10:11pm--#Monroe CT--Firefighters are on scene at kiln fire at 921 Main Street. The address comes back to M Cubed Technologies, which their website says they are "world leader in ceramics and metal matrix composite". Power was cut to the kiln and the fire is now out and firefighters are ventilating. No injuries reported.
7:00pm--#Bridgeport CT--Police are investigating a purse snatching that just occured at the Grant Street parking garage 1A. The suspect jumped the wall out of the garage and fled on foot.
4:58pm--#Stratford CT--Firefighters on the way to 55 Pinehurst Road for smoke in a basement.
Snow Removal Operation in Downtown Set for Tonight Snow Emergency Remains in Effect BRIDGEPORT, CT (February 5, 2014) – City Public Works crew will be removing snow from downtown Bridgeport streets to clear major roads and sidewalks in preparation for the next predicted storm, which is expected to hit the Bridgeport area this weekend. Beginning at 10 p.m. tonight (Wednesday), City crews will begin removing snow in the area from Lafayette Boulevard to Water Street and from Frontage Roads to Congress Street. “As a transportation hub and the home to numerous businesses, local, state and federal government agencies, and hundreds of residents, it is critical that we keep our downtown neighborhood clear and passable for drivers and pedestrians,” said Mayor…
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.....
2:30pm--#Bridgeport CT--Firefighters at a house fire at Berkeley Place (off East Main Street) reporting heavy smoke visible from the road.
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…
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.
8:34pm--#Bridgeport CT--Shots fired on James Street by two males. No one or anything reported shot.
