BRIDGEPORT — Housatonic Community College will be open on three Saturdays in August for on the spot consultation for new and continuing students. The dates are August 4, 18 and 15 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m on campus, 900 Lafayette Blvd. There will be one-stop, walk-in registration including a full range of assistance to complete the registration process in time for the fall semester, which begins on August 28. Faculty and staff will be on hand to offer guidance and help with admissions applications, counseling, financial aid,payment plans, academic advising, placement testing, and registration. New students can prepare in advance by visiting www.housatonic.
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Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Dan Haar: 5,000 Conn. jobs? Diplomats from China, Mexico, Canada decry tariffs
Prices for metal have climbed in the last few weeks at Glyne Manufacturing Co. in Stratford, a small maker of aerospace parts with about 20 employees. “I can’t necessarily tell if it’s the effects of tariffs or the people providing us with material are increasing prices,” said Ben McGalliard, whose family owns the business. “We’re a small player in this market... It’s sort of been a problem at this point.” Sort-of a problem, not a full-blown crisis. Hard to sort out since the supply chain for aerospace materials, as with so many industries, is truly global. Similarly, Terex Corp., the Westport-based global manufacturer of cranes and other materials handling equipment, sent a letter to customers in March, saying the newly imposed U.S.
from Business https://www.ctpost.com/business/article/Dan-Haar-5-000-Conn-jobs-Diplomats-from-China-13121166.php
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Candidates agree on importance of arts but still keep party loyalties
NEW HAVEN — Ned Lamont and Tim Herbst agree on something: that educating children extends beyond the school day and it should include the arts. “I’m as surprised as you are,” Herbst told an audience of about 150 arts and culture advocates. It’s not a revolutionary idea. But that Lamont, the endorsed Democratic candidate for governor, and Herbst, arguably the most conservative Republican running for the same office, could find common ground was the result of a forum that forced five candidates to go off script from their usual talking points.
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Zoners revise Bridgeport’s booze rules
BRIDGEPORT — Persistence has definitely paid off for Michael DeFilippo. He had to win three — Democratic primaries between last September and this April before finally being elected to help represent the North End on the City Council. And two-and-a-half years after a Superior Court Judge shuttered Vitro’s, DeFilippo’s package store, DeFilippo on Monday won a lengthy battle to change Bridgeport’s booze laws, paving the way for his business to reopen. Specifically, the zoning commission voted to revise the rules for opening a new liquor store, including putting in place more detailed criteria for applicants to meet.
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Court blocks 3D gun printing
WASHINGTON — In response to a request from Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen and seven other state attorneys general, a federal judge in Seattle issued a temporary restraining order Tuesday blocking online uploading of blueprints for plastic homemade guns. In a statement, Jepsen hailed the ruling as a step to prevent making “these weapons easily available to those who might seek to harm Connecticut residents or to jeopardize our national security.” Connecticut and the other states plus the District of Columbia “look forward to continuing to aggressively make the case that these types of plans should be permanently barred from public dissemination," he said.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/politics/article/Fight-to-block-3D-gun-printing-goes-down-to-wire-13121383.php
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Shelton lawyer pleads to 5 more counts in child sex abuse case
MILFORD — Convictions continue to mount for a Shelton lawyer who admitted that he repeatedly sexually assaulted a family friend he was tutoring over seven years. Peter Kruzynski was back in criminal court Tuesday just a day after being sentenced to 13 years in federal prison for using his cell phone to entice the minor into sexual activity. This time Kruzynski, 51, formerly of Shelton and currently housed in a Rhode Island federal detention center, pleaded no contest to five state charges which carry mandatory prison sentences of 10 years and nine months. “This is one of the most disturbing set of facts the state has ever encountered,” Assistant State’s Attorney Amy Bepko told Superior Court Judge Frank Iannotti.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Shelton-lawyer-pleads-to-5-more-counts-in-child-13121249.php
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Vets irked by image of downed flag
BRIDGEPORT — When United States Navy Reserve veteran Bob Holm saw the photograph in Tuesday’s paper, he felt disgust. It wasn’t so much the image of dead fish washed up on the Bridgeport shoreline that bothered Holm, it was what lay on the sand nearby, and within the photo — an American flag. “What was the significance of taking a picture with the American flag laying with all these dead fish?” he said Tuesday afternoon. Holm, a 74-year-old Stratford resident, said the Connecticut Post photo was shown to him by two co-workers who are also military veterans, at the Stratford factory where they all work. All three were miffed, he said. “If I saw a flag on the ground, I would pick it up.
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Red Sox Place Chris Sale on 10-Day DL
The Boston Red Sox announced Tuesday that they have placed starting pitcher Chris Sale on the 10-day disabled list with left shoulder inflammation, retroactive to July 28.
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Steve Obsitnik did not vote for Trump
When it came to casting a ballot in 2016, Steve Obsitnik voted like a father, not like a future gubernatorial candidate. Republican Steve Obsitnik said Tuesday that he did not vote for Donald Trump in 2016. He wrote in U.S. Sen. John McCain’s name instead. “I have two daughters 14 and 16, and I didn’t like a lot of the discord going on,” Obstinik said in an interview Tuesday. “So I sided with a former Marine Corps Academy graduate.” Obsitnik is one of five Republicans running for governor in a year when allegiance with the president has become a kind of litmus test. While some other Republican candidates boasted in debates about their votes for Trump in 2016, Obsitnik has not previously spelled out his ballot choice.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/politics/article/Steve-Obsitnik-did-not-vote-for-Trump-13121203.php
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UI has planned outage in Stratford on Friday
STRATFORD — Some United Illuminating customers in the center of town can expect a planned power outage this Friday. UI has scheduled overhead work for new service to the Stratford High School building. This requires a planned power outage on Friday starting at 8 p.m. It was unclear when power would be restored. Commercial and residential customers on Barnum Avenue, King Street and North Parade Street are expected to be impacted by the outage. All affected residents and businesses have been notified.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/UI-has-planned-outage-in-Stratford-on-Friday-13120872.php
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Study: median home price drops in southern Fairfield County
The price of the median home sold in southern Fairfield County was down 1.4 percent from a year earlier, according to a new study, even as neighboring areas like New York City and New Haven registered gains. Attom Data Solutions reported the price of the median home sold in the Bridgeport-Stamford corridor at $404,000, with the drop coming on the heels of a 2.4 percent gain in the first quarter. Markets gained steam elsewhere in the Northeast, including in the greater New York City region where the price of the median home sold was up 7.4 percent from the second quarter of 2017, with the Boston area up 8.2 percent and the New Haven-Milford corridor seeing the median price increase 4.9 percent. Hartford had a 3.
from Business https://www.ctpost.com/business/article/Study-median-home-price-drops-in-SW-Connecticut-13120689.php
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Bethel PD looking for suspect in donation box theft
BETHEL — Town police hope the public can help identify a woman accused of stealing a donation box filled with cash earlier this month. Bethel police said the donation box was stolen around 10:45 p.m. on July 11. The woman pulled into the parking lot of the Wheels gas station and convenience store on Stony Hill Road and parked in a dark section of the lot. Then she went into the store and was caught on surveillance footage taking the donation box, police said. It was unknown how much money was in the box at the time of the theft. Once the woman allegedly took the box from the counter, she left the store and drove away in a tan or gold sedan, police said.
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Perez reinstates Guardians president
BRIDGEPORT - The president of The Guardians, the Police Department’s minority officer organization, who is awaiting trial on assault charges, has been reinstated in the Police Department. “Effective immediately Officer Davon Polite will be assigned to uniformed services “A” Shift patrol from administrative suspension,” reads the memo from Police Chief Armando Perez. The memo was sent out the same day that the chief sent out the memo suspending his aide, Capt. Mark Straubel who has been accused of sending racist texts. Perez declined comment. “I am happy he has been reinstated,” said Polite’s lawyer, Dennis Bradley.
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Union grievance holds up new insurance plan in Bridgeport
BRIDGEPORT — The city school district’s decision to sign onto the state’s employee health care plan is intended to erase $2.5 million from its anticipated 2018-19 operating shortfall while providing staff with comparable coverage and benefits. The Bridgeport Education Association essentially agrees, according to its attorney, but still has filed a grievance, maintaining the district violated its contract by not first negotiating the change. “The board doesn’t have the right to make the change unilaterally,” Eric Marshall, an attorney representing the teachers union, told the school board meeting in special session on Monday. “The only way for the board to move to the state health plan is through negotiations with the BEA.
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State police looking for suspect in Oxford hit-and-run
OXFORD — State police are asking anyone with information about a recent hit-and-run in Oxford that landed a bicyclist in the hospital Monday. Troop A in Southbury and the Oxford Resident Trooper’s Office ask anyone who might have witnessed a sport utility vehicle or van hit a bicycle on Route 67 in front of the Market 32 entrance at 300 Oxford Road to come forward. It happened shortly after 4 p.m. “The cyclist was struck by a vehicle described by witnesses as a light blue, mid-sized SUV or van operated by a white male with short blond hair,” state police said. Witnesses said the man seemed to be around 30- to 40-years-old. The driver kept driving south on Route 67 — Oxford Road — rather than stopping, state police said.
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Bridgeport students to get second shot at SATs
BRIDGEPORT — If scores on the state administered SAT’s to high school juniors in 2018 is any indication, city students need all the practice they can get. So the cash-strapped district will spend $37,572 to give 1,200 high school seniors another crack at taking the college-readiness test. The city school board, with six members present, voted unanimously to spend the money which they were told represents a $20,000 discount over what the College Board normally charges. City high school students already take the PSAT’s a practice test, in the fall of their junior year. The fee for that is covered through a state Alliance Grant. Monday’s approval will allow seniors to take the SAT again, during a school day in October.
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Two adults, dog escape Ansonia house fire
ANSONIA — Two adults and a dog fled their Wesley Street home during a fire Tuesday morning. Ansonia Fire Chief Ed Adamowski said no one was injured in the blaze, but that nearly the entire home suffered fire, smoke and water damage. He said it is unlikely the residents will be able to move back into the home shortly, but that the house is not a “total loss.” The fire department was called to the two-story house around 6:30 a.m. Three units from Ansonia and a crew from Derby took about a half hour to extinguish the flames, Adamowski said. The fire marshal is investigating what caused the fire, but Adamowski said the flames appeared to start on the left side of the home.
