Westport News: Leaf Blower Fire

On Wednesday, The Westport Fire Department Emergency Communications Center received a call for areported truck fire Thursday morning at 9:52am. The fire department responded with twoengines and the shift commander. Fire companies arrived and found the rear area of alandscaping truck, its machinery, and its contents on fire. The fire was quickly extinguished.The landscape company employees reported that a fire started on the attached leaf vacuum andspread to the leaf vacuum’s gas tank. While a landscaping employee was attempting to extinguishthe fire with a fire extinguisher, the gas tank attached to the leaf vacuum failed. As a result ofthe gas tank failure the employee’s clothes caught fire as well as the backpack blower and leavesin the area. The employee was…

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Bridgeport News: Rollover

2020-11-12@11:30am--#Bridgeport CT-- #cttraffic-- There is a rollover accident on the I-95 northbound on ramp to I-95 from the Route 8/25 connector (pictured) There is also a car that hit the wall on the on the I-95 Seaview Avenue southbound on ramp.

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Veteran Help

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), members of the Senate Armed Services and Veterans’ Affairs Committees, introduced the Brian Tally VA Employment Transparency Act today, bipartisan legislation requiring the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide explicit, timely information in response to legal claims filed by veterans against the VA. The senators’ legislation is named after Marine Veteran Brian Tally, who was unable to file a medical malpractice claim against his doctor because the VA failed to inform him – until after the statute of limitations had passed – that his doctor was a contractor and his claim needed to be filed in state court, leaving him with no legal recourse. “This bipartisan, bicameral bill…

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Improvement Fund$ For Trumbull and Monroe

 State Senator Marilyn Moore (D-Trumbull) is welcoming new state funding for capitol improvement projects in Trumbull and Monroe. Governor Lamont recently approved more than $11 million in state funding through the Small Town Economic Assistance Program that will be awarded to 94 towns across the state. Monroe will be receiving $128,205 in state funding for the replacement of the public safety radio communications system. This will be matched by $1,226,795 from the town. Trumbull will be receiving $128,205 in state funding for the Phase 1 demolition, design, and site preparation for the new Trumbull Veterans and First Responder Center. This will be matched by $20,585 from the town. "I’m grateful that Governor Lamont awarded funds to Monroe to address public safety," said Sen. Moore. "Now more…

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I-95 Crash

2020-11-11@9:02pm--#Bridgeport CT-- #cttraffic-- First responders on scene of an accident on I-95 southbound near exit 27.

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#Stratford CT-- On 11-11-2020 Officers from the Stratford Police Department along with members of the BridgeportPolice Department arrested Tyrese Pridgen (DOB 04-30-2001) by warrant at 156 Norman Street inBridgeport CT. Pridgen was identified as the person responsible for several gun shots in the area ofSands Place in Stratford on the night of 10-31-2020. There were no injuries during the shots firedincident.During the arrest Officers seized an SKS assault rifle with ammunition and approximately 20 pounds ofillegal THC/marijuana. Pridgen was charged with the following;Reckless EndangermentWeapon In A Motor VehiclePossession Of An Assault WeaponPossession Of A High Capacity MagazinePossession Of Narcotics With Intent To SellPridgen was held on $150,000 bond and assigned a court date of 11/20/2020. .

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Bridgeport News: 8/25 Crash

2020-11-11@3:34pm--#Bridgeport CT-- The split a Route 8/25 south appears to be closed due to an accident at the I-95 split.

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Stratford News: Trying To Light Gasoline In A Storm Drain

2020-11-11-2:11pm--Stratford CT-- The fire department, police and fire inspector are investigating a report of a man who poured gasoline down a sewer drain and tried lighting it by throwing lit matches at it on Nichols Avenue near Bellaire Terrace. This news report is made possible by:

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Connecticut’s First Clean Energy Industry Report Released

Rocky Hill, CT (Nov. 10, 2020) – According to a recently released Connecticut Clean Energy Industry Report, more than 44,000 people, an increase of 9.1% from 2015, made up the clean energy workforce in Connecticut in 2019. In total, clean energy jobs accounted for 2.6% of all jobs and a gross state product of $6.5 billion in Connecticut in 2019. This is the first joint job study produced by the Connecticut Green Bank, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Eversource, and United Illuminating, Southern Connecticut Gas and Connecticut Natural Gas, subsidiaries of AVANGRID Inc., operating through the Joint Committee of the Energy Efficiency Board (EEB) and the Connecticut Green Bank Board of Directors. “A robust clean energy workforce is essential…

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