Syrians Coming To Bridgeport

#Bridgeport CT--Today, Governor Malloy said that Connecticut will continue to accept more than 1,600 refugees from Syria.  Arizona, Texas, Michigan and Alabama and President Obama's home state of Illinois is suspending the refugee resettlement. The reason is that it is reported that some of the attackers in France came through Greece as a refugee. The International Institute Of Connecticut (IICONN) located at 670 Clinton Avenue in Bridgeport has been listed as a group accepting the refugess according to the US Refugee Public Affiliate Directory (see http://www.scribd.com/doc/280725813/US-Refugee-Public-Affiliate-Directory). Catholic Charities of Hartford and the International Refugee and Immigrant Services in New Haven will be slated to process the refugees according to the list for Connecticut. According to IICONN's September newsletter: “The U.S.…

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Bridgeport Police Department Arrests Two Adults, Two Juveniles on Weapons Charges

#Bridgeport, Conn. (November 12, 2015) – The Bridgeport Police Department announced the arrest of two adults and two juveniles on weapons charges.  On Monday, November 9, police officers pulled a vehicle over at the intersection of Housatonic Ave. and North Washington Ave. for speeding and lacking proper registration.  In approaching the black, 4-door, 2001 Volkswagen, police officers identified that two adult males and two juvenile males were the occupants.  The driver of the vehicle – Daniel Joel Rosario Jr. of Derby (DOB: 5/10/1995) – wasn’t wearing his seatbelt.   When a police officer asked if anyone in the vehicle was on parole or probation, all parties responded “no” with the exception of Elijah Ceesay of Bridgeport (DOB: 3/20/1996).   Ceesay stated…

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Bridgeport, Conn. (Nov. 12, 2015) – Today, the Bridgeport Police Department announced the arrest of a man for stealing several bags of shrimp from Food Bazaar (500 Sylvan Ave.).  On Monday, police officers were dispatched to Food Bazaar following a shoplifting complaint.  Upon arrival on scene, police officers located an individual sitting on the floor next to the store manager.   The man on the floor – Carlos Muniz (DOB: 6/25/1978) – was identified as the shoplifter, and the police officer handcuffed and detained him.  Police officers also determined that there was an active warrant for Muniz.  After police officers reviewed video surveillance of the incident, it was evident that  Muniz attempted to walk out of the store while concealing…

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Weatherdogs Week Ahead Outlook

Good Sunday evening everyone... we hope you had a great weekend! Its back to the grind tomorrow... pretty easy week forecast wise for us! Monday and Tuesday are nice mild fall days! Wednesday starts off nice and then we look for some light showers to move in during the late afternoon/early evening hours. Thursday is still up in the air...do the showers and drizzle stick around?? As of now not much at all but the chance is there. A early look at next weekend shows a mostly cloudy forecast but dry as of today. Could we be seeing the last of the 60 degrees this week?? Cant say that totally 100% but the long range shows us settling back to…

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