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Monday, July 30, 2018
The Burning Man Festival - August 13 at 7:00 p.m.
Learn about Burning Man, a week-long annual event held in the Black Rock Desert in northwest Nevada that draws people from all walks of life.
from Newington, CT - News Flash http://www.newingtonct.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?aid=538
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Jamaican restaurant and rum bar to open in Bridgeport
Restaurant owner Jocelyn Wright is bringing the taste of Jamaica to downtown Bridgeport. The Stratford resident is opening the Jamaican-inspired eatery and rum bar, JB Vibes, at 1020 Broad Street on Aug. 6. The restaurant will be opening in the former Barnum Publick House, a popular restaurant and bar that closed unexpectedly last summer. Now, Wright said she is looking to bring a mix of Caribbean flavor to the space and the community. “We know there is a demand for it and we are just supplying,” she said. “Very often, I would want to go with my family to dinner and go to a nice Jamaican restaurant for dinner ... there is no Jamaican restaurant where you can go and sit and have a nice dining in experience.
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LeBron James Opens School for At-Risk Children
LeBron James, who recently left the Cleveland Cavaliers to play for the Los Angeles Lakers, continued to give back to his hometown of Akron, Ohio, with a brand new school. The I Promise School opened Monday with...
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Man accused of running amok in housing project
BRIDGEPORT - A partially-dressed man went amok in a city housing project before being taken into custody, police said. Dennis Marrow had to be Tased three times and pepper sprayed twice before police said they got him under control. The 40-year-old Marrow was charged with four counts of risk of injury to a child, criminal mischief and breach of peace. He was being held in lieu of $50,000 bond. Police said on Sunday officers were dispatched to the P.T. Barnum housing project for a man acting erratically. When officers pulled up in the housing project they saw the partially dressed Marrow charging towards a group of people outside Building 14, throwing punches at no one in particular, police said.
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Ex-lawyer gets 13 years in sex assault of youth
NEW HAVEN — Seven years of sexual misconduct with a young man cost a Shelton lawyer his license, $215,000 and 13 years of freedom Monday. "There are more questions than answers about what happened ... about what you are going to do in the future," U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer told Peter Kruzynski, the 51-year-old Jesuit-educated lawyer standing before him. "You're really a risk to go back, explore and cross the line again." But Kruzynski, a stocky gray-haired man wearing prison khakis, insisted he is not a pedophile. While addressing the judge, he turned to the dark-haired, bearded victim sitting in the courtroom with his mother, father and grandmother and apologized. His victim was 11 when the assaults started in April 2009.
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Police: Stratford sex offender had child porn
STRATFORD - A convicted sex offender was charged Monday with downloading child pornography from the internet. Karl Newbauer, 56, of Lambert Drive, was charged with third-degree possession of child pornography. He was being held in lieu of $75,000 bond. Local police recently received notice from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that Newbauer had been downloading child porn, police said. NCME, with the aid of state and federal law enforcement, monitors the internet for child pornography. Police said Newbauer was found to have downloaded three images from the Internet of boys being sexually assaulted by adult men.
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DEEP: Bridgeport fish kill natural, not man-made
BRIDGEPORT — What was at first suspected of being a man-made aquatic disaster that left innumerable dead fish floating on a section of Bridgeport’s shoreline has been attributed to nature. Friday afternoon, city officials received an alarming alert from the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection: Santa Energy was, allegedly, “drilling or pumping something” into Cedar Creek behind its Admiral Street complex, leaving “a massive amount of dead sea life along the waterside.” The DEEP dispatched staff from its hazardous materials response team and the agency’s fisheries division to investigate the fish kill.
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Teen injured by hit and run driver
OXFORD - A Seymour teen was injured when he was struck by a car while on his bicycle on Monday. Nathaniel Grogan, 18, of Shari Drive, Seymour, was taken to St. Vincent Medical Center by Oxford EMS where state police said he was being treated for non-life threatening injuries. State police said they are looking for the vehicle that struck Grogan and then took off. Police said Grogan was riding on Oxford Road near the entrance to Market 32 when he was struck by the vehicle described by witnesses as either a light-blue sports utility vehicle or van. They said witnesses discribed the driver as being a white man with short blond hair, between the ages of 30 and 40 years old.
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Bridgeport Police captain on administrative leave for alleged racist texts
BRIDGEPORT — Police Chief Armando Perez’s top aide was placed on administrative leave Monday following accusations the aide sent racist texts regarding another officer. “Effective immediately, Captain Mark Straubel will be transferred from the chief’s office to administrative leave,” states a memo issued Monday by Perez that was obtained by Hearst Connecticut Media. Administrative leave is paid leave. “I can confirm he (Straubel) was put on administrative leave pending an investigation by the Office of Internal Affairs,” said police union president Charles Paris. “We are waiting to see where this goes.
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Syrian mercy mission gives Stratford teacher a sense of urgency
STRATFORD — Dylan Connor is jet-lagged but also wound up. Just back from a week-long mission to aid Syrian refugees who are caught in a no-man land between a just lost bloody war and a Jordanian border most can’t cross, Connor wants to keep his promise. “We can’t solve this, but when you bear witness to it, that is a powerful thing,” Connor said from a suburban front porch where neighbors who walk by wave ‘hi” to welcome him back. Connor wants to make sure the Syrian people he met — including the mom whose son suffered third-degree burns when a bomb fell on their kitchen and the 17-year-old artist in John Lennon-like glasses who refused to be defined by the leg she lost in the conflict — are not forgotten.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Syrian-mercy-mission-gives-Stratford-teacher-a-13117603.php
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What You Can Buy: Wilton colonial
This 47-year-old single-family colonial is set back off a peaceful road in a quiet private park-like setting surrounded by birds and nature. The home boasts nine rooms and has a long tree-lined Belgian block driveway. The house features a Klaff kitchen with wide wood floors, a large Dacor oven with a side-by-side Viking refrigerator and freezer. The one-of-a-kind updated kitchen also features white Mauser custom kitchen cabinets with glass doors, blackboard accents and a large Pietra Cardosa countertop with a large eating area and pendant light fixture. The master bath has a walk-in shower, double pedestal sinks and a large soaking tub. The property also features hardwood floors throughout, except in the bonus room above the garage.
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Potential Bassick principal change challenged
BRIDGEPORT — Inconsistency in Bassick High School leadership has been the only thing parents, students and staff at the city’s smallest comprehensive high school have been able to count on for a solid decade. Which is why some 20 people came to a Monday afternoon press conference at the steps of City Hall in hopes of keeping Byron Williams as principal of the school. The crowd, bolstered by a petition with more than 300 signatures, said it would be a terrible mistake to reassign Williams after just a year on the job. “It’s hard to connect with a principal when we know we are going to get a different one every year,” Kiana Johnson, a rising senior at Bassick, said. “We can’t connect. I want Dr. Williams.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Potential-Bassick-principal-change-challenged-13117549.php
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New Milford police chief’s ‘expired’ contract still a mystery
NEW MILFORD — It’s been more than a week since the town administration decided not to renew the police chief’s contract — and questions remain about what led to the decision. Was it because of officer turnover? A budgetary decision? A relatively new mayor’s law enforcement philosophy? No one knows for sure — or at least, no one is saying. Mayor Pete Bass announced the decision not to renew Chief Shawn Boyne’s contract earlier this month when someone accidentally posted the job position on the police department’s web site. Bass, who could not be reached for comments despite several attempts during the past week, took responsibility for the error but didn’t give a reason for the move.
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Danbury crash victims identified
DANBURY - Police have released the names of three people injured during a head-on collision late Friday on Newtown Road but have yet to say what caused the crash. According to authorities, a 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by Bethel resident Eueal Dagne, 38, collided head-on with a 2002 GMC Envoy that was driven by Brookfield resident Robert Bates. Bates was driving eastbound on Newtown Road near the intersection with Old Shelter Rock Road and Dagne was heading west on the roadway around 11:45 p.m. Friday. The intersection, which is located near Wal-Mart and Super Stop & Shop, is one of the busier intersections in the city.
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Another Gold Medal for Monica Puig
Monica Puig gave Puerto Rico her fifth consecutive gold medal on Monday in women's singles tennis in the Central American and Caribbean Games. Puig, the champion in the Mayagüez 2010 and Veracruz 2014...
Photo Credit: LUIS ACOSTA/AFP/Getty Images
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What You Can Buy: Custom colonial in Greenwich
Located on 4.57 acres off of “the most scenic road in Greenwich,” Round Hill Road, this 11-room center-hall colonial at 481 Round Hill Road enjoys a quiet, private setting. The center hall opens to the home’s formal living room, where there’s a fireplace, and a dining room with walls of glass for enjoying views of the grounds. The library is also distinctive, with a large bowed window and another fireplace. The kitchen has a fireplace/built-in brick oven, as well. It opens seamlessly to the adjoining family room. The stone-and-shingle home, topped by a slate roof, was custom designed for the homeowners, with six bedrooms, four full baths and a powder room. The master suite it located on the first level; it has an adjoining home office.
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New Canaan employees start fundraiser for colleague following Monroe house fire
MONROE — Employees of the town of New Canaan are raising money for one of their colleagues after his Monroe home was destroyed in a fire. The house on Greenwood Lane, owned by Nick Colabella, was deemed uninhabitable after the July 12 blaze. Colabella and his family were leaving for his grandmother’s funeral when he tried to start his car and it caught on fire in the garage, according to a GoFundMe page created by Mose Saccary, the highway superintendent in New Canaan. Colabella could not extinguish the fire himself and called the Monroe Fire Department. Fire officials said at the time of the incident that though the fire was contained in the garage, the house had heavy smoke damage and the family could not immediately return home.
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Overturned vehicle closes two lanes of Route 8 in Bridgeport
BRIDGEPORT — Two lanes of the northbound Route 8 are closed after an accident involving an overturned vehicle. The left two lanes of the highway were closed between Exits 5 and 8 Monday morning as a result of the collision, according to CT Travel Smart. No other information was immediately available.
