Today’s Vehicle Fire
2:09pm--#Bridgeport Connecticut-- #cttraffic--Today's second vehicle fire is in Bridgeport on Route 8/25 southbound near exit 2. A white Mercedes.
Bridgeport News: Today’s Vehicle Fire
1:45pm -- #Bridgeport CT -- Today's vehicle fire is at 93 Glenbrook road in Bridgeport. First responders are on their way. This news report is brought to you by You the Patron! If you like what we do, please consider supporting us at patreon.com/doingitlocal for as little as a dollar a Week!
This Week’s Positive Post
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Fairfield News: Tree Down
10:34am--#Fairfield Connecticut-- A down tree reported on Merwins Lane (near Redding Road). This news report is made possible by:
Public Hearing On Increased Pistol Permits
CCDL/NRA-ILA/NSSF Joint Press Conference to address the potential Impact on Pistol Permit Holders (250,000+) via Governor Malloy’s Budget Proposal 2017 Facilitating this Event will be State Rep Rob Sampson and State Rep Doug Dubitsky and other Legislators who support the 2 nd Amendment February 17 th , 2017 Connecticut Legislative Office Building 300 Capitol Ave Hartford, CT06106 (Room 1C 11: 00am To address the potential financial Impact on Pistol Permit Holders (250,000+) via Governor Malloy’s Budget Proposal About This Event: The Connecticut Citizens Defense League, National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action and the National Shooting Sports Foundation will present information that counters Governor Malloy’s claims of increased revenue streams outlined in his 2017 budget proposal. This proposal includes the…
Democrats Call For More E-Mail Protections
Washington, DC – Today the House passed the Email Privacy Act, a bipartisan bill led by New Dem Vice-Chairs Jared Polis (CO-02) and Suzan DelBene (WA-01). This bipartisan bill, highlighted in the New Democrat Coalition Prosperity Agenda: Winning the Future, modernizes America’s digital privacy laws by establishing protections against warrantless searches of private emails. All present New Dem Members supported this bill which was co-sponsored New Dem Chair Jim Himes, New Dem Vice-Chair Derek Kilmer, and New Dem Members Tony Cardenas, Gerry Connolly, Annie Kuster, Kathleen Rice, and Cedric Richmond. The Email Privacy Act would update the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) so that all government agencies must obtain a warrant to search Americans’ online communications. Previously, under ECPA,…
Westport News: Conspiracy to Commit Larceny 6 th degree
#Westport Connecticut--In October of 2016, Westport Officers were dispatched to CVS Pharmacy, 397 Post Road East, on a report of a Larceny. A witness observed a male leave the store with 2 or 3 boxes of what looked to be expensive oral roothbrushes. The male then got into the passenger side of a vehicle which then drove out of the back of the lot. The witness found this suspicious so she wrote down the license plate of the suspect’s vehicle. The witness also noticed a female driving the suspect vehicle. Upon reviewing the surveillance footage, Officers observed the suspect, Nabeel Abdallah, take several boxes out of the store without paying. Based on the information gained from the license plate, the…
Congressman Introduces Darwin Day
Congressman Jim Himes (CT-04) introduced a bill to commemorate the 208th anniversary of the birthday of Charles Darwin on February 12, 2017 and made the accompanying statement: In celebrating Darwin, the bill highlights the human curiosity and ingenuity he exemplified that has promoted new scientific discoveries that have helped humanity solve many problems and improve living conditions. The bill also warns that the advancement of science must be protected from those unconcerned with the adverse impacts of global warming and climate change, and that the teaching of creationism in some public schools compromises the scientific and academic integrity of the United States education systems. “The efforts to understand our world and our universe through science are at the…
Bridgeport Snow Emergency
Bridgeport, CT – The City of Bridgeport Snow Emergency is still in effect today, February 12, 2017 to allow for continued citywide snow clean up and plow service for the current snow. During the snow emergency, residents must move their cars off posted snow emergency streets. Alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect today on the even side for all other streets throughout the city in order to allow snow plow drivers’ clear passage. Alternate side parking will be in effect until further notice. Snow emergency streets are marked with white signs with red lettering. A list of snow streets can be found on the City’s website by clicking here or the full link: http://www.bridgeportct.gov/content/89019/89753/95485/95497.aspx As…