Bridgeport News: Manhunt for Shoplifter
12:11pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Police are in the Beardsley Zoo area looking for a shoplifter who stole over $800 worth of merchandise from CVS according to radio reports. This report is made possible by:
Stratford Police Needs Your Help
The Stratford Police Department is attempting to identify the unknown male in the below pictures. He is believed to be involved in a commercial burglary at the Total Image Salon located at 3645 Main Street in Stratford. The salon was burglarized overnight and approximately $1600 dollars was stolen from the business. If anyone has knowledge of the incident or can identify the below individual please call Detective Delauri at 203-385-4172. (Stratford Police Press Release)
I-95 Crash
9:45pm--#cttraffic--#Fairfield CT-- A crash by a reportedly hit an run tractor trailer has traffic backed up on I-95 northbound near exit 21.
Fairfield News: Fire From Fireplace Extends Into Living Room
8:30pm--#Fairfield CT-- Firefighters were called to 335 Edwards Street for a fire that was started in the fireplace with the flue closed, the fire then extended to the woodwork in the living room according to radio reports. This report was made possible by:
Stratford News: Car Fire Catches Duplex On Fire
8:19pm--#Stratford CT-- Firefighters called to a car fire that extended into a duplex at 60 and 68 Larkin Court. Firefighters quickly got the fire under control despite problems with one of two hoses run being dry. This report is made possible by:
Fairfield News: Crash
5:27pm--#Fairfield CT-- A car has crashed into a utility pole on Collingwood at Sponer Avenue ( off Brooklawn Avenue). No word on injuries. This report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: Crash After Pursuit
5:25pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A short police pursuit ends when the car being pursued crashes at Newfield Avenue at Adams Street. I don't know what it was being pursued for but now you know what all the commotion is about! This report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: Car Hits House
4:39pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A car hits a house on Hillside Avneue (Off Capital near Brooklawn). The driver told police he had just dropped off his daughter when he passed out and then hit the house. He was the only occupant in the vehicle. He was transported to the hospital. The house received minor damage to the siding, the hedges not so well.
Proposal To Reduce Test Time Increase Learning Time
#HARTFORD, CT – Governor Dannel P. Malloy and State Department of Education (SDE) Commissioner Dianna R. Wentzell today announced the implementation of a new step that will reduce testing time and expand learning time for more than 200,000 Connecticut children across over 800 schools. Changes to the application of the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC), impacting every student in grades three through eight, is as part of a broader effort to help districts spend less time testing students and more time teaching. Currently in grades three through eight, there are two components of the SBAC exam. The first is a computer adaptive test – the portion of the assessment done electronically with adaptive questions based on student responses –…