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Pedestrian killed on I-95
ORANGE — A pedestrian was killed early Monday morning after being hit by a car on I-95 northbound. State Police said the crash occurred around 2:30 a.m. at Exit 41. The scene was cleared around 5:30 a.m., according to the state Department of Transportation. Police plan to release more information later.
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from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Pedestrian-killed-on-I-95-13115779.php
Connecticut’s “Woodstock” Canceled – Today in History: July 30
On July 30, 1970, Louis Zemel, the owner of Powder Ridge Ski Area in Middlefield had to tell a crowd of thousands that the scheduled three-day rock festival they had come for was canceled. Less than a year after Woodstock, an estimated 30,000 people had showed up for the July 31 through August 2 event, advertised as “A Natural Amphitheatre on Ski Slopes,” which was to feature everyone from Sly & the Family Stone, Fleetwood Mac, Joe Cocker, and Van Morrison to Jethro Tull, Janis Joplin, and Grand Funk Railroad. The youth of America started showing up a week ahead of time to camp on the slopes and complaints from area residents prompted Middletown Superior Court to order an injunction that prohibited the 30 advertised artists from performing. Many of those who arrived stayed in protest even though the state police had set up barricades on roads leading to Powder Ridge up to two miles away and utilities and other services had been cut.
YouTube –
The Huntley Brinkley Report from July 31, 1970, reporting on the canceled rock festival
from ConnecticutHistory.org https://connecticuthistory.org/connecticuts-woodstock-canceled/
Sunday, July 29, 2018
Brown Bag it With a Documentary -Take Me to the River- August 9, 12:00 p.m.
Bring your lunch and join us for a documentary that celebrates the inter-generational, interracial influence of Memphis, TN on American music.
from Newington, CT - News Flash http://www.newingtonct.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?aid=537
from Newington, CT - News Flash http://www.newingtonct.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?aid=537
Getting There: Political candidates need better direction on Connecticut’s transportation issues
I used to believe in Santa Claus, the tooth fairy and politicians. I actually thought the first two brought me gifts and the latter cared about me and my community. Well, those days are gone. We are now neck-deep in the primary round of campaigning for our state’s top officials and I hope you’ve been paying attention. The empty promises are piling up pretty fast, especially when it comes to transportation. A few candidates have been brave enough to endorse the idea of tolls while others just mouth vague platitudes like “we should have free-flowing traffic on I-95...” No explanations of how or who’d pay for it, just the pandering promises.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Getting-There-Political-candidates-need-better-13100279.php
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Getting-There-Political-candidates-need-better-13100279.php
State Police: Shots fired on I-95 in Stratford may have been ‘road rage’
STRATFORD - State Police Trooper Kelly Grant said her department is investigating an incident that involved shots being fired near exit 30 northbound off Interstate-95 in Stratford. Grant said in a press release that a person was transported to the hospital for evaluation of what appears to be non-life-threatening injury. The shots were fired at about 9 a.m. She noted it is a possible road rage incident and updates will be provided when available.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/State-Police-Shots-fired-on-I-95-in-Stratford-13115373.php
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/State-Police-Shots-fired-on-I-95-in-Stratford-13115373.php
In 5th District forum, voters hear from Hayes, Glassman
With just over two weeks until the Aug. 14 primary, Democrats packed yet another town hall to hear from the candidates vying to represent the 5th Congressional District. Once again, there was no clear front runner between the party endorsed candidate Mary Glassman, and her primary challenger Jahana Hayes during a debate at Edmund Town Hall in Newtown Sunday afternoon, leaving many voters at a loss for who will earn their support. “On the one hand, Mary has all this experience, but on the other hand, generally I think the Democrats need some new blood, so that’s where some of my being torn comes from,” said Susan Kassirer, of Sandy Hook, who made it to the debate despite a car breakdown on the way.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/politics/article/In-5th-District-forum-voters-hear-from-Hayes-13115019.php
from News https://www.ctpost.com/politics/article/In-5th-District-forum-voters-hear-from-Hayes-13115019.php
A look inside the amazing smart-home systems that rich people use
zhu difeng/Shutterstock Smart home systems that rich people use are wildly different from the Amazon Alexa you may have just bought for your home. Oprah Winfrey has a radiant heat system that automatically melts snow off of her winter home's driveway, while Mark Zuckerberg's custom AI-powered specialty app acts as his own personal butler voiced by actor Morgan Freeman. Here are the major differences in the smart home systems owned by rich people. Rich people don't skimp when it comes to outfitting their homes with the latest tech.
from Business https://www.ctpost.com/technology/businessinsider/article/A-look-inside-the-amazing-smart-home-systems-that-13114742.php
from Business https://www.ctpost.com/technology/businessinsider/article/A-look-inside-the-amazing-smart-home-systems-that-13114742.php
Saturday, July 28, 2018
Odds against Latino students grow
Latino students are the fastest-growing student population in the state, but a new report says they are also far less likely to have teachers who look like them, be exposed to Advanced Placement classes or score well on standardized tests. The just-released Connecticut SAT results are a case in point. Just 36.4 percent of Latino juniors scored in the passing range on the English Language Arts portion of the test and fewer than 16 percent scored at grade level in math. That compares with more than half of white students who scored at grade level.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Odds-against-Latino-students-grow-13113652.php
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Odds-against-Latino-students-grow-13113652.php
Mold concerns rise with sea level
In the last days of October 2012, Superstorm Sandy’s remnants pushed seawater over roads and through the first floors of Fairfield’s idyllic beach neighborhoods. The tide found nowhere to recede because the storm kept pushing more water against the closed tide gates. Some people left and some people, the tough old Yankees who’d seen storms before, stayed in their houses, recalled Assistant Fire Chief Scott Bisson, who was the unified commander, overseeing evacuations and the aftermath from a building that almost had to be evacuated. Within hours, the mold came and so did its musty odor.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Mold-concerns-rise-with-sea-level-13113671.php
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Mold-concerns-rise-with-sea-level-13113671.php
Bridgeport cops fall behind on traffic-stop reports
BRIDGEPORT — A 1999 law targeting racial profiling by cops bears the name of the late state Sen. Alvin Penn, who represented Bridgeport and was a crusader against discrimination in policing. Now Bridgeport could lose state grants for failure to comply with that Penn Act and require officers record each traffic stop for analysis by a special racial profiling board. “Nearly all departments now electronically transmit this data on a monthly basis,” William Dyson, chairman of the Connecticut Racial Profiling Prohibition Project Advisory Board, wrote June 21 to Mike Lawlor, who oversees criminal justice policy and planning for Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Bridgeport-cops-fall-behind-on-traffic-stop-13113694.php
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Bridgeport-cops-fall-behind-on-traffic-stop-13113694.php
Joe Ganim redux, his record in Bridgeport
BRIDGEPORT — When a handful of construction unions endorsed Mayor Joe Ganim for governor last week, one member — electrician Louis Soto — took the microphone to praise the Democratic candidate. “Everywhere you look you see progress,” Soto, a 39-year-old resident, told the crowd gathered along Bridgeport’s harbor front. Ganim, who is challenging businessman Ned Lamont for the party’s nomination for governor, is presenting himself as a leader who gets things done. That is a far more flattering description than the alternative — the too-ambitious politician who ran Bridgeport from 1991 until 2003 and both moved the city forward and seriously damaged its reputation.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/politics/article/Joe-Ganim-redux-his-record-in-Bridgeport-13111360.php
from News https://www.ctpost.com/politics/article/Joe-Ganim-redux-his-record-in-Bridgeport-13111360.php
Dan Haar:Truck-only tolls not how Conn. should roll
Volker Fieguth, a Canadian trucker originally from Germany, rested in his deep blue rig with a white trailer full of magnesium at an Interstate 95 rest area in Fairfield Friday night. He grew animated when I asked about the new electronic highway tolls in Rhode Island, aimed solely at the biggest commercial trucks. “It’s just another money grab,” he said. “We pay a lot of road taxes.” On his rare trips through Rhode Island, he said he’d have to eat the cost himself, as an independent trucker. It’s OK in that tiny, out of the way state, but Connecticut — that would hurt him badly.
from Business https://www.ctpost.com/business/article/Dan-Haar-Truck-only-tolls-not-how-Conn-should-13112435.php
from Business https://www.ctpost.com/business/article/Dan-Haar-Truck-only-tolls-not-how-Conn-should-13112435.php
Leisure and hospitality jobs increase as economy grows
Employment in Connecticut’s leisure and hospitality market is better than it’s ever been. In the last two months, the sector added 4,000 jobs statewide, recovering from a seven-month drought. Even as concerns surrounding wage growth persist, an growing national economy is helping lead a resurgence of the industry that consists of food service, hotel, and arts and entertainment. “What was declining came back, at least for two months, and the larger segment of accommodation and food seems to be growing,” said Andy Condon, director of the Office of Research for the Department of Labor. The industry started a downward slope in October as jobs steadily faded away leading into the spring.
from Business https://www.ctpost.com/business/article/Leisure-and-hospitality-jobs-increase-as-economy-13111242.php
from Business https://www.ctpost.com/business/article/Leisure-and-hospitality-jobs-increase-as-economy-13111242.php
Julie Jason: When it comes to retirement, start planning early
Last week, I was invited by a local company to speak to its “young professionals group” about finances. Of course, I had to talk about — you guessed it — retirement. Why would I want to talk to 20-year-olds about that time, decades away, when they will stop earning a paycheck? If you fast-forward to the future and ask retirees their regret, it is not starting to save and invest early enough. That regret is avoidable ONLY if someone older and more experienced brings it up. That may be your role in the life of a young member of the family. First, the reason for regret is that you can’t make up for lost time. And time is the essential element of the equation for building wealth.
