Bridgeport New: Crash Sends 3 To The Hospital

9:02pm--#Bridgeport CT--At least 3 people were transported to the hospital with non -life threatening injuries after a rollover crash.  Witnesses tell me  the gray SUV had the green light and that the driver had just dropped off their child prior to the crash.  Firefighters  were called but not needed as everyone was able to get out of the vehicles on their own.  There are city closed circuit cameras at the intersection which I'm sure will be used in the investigation.  

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Fairfield News: Bear Captured!

#Fairfield CT--A bear has been running through Fairfield neighborhoods since 10am Thursday morning. The bear is seen running on Country Road around 11:30am.   The sightings increased in the Judd Road area around 2pm.   The bear  kept police busy throughout the area.  He then climbed a tree off Windsor Road and stayed there until DEEP arrived with a tranquilizer gun.  The bear stayed up in the tree for about ten minutes before falling out.  The bear was fine, the branches broke his fall and landed on a bed of brush and leaves.  DEEP transported

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Bridgeport News: Press Conference Cancelled

Today’s 1 p.m. press conference with Mayor Finch and Police Chief Gaudett has been cancelled.   There was to be an announcement about public safety initiatives,  yesterday's press release said.“Public safety is our top priority in Bridgeport,” said Mayor Finch. “The city is safer than it has been in 40 years, and we’re working to do even better. The future of our kids and grandkids is at stake.”   I was hoping to hear about the mounted patrols.

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“Tree Dreams” Now at Discovery Museum

Local artist Amy Oestreicher will be at an afternoon meet and greet on Sunday July 26th from 3pm to 5pm, at the Discovery Museum in Bridgeport, CT. Her work is currently on display in the Museum’s Artist Gallery. Amy Oestreicher is a twenty-eight year old artist, actress, musician, orator and writer residing in Westport, CT. The fulfillment of her dream to act was shockingly interrupted when, at the age of eighteen, she suffered a blood clot that left her in a coma for months and unable to eat or drink for over three years. Almost thirty surgeries later, Amy is still courageously fighting medical setbacks, and uses her painting and mixed media creations to transcend ten years of emotional and physical trauma. Her art demonstrates her journey into…

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