Quassy Amusement Park & Waterpark in Middlebury CT

  CRAZY CUPS - The Crazy Cups is the newest ride at Quassy Amusement & Waterpark in Middlebury, Conn., introduced to guests in 2012. Plan to enjoy a day at Quassy Amusement Park & Waterpark in Middlebury CT on Saturday, May 3 or Sunday, May 4, 2014. You will help The Barnum Museum during their time of restoration and recovery. Take advantage of this fantastic offer online by 11 p.m. on Friday, May 2 and Quassy Amusement Park & Waterpark in Middlebury will donate $5 to The Barnum Museum in Bridgeport for each $35 Carload Pass purchased. The Carload special is valid for up to 10 persons in your vehicle. Parking is included, and each person in the vehicle will…

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Teen Diversity Essay Contest Winners Selected for Awards Ceremony on March 31

The three finalists in the 2014 TEAM Westport Teen Diversity Essay Contest have been selected. They will be named and recognized at an Awards Ceremony on Monday, March 31 at 6:30pm in the McManus Room of the Westport Library. Co-sponsored by TEAM Westport and the Westport Library, the Contest asked teens to consider the following: According to the U.S. Census, 30 years from now racial and ethnic groups that are currently in the minority in our country will collectively outnumber whites. For people aged 20 and younger, the total minority population already outnumbers whites. As a high school student in 2013-14, you and your contemporaries are part of this new reality. Please reflect on the impact this demographic trend will…

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Fairfield’s 31rst Annual Holocaust Commemoration

The Fairfield Holocaust Commemoration Committee is pleased to invite the public to attend the keynote address delivered by Shiri B. Sandler, the granddaughter of a survivor who serves as the U.S. Director of the Auschwitz Jewish Center, a museum and study center in Auschwitz, Poland which is an affiliate of the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City. Shiri has devoted herself to educating the world about one of the darkest periods in modern history. In her capacity as U.S. Director of the Center, Shiri runs the Center’s American Service Academies Program a unique educational two-week program in which a select group of cadets and midshipmen from the United States military academies travel to Poland and face the reality…

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Bridgeport News: Man shot

12:02am--#Bridgeport CT--A man was shot outside 25 Sixth Street just after midnight Friday morning.  Police were looking for two black males and Hispanic teen, all three dressed in blue jeans and hoodies in their early teens.  Police locate three youths matching that description near Central Avenue and have detained him.  Its not know where the suspect was shot but he walked to the stretcher under his own power.   Bridgeport Police Update: A 47-year-old city man was shot in the right arm and grazed in the forehead during an apparent attempted robbery early today. Officer Mildred Manning responded to the area of Stratford Avenue and Sixth Street shortly after midnight and located the victim sitting on the steps of a house. He stated…

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Three Juveniles Charged With Attempted Robbery

(Bridgeport, CT – March 27, 2014) – Three juveniles were arrested in connection with an attempted carjacking Wednesday on Coleman Street. Officer Ernest Garcia spoke with the victim, who stated that he was sitting in his vehicle shortly before 2 p.m. when he observed four males walk past his car. A moment later, one of them opened his car door and pulled him out. A second youth with a gun stated they were taking the car and took his keys. The youths, however, fled without taking the car. The victim provided descriptions and a short time later Lt. Bill Mayer report seeing four youths matching that description on Lexington Avenue. Mayer detained one but the other three fled. Two others…

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Motor Vehicle Violation Leads to Drug Arrest

(Bridgeport, CT – March 27, 2014) – A motor vehicle stop turned into a police pursuit Wednesday during which the motorist threw drugs from his car. Officer Ivan Delgado attempted to pull over the Kia Soul but the motorist refused to stop. The driver got on Route 8 and began throwing items out the window. Police stopped the pursuit for safety reasons after the motorist got onto Route 15 southbound.  The State Police subsequent stopped and detained him in Westport. Police canvassed the area where the motorist was seen tossing items recovered a bag containing marijuana. Police also recovered a rolled up dollar bill that has cocaine residue in it. Joseph Rivera, 36, of Bridgeport, faces charges including engaging police…

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