Bridgeport News: Another Partial Building Collapse

1:41pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Firefighters were called to another partial building collapse downtown Main Street today.  The Corbit's Studio at 1149 Main Street at the corner of Elm Street was slated to be torn down. In 2017 the city of Bridgeport obtained a $125,000 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant from the Connecticut Metropolitan Council of Governments, or MetroCOG in 2017 to remove the asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, photo developer chemicals and other hazardous material in the former Corbit’s building.   A tulip museum is slated to take its place.   If you look above the windows on the second floor you can see a large crack and the wall bowing out.  Another set of cracking with bowing not as pronounced can be seen below the windows…

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Norwalk News: Another Murder Arrest

#Norwalk CT--On March 9, 2018 members of the Detective Bureau arrested Jermaine Scott for the murder of Johnny Lezeau. The arrest stems from an investigation conducted by the Detective Bureau into the murder of Mr. Lezeau, which occurred on July 20, 2017 on Ely Ave. The warrant has been sealed, so no additional information will be released at this time. Arrested: Jermaine Scott, 21 of 91 Woodward Avenue Norwalk Charge: Murder Bond: $1,000,000 (Norwalk Police Press Release)

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Bridgeport News: Bizzaro Call

6:00pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Police were called to check on the well being at a home in North Bridgeport (near Lake Success).  A man called the police to report his mother was entering his home but doesn't know how she got in.  The proceeded to as the call taker laws regarding killing intruders.  Bridgeport Police file #254 because you just can't make this stuff up! This post was intentionally delayed.  

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A new social phenomenon is about to invade Bridgeport

  #Bridgeport CT-- The name of this event sounds exotic and hip because it is.  It’s PechaKucha and it technically translates to “Chit-Chat”, but that’s somewhat misleading.   It’s a group of people each presenting for six minutes and forty seconds with 20 compelling photos or visuals shown 20 seconds each to make it succinct, inspiring, fun and/or funky.  It is a tasty storytelling feast! This is a call to all creative types to share authentic, possibly unexpected personal stories for the fun of it to spark new ideas and collaborations with snacks and beverage of your choice (the first event will be BYOB). Presenting a PechaKucha entitles you to have your slides and voice posted on an internationally viewed website…

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Stratford News: Fraud Arrest

#Stratford CT-- On 2/16/2018 the Stratford Police served a warrant and arrested Waterbury resident Blanca Quinones (age 46) at Liberty Tax Service located At 353 East Main St, Waterbury Ct. Quinones is accused of stealing a customer’s personal information from Liberty Tax Service and using it to open two utility and five credits card accounts for personal use. Quinone has been charged with seven counts of Identity Theft and Larceny 6th Degree and she appeared in court on 02-28- 2018. Quinones informed police that she has worked at Liberty Tax Service for nine years preparing customer tax returns. A search of the State of Connecticut Judicial Branch website indicates that Blanca Quinones has five pending criminal dockets and is being…

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Message From Fairfield First Selectman

We have just completed an update conference call with UI. Here is the update. UI is reporting 1682 homes still without power. UI has 17 Restoration crews at work in our town and one Make Safe crew to help with road clearing. Progress is going slower than expected. Additional crews from Kansas are on the way to help but will not be available until Saturday evening. UI has committed to having a plan for full restoration to us by Saturday morning. We have asked for more Make Safe crews to clear roads of downed wires and more Restoration help. We have told them we need to be ready for school on Monday. We have Public Works teams, Police, and Fire…

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