Bridgeport News: Copper theft on Stratford Ave
4:14pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Report of a man with a black hoody and blue jeans stealing the copper piping from a building on the 300 block of Stratford Ave. Police are on the way.
Sikorsky Injury
3:33pm--#Stratford CT-- EMS was called to Sikorsky's east hangar for an employee with a head injury. The transported the person to Bridgeport Hospital code three which means it wasn't very serious.
Charity Craft at Fairfield Public Library Woods Branch
[Fairfield, CT, February 21, 2014] The Fairfield Public Library is hosting its monthly DIY Craft Salon at the Fairfield Woods Branch Library, 1147 Fairfield Woods Road on Saturday, March 1 at 11 a.m. This month we will work on a project that will support cancer survivors. Alexandra Currie will be the presenter for this salon. She is the owner of a little square LLC in Fairfield and creator of the Pink Pom Pom Project, a crafting initiative that seeks to help those affected by cancer. Join us as we make squares for a quilt that will be given to a cancer support organization. All supplies will be provided, but if you are a knitter, please bring size 8 needles. Advanced…
Bridgeport News: Pizza man robbed at gunpoint
1:05am--#Bridgeport CT--A pizza deliveryman was robbed at gunpoint on Marion Street by three males with guns. Police are investigating.
Trumbull News: Teens with guns
1:00am--#Trumbull CT #Bridgeport CT--Trumbull and Bridgeport Police converge at Reservoir Avenue and Old Town Road after reports of teens with guns hiding behind bushes. Turns out to be paintball guns, what can go worng? Police from both towns are sorting this out....
Bridgeport News: Manhunt
9:55pm--#Bridgeport CT--Police locate a stolen vehicle and pull it over. A foot pursuit and manhunt after suspect runs into backyards between Laurel Avenue and Fairfield Avenue.
WEEKEND: GOV. MALLOY ATTENDS NATIONAL GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE
(HARTFORD, CT) – On Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will join a bipartisan group of the nation’s governors at the National Governors Association’s 2014 Winter Meeting in Washington, DC. The meeting is an opportunity for governors to discuss issues affecting states, share innovative solutions, and look for ways to strengthen the state-federal partnership. Topics being discussed will include job creation, education reform, improvement of infrastructure, restructuring of health care, and the development of energy resources. Governor Malloy serves as vice chair of the organization’s Natural Resources Committee. Governor Malloy will also be attending events at the White House and a meeting of the Council of Governors, which President Obama appointed him to last year. WHO: Governor…
Westport P&Z to review Amendment
Laurence Bradley, Westport Planning & Zoning Director announced today that on February 27, 2014, the Planning & Zoning Commission is scheduled to review two text amendments (Amendment #669 and Amendment #672) to the Westport Zoning Regulations. Amendment #669 (Application #13-065) was submitted by Karen Johnson on behalf of DC Kemper- Gunn, LLC to modify the zoning regulations to allow for the relocation of historic buildings in the Business Center District/Historic (BCD/H Zone). Amendment #672 (Application #14-007) was submitted by the Planning & Zoning Commission to limit the size of commercial tenant spaces in the Business Center District (BCD Zone) and the Business Center District/Historic (BCD/H Zone) to no more than 10,000 square feet. The amendment is also designed to preclude the merger of commercial properties or tenant…
I-95 back up
#cttraffic--I-95 is backed up in both directions at exit 27 due to Arena at Harbor Yard traffic.
Malloys meets Obama to push minimum wage increase
#WASHINGTON, DC – Governor Dannel P. Malloy today attended a meeting at the White House with President Barack Obama, Vice President Joseph Biden, U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez, International President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Mary Kay Henry, Director of the National Economic Council Gene Sperling, Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to President Obama, and others to discuss state-level efforts to raise the minimum wage.