from Business https://www.ctpost.com/business/article/Julie-Jason-When-it-comes-to-retirement-start-13110574.php
from Business https://www.ctpost.com/business/article/Julie-Jason-When-it-comes-to-retirement-start-13110574.php
Grab ‘Coffee with a Cop’ in Trumbull next Saturday
TRUMBULL — Next Saturday cops and community members can gather to get to know each other in Trumbull. The Coffee with a Cop event is set to kick off at 9 a.m. at the Upper Crust Bakery and Cafe at 4244 Madison Ave. Residents can get to know the officers patrolling their town, and the community can ask questions or express concerns. “No agendas or speeches, just a chance to get to know the officers in your community,” police said.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Coffee-with-a-Cop-in-Trumbull-next-Saturday-13113856.php
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Coffee-with-a-Cop-in-Trumbull-next-Saturday-13113856.php
Police: 7-year-old hit by motorcycle in Bridgeport
BRIDGEPORT — A child was hit by a motorcycle in the city Saturday evening, officials said. Around 7:20 p.m., police were sent to the PT Barnum apartment complex on Anthony Street for a report of a child hit by a motorcycle. Police spokesman Av Harris said the victim is 7-years-old. The 7-year-old was injured, but his condition was not immediately available later Saturday night. Fire and police units were sent to the scene. Fire dispatch reports indicated a crowd had gathered and that it happened between buildings 18 and 19. There was no further information available as of 9:30 p.m.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/PD-7-year-old-hit-by-motorcycle-in-Bridgeport-13113742.php
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/PD-7-year-old-hit-by-motorcycle-in-Bridgeport-13113742.php
Seymour High School wood shop builds firefighters model house
SEYMOUR — The wood shop at Seymour High School is helping firefighters keep up on training with a recent build. The Great Hill Hose Co. fire station shared images of a small model house created by the Seymour High School wood shop for firefighters to use for training. Fire officials said it’s possible they might eventually burn it down to work on other skills other than basic training inside. The building is made up of ply wood and wood framing, the department said. There is some sheet rock on the inside and on doors and windows. “We will be able to run a few evolutions or stations using this model,” fire officials said.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Seymour-High-School-wood-shop-builds-firefighters-13113707.php
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Seymour-High-School-wood-shop-builds-firefighters-13113707.php
Feds: Meriden man to serve time for role in drug trafficking conspiracy
MERIDEN — A Meriden man will serve three years in prison for his role in a heroin and cocaine trafficking conspiracy, the Department of Justice said. Justin Doherty, 25, of Meriden, was sentenced Thursday to three years imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release. Court documents and statements made in court showed that in late Oct. 2016, law enforcement agencies intercepted two packages with suspected narcotics that were mailed from southern California to two different addresses in Meriden. On Nov. 2, 2016, a court-authorized search of the packages led law enforcement to find about 6.5 kilograms of cocaine and about 1.06 kilograms of heroin, the DOJ said.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Feds-Meriden-man-to-serve-time-for-role-in-drug-13113697.php
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Feds-Meriden-man-to-serve-time-for-role-in-drug-13113697.php
Orange FD shares cautionary Maine FD post
Oxford firefighters shared a Facebook post from a Maine fire station to warn residents about a potential fire hazard. The Medway, Maine, Fire Department shared a post that said its chief noticed one of his solar security lights appeared to have burned out. The agency said when the chief got closer and was able to take a good look at the situation, he saw that the battery in the unit exploded. “These lights in the picture have been linked to fires in other states,” the Maine fire station warned. “If they are currently on your own home, please remove them.” Everbrite was the brand of the solar LED security light mentioned in the post.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Orange-FD-shares-cautionary-Maine-FD-post-13113667.php
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Orange-FD-shares-cautionary-Maine-FD-post-13113667.php
Blues on the Beach music festival comes to Stratford's Short Beach
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Blues-on-the-Beach-music-festival-comes-to-13113616.php
Bridgeport FD quickly put out tractor trailer fire
BRIDGEPORT — Firefighters worked quickly in Friday afternoon’s heat to extinguish a tractor trailer on fire. Within about 10 minutes of fire units getting to the site of the truck on fire, the flames were out. A Bridgeport police officer was the first to spot the truck fire and reported it to dispatch around 2:30 p.m., saying the tractor trailer was “fully engulfed” in flames at the off ramp near Wordin Avenue and Cherry Street. In less than three minutes, the first fire engine was at the scene and confirmed there was a tractor trailer on fire at the bottom of the off ramp. Firefighters asked dispatch to call United Illuminating as a precaution since the truck was under power lines.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Bridgeport-FD-quickly-entinguished-tractor-13113586.php
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Bridgeport-FD-quickly-entinguished-tractor-13113586.php
North Haven PD: Woman fled from police, crashed — twice
NORTH HAVEN — A woman was charged after she fled from detectives on two separate days when they tried to pull her over, police said. Christy Gorman, 30, of North Haven, was charged with violation of probation, engaging officers in a pursuit and two counts of evading responsibility. Detectives tried to pull Gorman over on July 18, the department said on Friday. Gorman had an active arrest warrant for violation of probation. “Gorman fled at a high rate of speed and collided with two vehicles while fleeing from police,” the department said. Police were unable to arrest her then. On Friday, detectives found Gorman in a car in New Haven, where there was another pursuit and another collision.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/North-Haven-PD-Woman-fled-from-police-crashed-13113487.php
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/North-Haven-PD-Woman-fled-from-police-crashed-13113487.php
2 Monroe roadwork projects under way
MONROE — Two projects on busy roadways in town are expected to impact local traffic in the coming weeks. The Town of Monroe shared a post on Facebook telling residents recent weather conditions prevented crews from paving on Route 111. The Connecticut Department of Transportation said paving is planned to begin on Tuesday. The paving on Route 111 is expected to run from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day. Delays and lane closures along Route 111 from the area of the roundabout to Masuk High School. Traffic control personnel and signage will be used to guide motorists through the work zone. And Route 111 isn’t the only roadway in Monroe getting some work done.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/2-Monroe-roadwork-projects-under-way-13113460.php
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/2-Monroe-roadwork-projects-under-way-13113460.php
FD: No serious injuries in 2 separate Monroe crashes
MONROE — Two accidents along Route 111 in Monroe on Saturday didn’t cause any serious injuries, fire officials said. One crash happened around midnight where Route 111 and Cross Hill Road meet. The second collision was around 10:30 a.m. at the Route 111 and Purdy Hill Road intersection. “There were no serious injuries in either crash,” fire officials said later Saturday. There was no immediate word on what might have caused either crash.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/FD-No-serious-injuries-in-2-separate-Monroe-13113429.php
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/FD-No-serious-injuries-in-2-separate-Monroe-13113429.php
NWS releases rainfall totals for the region
Unofficial rainfall totals have been released by the National Weather Service following about 21 hours of on and off rain across the region. In Fairfield County, Danbury saw around 2.36 inches of rain and Bethel had 0.81 inches. These were the only two measurements available for Connecticut. There were 24 towns and cities measured for rainfall in New Jersey. North/northeast Secaucus in Hudson County saw the most rain out of the measured areas in the state — 2.76 inches — and eastern Westwood in Bergen County saw the least amount of rain — 0.57 inches. Thirty-one towns and cities were measured in New York. Totals in Richmond County saw the most rain out of the areas measured in the state with 4.37 inches.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/NWS-releases-rainfall-totals-for-the-region-13113396.php
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/NWS-releases-rainfall-totals-for-the-region-13113396.php
NWS: 60 mph winds, hail possible Saturday afternoon
BRIDGEPORT — The National Weather Service said there is a possibility of strong winds and half-dollar-sized hail when it issued a severe thunderstorm warning Saturday afternoon. The warning was issued at 3:30 p.m. and last until 4 p.m. The affected areas are expected to be in north central Fairfield County and northwestern New Haven County. NWS personnel spotted a severe thunderstorm over Pawling, New York, moving east at 35 mph. The radar indicated a possibility of 60 mph wind gusts and half-dollar-sized hail, NWS said. “Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible,” the warning said. “Expect wind damage to trees and power lines.” Around 3:45 p.m., the thunderstorm is expected to be around Sherman and New Fairfield.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/NWS-60-mph-winds-hail-possible-Saturday-13113365.php
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/NWS-60-mph-winds-hail-possible-Saturday-13113365.php
3 seriously injured in head-on collision in Danbury
DANBURY — A serious head-on collision late Friday night left three people seriously injured, officials said Saturday. Two large sport utility vehicles collided around 11:45 p.m. at the intersection of Newtown Road and Old Shelter Rock Road. Fire officials said three people were trapped in the SUVs and had to be extricated by emergency response personnel. Danbury firefighters and Danbury Hospital emergency medical services personnel worked together to extricate the three people who were trapped. “All three victims were removed from the wreckage ... and transported to the hospital,” fire officials said. Police closed Newtown Road for about two hours while investigating the crash.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/3-seriously-injured-in-head-on-collision-in-13113363.php
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/3-seriously-injured-in-head-on-collision-in-13113363.php
Hartford Yard Goats Host Second Annual Whalers Alumni Weekend
The Hartford Yard Goats are hosting the team's second annual Whalers Alumni Weekend this weekend at Dunkin' Donuts Park.
