due to an accident involving a tractor trailer. Three people are pinned in cars requiring firefighters to extricate them. On ramps to I-95 is being shutdown by Bridgeport Police.
