Fight in Stop and Shop
4:41pm--#Bridgeport CT--Police on the way to the Stop and Shop on upper Main Street for a fight. I guess they are out of milk and bread.....
Bridgeport News: House fire
2:30pm--#Bridgeport CT--Firefighters at a house fire at Berkeley Place (off East Main Street) reporting heavy smoke visible from the road.
CVS to stop selling cigarettes
I stopped at a CVS for the first time in a while. I asked the cashiers if the new Fairfield Walgreen's hurt their business. They said that since CVS stopped selling cigarettes there has been a big drop off of customers and their hours have been cut as a result. The article below was originally posted February 5, 2014. CVS stopped selling cigarettes in October 2015. CVS announced today that they will no longer carry cigarettes by October 1st. “We’ve got 26,000 pharmacists and nurse practitioners who are helping millions of patients each and every day,” said Larry Merlo, the chief executive of CVS Caremark. “They manage conditions like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes — all conditions that…
Stratford News: Injury at Sikorsky
2:09am--#Stratford CT--EMS on the way to Sikorsky Aircraft at 6900 Main Street for an ankle injury. Again, another call we don't normally cover but since so many work there it is a DoingItLocal interest.
Bridgeport News: Shots fired in the Hollow
8:34pm--#Bridgeport CT--Shots fired on James Street by two males. No one or anything reported shot.
Tonight’s 2nd Car Fire
7:09pm--#Bridgeport CT--Tonight's 2nd car fire is in Bridgeport at Madison Avenue and Wayne Street. Firefighters on the way.......What can go wrong?
Bridgeport News: Being friendly not illegal
4:22pm--#Bridgeport CT--Someone called police because there is a man waving and smiling at cars at the corner of Boston and Mill Hill Avenue. Fortunately police knows the individual and didn't bother him. Speaking of friendly people call Nima, the friendliest Mortgage Specialist!
Governor Malloy Proposes Hike to Minimum Wage
Video: http://www.youtube.com/edit?video_id=IfeMUNiY0GU&video_referrer=watch Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he is introducing legislation during the upcoming regular session of the General Assembly that will increase the state minimum wage to $10.10, mirroring recent national efforts by President Obama and other Congressional leaders to raise the federal minimum wage to that same amount. The increase would give Connecticut the highest minimum wage in the nation. In the summer of 2013, Governor Malloy signed a bill into law that increased the state minimum wage in two stages: from $8.25 to $8.70 on January 1, 2014, followed by a second increase to $9.00 that is currently scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2015. The proposal the Governor announced today calls for a…
Stratford News: Today’s Vehicle Fire
3:52pm--#Stratford CT-- Today's vehicle fire is a car on fire while on top of a tow truck at 100 Browning Street.
Bridgeport News: Stove fire.
4:05pm--#Bridgeport Ct--Firefighters on the way to 3004 Madison Avenue second floor for a stove on fire.