Bridgeport Connecticut

Bridgeport

Mayor Ganim Announces $75,000 grant award for the Greenhouse Impact Program

Jan 31, 2026 Alex

Mayor Ganim announced that the City of Bridgeport has been recognized as the 2nd Place winner in the 2026 Healthy and Sustainable Communities Grant Awards. The award, presented by The United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) in partnership with the American Beverage Foundation for a Healthy America (ABFHA), includes a $75,000 grant to begin a pilot program, The Greenhouse Impact. The Greenhouse Impact program will be Bridgeport’s first intergenerational learning experience that will cater to Lighthouse students and seniors from the East Side Senior Center, as they learn to maintain a community greenhouse. Participants will learn sustainable growing practices that strengthen the local food system and foster healthy eating habits. The program will also supplement and enhance learning for students who typically spend…

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Bridgeport

Knife-Point Robbery Sparks Pursuit

Jan 30, 2026 Alex

The Bridgeport Police arrested two men from the New Haven area on Thursday after they robbed the Gala Foods Supermarket at 1457 Fairfield Avenue at knifepoint and then engaged officers in a motor vehicle pursuit.  Osvaldo Beard-Beltran 30, of North Haven, was charged with Robbery in the Second Degree, Carrying a Dangerous Weapon, Assault in the Third Degree, Threatening in the Second Degree, Breach of Peace in the Second Degree, Larceny in the Sixth Degree, Illegal Possession of a Weapon in a Motor Vehicle and Engaging Police in a Pursuit. He was given a bond of $100,000. Giovanni Rivera, 35, of New Haven, was charged with Conspiracy to Commit Robbery in the Second Degree, Illegal Possession of a Weapon in a Motor…

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Bridgeport Trumbull

Power Outage In Bridgeport and Trumbll

Mar 10, 2016 Stephen Krauchick

3:12pm--#Bridgeport Connecticut--#Trumbull Connecticut--I have received messages of a power outage in the Sylvan Avenue Whiskey Hill area of Bridgeport and Trumbull Police have just said power is out on Old Town Road area and traffic lights are out in the area.  EMS just reported Islandbrook and Chopsey Hill in Bridgeport is out.  Remember, if the lights are out at an intersection you need to treat it as a 4 way stop.  Trumbull Police just reported that UI is aware of the power out, a circuit out according to radio reports and the power should be restored within the hour.   This report is made possible by:

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