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Bridgeport News: Funding Available For Landowner Impacted By Hurricanes

Oct 3, 2018 Stephen Krauchick

Bridgeport, CT – Mayor Ganim is announcing that The United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service has been granted funding that will help landowners with property who were impacted by Hurricane Sandy and Irene. “I am pleased to know that our coastal homeowners are being offered this funding to provide options moving forward. The money will help homeowners who were severely impacted by the hurricanes and give then an alternative, rather than reside in the path of a future storm,” said Mayor Ganim. To be considered for this program, applications must be completed and submitted by October 10, 2018 to USDA-NRCS, 344 Merror Road, Tolland, CT 060084, Attn: Kristin Walker. Easement compensation rates and ranking priorities vary by location and depend on where…

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Westport News: Firearms and Drug Arrests

Oct 3, 2018 Stephen Krauchick

#Westport CT-- On 09/23/2018 at approximately 5:30pm, Officer Ruta Pratt observed a vehicle traveling on Elm Street with no registration plate displayed. Officer Pratt initiated a motor vehicle stop at the intersection of Myrtle Avenue and Violet Lane and found the vehicle bore an expired Rhode Island temporary registration, which was later determined to be fraudulent. While speaking with the occupants, she detected a strong odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle. The operator was identified as Kirk Brodie, 28, of Bridgeport, CT who claimed ownership of the vehicle. A backup officer arrived on scene and spoke to passenger Mark Elliot, 25 of Bridgeport, CT. The officer observed Elliot was attentive to his phone during the stop and was receiving…

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Trumbull News: Student Hit By Car

Oct 3, 2018 Stephen Krauchick

UPDATE: A police report said a 9-year-old student had run out into the road and into the path of a southbound vehicle as she was trying to catch her school bus that stopped on Pinehurst Street.  The striking vehicle was driving around a Greater Bridgeport Transit bus that had stopped for passengers at the same location.    The child has a leg injury.  No charges have been filed but the investigation continues.   8:15am--#Trumbull CT-- A Middlebury Elementary School student was crossing Main Street at Pinehurst Road when she was struck by a car.  Dr. Gary Cialfi, Superintendent of Schools messaged parents that there are no life-threatening injuries and that police are investigating the circumstances to the accidents.   This…

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FEMA Presidential Alert

Oct 3, 2018 Stephen Krauchick

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a nationwide test of the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) and Emergency Alert System (EAS) on the backup date of October 3, 2018 due to ongoing response efforts to Hurricane Florence. The WEA portion of the test commences at 2:18 p.m. EDT, and the EAS portion follows at 2:20 p.m. EDT. The test will assess the operational readiness of the infrastructure for distribution of a national message and determine whether improvements are needed. The WEA test message will be sent to cell phones that are connected to wireless providers participating in WEA. This is the fourth EAS nationwide test and the first national WEA test. Previous EAS national tests…

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Bridgeport

Bridgeport Weather Alert

Oct 2, 2018 Stephen Krauchick

The City of Bridgeport EOC is monitoring the potential storm tracks for tonight into tomorrow, especially with the slight risk of Flash Flooding. Here is an update concerning the flash flooding threat for late tonight and Friday morning.   As low pressure approaches from the Mid-Atlantic region late tonight and passes over or just south of New York City and Long  Island on Friday, rain could become heavy at times from late tonight into Friday morning. Rainfall of at least 3/4" to 1 inch is expected, with locally higher amounts up to 2 inches. Isolated higher amounts are possible if training of any heavier showers occurs over the same area.   Overview: WHAT:  SLIGHT RISK of Flash Flooding WHERE: Northeast New Jersey,…

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State Receives Grant For Out Of State Mental Health Victims of Hurricane Maria

Oct 2, 2018 Stephen Krauchick

HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the State of Connecticut is receiving a $750,000 federal grant to provide mental health support to children and their families who were evacuated from their homes and are living in Connecticut as a result of Hurricane Maria. The funding, which was granted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will be used by the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS), in collaboration with the Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF), to provide these services at child guidance clinics serving the most heavily affected cities in the state – Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport, Waterbury, and New Britain – that include mobile crisis, outpatient counseling, medication…

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