Fairfield News: Crash!
2019-08-14 @ 2:55pm--#Fairfield CT-- Another crash at Jennings and Black Rock Turnpike. There were no reported injuries.
Bridgeport News: Firearm Recovered After Pursuit/Crash
2019-08-14 @ 1:46pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Two suspects are in custody after a crash during a pursuit. The suspects failed to negotiate the turn onto Hollister Avenue from Orange Street and hit a retaining wall. The suspects hit their heads on the windshield and were taken to the hospital. At least one firearm was recovered. I have multiple calls in for more details and I will pass them along as soon as I know!
Bridgeport News: Firefighters Called To 3030 Park
2019-08-14 @ 12:37am--#Bridgeport Ct-- Firefighters were called to 3030 Park for smoke in the building. Turned out to be food burning on the stove in one of the apartments. But good thing the do have sprinklers! This news report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: Parked Car Hit
2019-08-13 @ 11:40pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Multiple reports of a car hitting parked car(s) in front of 20 Union Avenue and occupants fleeing on foot. This news report is made possible by:
Solving Bridgeport’s Gun Crimes Ganim Calls Senators To Vote On Gun Safety
Bridgeport, CT – In light of the recent tragedies in El Paso and Dayton, Mayor Ganim has signed a letter addressed to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic Leader Charles Schumer to urge the Senate to come back into session to vote on gun safety legislation. The two bills for immediate vote already passed by the House of Representatives and would expand background checks for gun sales. The Connecticut Mayors of Hartford, East Hartford, West Hartford, Stamford, Meriden, and New Haven are among 200 others from across the country who have also added their signatures to the letter. “These bills are a critical path to take illegal weapons out of the hands of dangerous individuals,” stated Mayor Ganim. “We have all…
own and Board of Education Accepts Equity Distribution
Westport, CT – On August 7, First Selectman Jim Marpe accepted a check in the amount of $85,404 to the Town and Board of Education for its prorated share of a $5.0 million Equity Distribution from the Connecticut Interlocal Risk Management Agency (CIRMA). The Equity Distribution is a result of the continued efforts by the Town and BOE in managing risk through training and injury avoidance under the Worker’s Compensation program along with actions to reduce claims under its Liability, Auto and Property coverage. The Town and Board of Education have received $525,175 since the program was started in 2011. CIRMA has distributed nearly $30 million to its members in the same time period. ### PHOTO: L-R, Marty Burger (Marsh…
Crash!
2019-08-13 @ 12:20pm--#Bridgeport CT-- It took firefighters about 15 minutes to free a woman trapped in her car from an accident at Main and Vanguard Street. She was transported to the hospital.
Public Hearing Addressing PSEG’s Failure to Hire City Residents
#Bridgeport CT--Monday evening at Shiloh Baptist Church in Bridgeport state Senator Dennis Bradley (D-Bridgeport) will join a group of the Park City’s pastors and community leaders for a public hearing addressing PSEG’s failure to honor the Community Environmental Benefits Agreement (CEBA) at the Bridgeport Harbor Station. Through the CEBA, PSEG is required to extend job and development opportunities to residents, minorities and women in the city, but has since failed to do so. Below is a letter written by the pastors with their concerns: At the end of 2017, dozens of Bridgeport pastors, residents, and stakeholders marched to the gates of the Bridgeport Harbor Station in the South End of Bridgeport, where a controversial new methane gas-fired plant is being…
Bridgeport News: Person Stabbed
2019-08-12 @ 7:49pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Report of a stabbing after a street fight at Connecticut and 4th Street. This news report is made possible by:
A Message from First Selectman Tetreau on Gould Manor Park and the Fill Pile
#Fairfield CT--Over the past two weeks there has been a tremendous amount of information disseminated through news reports, social media and the town itself about issues related to the management of the aggregate fill pile at the Town’s Public Works Yard on Richard White Way. Unfortunately, some of the information presented in news reports and shared on social media has been inaccurate and misleading, causing concern and anxiety. At the outset, as your First Selectman I am sorry for any concern this situation has caused you and your families and neighbors. I also want to reassure you that the Town Government – including the Department of Public Works, the Department of Health and my office — is working tirelessly to address…