I-95 crashes
5:04pm--#cttraffic--2 accidents both northbound. One near exit 24 car versus truck and one near exit 27 also northbound.
Bridgeport News: Police Pursuit now manhunt
4:40pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A car pulled over on Lindley Street for a traffic stop takes off and ends Wells Street ends in a foot pursuit in backyards. Man has been captured in the 100 block of Gem Avenue in a backyard.
Fairfield News: Video of Cumberland Farms Crash
#Fairfield CT--Fairfield Police released surveillance video from the crash at Cumberland Farms last night. I've rolled the video back twice to see the speed at which the car hits the building. Watch the car that almost crossed in front of the car as it came off the ramp. The driver is expected to be charged with DWI and driving with a suspended license.
Bridgeport News: Car shot up.
3:07pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Report of a silver BMW with several bullet holes in it at Newfield Avenue and Orange Street.
Bridgeport News: Vehicle fire near Winthrop Middle School
2:18pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Report of a Bridgeport Sanitation truck on fire in front of Winthrop Middle School, 85 Eckart Street. Update-- Paper touching the manifold caused the quite minor fire.
TUESDAY: GOV. MALLOY REMINDS RESIDENTS OF IMPENDING HEALTH CARE DEADLINE; PARTICIPATES IN MINIMUM WAGE EVENT; HOLDS COMMUNITY FORUM IN ENFIELD
(HARTFORD, CT) – On Tuesday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman, and Access Health CT CEO Kevin Counihan will hold a news conference in East Hartford to remind residents about the impending March 31 deadline to sign up for affordable health care through Access Health CT, Connecticut’s health care exchange. In the afternoon, Governor Malloy and Lt. Governor Wyman will join Americans United for Change at an event in Hartford to urge Congress to vote in favor of President Obama’s plan to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour. The organization is currently on an 11-state “Give America a Raise” Bus Tour , which will end at the U.S. Capitol in April.…
TUESDAY: LT. GOV. WYMAN HOSTS WOMEN’S ROUNDTABLE ON HIGHER EDUCATION, ATTENDS ACCESS HEALTH PRESS CONFERENCE, SPEAKS AT RELEASE OF STATE HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN, HOLDS ENFIELD COMMUNITY FORUM
(HARTFORD, CT) – On Tuesday, Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman and Permanent Commission on the Status of Women Executive Director Teresa Younger will host a women’s roundtable discussion on higher education. This is the fourth in a series of discussions that address the issues facing women in Connecticut including pay equity, workforce policies, and education. The Lt. Governor will then join Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Access Health CT CEO Kevin Counihan at a press conference to highlight the March 31 healthcare enrollment deadline. In the afternoon, the Lt. Governor will join Commissioner Jewel Mullen at the Connecticut Department of Public Health Connecticut Health Improvement Planning Coalition meeting. The Coalition will release Healthy Connecticut 2020: The Connecticut State Health…
Himes Reminds Taxpayers Making $58K or Less IRS Free File Available
Free software and step-by-step help available for those who qualify at www.IRS.gov/freefile WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) today encouraged constituents to take advantage of free tax preparation services available through the Free File program. Every taxpayer with a 2013 Adjusted Gross Income of $58,000 or less may visit www.IRS.gov/freefile to prepare, complete and e-file their federal tax returns at no cost. “With many taxpayers still preparing their returns, I encourage those making $58,000 or less to take advantage of the free tax services available from the IRS and Free File,” said Himes. “Anyone may use Free File to file a tax return or, if necessary, submit an extension – giving themselves an extra six months to…
Bridgeport News: Naked man at the University
1:19pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Bridgeport University security caught a man exposing himself on the 3rd floor at a dorm at 126 Park Avenue. The man fled in a purplish van. He got onto the highway then exited Seaview Avenue where security stopped following him. Police file # 135. UPDATE--He did it 6 times today, security has a picture of it, err him.
Fairfield News: 4 hospitalized after spectacular crash
#Fairfield CT--Video Report--A car continuing traveling at highway speeds after exiting exit 24 of I-95 southbound hit a barrier designed to protect the gas pumps at Cumberland Farms on Kings Highway, clipped a taxicab, hit a parked car into another parked car that hit the building. Police are still sorting this tangled mess of events. Fortunately the four sent to the hospital did not suffer life threatening injuries even though you could not tell that from the damage to the vehicles involved. Firefighters attribute civilians at the scene with keeping the scene safe prior to their arrival. The video report tells so much more to this story.