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Car Crashes Into Bridgeport Business

Jan 14, 2012 Stephen Krauchick

[caption id="attachment_6063" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Car hit a main support making the building unstable."][/caption] Shortly after 3:30pm Saturday a car parked on North Avenue suddenly accelerated, jumping the curb, broke through a railing and crashed into a a car parked at M & M Auto Repair located at 414 North Avenue. Marcos Zasilva was inside M&M Auto Repair the accident occurred and said he thought something exploded inside the shop. Assistant Fire Chief Ivan Fossesigurani of the Bridgeport Fire Department said the car knocked out a main support truss making the building unstable until they get someone shore it up. Fossesigurani said the driver of the vehicle was rushed to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Norwalk Crash Sends 6 To The Hospital

Jan 14, 2012 Stephen Krauchick

[caption id="attachment_6056" align="alignleft" width="258" caption="Accident happened around 11am"][/caption] Shortly after 11am this morning after a three car crash on the Route 7 connector. 6 people from the Toyota Tacoma pickup truck that rolled were hospitalized, witnesses tell us about three of the occupants were thrown from the vehicle. They were transported to St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport because Norwalk Hospital was on trauma diversion, which means they were not accepting patients at that time with serious injuries. Condition of those hospitalized are not known at this time. Special thanks to Nate Yates for providing the photo.

Happenings NOW

Jan 14, 2012 Stephen Krauchick

[SlideDeck id='494' width='100%' height='400px'] ‎ 12:54pm--#Trumbull--Trumbull informed Fairfield Police of a signal 67 which Fairfield codes as "House Entered". This could be a break in or home invasion. This took place on Park Ave. near the town line a informing Fairfield in case they cross the border investigating. If we get any updates we will pass them along. Bridgeport Police have info that there are 4 parties at Green Homes looking to shoot parties on the West and East Side in retaliation to last weeks shooting. So much for the rally/march the other night. Bridgeport Police have info that there are 4 parties at Green Homes looking to shoot parties on the West and East Side in retaliation to last…

Mourners gather to remember slain teen

Jan 13, 2012 Stephen Krauchick

BRIDGEPORT -- More than 700 people packed into the Messiah Baptist Church on Congress Street Friday afternoon for the funeral of 14-year-old Justin Thompson, the city middle school student gunned down on Seaview Avenue after leaving a sweet 16th birthday party broken up by police early Sunday.Read more full report from Connecticut Post....

Fairfield Fire Swears In 5, Comish departs

Jan 13, 2012 Stephen Krauchick

Thursday night at Sullivan Independence Hall at the Fire Commission Meeting five new firefighters were sworn in to duty. Immediately following that formal ceremony, Chief Felner called departing Fire Commissioner and former Chairman Tony Jannotta forward to be recognized for his decade of service and commitment to the Fairfield Fire Department

No Happy Ending At Pleasant Moments Cafe

Jan 13, 2012 Stephen Krauchick

Friday the 13th was a most unlucky day for one patron at the Pleasant Moment Cafe at 1 William Street in Bridgeport. Shortly after midnight police were called to the cafe, officers quickly called for a supervisor who in turn called detectives to investigate what they are calling an untimely death. There were no signs of foul play, no bruises or contusions. Police suspect he might have been diabetic, they continue their investigation.

Legislators Protest Slated Closure of Norwalk Social Security Office

Jan 12, 2012 Stephen Krauchick

WASHINTON, DC – Senator Joseph Lieberman (ID-CT), Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Congressman Jim Himes (D-CT) today sent a letter to Michael Astrue, the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA), expressing serious concerns with the SSA’s decision to close the Norwalk Social Security Office and relocate its employees. “We are writing today to express our serious concerns with your office’s decision to close the Norwalk Social Security Office and relocate its employees to the other local offices within the Norwalk service district. We are united in our objection to this decision and the SSA timeline to close this office without retaining a satellite office or services in Norwalk as this action will place an undue hardship on beneficiaries,” said…

Hundreds rally in city after teen’s homicide

Jan 11, 2012 Stephen Krauchick

BRIDGEPORT -- Teenagers, mothers whose children have been shot and killed on the city's streets, babies in strollers, preteen girls -- hundreds of them poured onto Stratford Avenue on Wednesday night to rally against the kind of senseless violence that led to the death of 14-year-old Justin Thompson on Sunday. Thompson was gunned down about 12:20 a.m. on Seaview Avenue while walking home with his friends after a 16th birthday party. Read full article.... WTNH report: Bridgeport holds rally against violence after 14-year-old killed: wtnh.com

Happenings NOW 1-11-2011

Jan 11, 2012 Stephen Krauchick

[SlideDeck id='494' width='100%' height='400px'] 4:45pm--Bridgeport--Benham Ave. resident comes home and finds home broken into. We are receiving reports power has been restored in Bridgeport, Trumbull and Fairfield. 3:22pm--#Bridgeport--5 parties detained at 373 Pembrooke Street after a large gathering, two flashing a gun which turned out to be a BB gun. Power Outages--7,832 in Bridgeport, 884 in Fairfield and 117 in Trumbull. Substation is suspected. 3:22pm--#Bridgeport--5 parties detained at 373 Pembrooke Street after a large gathering, two flashing a gun which turned out to be a BB gun. 2:55pm--#Fairfield--Report of smoke coming from the computer room at Precisions Systems located at 777 Commerce Drive. UPDATE--Faulty compressor was cause of all the smoke. 2:50pm--Bridgeport Police Roll Call- All heroes accounted for. 2:08pm--#Bridgeport--Red…

Ringing iPhone stops New York Philharmonic

Jan 11, 2012 Stephen Krauchick

Tuesday night's New York Philharmonic performance of the Mahler Ninth was stopped dead by an unusual instrument--the iPhone. the offending phone owner was in the front rows of Avery Fisher Hall when his phone went off, just 13 bars before the last page of the score. In other words, in the final moments of a 25-minute movement, that ends a 90-minute symphony. It gets better....Read full story....

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Car Crashes Into Bridgeport Business

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Legislators Protest Slated Closure of Norwalk Social Security Office

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