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Fire on Congress Street Fairfield

Dec 4, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

ON SATRUDAY December 5, 2011 AT 7:19 PM the Fairfield 911 received a request from a homeowner on Congress Street to check on a roof fire that had been extinguished by her friends.  Jody Hoffman, of 3590 Congress Street noticed a small fire on a second floor porch roof while showing some friends the upstairs of her home.  According to the homeowner sparks and embers from a fire in the fireplace had gone up the chimney and landed on the flat roof of a second floor porch, starting a small fire.  The fire was extinguished by her friends who formed a “bucket brigade” and poured water out the window.  Mrs. Hoffman contacted the fire department “just to be sure” the…

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Fire in Bridgeport leave numerous homeless

Dec 3, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

Shortly after 7pm Saturday night firefighters responded to an apartment fire on the third floor of 223 Washington Avenue.   Firefighters rescued many from the four story Iroquois Apartments.  The fire broke out on the third floor on the left side of the building.  Assistant Fire Chief Ivan Fossesigurani tells us that the tennant of the apartment was in the bedroom with his girlfriend when his son was in a another  bedroom said there was a large pop and the apartment  filled with smoke.  One man on the fire floor suffered a hand burn but refused treatment at the scene.  No firefighter were hurt batteling the blaze.  The fire marshal is on the scene investigating.

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Happenings NOW 12-3 thru 12-5-2011

Dec 3, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

[SlideDeck id='494' width='100%' height='400px'] 12:39pm--State Police Divers locate the body of missing boater found--Richard Fiske, the 75 man who went missing in the Housatonic River last week in a boating mishap has been found according to State Police. 5:15am--#New Haven--Grinch arrested--Police recieved a telephone call at approximately 5:15 am reporting that a black male was stealing Christmas ornaments and bows from the city of new havens xmas tree on Church and Chapel at the New Haven Green. Several minutes later a police stopped a subject fitting the man's desription at the intersection of Chapel and York where the suspect was taken into custody 5:48pm--#Fairfield--EMTs and fire department on the way to Chipotle Mexican Grill at 340 Grasmere Ave (next to…

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Malloy, DOT, officials, cut ribbon on new Fairfield Metro Rail Station

Dec 2, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

Article by the Bridgeport News Video-DoingItLocal.com Photography Catherine Krauchick Governor Dannel P. Malloy today joined state and local officials to mark the opening of the Fairfield Metro railroad station. The $90 million station, which will open for commuter service on Monday, Dec. 5, also includes 1,400 parking spaces. Located midway between the Fairfield and Bridgeport stations, Fairfield Metro was built by the Connecticut Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Town of Fairfield. The DOT owns the entire station facility, while the station and parking lot will be operated and maintained by Fusco Management Company. Connecticut train service is provided by Metro-North under contract to the DOT. “This project will be an enormous advantage for Connecticut commuters — and state and…

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Happy Meal Ban: McDonald’s Outsmarts San Francisco

Nov 30, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

In order to include a toy with a meal, restaurants must now comply with city-generated nutritional standards. Those are standards that even the "healthier" Happy Meals McDonald's introduced earlier this year don't come close to meeting.  Yet it seems McDonald's has turned lemons into lemonade -- and is selling the sugary drink to San Francisco's children. Local McDonald's employees tell SF Weekly the company has devised a solution that appears to comply with San Francisco's "Healthy Meal Incentive Ordinance" that could actually make the company more money -- and necessitate toy-happy youngsters to buy more Happy Meals.  Read full story.....

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Bethel, Redding Still Cleaning Up After Nor’Easter

Nov 29, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

I had a personal appointment in Brookfield today and my GPS took me there the way of Route 58 through Redding and Bethel.  Cleaning up the debris of fallen tree branches from the ice storm last month is still a reality for these towns.    On November 2nd Bridgeport sent mutual aid support to Bethel providing one payloader, two dump trucks, a 40-yard dumpster and a two-person chainsaw crew, for a total of six crew members who spent the week clearing roads.   “While the City of Bridgeport was spared the brunt of this weekend’s nor’easter, some of our neighboring towns, like Bethel, were not so fortunate. We’re happy to lend a hand and provide their town with resources to aid…

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Memorial Plaques Dedicated To Derby War Hero Stolen

Nov 29, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

A new low of lows.  The plaques — which were on a large memorial dedicated in Witek’s honor on May 29, 1999 — were apparently stolen sometime between late Monday and Tuesday morning. Williamson, 75, put the value of the plaques in the neighborhood of $10,000. He assumed someone stole them with the intent of selling them for scrap metal. He hopes any scrap metal merchant will realize the items are stolen, given the inscription which details Witek’s extraordinary actions during World War II. Read full story and see additional photos Valley Indy Sentinel

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