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.
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:
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…
Norwalk News: Person Laying On I-95
UPDATE: The person's legs were pinned under a tractor-trailer's wheels. A tourniquet was applied and was transported to the hospital. 2020-11-10@10:37pm--#Norwalk CT-- #cttraffic-- First responders on the scene on I-95 northbound near exit 16 for a person laying on the highway.
City of Bridgeport To Observe Veterans Day
Bridgeport, CT – The City of Bridgeport offices will be closed to observe Veterans Day. Additionally, residents are advised of the following holiday schedule for sanitation, recycling, brown bag collection, and the transfer station. Sanitation and Recycling pick-up routes Veterans Day sanitation and recycling pick-up will remain on schedule, Wednesday routes will not be effected by the holiday. Brown Bag collection Brown bag collection is happening on your Recycling Day. Collection will be delayed on Veterans Day with Wednesday routes to be picked up on Thursday. *If pick-up is delayed by more than one day, do not remove bags from the curb—the public facilities crew will service your neighborhood as soon as possible. Transfer Station Closed Wednesday, November 11th (Veterans Day) Reopens Thursday, November 12th *City of Bridgeport officials remind all residents that masks…
Westport News: Finger Caught In A Treadmill
2020-11-10@5:28pm---#Westport CT-- A woman has her finger caught in a treadmill while putting it together on River Oaks Road. It is described as a crushing injury according to radio reports. This news report is made possible by: Visit Scap's Website at: https://www.scapchryslerjeep.com/
Westport Police Department Welcomes Officer Dominique Carr
(Westport, CT) – The Westport Police Department proudly announces the addition of DominiqueCarr to its ranks effective today, Monday, November 9, 2020. Due to current COVID-19restrictions, Officer Carr was officially sworn in at police headquarters this morning at a privateceremony attended by First Selectman James Marpe and Police Chief Foti Koskinas as well asfriends and family.Officer Carr joins us from the Windsor Police Department, where he has served the town withdistinction since November of 2018. Carr is a native of Hartford, Connecticut, and a graduate ofCromwell High School. Carr is also a 2018 graduate of Western Connecticut State University,where he successfully obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Justice and Law Administration.An avid athlete, Carr played football at the University.…
Senator Zooming Mad
WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Subcommittee with oversight of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and consumer privacy, released the following statement in response to the FTC’s settlement with Zoom after the company engaged in “a series of deceptive and unfair practices that undermined the security of its users.” The settlement does not include any refunds or specific redress for consumers who were harmed by Zoom’s misleading privacy and security claims. Blumenthal wrote Zoom in April seeking clear answers about its consumer data privacy rules and safety practices, and called for a national security investigation into Zoom this July. “The FTC has failed again – an abjectly inadequate slap on the…
Covid Vaccine
Senator Tony Hwang (R-28) as co-chair of CT Bioscience Caucus issued the following statement on Pfizer’s announcement today that they are making incredible progress developing a vaccine for Covid-19. Pfizer and BioNTech announced their vaccine candidate against Covid-19 achieved success in first interim analysis from an advanced phase 3 study. Their vaccine was found to be more than 90% effective in preventing Covid-19 in participants without evidence of prior SARS-CoV2 infection in the first interim efficacy analysis. As we endure a second surge of the Covid-19 virus, Connecticut’s bioscience industry is hard at work so our state, country and world can someday move beyond the risk and fear of contracting this terribly infectious virus. Today’s news is a beacon of…
I-95 Crash
2020-11-10@12:30pm--#Fairfield CT--#Westport CT-- #cttraffic-- A one car accident on I-95 northbound near exit 18 in the left lane. It appears everyone is out of the vehicle.