from NBC Connecticut - Sports http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/sports/Hartford-Yard-Goats-Host-Second-Annual-Whalers-Alumni-Weekend-489420901.html
Friday, July 27, 2018
Gun making drops off in state
WASHINGTON — Gun manufacturing companies came to Connecticut expecting a surge in gun sales after the Sandy Hook massacre, but they might not stay for long under a gun-friendly Republican president. Gun manufacturing companies rose in Connecticut from 15 in 2012 to at least 22 in 2016 - a roughly 46 percent increase — according to data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. But the number of Connecticut’s manufactured rifles, handguns, shotguns and revolvers actually dipped within the same time frame, with handguns taking the largest fall. In anticipation of higher gun sales after heightened safety concerns followed the Sandy Hook massacre in 2012, more gun manufacturers came to the state, according to ATF data.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Gun-making-drops-off-in-state-13111744.php
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Gun-making-drops-off-in-state-13111744.php
Running while female
The women running for lieutenant governor — the state’s second highest office, one breath away from the governor’s seat and the tie-breaking vote in the senate — have heard it all. Even in Connecticut, even in 2018, even in the midst of the Me Too movement. Shortly after she announced her campaign for lieutenant governor in February, Darien First Selectman Jayme Stevenson, 56, was on the campaign trail alongside more than a dozen Republican men running for governor. She spoke about serious issues — the opioid and drug crisis, which has touched her personally, and the state’s growing fiscal problems — and the experience she believes qualifies her to deal with these issues as lieutenant governor.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Running-while-female-13111706.php
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Running-while-female-13111706.php
Ned Lamont’s cable business had an MTV connection
It was the early ‘80s and the rollout of cable TV was in its Wild Wild West era, driven by the white-hot MTV music video network. Ned Lamont, a young Harvard graduate, worked with Cablevision on its entry into Connecticut. He had his hand in other cable-related projects, too — including a report he filed on the industry in Kuwait. “That’s one of the things that prompted me to challenge Joe Lieberman many years later,” Lamont now says. He borrowed $250,000 from People’s Bank in Stamford, to buy a couple of “very small, beat-up private cable television systems in New York and Virginia.” “We fixed them up, made then functional,” Lamont recalls.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/politics/article/Ned-Lamont-s-cable-business-had-an-MTV-13111577.php
from News https://www.ctpost.com/politics/article/Ned-Lamont-s-cable-business-had-an-MTV-13111577.php
Norwalk PD reminds residents of e-commerce safe zone
NORWALK — City police remind residents that the department has an e-commerce safe zone to ensure everyone is safe when making online purchases. The safe zone is in the police department’s South Main Street parking lot. Any buyers or sellers are urged by police never to meet someone you don’t know in a dark, isolated or unfamiliar area.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Norwalk-PD-remind-residents-of-e-commerce-safe-13112234.php
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Norwalk-PD-remind-residents-of-e-commerce-safe-13112234.php
Orange PD gets drug drop-off bin
ORANGE — Residents with unwanted medications can now drop off their pills in a safe place. As of Thursday, the Orange Police Department has a drug drop-off bin in the lobby of police headquarters. The box is available for public use. Further information on the box for the public is expected to come soon, police said.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Orange-PD-gets-drug-drop-off-bin-13111830.php
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Orange-PD-gets-drug-drop-off-bin-13111830.php
Blumenthal critical of Kavanaugh on executive power
WASHINGTON — Sen. Richard Blumenthal said Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s Supreme Court pick, shouldn’t become a justice unless he vows to recuse himself from U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. Since Kavanaugh was nominated on July 9, Blumenthal — a Connecticut Democrat and member of the Senate Judiciary Committee — has been particularly critical of the nominee’s views about executive power, especially his opinion that a sitting president should be able to exempt himself from criminal investigation. “This issue of presidential power is not really a political issue, it’s a constitutional concern and it goes to the core of the checks and balances that underlie our Constitution,” Blumenthal said.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/politics/article/Blumenthal-critical-of-Kavanaugh-on-executive-13111801.php
from News https://www.ctpost.com/politics/article/Blumenthal-critical-of-Kavanaugh-on-executive-13111801.php
Treasurer candidates roll out TV commercials
“Like too many of us, I’ve lost a family member to gun violence,” Shawn Wooden says in his first television commercial. Wooden’s cousin, 24-year-old Michael Bailey, was shot dead on June 9, 2012 on Ashley Street in Hartford. Bailey was a father of two, with a third on the way. Wooden called him “Mike Mike.” Wooden is now the Democrats’ endorsed candidate for state treasurer. He and his challenger, Dita Bhargava, are both telling personal stories in their first television ads. Meanwhile, Republican Art Linares, who will try to beat his party’s endorsed candidate, Thad Gray, used his first television ad to pitch his conservative policies. All three will appear on television across the state through Aug.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/politics/article/Treasurer-candidates-roll-out-TV-commercials-13111784.php
from News https://www.ctpost.com/politics/article/Treasurer-candidates-roll-out-TV-commercials-13111784.php
Bridgeport man charged with criminal impersonation in Westport
WESTPORT — A Bridgeport man faces several charges after he was pulled over and gave officers a false identity, police said. Lou Geneus, 36, of Bridgeport, was charged with non-assaultive interfering with an officer, criminal impersonation, illegal operation of a motor vehicle under suspension, operating an unregistered motor vehicle and failing to have insurance to cover minimum requirements. Officers spotted a car with an expired registration driving on the Sherwood Island Connector around 9:30 a.m. Monday and pulled the driver over. “The operator claimed the vehicle he was driving belonged to his brother,” police said. “He also claimed to have lost his license and provided officer’s a fraudulent name.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Bridgeport-man-charged-with-criminal-13111566.php
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Bridgeport-man-charged-with-criminal-13111566.php
Ready for Kindergarten - Mondays, August 6, 13 and 20 at 6:30 pm
Children who will be starting kindergarten and a caregiver are invited to participate in programs that will help them to develop the skills needed for a successful start in school.
from Newington, CT - News Flash http://www.newingtonct.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?aid=541
from Newington, CT - News Flash http://www.newingtonct.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?aid=541
K-9 Olympics planned for Saturday — rain or shine
The 27th annual Connecticut K-9 Olympics will take place in Enfield on Saturday. The event is at 285 Shaker Road from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and is open to the public. The free event will be held rain or shine — which is good since the forecast is calling for potential thunderstorms. Law enforcement K-9 teams from local police department, state police and the Department of Correction will compete in Saturday’s event. Typically there are about 35 teams participating. Obedience, obstacles, building search, marksmanship and apprehension are just some of the areas included int he competition. There will also be displays of equipment that law enforcement personnel use for attendees to see.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/K-9-Olympics-planned-for-Saturday-rain-or-13111350.php
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/K-9-Olympics-planned-for-Saturday-rain-or-13111350.php
Man charged with fondling himself at city Splash Pad
BRIDGEPORT - A Stratford machinist was arrested after police said he was spotted fondling himself outside the Splash Pad at Seaside Park. Manuel Morales, 68, was charged with public indecency and second-degree breach of peace. During his arraignment Friday afternoon Morales, who works at a Stratford machine shop, was released on a promise to appear in court but ordered by Superior Court Judge William Holden to stay away from Seaside Park. Police said on Thursday officers were called to Seaside Park for a suspicious man in a pickup truck. A local woman told officers she had been bring her children to the Splash Pad the past three days and noticed the same pickup truck parked nearby with a man inside, police said.
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Caps For Sale Puppet Show - August 2 at 10:15 a.m.
The Puppet Tree's Puppet performers are coming to perform the classic tale Caps for Sale by Esphyr.
from Newington, CT - News Flash http://www.newingtonct.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?aid=540
from Newington, CT - News Flash http://www.newingtonct.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?aid=540
Man charged with carjacking, kidnapping child
BRIDGEPORT - A mentally troubled local man stole a car with a 5-year-old boy inside and was later caught in Stratford following a city-wide search, police said. “I was on pins and needles as I listened to the situation on the radio,” Police Chief Armando Perez said Friday. “With the aid of the Fusion Center’s cameras my guys did a terrific job of finding the car, arrested the man and getting the boy back safely to his family.” Javon Gaymon, 25, of Laurel Court, was being held in lieu of $250,000 bond after being charged Friday morning with first-degree kidnapping, risk of injury to a minor and second-degree larceny.
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Principal supporters seek answers
BRIDGEPORT — Supporters of Bassick Principal Byron Williams say they will hold a press conference on the steps of City Hall, 45 Lyons Terrace, in search of answers. The event is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Monday, July 30. A group which includes JoAnn Kennedy, a community member whose children graduated from Bassick, say they are concerned that Williams will be reassigned. Williams was named last summer to serve as principal of Bassick. It was a controversial choice in that he was not the pick of faculty or the school governance council. He also has had numerous clashes with Albert Benejan, the school’s Parent Teacher Organization president.
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Teen Gaming Night - August 9 - 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
For grades 6 -12, stop by and play featured games such Games of Phones and Family Feud and more.
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Milford man arrested twice on same night
MILFORD - A 52-year-old Milford man was arrested twice on the same night for violating a protective order, police said. According to Officer Joseph Dempsey, police responded to an East Broadway apartment around 8 p.m. Thursday on a report of a possible domestic incident. “The investigation led to the arrest of Vincent Lopez who is accused of striking a female inside the apartment with several objects. Further investigation showed a protective order to be in place protecting the female from being assault by Lopez,” Dempsey said in a release. Lopez was then arrested on a promise to appear in court and given a full no-contact protective order to stay away from the female. At around 2 a.m.
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8 Great Artists and Leave'em Laughing - August 8 at 7:00 p.m.
A two part program with Ed Hicks who pays tribute to artists who influenced the culture of their time and an interactive comedy remembering the many great comics.
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from Newington, CT - News Flash http://www.newingtonct.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?aid=536
Julie Jason: You have rights when it comes to an IRS audit
Have you ever been audited by the IRS? If so, do you know that there is a Taxpayer Bill of Rights that sets out the rules the IRS has to follow when interacting with taxpayers? The rules come in handy if you get a letter from the IRS or are audited. Let me share those I feel are most important for you to be aware of, by quoting directly from the Bill of Rights. “The Right to Be Informed: Taxpayers have the right to know what they need to do to comply with the tax laws. They are entitled to clear explanations of the laws and IRS procedures in all tax forms, instructions, publications, notices, and correspondence.
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Driver arrested after high-speed chase on Route 15
A Wilton man has been arrested after a pursuit on Route 15 early Friday morning. According to State Police, Wilton police attempted to stop a gray Honda Civic around 3 a.m. “The gray Honda refused to stop and took off on them entering Route 15 (the Merritt Parkway) northbound at Exit 42 in Westport,” state police said. The vehicle was seen by state police traveling north near Exit 46 in Fairfield. Troopers attempted to stop the vehicle just north of Exit 52 in Trumbull. The vehicle increased speed and refused to stop on Route 15 north. The vehicle was later stopped, just north of Exit 60 in New Haven, after running over stop sticks placed by state police.
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Westport traffic advisory: 994 bicyclists coming
WESTPORT - With more than 900 bicyclists taking part in the The CT Challenge Bike Tour Saturday, expect some delays on local roads. The bicyclists will ride a 10, 25, 50, 75 or 100-mile route starting and finishing at the Fairfield County Hunt Club on Long Lots Road in Westport. Beginning at 7:45 a.m., the order of riders departing is as follows: (1) 100 mile, (2) 75 mile, (3) 50 mile, (4) 25 mile, (5) 10 mile. All routes will be released in waves to ensure riders do not bunch up in packs and are evenly spread out on the narrow roads of Fairfield County. According to organizers, 994 riders on 122 teams are registered. The CT Challenge bike ride is the main source of funding for the nonprofit organization Mission.
