Bridgeport News: Power Outage

8:02pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A tree has fallen on a power line on Thorme Street leaving a power outage in the area.   This report sponsored by: Un árbol ha caído en una línea eléctrica en Thorme calle dejando un corte de energía en la zona. Uma árvore caiu sobre uma fio de energia em Thorme Rua deixando uma queda de energia na área.

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Trumbull-Bridgeport News: Manhunt for Burglars

8:00pm--#Trumbull CT--#Bridgeport CT Police have one person in custody and looking for another in the Cambridge/Red Oak/Reservior/Lakeside Drive area for an attempted break in on Cambridge Drive.  Police are still looking for a black male, 5 feet 10 inches tall, about 200 pounds wearing a white t-shirt and a black or blue ball cap. This report sponsored by: La policía tiene una persona en custodia y buscar otro en el área de Cambridge / Red Oak / embalse / Lakeside Drive por un intento de ruptura en el Cambridge Drive. La policía sigue buscando a un hombre negro, 5 pies y 10 pulgadas de alto, alrededor de 200 libras que llevaba un camiseta blanca y una gorra de color negro…

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Today’s Vehicle Fire

6:18pm--#cttraffic--#Trumbull CT--Today's vehicle fire is a car on the Merritt Parkway northbound at on the ramp at exit 51.   The ramp is shut down State Police on scene report the car is fully involved, firefighters on the way.   This report sponsored by: Hoy vehículo fuego es un coche en el norte de Merritt Parkway en en la rampa en la salida 51. La rampa se cierra la Policía del Estado en el informe de la escena del coche es participar plenamente, los bomberos en el camino.

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First Use Of The Term “Cool” in Bridgeport?

Multiple online sources say the term "cool" was said to have been popularized in jazz circles by tenor saxophonist Lester Young in 1933.  The Laborde-Gelman Co. Store at 1138-1144 Main Street in Bridgeport may have this first honor.  Here is an advertisement in the Bridgeport Farmer newspaper dated June 20, 1910 saying the store is cool.  Air conditioning was invented but did not go into commercial use until 1922 when Carrier made the units small enough to be practical.  

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Westport News: Screening of the film THE GOOD LIE

Westport CT--Screening of the film THE GOOD LIE with Screenwriter Margaret Nagle, June 24 at 6:30 pm at Westport Woman’s Club A screening of the film, The Good Lie about the “Lost Boys” of Sudan will take place on Wednesday, June 24 at 6:30 pm at The Westport Woman’s Club, located at 44 Imperial Avenue in Westport. It will be followed by a talkback with the screenwriter, Margaret Nagle.  The program is free and open to the public, presented in partnership with The Westport Library, TEAM Westport and The Westport Woman’s Club. Starring Reese Witherspoon, the film was released theatrically in 2014. It tells the true story of five Sudanese children orphaned following a massacre in their village during the second Sudanese civil war. After an arduous and dangerous trek they reach safety in a refugee camp in Ethiopia. Years later, the four surviving youths finally are selected for resettlement in the United States but they are separated, with the one girl among them sent to Boston,…

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