8:30pm–#Bridgeport Connecticut– A person showed up at Bridgeport Hospital shot in the leg. The suspect said it happened on Putnam Street. Police are investigating. This is the third shooting of the day. A total of four suspects are in police custody as a result of two of the shootings.
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4:34pm–#Bridgeport Connecticut– Two people are arrested in a shooting in the 200 block of Sheridan Street, a BMW received two bullet holes and the suspects fled in a white car towards BostonAvenue. Police on patrol quickly apprehended one suspect at Dover and Boston Avenue. A short time later a second suspect was captured in an apartment building on Palisades Avenue.
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1:49pm–#Bridgeport Connecticut– Police attempted to pull over a stolen Kia on Colorado Avenue. The stolen vehicle took off on police but quickly crashed into a parked van at the intersection of Colorado and Fairfield Avenue. Police captured the driver and a passenger after a quick foot pursuit, a second passenger is still at large.
10:58am–#Westport CT– A crash reported on the Merritt Parkway southbound between exits 41 and 40. No word on injuries. Avoid the area if you can.
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HARTFORD, CT- With precision medicine becoming big business in Connecticut, the Commerce Committee has produced bipartisan proposals to coordinate efforts across the state, prepare Connecticut’s workforce and position Connecticut as a national leader in biomedical research.
Members of the committee today stressed the need for cooperative support from government, education and private business in growing Connecticut’s bioscience sector. The legislators highlighted several bills they intend to support, and called for continued cooperation between the University of Connecticut, Yale University, The Jackson Laboratory and other stakeholders.
“The Connecticut Health Data Collaborative has identified precision medicine and personalized health as a sector in Connecticut with tremendous power and potential,” said Senate President Pro Tempore Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven). “This group has proven to be critical in the advancement of our bioscience sector across the state and we need to continue encouraging that kind of cooperation between stakeholders. The Yale Center for Genomic Analysis, The Jackson Laboratory, Mount Sinai Genetic Testing Laboratory, the University of Connecticut, our hospitals, and insurance companies are pieces of a gathering critical mass of bioscience and precision medicine organizations throughout Connecticut will have strong and positive reverberations across the state. Establishing Connecticut as a hub for bioscience research and development will continue to attract and increase a skilled international and national bioscience workforce.”
“Connecticut is locked in a global competition to create good-paying jobs and support high-growth industries,” said Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff (D-Norwalk). “Our talented, hardworking, Continue reading BiPartisan Effort To Make Connecticut Biomedical Research Leader
4:00pm–#Bridgeport Connecticut– Today’s vehicle fire was at Capitol and Wood Avenue called in by police on patrol. Firefighters quickly knocked the fire out!
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1:05am–#Bridgeport CT– A man was just robbed outside the Pleasant Moments Cafe at 1 William Street. Taken was his money, wallet, phone and his green 1998 Ford Escort.
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11:06pm–#Bridgeport Connecticut– Tonight’s vehicle fire is at 95 Jewett Street. Firefighters report the car is fully engulfed in flames.
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State Representatives Terrie Wood (R-141), Fred Wilms (R-142) & Gail Lavielle (R-143) will host a Norwalk Town Hall Meeting
Where: South Norwalk Library, 10 Washington Street, Norwalk, CT on: Tuesday, March 28 th , 2017 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
The event is open to all residents of Norwalk.
Reps. Wood, Wilms and Lavielle will be available to discuss the 2017 Legislative Session, current legislation and states issues of concern to residents of the local communities.
(Press Release)
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2:55pm–#Trumbull Connecticut– Police have Wisteria Drive blocked off due to a suspicious package on a school bus. Police radio reports say a parent’s child said kids were say a bomb was on the bus.
UPDATE: The child who made the threat has reportedly said that he was only joking, and that the threat was made in jest.
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