Trumbull News; Crash With Extrication
8;16pm--Trumbull CT--Report of a crash with entrapment in the 600 block of Old Town Road. This news report is made possible by:
Trumbull News: Man Shot
UPDATE: Police say an 18-year-old forced his way into a home and the 72-year-old homeowner shot him in the stomach. The teen was seen running in the street attempting to stop passing cars. The teen has mental disabilities and sometimes act out violently. He is listed in stable condition. No charges were filed on the homeowner. 6:09pm--#Trumbull CT-- Report of a person shot in the 400 block of Shelton Road. There have been no further updates. This news report is made possible by:
Milford News: Water Rescue
5:40pm--#Milford Ct-- Firefighters were dispatched to Charles Island for a water rescue. The rescue is being delayed due to the lighting. Unknown if it is a boat rescue or a person on the island. This news report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: Down Tree
5:43pm--#Bridgeport CT-- There is a large branch or tree blocking Fairfield Avenue at Circular Avenue. Police have the road detoured. This news report is made possible by:
Merritt Parkway Crash
12:55pm--#cttraffic--#Stratford CT-- A crash with injuries on the Merritt Parkway northbound between exits 52 and 53. This news report is made possible by:
Career Coach in Westport 9/13
#Westport, CT - Director of Human Services Elaine Daignault announces the return of the American Job Center Southwest’s Career Coach at Westport Town Hall. On Thursday, September 13 the Coach will offer a class in Social Networking for Job Search from 10 a.m. – noon, and from 1 – 3 p.m. This course will focus on the increasing necessity for an online presence to be a credible employment candidate in the current hiring environment. Emphasis is on the most popular social networking sites and how to use the resources and tools of those sites. The Career Coach is a “training center” tour bus equipped with ten wireless computer labs offering free computer classes to residents in the greater Norwalk area. The mobile unit operates on…
Bridgeport News: Food Burning, No Fire
7:40pm--#Bridgeport CT-- It is food burning on the stove, no fire at Lance Circle. But now you know what all the noise was about! This news report is made possible by:
Black Rock Bike And Boat Tour
#Fairfield CT--The centuries of history in and around the Black Rock neighborhood that today is part of Bridgeport will be the focus of a combined bicycle and boating history tour Saturday, September 8 starting 1:30 PM. The tour, which starts at Captain’s Cove in Bridgeport, is organized by the Town of Fairfield’s Bicycling and Pedestrian Committee and the Fairfield Museum. Bike tour group members will start by cycling together toward the home of Caleb Brewster, the Revolutionary War-era spy ring leader who aided in reporting on British military movements to General Washington’s staff. At the time of the Revolutionary War, Fairfield’s border extended all the way to what is today Park Avenue. Just sixty miles away, however, New York City…
Congressman Who Opposed Tariff’s Celebrates His Own Tariff
Congressman Himes, who has been critical with the Trump Administration said in March that tariffs were “backward-looking,” and said other nations are moving in the opposite direction – toward free trade celebrated a tariff of his own. He issued this press release: The United States International Trade Commission overturned tariffs on Canadian newsprint. The tariffs, some of which were as high as 20 percent, drove up costs for newspapers across the country, especially affecting smaller and local papers without the budget cushion to absorb such a massive increase. The Commission found that imports of Canadian newsprint did not actually harm American producers. “These tariffs were putatively imposed to help American paper companies, many of whom had already switched from newsprint to cardboard production…