Milford News: Water rescue with pics

#Milford CT-- UPDATE--The 2nd victim has been pulled from the water and CPR is in progress.  2nd victim was located by a fishing boat.  The male victim and the canoe was located on a beach off Eveningside Drive. 2:11pm--#Milford CT--A canoe has overturned between Charles Island Silver Beach.  Radio reports say the two on board were not wearing personal flotation devices.  Active search in progress.                  

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Former Real Estate Agent Charged With Defrauding 33 Additional Victims

(Bridgeport, CT – March 13, 2014)—A real estate agent allegedly stole tens of thousands of dollars from nearly three dozen people who hired him to find them apartments. He was arrested and posted $36,000 bond. Maurice Earley Sr., 48, was arrested last year for similar conduct. Since his initial arrest, 33 more victims have come forward with similar stories. Earley worked as a real estate broker and promised to find people rental apartments. He took retainer fees and money for security deposits for apartments that sometimes weren’t available, failed to deliver housing to the victims and kept their money, according to an investigation by Detective Frank Podpolucha. The loss to the 33 victims totaled $36,250. Earley’s real estate license was…

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Mortgage Crisis Job Training Program Hosts Preventing Foreclosure Forum

The Mortgage Crisis Job Training Program (MCJTP), a project of The WorkPlace is sponsoring a resource forum to help people at risk of losing their homes to foreclosure. The event will include presentations by the Connecticut Fair Housing Center, the Housing Development Fund and the Connecticut Department of Banking. Headlining the agenda will be remarks by Connecticut Senators Andres Ayala and Anthony Musto.   The state ranks seventh in the nation in foreclosures, having experienced one foreclosure filing last year for every 752 homes, according to Realtytrac. Additionally they note that Connecticut saw an 82% jump in foreclosure activity from December to January.   This is an opportunity to hear from housing experts on tools and resources available to families…

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CTWorks Career Coach in Westport March 20

Barbara Butler, Director of the Westport Department of Human Services announced today the return of  the newly enhanced CTWorks Career Coach at Westport Town Hall. On Thursday, March 20, the Coach will be offering a beginner’s class in Microsoft Word 2007 from 10 – 12 PM followed by an intermediate class in Word 2007 from 1-3 PM. Contact the Westport Department of Human Services for specific course description information. The Career Coach is a “training center” tour bus equipped with ten wireless computer labs offering free computer classes to residents in the greater Norwalk area. The mobile unit operates on a monthly schedule of visits to various community locations and is accessible to people with disabilities. Area residents interested in…

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