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Church Burns To Ground In Somers

Jan 3, 2012 Stephen Krauchick

An early morning fire Monday destroyed the Somers Congregational United Church of Christ. The church burned to the ground. The fire department was originally called for smoke coming from the basement, there was no one inside the church. There were no injuries battling the blaze. The historic church dates to 1842 and the congregation dates to 1727. Sunday night, congregants jammed into the town hall auditorium across the street Monday afternoon to pray, sing and discuss the future of the church. <object width="420" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SVsRpzaH_io?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SVsRpzaH_io?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>

Happenings NOW 1-03 thru 1-06 2012

Jan 3, 2012 Stephen Krauchick

[SlideDeck id='494' width='100%' height='400px'] 1:20pm--#Fairfield--Report of a 16 year old son attacking his mother with scissors at 238 Mill Hill Road. Police were at this address last night for a verbal argument. There has been previous domestic calls here as well. Parties are separated and son is now in the backyard. One in custody. 12:28--#Fairfield--A man has just been assaulted at Bill's Crossroads Cafe- 12 Tunxis Hill Rd. He was unconscious but has come to. He was assaulted by a white male who fled in a white pickup truck which fled on Brookfield Avenue the wrong way. The truck may have the word "rat" on it. Police canvassing the area. 3:28pm--#Westport--Fire officials were called to Bank Of America on Post…

2 Youths Injured On Dirt Bike Struck By Car

Jan 2, 2012 Stephen Krauchick

Two youths were injured when they drove their dirt bike shortly after 8:15pm Sunday night. The accident occurred on the Capitol Avenue, the block between Park Avenue and Lincoln Boulevard. The injuries do not appear to be serious as the second ambulance arrived with no lights or sirens. It is unknown at this time if the dirt bike had lights or if it were registered to operate on a public street, police are investigating.

2 Dead One Critical in Wesport I-95 Crash

Jan 1, 2012 Stephen Krauchick

As we reported live as breaking news: Fairfield Fire Department responded to I-95 Northbound approximately 1 mile before Exit 19 to the report of a motor vehicle accident. Fairfield Fire Department work in conjunction with Westport Fire Department at that single vehicle accident. The vehicle left the roadway and went over the guardrail continuing down a steep embankment through thick overgrowth and trees for approximately 100 feet before coming to rest on its roof. The driver of the vehicle was sitting on the guardrail and immediately treated by Westport EMS and AMR Ambulance and transported to the hospital. Fairfield and Westport Fire departments stabilized the vehicle and assessed the 3 victims remaining in the vehicle. 2 victims were pronounced dead…

Happenings NOW 1-1-2012

Jan 1, 2012 Stephen Krauchick

[SlideDeck id='494' width='100%' height='400px'] 1:51pm--#Bridgeport--Multi car accident at Maplewood and Wood Ave., one car smoking. #Shelton--Report of a motor vehicle accident at Pine Street and Shelton Ave one car into a tree. Report of a woman pinned in the car. One person sent Bridgeport Hospital and the other to Yale. #Bridgeport--We have a report of a woman assaulted and her two year old kicked out a vehicle at Park Street and Maple Street. EMTs confirm two transported to the hospital. 3:40am--#Bridgeport--Report of a couple people being pepper sprayed at the Metric Bar and Grill at 39 Cannon St. EMTs arriving. 3:41am--#cttraffic #Fairfield I-95 northhbound 3 people trapped in a rolled over car about 50-75 feet off the roadway. Between exits…

Bridgeport’s First Shooting of 2012

Jan 1, 2012 Stephen Krauchick

[caption id="attachment_5728" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Bridgeport's First Shooting of 2012"][/caption] Around 4am New Years Day Bridgeport Police responded to a shooting at 1323 Howard Avenue. It is very early in the investigation but the video appears to show the victim was shot on the porch and police were looking for shell casings in the Getty Gas Station next door. It is unknown of the victim's status. We will update as soon as we receive them.

Happenings NOW 12-31 2011

Dec 31, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

[SlideDeck id='494' width='100%' height='400px'] 1:05am--#Fairfield--Molto Restaurant---Bartender and patron going at it, police on the way. 9:37pm--#Bridgeport--Report of a the front porch at 354 Seaview Avenue was on fire and now out. Fire department to investigate. 7:17pm--Bridgeport--Firefighters responded to a laundromat at 2462 Fairfield Ave. Upon arrival [caption id="attachment_5722" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Air inversion may cause false alarms of fires tonight."][/caption] they reported smoke on the roof. Upon further investigation they found no smoke or fire. The air mass we are experiencing tonight is heavy so any type of smoke is taking longer to to rise and sometimes hovers. We experience this a little over a month ago, firefighters from multiple towns were chasing false alarms. It certainly pays to advertise with…

Camera Falls during Insight Bowl

Dec 31, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

What appeared to be a falling satellite during the Insight Bowl turned out to be the floating camera which has become common in sports for the last decade. Lining up for a play near the 20-yard line at of Sun Devil Stadiu in Arizona Friday. Two Hawkeyes had to jump out of the way when the camera fell when the wire appeared to snap. SkyCam out of Tulsa OK provided the camera for ESPN. No one was injured.

Warde’s Buzzer Beater Beats Notre Dame

Dec 31, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

Written by Rich Pittera- Fairfield, Conn. Sports It’s one thing to have five three-point shots in a game. It’s special when two of them are buzzer beaters, but it’s a whole other thing when you break a tie with one on a game winning buzzer beater. That’s exactly what Fairfield Warde’s Mike Wright did in Fridays 52-49 victory over the Notre Dame Lancers on Friday night. “I feel amazing right,” Wright said moments after his game winning shot. The Mustangs came into the Fairfield holiday tournament hosted by prep as the team with the worst record at 1-2. In the first round of the tournament on Wednesday, in a game where no one thought it was possible for them to…

Gunman Enters Occupy New Haven Camp

Dec 30, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

Police received a 911 call around 1:15 a.m. about a confrontation on the New Haven Green involving a group of young men and the Occupiers. Witnesses said the men walked through the Occupy encampment and began kicking the tents and yelling "wake up". Read full article....

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Church Burns To Ground In Somers

Happenings NOW 1-03 thru 1-06 2012

2 Youths Injured On Dirt Bike Struck By Car

2 Dead One Critical in Wesport I-95 Crash

Happenings NOW 1-1-2012

Bridgeport’s First Shooting of 2012

Happenings NOW 12-31 2011

Camera Falls during Insight Bowl

Warde’s Buzzer Beater Beats Notre Dame

Gunman Enters Occupy New Haven Camp

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