4:38pm--#Westport CT--Firefighters on scene at 10 Bluff Road for a house fire. Fire in the walls in the living room extended to adjoining bedrooms. Norwalk and Fairfield provided mutual aid to cover empty fire houses. Westport firefighters had the bulk of the fire out within a half hour. There was no reported injuries. This report sponsored by:
#Bridgeport CT--Dave Daniels provided this Throwback Thursday Photo from Sonny Gardner of a photo of the old clothesline days at PT Barnum Housing. If you have any old photos from our surrounding area you would like to share email them to me at DoingItLocal.com@gmail.com
2:40pm--A two car crash at Fairfield Avenue and Remer Street. It was first thought that there was entrapment but it was just one of the drivers was slow to get out of the car. Avoid the area. This report sponsored by:
1:40pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A motorcyclist was injured when he crashed into a van at the intersection of King Street and Fairfield Avenue. Police tell me that a van inched its way onto Fairfield Avenue and the motorcyclist had to dump his bike to avoid greater injury impacting the van. The bike clipped the van as opposed to a full impact. Police said the motorcyclist was wearing riding equipment including a helmet which further protected him. EMS transported the biker to the hospital. Our sponsor at Interstate Batteries remind us that there will a lot of motorcyclist on the road this weekend remind us to look twice before entering an intersection. Un motorista resultó herido cuando se estrelló contra una…
Today Bridgeport has Chief Rooney, in 1910 we had Chief Mooney. Hoy Bridgeport tiene jefe Rooney, en 1910 tuvimos Jefe Mooney.
#Bridgeport CT--First responders conducted a training exercise Tuesday on Pleasure Beach rescuing a man who fell and was injured while walking on the breakwaters. “First and foremost, we want people to enjoy our parks and waterfront and to be safe,” said Mayor Bill Finch. “This is essential training that I certainly hope we will never need to utilize. We need to be prepared and we are.” According to Scott Appleby, the city’s Director of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, the Pleasure Beach training occurs annually. The park provides unique challenges to rescuers because it is only accessible from the shore in Bridgeport by boat. With more moving parts, it is important to test the emergency plan, communications and the response of…
5:17pm--#Bridgeport CT--Police are looking for a slim Hispanic woman about 22-25 years of age who took a woman's pocketbook at the corner Pembroke and Sherman Street. She is wearing a grayor blakc sweater which sweater which she had over her face. She fled on foot south on Pembroke. This report is sponsored by: La policía busca a una mujer hispana delgada sobre 22-25 años de edad que tuvo bolsillo de una mujer en la esquina de Pembroke y Sherman Street. Ella lleva un suéter de color gris o negro que suéter que tenía sobre su cara. Ella huyó a pie hacia el sur en Pembroke.
3:10pm--#Milford CT--Firefighters are on scene at Jeffrey's Restaurant at 501 New Haven Avenue. There is an odor of burning inside the business. Firefighters believe it can be air conditioning unit. They are investigating. If it is really bad our sponsor will make it Like It Never Even Happened! Los bomberos están en escena en el restaurante de Jeffrey en 501 New Haven Avenue. Hay un olor de la quema en el interior del negocio. Los bomberos creen que puede ser la unidad de aire acondicionado. Ellos están investigando. Si es realmente malo nuestro patrocinador hará que sea como si nunca hubiera Incluso sucedió!
If ideas are the currency of trade in academia, then conferences are its central banks where researchers, scholars, and other experts can exchange invaluable information on vital topics that shape our world. Yet all too often, conferences are prohibitively expensive or time-consuming, so the exchange of ideas and research, however great, gets mired in logistics. UB School of Engineering Associate Dean Dr. Khaled M. Elleithy and Dean/Senior Vice President for Graduate Studies Dr. Tarek Sobh set out to change that. And now, thanks to their success in bringing engineers together, UB has won a Connecticut Quality Improvement Award Competition (CQIA) Gold Innovation Prize. CQIA awards recognize organizations from manufacturing, service, education, government agencies, and other not-for-profits that develop products, services,…
