2020-03-04-05:40pm–#Bridgeport CT– A woman called police that she found two two-year-olds wandering the 200 block of Parrott Avenue. They had no shoes, coats or diapers according to radio reports.
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2020-03-04@10:22am–#Bridgeport CT– A DCF worker was threatened at knifepoint by three young males in the Walgreens parking lot at 1000 Park Avenue.
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2020-03-04@10:10pm–#Bridgeport CT–A bus accident at Fairfield and Howard Avenue, one passenger on the bus is complaining of a back injury according to radio reports.
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HARTFORD, CT) – Max Reiss, Director of Communications for Governor Ned Lamont, today released the following statement regarding legislative proposals on gaming:
“For years now, Connecticut’s gaming economy has been declining and stuck in litigation while our surrounding states continue to expand and prosper. Last legislative session, the governor worked to achieve a comprehensive solution to Connecticut’s ongoing gaming quagmire. Unfortunately, neither tribe accepted that proposal.
“This legislative session, there are two proposals on the table. One of the proposals would authorize only the tribes to conduct sports betting and virtually all other forms of online gaming both on and off their tribal reservations. The other proposal would authorize the tribes to conduct sports betting on their tribal reservations and also would permit the tribes, the Connecticut Lottery, and the state’s existing off-track betting operators to conduct sports betting outside the tribes’ reservations. The governor supports the latter approach because it is simpler, focuses exclusively on sports betting, and is therefore more achievable in this short legislative session. It also builds upon the state’s existing partnership with the tribes, is more likely to withstand legal challenges from third party competitors, and promotes a fair and competitive sports betting market outside the tribes’ reservations.
“The governor is committed to a fair resolution that brings Connecticut’s gaming economy into the 21st century. He wants to sign a sports betting bill into law over the next few months. Any such proposal, however, must be designed to avoid and withstand endless legal challenges, include multiple, competing mobile platforms off the tribes’ reservations, and build upon the existing footprints of all of the state’s existing gaming operators.”
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2020-03-03@11:03pm–#Bridgeport CT– Police received a number of calls from residents of shots fired in the West Morgan/Chalmers/West Parkway area. So far, no one or anything reported hit. The shots may have even originated in Central High School parking lot.
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2020-03-03@8:08pm–#Bridgeport CT– Milford firefighters extinguish a kitchen fire on Elizabeth Street. Two lines were in operation, EMS evaluated one of the homeowners. Red Cross needs to accommodate two adults and two dogs. Fire marshal called to investigate the cause.
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2020-03-03@1:32pm–#Bridgeport CT– Firefighters were called to Black Rock School at 545 Brewster Street for a child stuck in the jungle gym. Firefighters quickly freed the child.
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#Westport, CT – Planning & Zoning Director Mary Young has announced that on March 5, 2020 the Planning & Zoning Commission will review an amendment to the Westport Zoning Regulations. Authored by the Planning and Zoning Commission’s Zoning Regulation Revision Subcommittee, Text Amendment #775 proposes to add definitions and remove regulatory obstacles for property owners seeking to conduct beach nourishment or replenishment activities and reduce erosion on their properties abutting Long Island Sound.
Ms. Young explained that residents who own property adjacent to coastal waters frequently experience wave action resulting in beach depletion and land erosion. Building berms and dunes are techniques to mitigate erosion. This mitigation involves changing the existing topography or grades. Currently such grade changes are subject to Special Permit/Site Plan approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission pursuant to §32-8, Excavation and Filling of Land. Text Amendment #775 proposes exempting these grade changes from the excavation and fill requirements which were not originally intended to apply to beach nourishment or replenishment projects. Currently the excavation and fill regulations require the slope of sand dunes, and all manmade earth slopes, cannot exceed five (5) horizontal to one (1) vertical (20%). In most cases, sand dunes are more effective with a slope greater than 20%.
Comments supporting the proposal were received from the State of CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection as well as the Westport Conservation Department.
Ms. Young stated, “It is resource-intensive to fight mother-nature and restore what storm events deplete in the form of sand. By reducing the requirements to submit an application and await public hearing review, residents’ resources can be focused on their nourishment and replenishment projects.”
All those interested in this amendment are encouraged to attend the public hearing on March 5, 2020 at 7:00 PM at Town Hall in Room Auditorium. Copies of the amendment are attached herein and are available for viewing in Town Hall both in the P&Z Office and in the Office of the Town Clerk as well as online at www.westportct.gov. For those who cannot attend this hearing, it will be livestreamed over the internet on the Town’s website, and recorded and archived for future viewing.
The Planning and Zoning Commission may receive written comments from the public in advance of the hearing. Comments should be sent to PandZ@westportct.gov. Once the public hearing is closed, no more information or comments will be accepted.
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Bridgeport, CT – Mayor Ganim, City Officials invite residents to participate in the Consolidated Plan Process (Con Plan) through a survey available at bridgeportct.gov/conplansurvey until March 13th, 2020.
ConPlan serves as the framework for a community-wide dialogue to identify housing and community development priorities that align and focus the federal funding allocated through HUD formula block grant programs; CDBG, HOPWA, ESG, and HOME.
Mayor Ganim stated, “It’s important that residents make their voices heard in this process and for everyone to have an opportunity to share how they’d like to see these funds allocated to meet the needs of our community.”
The city’s most vulnerable population (low-mod income, elderly, veterans, children and families) depend on HUD entitlement Programs to provide much needed services.
Visit bridgeportct.gov/conplansurvey to learn more about each block grant program and to complete the survey. For additional information, contact Anjerice.miller@bridgeportct.
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2020-03-02@11:49pm–#Bridgeport CT– A two-car crash took out a deck on Dupont Place and sent one man to the hospital with minor injuries.
