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Sara Welch leaves News 8, Sarah French moving on from Fox CT

Aug 15, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

[caption id="attachment_3497" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Sara Welch"][/caption] Sara Welch, weekend anchor and weekday reporter at WTNH-TV for more than a [caption id="attachment_3498" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Sarah French"][/caption] decade, has left the station for love, family and a new start in California.  Sarah French, meanwhile, the former Missouri beauty queen who anchors the morning news on WTIC (Fox CT) with Logan Byrnes, is apparently taking a job in Boston.  Read the full story here....

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Police Activity Scare at Happy Dollar in Fairfield

Aug 15, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

[caption id="attachment_3487" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Police Swar To The Happy Dollar On A Call A Man Had A Gun"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_3488" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Bridgeport Police Task Force Was Working The Area"][/caption] 2:42pm--#Fairfield--Police received a a call from the Happy Dollar Store on Villa Avenue for a fight and one of the men had a gun.  Fairfield Police received another call from citizens that three pickup trucks at the same location surrounded another car, the white car in this photo.   A barrage of Fairfield Police cars rushed to the scene, including one car with an M-1/AK-47 style assault rifle.   It turned out to be a Bridgeport Task Force working undercover , they did not inform Fairfield Police they were working in…

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Patch costs AOL about $150,000 per site, $160 million a year

Aug 15, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

AOL is spending about $160 million a year on Patch, which equates to about $150,000 to run each individual Patch site annually, according to an analyst’s estimate. AOL first focused on building traffic to Patch sites, and just recently started ramping up ad sales. …One analyst questions the business model: “If you sell lemonade for $1 and it costs $800 to make it, that’s not a great business."   Read full article....

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Happenings NOW 8-15 thru 8-21

Aug 15, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

[SlideDeck id='494' width='100%' height='400px'] 3:11pm--#Norwalk--Plank fire on the southbound side of the train tracks, trains do NOT have to be stopped for the firefighters to extinguish the blaze. 2:42pm--#Norwalk--Fire department on the way for a child locked in a car Panera Bread 596 Westport Ave. At approximately 12:30pm the West Haven Fire Department responded to a report of smoke on the 1st and 7th floors of the VA Hospital at 950 Campbell Avenue. Units from all three West Haven Fire Companies responded to the fire scene. On arrival command reported smoke conditions on the 1st and then the 7th floor of Building 2. Searching floors 2 thru 6 the firefighters found a cooling unit had overheated and the smoke went…

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Iowa man tries to lure teen and gets mom’s fist instead

Aug 14, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

[caption id="attachment_3459" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Harding is charged with enticing a minor under the age of 16"][/caption] (CBS/AP) DES MOINES, Iowa - A Des Moines man who allegedly tried to lure a young girl into an alley, wound up with stitches and a black eye after the girl's mother took matters into her own hands, according to authorities. "I got down to the alley and I confronted him. I said, 'Why are you staring at the kids?' and he looks at me and says, 'I want to marry the red head.' I came unglued at that point. I was like 'Dude, she's only 13 and that's my daughter,'" Pullen told the station.  Read full story....

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Happenings NOW 8-13 thru 8-14 2011

Aug 13, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

[SlideDeck id='494' width='100%' height='400px'] 12:14am--#Milford--United Illuminated reporting 2,808 with out power in town. 11: 42-- Ansoinia--Prindle Ave.  and a residence atLopresti Court water in the basement threatening electrical. Nothing yet for low lying areas of Ansonia. 10:59pm--Milford Fire and Police have their hands full with flooding conditions. Fire Dept. on the scene of 221 New Haven Ave. and says most of the buildings in this area should have water coming into the buildings the water is so high. Possible on person trapped in a basement because of flooding at another High Street call.  UPDATE--11:34--#Milford--More flooding calls trickling in...Car stuck in the water with occupants still in the car at Knob Hill Road. Two flooded basements with threatened electrical boxes and…

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Water Resuce in Bridgeport

Aug 12, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

Shortly after 9pm a call that a woman was in the water on Water Street at the train station in Bridgeport.  The fire department was quickly on scene and sent divers to hold the woman until a rescue boat could bring her ashore.  The woman does not speak English so it is unknown if she jumped or was pushed.

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U.S. Consumer Confidence Drops to Three-Decade Low

Aug 12, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

Confidence among U.S. consumers plunged in August to the lowest level since May 1980, adding to concern that weak employment gains and volatility in the stock market will prompt households to retrench. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary index of consumer sentiment slumped to 54.9 from 63.7 the prior month. The gauge was projected to decline to 62, according to the median forecast in a Bloomberg News survey. Full details, read more.....

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