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Bode Miller Warns Parents How 'Quick' Drowning Can Happen
Nearly seven weeks after skier Bode Miller lost his young daughter in a drowning accident, the U.S. Olympian and his wife are speaking publicly for the first time to warn parents how quickly a child can...
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All state beaches open this weekend
All state beaches will be open this weekend. That includes Sherwood Island in Westport, Silver Sands in Milford, Hammonasset in Madison, Squantz Pond in New Fairfield and Rocky Neck in Niantic. Earlier this week after days of heavy rain, several towns closed their beaches. Fairfield announced Friday morning that all its coastal beaches, closed on Thursday, are now open. Lake Mohegan will remain closed on Friday. In Milford, Fort Trumbull and Deerfield beaches remain closed. Both will have the water tested on Friday and the status will be determined on Saturday. Residents can call the health department on Saturday at (203) 783-3285 to learn the status. The forecast: Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms.
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Surveying to close West Rock tunnel on Route 15
A surveying operation will require closing part of the Heros (aka West Rock) Tunnel on the Wilbur Cross Parkway in New Haven and Woodbridge starting next week. The 1,200-foot tunnel that opened in 1949, has four lanes of traffic going north and south through two tunnels under West Rock Ridge State Park. More than 75,000 vehicle a day pass through the tunnels. The survey work is needed to develop plans to either replace or rehabilitate and widen the existing tunnels. Among the many problems with the old tunnels, is leaking water from above that has caused the concrete to crack and chip.
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Thursday, July 26, 2018
Downtown Thursdays at McLevy Green in Bridgeport Draws a Crowd for Third Week
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DEEP: Conn. fire crew to help battle wildfires
The Connecticut fire crew will leave Friday to help the U.S. Forest Service battle wildfires. The crew is made up of two Department of Energy and Environmental Protection staff members, 16 local residents and firefighters and two firefighters from New Hampshire. The group will leave from DEEP Eastern District headquarters at 209 Hebron Road in Marlorough, Massachusetts, at 5:30 a.m. Friday. They will start to get there around 4 a.m. It wasn’t immediately disclosed where the crew would be headed. The fire crew is maintained through DEEP. The agency keeps a roster of DEEP staff members and personnel from local fire departments who are certified to fight forest fires and wildfires.
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Democratic AG candidates talk legal recreational marijuana, environmental causes
STAMFORD — Two of three Democratic candidates for attorney general said they had reservations about legalizing recreational marijuana while the third was a strong supporter of the move. The policy views and ideas for action were among the highlights of the first official debate of the trio as they met Thursday evening less than three weeks before the primary. The two state lawmakers running for attorney general, party endorsed candidate William Tong and challenger Paul Doyle, expressed reservations about legalizing recreational marijuana. Rival Chris Mattei, a former federal prosecutor who has never held elected office, strongly espoused legalizing the drug.
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Ansonia’s high school juniors buck the trend with rising SAT scores
ANSONIA -High school juniors here bucked the downward trend by recording increases in both their Math and English SAT scores, according to statistics released by the state Board of Education. Those results show the juniors averaged 461 in math up 15 points from their 2016-17 average and increased 11 points in English Language Arts to 489 from the 478 last year. When these two are combined the average junior’s SAT score went from 924 to 950. Superintendent of Schools Carol Merlone and Assistant Superintendent Joseph DiBacco attributed the increase to several factors particularly a Saturday SAT prep class funded by the Alliance Grant, manageable class sizes and near perfect attendance during the SAT test on a school day.
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Reports: Car stolen with 4-year-old in backseat
BRIDGEPORT — A car was stolen in the city Thursday with a 4-year-old boy still in the backseat, dispatch reports indicated. The car — described as a candy, bright red 2015 Nissan Altima with New York plates — was taken from Park Avenue, reports indicated. There were two kids in the backseat, an officer at the scene told the dispatcher, but one of the kids was able to jump out before the car took off. The 5-year-old was still in the car when it fled north on Park Avenue. Police are searching the city and have notified neighboring towns to be on the lookout for the car of the kid. The boy was described as a black male, wearing a gray shirt with green stripes.
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Wilton PD looking for 3 people of interest in car burglaries
WILTON — Wilton police are asking for the public’s help to identifiy three people of interest in a recent rash of car burgalires, the department announced Thursday. The pictures show three males who were caught on video surveillance in Waterbury, using the victims’ credit cards that were stolen from their cars on July 10. Anyone who can ID the suspects is asked to call the Wilton police Detective Bureau at 203-834-6260 or email crime.watch@wiltonct.org. Reference case number 1800008328.
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Murphy says Pompeo hearing ‘just confused things more’
WASHINGTON — In questioning Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Sen. Chris Murphy tried coming to grips with what might be a first in U.S. history: The president of the United States is not the ultimate arbiter of U.S. foreign policy. Or maybe he is? “Nobody in Congress knows who is in charge, and neither do the foreign leaders,” Murphy, D-Conn., said in an interview Thursday, the day after Pompeo’s sharp-edged performance before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. “The hearing just confused things more.
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Prosecutor reduces charges in alleged rape case
BRIDGEPORT - State prosecutors on Thursday reduced the charges against a Milford man accused of raping a Stratford woman he met through an online dating website. State’s Attorney John Smriga told Superior Court Judge Robert Devlin that after consulting with the alleged victim in the case he was reducing the charges of first-degree sexual assault and second-degree unlawful restraint against Carmen Tragianese to a single count of fourth-degree sexual assault. Smriga declined comment on the change. Tragianese’s lawyer, Edward Gavin, then told the judge they would be filing an application for accelerated rehabilitation, a pretrial probation program for nonviolent offenders.
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Negron shooting in Bridgeport divides Ganim and Lamont at debate
FAIRFIELD — The fatal police shooting of 15-year-old Jayson Negron in Bridgeport prompted an emotional exchange between the two Democratic candidates for governor Thursday, with Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim accusing Ned Lamont of “politicizing” the incident. With the family and friends of Negron present at a New Haven forum Wednesday, Lamont, the party’s endorsed candidate, suggested that Ganim should “stand up and take responsibility,” seeming to refer broadly to the incident and its aftermath. “I took an affront to my opponent’s comments that seemed to inflame a very difficult situation,” said Ganim Thursday at a debate hosted by Hearst Connecticut Media, Sacred Heart University and WSHU radio, at the university.
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At immigrant reunification deadline, hundreds of families still apart
WASHINGTON - Federal officials said they were on course to meet Thursday’s court-ordered deadline reuniting all “eligible” immigrant families, but Connecticut lawmakers are wary of the hundreds of “ineligible” parents who’ve already left the country without their children. “Stunningly, federal immigration enforcement officials told many parents that the only way they would get their children back is if they left the country,” said Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn. “That is outrageous, false and cruel beyond comprehension.” U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw of San Diego issued a 30-day order to reunite 2,551 immigrant children and parents after a two-month international outcry from churches, public officials and businesses.
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Police: Stratford man inadvertently turned over 100s of images of child porn
STRATFORD - Christopher Kruithof told the desk officer he wanted to file a complaint against the FBI. The FBI was blocking his cell phone because he had been watching child pornography on it, police said the local man complained. He then showed them the cell phone that had an image on it of a young girl having sex with an adult male. Police said they let the 47-year-old Kruithof leave while they proceeded to get a warrant to search the phone. When officers arrested Kruithof on Wednesday, police said they asked him if he had any other child pornography. “Oh sure,” they said he responded, and turned over two newly purchased cell phones that contained hundreds of images of child pornography.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Police-Stratford-man-inadvertently-turned-over-13108263.php
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Bridgeport PD looking for armed robbery suspects
BRIDGEPORT — Police are looking to identify suspects in an overnight armed robbery at a city gas station. Police released an image of one of the suspects on Thursday in the hopes that someone might be able to ID the potential suspect. Around midnight on Thursday, the Mobil Station near the intersection of Boston and Noble avenues was robbed at gunpoint by two males. The description given of the possible suspects were black males wearing all black with black masks covering their faces. One of the suspects had a “very large revolver,” Detective Michael Fiumidinisi said in a summary of the incident. Fiumidinisi said the suspect with the gun fired once at the cashier who tried to take the gun from him multiple times.
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TPZ Public Hearing - 08/08/2018
The Town Plan and Zoning Commission will consider the following petitions:
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from Newington, CT - News Flash http://www.newingtonct.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?aid=535
Shelton’s Modern Plastics readying expansion
Modern Plastics has outgrown its Shelton home. The global plastics distributors announced this month it will be expanding its 21,000-square-foot headquarters at 88 Long Hill Cross Road. The company has found continued success following its 2010 relocation from Bridgeport, but the last 18 months have been especially positive, said Bing Carbone, president of Modern Plastics. “Our business continues to grow pretty incredibly over the last six to seven years, and we are now in dire need of additional space, so our landlord was able to accommodate us,” Carbone said, adding the company has experienced 15 percent year-to-year growth.
from Business https://www.ctpost.com/business/article/Shelton-s-Modern-Plastics-readying-expansion-13107954.php
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Minto gets 20 years for killing 14-year-old boy
BRIDGEPORT - As a young mother sobbed in the back of the courtroom on Thursday, Garth Minto tried to justify fatally shooting her 14-year-old son during a Dodge City-style shootout on a downtown street on Christmas Eve. “I know it was a tragic event,” Minto explained, looking at the crying Sol Marie Ribeira. “But hard decisions had to be made, that’s why they are called hard decisions.” His argument did not persuade Superior Court Judge Robert Devlin, who refused to withdraw Minto’s prior guilty plea to first-degree manslaughter with a firearm and instead sentenced Minto to the 20-year plea agreement.
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Firefighters responding to Bridgeport blaze
BRIDGEPORT — Officials responded to reports of a fire on Grand Street on Thursday morning. The fire broke out on the third floor of a three-story building on the 700 block of Grand Street. No other information was immediately available.
