Keep The Shiny Side Up!
2024-03-22@4:11pm--#Milford CT-- #cttraffic- A rollover crash on I-95 southbound near exit 40 to start off your Friday commute. One person is trapped inside, firefighters helping extricate the victim.
Ansonia News: Water Rescue
2024-03-22@3:30pm--#Ansonia CT-- Report of a water rescue in Coe Pond on Hubbell Avenue for a water rescue.
Pizza Delivery Driver Robbed: Suspect Arrested in Norwalk
On February 24, 2024, at 11:00 PM, Norwalk Police Combined Dispatch received a distress call reporting a robbery involving a pizza delivery driver on Meadow Street. The incident occurred after a phone order was placed at a local restaurant for delivery to a specified address on Meadow Street. Upon arriving at the designated location, the delivery driver encountered an individual identified as Thompson. Thompson, purportedly armed and using intimidation tactics, proceeded to rob the driver by rifling through his pockets and seizing his belongings. Following extensive investigative efforts by the Norwalk Police Detective Bureau, the suspect was identified as Harlie Thompson, prompting the issuance of a warrant for his arrest. On March 20, 2024, Harlie Thompson voluntarily surrendered to authorities…
I-95 Crash
2024-03-21@5:22pm--#Bridgeport CT-- #cttraffic-- A crash on I-95 northbound near exit 27. No word on injuries at this time.
Bridgeport News: Fire
At 12:43pm today, the Bridgeport ECC received c 911 call from a City of Bridgeport Public Facilities worker that there was a fire in the pit at the Asylum Street Transfer Station. BFD Units along with BPD were dispatched to the location. First on-scene Fire unit reported a working fire which was declared under control in approximately 25 minutes. No injuries occurred, DEEP and the gas company responded as well. The fire is currently under investigation with the Fire Marshal’s office.
Westport News: 29 Rowers Rescued
Westport Police, Westport Fire, and Westport EMS responded to Compo Beach on a report that there were numerous people in the water after a boat they were operating capsized. Responding units found a chaotic scene of youths swimming to shore, arriving by boat, and some still in the water near Cockenoe Island. First Responders immediately began providing care to those individuals who were on shore and coordinating the recovery of people in the water. While accounting for and locating all the people involved, medical care was provided, and two individuals were transported to a local hospital for treatment. At this time the initial investigation indicates that three (3) rowing sculls and one (1) chase boat launched from Saugatuck Rowing Club.…
Rough seas overwhelm the Saugatuck Rowing Club
2024-03-20 5:15pm--#Westport CT-- Rough seas overwhelm the Saugatuck Rowing Club in Westport. Frank Recchia just arrived at the rowing club to get further details. Unconfirmed reports say over 20 were pulled from the water, 2 are being treated for hypothermia. https://youtu.be/ogLGwtC0XNc
BLUMENTHAL SPONSORS LEGISLATION TO CRACK DOWN ON PRICE FIXING ALGORITHMS THAT HELP PREDATORY LANDLORDS RAISE RENTS
[HARTFORD, CT] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) joined Senate colleagues in introducing two new bills that would ban predatory practices by landlords who use pricing algorithms to avoid competition and raise rents. Senator Blumenthal is a cosponsor of both the Preventing Algorithmic Collusion Act, which would prevent companies from using algorithms to collude to set higher prices, and the Preventing the Algorithmic Facilitation of Rental Housing Cartels Act, which would crack down on companies that help landlords increase rents in already high-priced markets. “This practice affects housing throughout Connecticut. This kind of conscious collusion ought to be stopped. It is inflating rents for the ordinary person who goes to the landlord and is given a price that is based on an…
Fairfield News: iPhone Crash Alert
2024-03-20@10:57am-- #Fairfield CT-- First responders dispatched to School Street and Jennings Road for an iPhone crash alert. Turns out there was no crash but police did locate an iPhone on the ground. So it went from a crash to found property!
GOVERNOR LAMONT URGES APPROVAL OF LEGISLATION STRENGTHENING CONNECTICUT’S PAID SICK DAYS STATUTES
(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont is urging the Connecticut General Assembly to approve legislation he proposed for consideration this session that will expand and strengthen the state’s paid sick days statutes to ensure that more workers have the ability to take time off from work when they are sick or need to care for a sick family member without sacrificing a day’s wage or risk losing their employment. The proposal will also enact safeguards in these statutes for small businesses to ensure that the right to paid sick days is not being misused. “Our current paid sick days laws include important protections for some workers, however there are broad categories of workers who are left unprotected,” Governor Lamont said. “If…