Career Coach In Westport

American Job Center Southwest’s Career Coach in Westport on May 12 Barbara Butler, Director of the Westport Department of Human Services announces the return of the American Job Center Southwest’s (formerly known as CTWorks) Career Coach at Westport Town Hall. On Thursday, May 12, the Coach will offer a beginner’s class in Microsoft Excel 2007 from 10 a.m. – noon, followed by an intermediate class in Excel from 1 – 3 p.m. The Career Coach is a “training center” tour bus equipped with ten wireless computer labs offering free computer classes to residents in the greater Norwalk area.  The mobile unit operates on a monthly schedule of visits to various community locations and is accessible to people with Area residents interested in registering should contact the Westport…

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Westport Fire Department Reminder

#Westport Connecticut--Even with all the rain we received over the last few days the Westport Fire Department responded to a wood shingled roof fire that started from a discarded cigarette. The fire was quickly extinguished and the damage was limited to a few roof shingles, but this could have been a disaster for the homeowner if it had not been quickly spotted. The Fire Department would like to remind everyone to use care when discarding any smoking material. The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has set the forest fire danger at “moderate” but this will quickly worsen given the forecast for this week. After the snow melts in the Northeast we enter into a traditional spring wild fire season. This is the time of the year…

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Video Report–Three Fairfield University Students Rescued From Long Island Sound

@FairfieldU--Firefighters from Fairfield rescued three Fairfield University students who drifted about one and a half miles from land Assistant Fire Chief Scott Bisson told me.  He said they were very lucky to have made cellphone contact to rescues workers.  The women were able to stay on the line and remained calm, assisting in helping locate them.   Cellphone reception at sea can be very spotty. At first it was thought they were at the point near St. Mary's by the Sea and drifting out.  The gusty winds quickly blew them further out past the lighthouse.  None of the students were wearing any life preservers.  There were no injuries.

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Suicidal Man Threatens Trumbull School

2:43pm--#Trumbull Connecticut--#Bridgeport Connecticut-- Bridgeport Police assisted Trumbull Police on Village Lane looking for a suicidal man who threatened to "shoot up St. Joseph School" according to numerous radio reports.  The man lives on Village Lane and so do his parents.  Both homes were checked but police did not find the man. It was then thought the man was boarded a city bus so Bridgeport Police pulled over city buses in the are surrounding area but they did not locate him.  It was thought he may have been a the bus station at the Trumbull Mall but there was no police activity when I arrived.   The radios have gone quiet on this call and I don't believe he has been…

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