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Shelton lunch ladies reach a deal with management firm
SHELTON — A year after Whitsons Culinary Group took over the food service operation for the school district it has settled on a contract with cafeteria workers. The tentative agreement means the picket signs and bullhorns that have marked many school board meetings throughout the 2017-18 school year will come to an end. "As a long time lunch lady, I am so proud of all the hard work in our fight to protect our livelihood,” said Janet Martin-Allen, who has worked in the district for 38 years. “In the end we were able to achieve a contract we are proud of.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Shelton-lunch-ladies-reach-a-deal-with-management-13107346.php
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Bridgeport man arrested in connection with stolen vehicle in Milford
MILFORD — A Bridgeport man was arrested in connection with a stolen vehicle on Tuesday. Markie Thergood, 42, was charged with third-degree larceny and interfering with an officer after Milford police spotted an empty, stolen vehicle in the parking lot of Howard Johnson’s Motel, according to a statement from police. Soon after, a couple attempted to enter the vehicle and officers detained them. Thergood was arrested on suspicion of being in possession of a stolen vehicle.
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Arrest made in theft of elderly woman’s purse in supermarket
SHELTON - An Orange woman has been arrested in the theft of an 84-year-old woman’s purse in the Shop Rite supermarket last May. Detective Richard Bango said that an May 5, an 84-year old female victim reported her purse was stolen out of her cart while she was shopping at Shop Rite located at 875 Bridgeport Ave “The victim immediately called her bank to cancel her credit cards, only to learn that her card was already used at TJ Maxx on Bridgeport Ave.,” Bango said. “Video surveillance was obtained from the store and a woman can be seen stealing the purse out of the victim’s cart while her back was turned. A photograph of the suspect woman and the vehicle she fled in was released to the press requesting help in identifying her.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/policereports/article/Arrest-made-in-theft-of-elderly-woman-s-purse-13107288.php
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Lamont: Ganim should have received public financing
Maybe it was the raucous atmosphere at a political forum teetering into a free-for-all; maybe it was that no one had ever asked him publicly. But on Wednesday night in New Haven, Ned Lamont said Joe Ganim should have been eligible for public campaign financing if he was allowed to run for governor. Lamont made that statement in an evening dedicated in part to Latino issues, in a boisterous, placard-toting crowd at Albertus Magnus College. The obvious follow-up question for Lamont, the endorsed Democrat: Should Ganim have been allowed to run? “The laws of the state of Connecticut say if you’ve served your time, you have a chance to run, you have a chance to serve,” Lamont said. Afterward, Lamont clarified.
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Board of Assessment Appeals Special Meeting
Board of Assessment Appeals Special Meeting on Tuesday, September 25, 2018...
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from Newington, CT - News Flash http://www.newingtonct.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?aid=534
Fairfield beaches closed for swimming
Due to rainfall amounts exceeding the closure criteria, all Fairfield swimming areas will be closed Thursday. The Lake Mohegan swimming area will be closed for two days including Friday.
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Days of showers set new rainfall records
Days of showers - some with torrential rain - has set a new records with July rainfall, according to data from the National Weather Service. So far this month, Danbury has received 6.61 inches of rain. nearly three inches above average. On Wednesday, Danbury had 1.44 inches of rain. Other big rainfall days for Danbury this month were 1.33 inches on July 4, 1.81 inches on July 17 and 1.03 inches on July 22. On Wednesday, Sikorsky Memorial Airport in Stratford has .89 of an inch of rain; a new record. With 3.96 inches this month, the Bridgeport area is more than a inch above average. Sikorsky’s year-to-date rainfall of 29.16 inches is more than 5 inches above average. Tweed-New Haven Airport had only .
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Fallen tree closes lane on the Merritt
A fallen tree on the Merritt Parkway has closed a southbound lane in Fairfield Thursday morning. The right lane is closed between Exits 46 and 44. State Police cruisers with flashing lights on are blocking the lane. The tree is expected to be removed before the peak of the AM commute. The tree fell onto the parkway from the right side of the road.
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Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Candidates for AG, treasurer square off at forum
HARTFORD — At a candidate forum for Democrats running for attorney general and treasurer Wednesday night, Shawn Wooden and Dita Bhargava had a fiery duel over who can best manage Connecticut’s money and pensions while promoting progressive values. Though less pointed in their comments, William Tong, Chris Mattei and Paul Doyle also distinguished themselves, disputing whether a legislator’s or prosecutor’s experience is better for the next attorney general. The candidate forum at Hartford Public Library was the first event since the state party convention that put the three Democrats running for attorney general on stage together to answer questions about their ideas and backgrounds.
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Democrats in debate sponsored by Hearst CT, Sacred Heart and SHU
In the second of two gubernatorial debates this week, Democrats Ned Lamont of Greenwich and Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim will square off Thursday afternoon at Sacred Heart University. Sponsored by the university and WSHU Public Radio and Hearst Connecticut Media Group, the hour-long debate will begin at 2 o’clock before a live audience in SHU’s Frank and Marissa Martire Business and Communications Center. Lamont won the Democratic endorsement at the party convention in May, while Ganim succeeded in petitioning his way on to the August 14 primary ballot. The five Republican candidates debated in the same venue on Tuesday. The debates will be open to the public with limited seating.
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CT National Guard heading to Kuwait, Afghanistan
Eighty members of the Connecticut National Guard will be deployed to support of operations in Kuwait and Afghanistan. Maj. Gen. Francis Evon, the Adjutant General and commanding officer of the Connecticut National Guard, said the 80 are part of 1109th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group based in Groton. A send-off ceremony will be held at the William A. O'Neill Armory in Hartford, Conn. on Thursday. Commanded by Col. Raymond Chicoski, the group will be responsible for providing theater-level, rotary-wing maintenance in support of Operations Spartan Shield, Inherent Resolve and Freedom Sentinel.
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NWS: Flood advisory for Fairfield, New Haven counties
BRIDGEPORT — The National Weather Service issued a flood advisory for Fairfield and New Haven counties Wednesday evening. The flood advisory was issued at 9:30 p.m. and is in effect until 11 p.m. Doppler radar showed heavy rain with the potential to cause minor flooding in Fairfield and New Haven counties. About one to one and a half inches of rain has already fallen so far Wednesday evening, NWS said. Areas that should expect to see some potential flooding are Bridgeport, Stamford, Norwalk, Danbury, Milford, Shelton, Southbury, New Canaan, New Haven, Waterbury, Milford, Wallingford, Naugatuck, Southbury, Wolcott, Sherman and Newtown. The flood advisory means river or stream flows will be elevated.
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Reports: 2 in custody after pursuit sparked by stolen gun
BRIDGEPORT — City cops have two in custody following a pursuit Wednesday evening, according to dispatch reports. Around 3:50 p.m., a BOLO — be on the lookout — was put out on the police department’s radio waves “for officer safety,” the dispatcher said. The BOLO described a red Toyota Camry, the driver of the car and the passenger. They were wanted for stealing a firearm, reports indicated. Throughout the afternoon and into the evening, police dispatchers repeated the BOLO. Then, shortly after the BOLO was reissued, a Bridgeport officer spotted the car on Orange Street near Newfield Avenue around 7:38 p.m. The officer called it in and started to follow the car, but didn’t active his lights and sirens right away.
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Herbst campaign tours Ansonia
ANSONIA — Tim Herbst got a firsthand view Wednesday of the old and new in the city, as well as earful on what’s needed from the state’s new governor. Over at RugpadUSA, which recently took residence in one of the vacant Farrel Foundry buildings, Kurt Froelich, its Stratford co-owner, told Herbst about the challenges his 54 employees are having meeting health care costs. “I feel bad for them,” Froelich told Herbst, the former Trumbull first selectman now one of five Republican candidates seeking an Aug. 14 primary win for the gubernatorial nomination. “I’m paying 80 percent, but they’re having trouble meeting the 20 percent. For a family it’s about $1,300 a month.
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Bridgeport firefighters killed in 2010 fire remembered
BRIDGEPORT — It’s been eight years since two Bridgeport firefighters lost their lives while battling a fire in the city, and the department hasn’t forgotten. Fire Lt. Steven Velasquez, 40, and firefighter Michel Baik, 49, were killed in a fire on July 24, 2018. “We constantly use them as a reminder to say this is the real deal and things can go bad in an instant,” said Fire Chief Richard Thode on Wednesday. He said the department will not forget the two men who gave their lives while working to extinguish a fire at an Elmwood Avenue residence. “It’s important to remember them and what happened,” Thode said. “They made a big sacrifice for the city.
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Ad watch: Chris Mattei as only prosecutor for attorney general
Three weeks out from the Aug. 14 primary, Chris Mattei, Democratic candidate for attorney general, released his first televisions commercials. A 15-second ad entitled “Only” highlights Mattei’s courtroom experience as an Assistant United States Attorney and Chief of the Public Corruption and Financial Fraud Unit. “As the only prosecutor for attorney general, Chris Mattei put away domestic abusers, gun traffickers and corrupt politicians,” a woman’s voice narrates. Mattei’s campaign declined to say how much they spent on that ad and a second one called “Stop,” which will run statewide on cable through the primary.
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Gun-control advocates take issue with printable weapons
WASHINGTON — Connecticut Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy have weighed in on the controversy surrounding the Trump administration’s settlement of a lawsuit that now paves the way for 3-D printing of untraceable and potentially undetectable guns. The June settlement between the Justice Department and a Texas gun-rights enthusiast with anarchist leanings “is as dangerous as it is confounding,” the two senators said in a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, joined by three other Senate Democrats. “The American people have a right to know why their government agreed to such a dangerous outcome.
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Metro-North faces deadline on train-safety system
Metro-North Railroad on Wednesday said it will meet a looming federal deadline to install the Positive Train Control safety system on its fleet by the end of the year. But the railroad stopped short of saying that system, which can halt speeding trains and avoid accidents, will be fully operational by Dec. 31. Catherine Rinaldi, president of the Metro-North Railroad, said federal regulations require that all U.S. railroads have PTC hardware installed, employees trained, radio spectrum acquired and a segment of the railroad operating in a PTC service demonstration. "We fully expect to meet these criteria," Rinaldi said.
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Live poultry leads to growing salmonella outbreak
Salmonella infections from so-called backyard chickens have sickened more than 200 people nationwide since February, including one person in Connecticut. And while no one has yet died from the outbreak, experts said the situation emphasizes the importance of being careful around live poultry. “Basically, people need to take precautions when handling these animals,” said Mary Jane Lis, state veterinarian with the Connecticut Department of Agriculture. “You don’t put a live chicken in the kitchen and expect it not to be a problem when you’re preparing food.” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that between Feb.
