Bridgeport News: Dog Attacks Two Children

5:41pm--#Bridgeport CT-- First responders were called to a home at 295 Pearl Harbor Street where two children were attacked by a dog.  Initial reports say a man allegedly came to visit his brother with his dog and the dog attacked his two girls.  One girl was seriously injured including facial injuries.  A police officer can be seen in the picture keep the dog in place on the leash waiting for animal control to take the dog.  

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Shelton News: Drowning In The Housatonic River

UPDATE: Police said Willard McDonald, 46, of Stratford was the man who drowned.   2:02pm--#Shelton CT-- A body was recovered by divers behind Sunnyside School according to a number of sources.  Just after 2pm dive teams from Stratford were called to the Sunnsyide Boat Ramp at 418 River Road a man was seen going under and not coming back to the surface.  The man has not been identified at this time.    

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Fairfield News: How No State Budget Will Impact Fairfield

Today, Fairfield First Selectman Michael Tetreau explained how the lack of a state budget will impact the town.   Fairfield's budget has already been passed, and the town's tax bills have already been sent out.   The town is slated to lose between four to five million dollars in state money without a budget.  If the state budget is passed, the town is still expected to lose between two to four million dollars in tax cuts.  Since the town has already started its fiscal year it is now obligated by state statute.   Sixty to sixty-five percent of the town's budget is education and the town cannot cut the Board of Education's funding without the board's permission.  The Board of…

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