Seymour News: House Fire

Seymour Fire Department UPDATE: At 0045 hours, the Seymour Fire Department was dispatched to 165 West Street for a reported structure fire possibly with residents trapped. Volunteer Fire Units arrived on scene and found a 2 story wood frame 4 family home with fire coming from the second floor windows. Crews made an aggressive interior attack and were able to extinguish the blaze with assistance from the Oxford and Beacon Falls Fire Departments. Approximately 50 firefighters quelled the flames in about 45 minutes. One resident was transported to the hospital with a minor burn to the shoulder. No firefighters or other residents were injured. Smoke alarms saved lives this morning when the alerted sleeping tenants of the fire. 12:50am--#Seymour CT--…

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Bridgeport News: Shots Fired

1:15am--UPDATE: 1480 Capital Avenue reporting bullet holes in their home. 1:00am--#Bridgeport CT-- Police received a number of calls for shots fired Cleveland and Park Avenue with a car fleeing the area.  So far no one or anything reported hit.  It does not sound related to the shooting on State Street.   This news report is made possible by:  

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Averting Cuts To Human Service Programs State Wide

#Bridgeport CT--Today  State Senator Tony Hwang, The CT Community Nonprofit Alliance (The Alliance) & The Kennedy Center and held a press conference in the Gallery of the Maggie Daly Arts Cooperative (MDAC), 1042 Broad Street, Bridgeport, to talk about how the state can avert devastating cuts to human service programs and save $1.3 billion over the next five years. The majority of Connecticut’s human service programs are provided by nonprofit, community-based agencies like the Kennedy Center, that contract with the state. The State also provides some services for individuals with developmental disabilities and mental health and substance abuse treatment at significantly higher costs. The Alliance is Connecticut’s statewide association of community nonprofits, which serve over 500,000 people each year and…

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