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D.C. Buzz: Rallying cry against gun violence echoes loudly
WASHINGTON — This just in from Hearst summer intern Sarah Roach: Lane Murdock didn’t think her petition to protest gun violence would spread like wildfire. But the clarion call from the Ridgefield High School sophomore morphed into more than 2,500 fellow students walking out of class on the anniversary of the 1999 Columbine H.S. massacre. It’s no surprise that high schools were so quick to join in — the petition was created on the night of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Florida that left 14 dead. Within days, Murdock assumed a leadership position over a nationwide movement among high school students to curb gun violence, an extra spark on the momentum already begun by Parkland students.
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Erin Stewart qualifies for public funding
Republican New Britain mayor Erin Stewart qualified for a state elections grant to fund her lieutenant governor campaign, the state elections commission announced. Stewart submitted her application last Friday, the deadline to do so, having raised more than $30,000 in qualifying contributions since July 1. “We hit a home run, literally, figuratively, you name it,” Stewart told her supporters in a Facebook Live announcement from the New Britain Bees stadium Wednesday. Stewart dropped out of the governor’s race to run for lieutenant governor on the eve of the Republican convention in May, and had to restart her fundraising efforts from zero. Stewart will face state Sen.
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State approves funding for housing, redevelopment, museums
HARTFORD - The state on Wednesday granted $6.9 million for repairs to the Barnum Museum in Bridgeport, and another $1.9 million for the city’s Discovery Museum. The State Bond Commission also provided funding for expanding the Port of New Haven and improving Stern Village in Trumbull. Another $2 million went to Stratford for improvements to Veterans Park and $2.1 million to improve the South End Community Center. Funding for Norwalk includes $250,000 for a feasibility study for a new train station and $1.5 million to help Connecticut Public Broadcasting develop an Innovation and Tech Education Center on Wall Street.
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Stamford YMCA sued for $35 million in near drowning
BRIDGEPORT - The family of a Chinese student, who remains in a coma after nearly drowning in the Stamford YMCA pool last year, has filed a $35 million federal lawsuit against the organization. Zhaojie Yiang, 22, a student attending the University of Connecticut’s Stamford campus from China, went for a swim at the YMCA at 10 Bell Street on Oct. 13. He was pulled from a pool after a friend noticed him unconscious at the bottom. “As a result of prolonged lack of oxygen to his brain, Zhaojie suffered severe, permanent, and irreversible brain damage,” said Zhaojie’s attorney, William Bloss of the Bridgeport-based law firm Koskoff & Bieder. “Zhaojie was eventually transferred back to China, where he remains in a coma.
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Man charged with Stratford dumpster fires
STRATFORD - A local man, with a history of setting fires, was arrested after police said he set two dumpsters on fire. Michael Sherwood, 54, of Overland Road, was charged with two counts of reckless burning and one count of attempted reckless burning. He was being held in lieu of $25,000 bond. On June 14, firefighters were called to a dumpster fire in the rear of a medical office on East Main Street. When they got there, police said they put out the fire only to get a call of another dumpster on fire behind the Stop & Shop supermarket. Police said they then got a call that Sherwood was acting suspiciously outside a third dumpster. Police said Sherwood was peering into the dumpster with a green plastic lighter in his right hand.
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Man charged in shooting
BRIDGEPORT - A local man was charged with attempted murder after police said he fired shots at his girlfriend’s former boyfriend. Jose Rosario, 29, of Evelyn Road, who is currently on parole for an assault conviction, was charged Wednesday with attempted murder, attempted first-degree assault, criminal possession of a pistol, carrying a pistol without a permit, illegal discharge of a firearm and reckless endangerment. He was being held in lieu of $350,000 bond. Police said a 38-year-old city resident complained to them that Rosario had been harassing him because of his prior relationship with Rosario’s girlfriend.
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State reports eight more towns with West Nile-positive mosquitoes
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station has identified West Nile virus-infected mosquitoes in eight new towns — Bethany, Franklin, Greenwich, Madison, New Haven, Waterford, West Haven, and Weston. The mosquitoes were trapped from July 12 to July 19. Previously, West Nile-positive mosquitoes were already identified in Bridgeport, Darien, Easton, New Canaan, Stamford, Stratford, and Waterbury. “We are seeing a major expansion and build-up of West Nile virus in the mosquito population” said Dr. Philip Armstrong, medical entomologist at the CAES in a news release. “We are also detecting the virus in human-biting mosquitoes comparatively early in the season, which substantially increases the risk of infection.
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Laurel Road offers help on medical student debt
A program from Laurel Road bank is looking to help ease student debt for medical professionals. The online lender and FDIC-insured bank based in Darien announced Wednesday it has partnered with the American Medical Association to help physicians save money on their medical school loans. As a result, Laurel Road is offering AMA members discounts and savings opportunities when they refinance with the bank. “We recognize the important role that refinancing can play in reducing the financial burden for young physicians,” said Alyssa Schaefer, chief marketing officer for Laurel Road, in a press release. Laurel Road has refinanced more than $3 billion in student loans nationwide.
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Man arrested on 25 charges after 2-hour Ansonia crime spree
ANSONIA — A Beacon Falls man has been arrested on 25 charges after a two-hour crime spree in Ansonia, police said. On Tuesday, police arrested Anthony Rodriguez-Horvath, 21, of Beacon Falls, after multiple crimes over a two-hour period. According to Lt. Patrick Lynch, here’s a timeline of what happened: Home invasion and car theft Just before 11 a.m., Rodriguez-Horvath entered the home of a 90-year-old male on Clark Street demanding the male’s car keys, when the male refused Rodriguez-Horvath knocked him to the ground, took the male’s wallet and car keys, ripped the house phone out of the wall, and then stole the male’s car. High-speed chase Sgt.
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DMV worker pleads guilty to $80,000 theft
BRIDGEPORT - A state Department of Motor Vehicle worker, who claimed she stole $80,000 from the agency because she was stressed out at work, is facing two and a half years behind bars. Kimberly Brown, a 10-year employee of the DMV, pleaded guilty Wednesday before Superior Court Judge Robert Devlin to first-degree larceny and first-degree forgery. Asked by the judge if she agreed to all the facts of the case presented by Senior Assistant State’s Attorney David Applegate, Brown responded, “mostly.” The judge then told the 49-year-old Brown that he would impose a maximum sentence of two and a half years in prison when he sentences her on Sept. 28 but her lawyer, Alec Gulash, would have the right to argue for a lesser term.
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Bond Commission approves toll study
HARTFORD — The state Bond Commission on Wednesday moved Connecticut a step closer to electronic tolls on the state’s highways and four lane routes. The commission authorized a $10 million study to look at tolling, prices, which roads could be tolled and how much money could be made. The state estimates tolling could bring in as much as $1 billion a year. "The undeniable truth is that our Special Transportation Fund needs a new, reliable revenue source," said Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, who ordered the study. "While Connecticut made important adjustments to the STF in recent years, those fixes only addressed our immediate, short-term concerns," Malloy said.
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State SAT scores tumble
Math and reading scores for Connecticut public high school juniors took a tumble in 2018 according to results of school administered SAT results released on Wednesday. Language arts scores dropped eight points to 516 and math scores dropped to 503, a four point drop. The language arts scores remain higher that the grade level score of 480 set by the state when it adopted the SAT as the state’s standardized test for 11th graders three years ago. For the third year in a row, however, more than 60 percent of juniors taking the test scored at or above the expected target. Math scores have yet to reach the grade level score of 530. In math, 40.3 percent of students met or exceed the target.
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Officers shot at in Bridgeport
BRIDGEPORT — Police officers were shot at early Wednesday morning in Bridgeport, according to city officials. No one was injured in the incident, which occurred near Crescent and Kossuth streets around 1 a.m., according to city spokesman Av Harris. Police are searching for suspects. No other information was immediately available.
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Recall watch: Goldfish, Ritz crackers among pulled products
Goldfish, Ritz recalled for possible salmonella Whey powder used in multiple products — including Pepperidge Farm Goldfish and certain Ritz crackers — could be contaminated with salmonella, according to a rash of recalls. Salmonella is a microorganism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in those with weakened immune systems. On Saturday, Mondelez Global LLC of New Jersey announced it was recalling certain Ritz Cracker Sandwiches and Ritz Bits products due to the whey powder. A full list of the recalled products is at https://bit.ly/2A23D3R. There have been no complaints of illness reported in connection with the products. Consumers can contact the company at 844-366-1171.
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NB accident closes part of the Hutchinson parkway
An accident on the Hutchinson River Parkway has closed the northbound lanes just over the Connecticut border. Westchester County police said a truck hit the King Street bridge on the NY/CT border earlier Wednesday morning. Both lanes are closed at Exit 30s. Northbound delays start near the I-684 intersection and continues about a half-mile into Greenwich. The accident is not causing any southbound delays in the Greenwich area.
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Debris closes two lanes of Route 8 in Bridgeport
BRIDGEPORT — Debris on the road closed two lanes on Route 8 Wednesday morning. The right two lanes of the northbound Route 8 between Exits 5 and 8 were reported closed around 8:30 a.m., according to CT Travel Smart.
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Local restaurateurs thinking beyond the straw in eliminating plastic
STAMFORD — When city representative Bob Lion visited Teena’s Apizza, a new pizza place on Main Street, he was pleasantly surprised to see all the materials with his meal were recyclable — including his straw. According to Derek Furino, chef and owner of Teena’s Apizza, the restaurant, which opened last month, only uses recyclable products, including totally compostable straws made from plant material. “We just want to be eco-friendly,” Furino said. “We recycle and we’re trying to be on board with everyone else. I have children and I want them to have a safe environment as well.” The restaurant also recycles all bottles and cans and doesn’t use any foam. While biodegradable materials are more pricey, Furino said it pays off.
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‘Power issues’ causing Metro-North delays
Metro-North is reporting delays of up to 30 minutes Wednesday morning. At 8:36 a.m., it said “New Haven Line customers traveling between Mount Vernon East and Larchmont currently experiencing delays of up to 30 minutes due to earlier power issues. Please listen for announcements at your station.”
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Sanitary Fair – Today in History: July 25
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