Bridgeport News: Stabbing
2021-11-20@7:01pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Report of a stabbing in the 1300 block of Park Avenue. This news report is made possible by:
CTDOT ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF NEW ONLINE HUB FOR TRANSPORTATION DATA
Commissioner Joseph Giulietti announced that the Connecticut Department of Transportation has launched Open Data Hub, a new one-stop-shop for the public to access transportation data. The Hub allows the public to access and download timely location-based data and perform analysis through easy-to-use online tools, applications, and dashboards. As a live platform with geospatial data, the Hub allows users to access official CTDOT data, such as traffic volumes, crashes, and roadway characteristics and classifications. Additional authoritative datasets and applications are in development and will come online as they are available. “The Open Data Hub is about empowering the public with information,” said Commissioner Joseph Giulietti. “By putting data at the fingertips of the people we serve, we are transforming the way the CTDOT…
Teacher and Moms Of Fairfield Come Through!
How about some likes for Mary Droesch Kennedy and the Moms Of Fairfield page on Facebook for coming through for Geraldine Johnson School in Bridgeport? Mary wrote to Moms of Fairfield "Hi everyone- I teach English in Bridgeport and my seventh graders are currently supposed to be reading Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan. The books never came in, and the students are struggling to read the book on the pdf on their computers. I made an Amazon wish list for a class set- if anyone would like to purchase one the kids would really appreciate it!" Within a week the class got their wish. Way to go everyone!
Black Rock News: Power Outage
2021-11-19@12:12pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Report of downed powerlines causing a power outage on Harborview Avenue and Harborview Place. This news report is made possible by:
BLUMENTHAL STATEMENT ON STATE AGs INVESTIGATION INTO INSTAGRAM’S IMPACTS ON CHILDREN & TEENS
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Chair of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security, released the following statement in response to an investigation into Instagram’s impacts on young people announced today by a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general: “Combined with our Congressional scrutiny, this investigation will shine a bright light on Instagram’s profiting from harm to kids. Facebook can no longer hide or conceal facts that parents need and deserve to know. Mark Zuckerberg must make a choice: either Facebook comes clean on its own, or this bipartisan group of state attorneys general will show the world even more ugly truths.” “Facebook must release its full research, give access to…
THIEVES TARGET SCHOOL BUS FLEET CATALYTIC CONVERTERS
On Thursday morning, November 18, the Trumbull Police were called to investigate anovernight theft of catalytic converters from an entire fleet of student transportationvehicles, at 25 Oakview Drive, forcing the Cooperative Educational Service (CES) School to be closed. Police learned that thieves stole catalytic converters from twenty-eight (28) school owned vehicles, where each of these vehicles had two (2) catalytic converters cut off from them with a reported loss of over $75,000. The Trumbull Police have noticed a drastic increase in the theft of catalytic converterswhich is not only on the rise in Connecticut, but has become a serious problemnationwide. Thieves are targeting business parking lots during the overnight hourswhere many fleet vehicles, trucks, vans, and busses are parked. Thieves…
Fairfield News: Car Drives Into Liquor Store
2021-11-18@5:14pm--#Fairfield CT-- A senior man was not injured when he drove his car into Grasmere Liquor and Wine at 154 Post Road. The building inspector was called to the scene.
Bridgeport News: Child Hit By Car
2021-11-18@2:31pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Report of a child being hit by a car at Jennings Avenue and East Main Street. This news report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: Pedestrian Struck
2021-11-18@1:08pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A pedestrian was struck at the intersection of Lenox and Maplewood Avenue.
Stratford News: Cement Mixer Wrapped In Wires
2021-11-18@12:18pm--#Stratford CT-- Report of a cement mixer wrapped in wires in front of Wooster Middle School at Freemont and Lincoln Street. Glad to report no electrical wires are involved. This news report is made possible by: See the deals at: https://www.ladaautosales.com/