HARTFORD—Everyone knows Halloween in celebrated on Oct. 31 but a state lawmaker wants to tamper with tradition to ensure the holiday is always marked on a weekend.
State Rep. Tim Larson is proposing that the legislature designate the last Saturday in October as Halloween. He says it would make the holiday less harried for working parents, safer for trick-or-treaters and boost the economy as well.
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12:46pm–#Bridgeport–A robbery just occurred at 1726 Fairfield Avenue in Bridgeport Leaving the scene were 2 Hispanic Males and one white male in the back in a Black 1994 Honda Civic 390YHD which comes back 58 Canfield Drive in Fairfield. A crow bar and a wrench were used in the robbery. Johnson’s Gas is located at1726 Fairfield Avenue.
11:15am–Seymour– Seymour High School evacuated for a propane leak. The leak was reported in the science wing of the school. Zero readings as of 11:35am in the chemistry room. Six students were taken to Griffin Hospital as a precaution after feeling sick. Oxford, Beacon Falls providing mutual aid. UPDATE–12:18pm–Fire department departs after turning propane off to the school. No further readings detected. Fire department will be returning for further investigation after school lets out.
BRIDGEPORT — A 7-year-old boy was killed early Monday morning in a house fire on Highland Avenue. The boy, who was not immediately identified, was trapped in a third-floor room engulfed by flames, firefighters said. The fire was too heavy for firefighters to tackle before putting it out with a hose, and by the time they extinguished the blaze, the boy had been killed, according to Assistant Chief Dominick Carfi. Read full story….
As we were first to report, there was a fire early this morning at 1:52am Milford Fire Department called in their second alarm at 451 New Haven Avenue. Firefighters report this is a four story building with heavy fire on the fourth floor appears to be from a gas fire place. By 2:01am Stratford Fire Department send mutual aid to Milford. By 2:10am firefighters were warned that the roof was weak from the fire. By 2:25am fire was under control and fire officials started releasing units from the scene. By 3:00pm recall of fire had been called, firefighters continued overhauling the fire scene. No injuries had been reported.
New Haven–13 year old shot and killed at at 153 Porter Street, police are investigating. This is New Haven’s 28th homicide this year. Around 7:30pm police responded to Porter Street for a 13 year old male shot in the head. Police have just begun their investigation. UPDATE–Police are looking for one suspect, his last name is Burress and is a black male who resides at 41 Lodge Street in New Haven. He is armed with a shotgun that he used on the victim. He fled in a 2009 or 2010 2 door Chevy.
If anyone has any information are asked to call New Haven Police at 203-946-7065.
We’ve received a report that a 9 year old girl had burned a significant amount of her hair off with a lighter similar to the type used to light BBQ grills. She does have some burns to her scalp and face, but non-life threatening. While the fire department was on scene there was a large scale domestic incident at the home and police was called to the scene. The police intervened and the child was transported to the hospital. EMS crew reports that the mom was extremely agitated and was tailgating the ambulance with her vehicle. The EMS crew asked for hospital security to await their arrival and separate mom from both the crew and the girl until she can calm down. Of course if we get any updates will will pass them along to you.
Two women and two children were in an apartment on Carroll Avenue around 6pm this evening when one of the women wanted to take her life. The other woman was able flee with one child and called police. After three hours police were able to talk her out. Special thanks to News12 in helping us with this story, they will have a full report at 10pm
