Thomas F. Langan was also ordered to pay a $20,000 fine, a $200 special assessment and $480,900 in restitution to his victims, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
The Firebirds, which represents Black and Latino firefighters in Bridgeport, donated money to Michelle's House for sickle cell disease outreach.
Developers plan to spend $2 million removing toxic waste before building the warehouse on a site that was once home to a manufacturing plant.
Richard Ciardi was an 18-year-old Derby resident who died in a Seymour car accident. His parents has since advocated for a memorial to their son.
The Lethality Assessment Program, which has helped more than 20,000 Connecticut residents deemed at risk of being killed by their partners, celebrates its 10th year.
Metro-North Railroad has agreed to pay a settlement to the family of Kevin Murphy, who died when he was hit by a train at the Noroton Heights station.
Everton Brooks, 19, operated the scooter that served as a getaway vehicle in a July shooting that left Ramon Pequero and Kazzmaire Dorsey dead, according to Bridgeport police.
The resident of the home was pistol-whipped, punched, kicked, bound with duct tape and robbed of tens of thousands of dollars in valuables after he opened the door, according to Milford police.
The Bridgeport school board voted to stop holding closed-door meetings to select the next superintendent after community members raised concerns about a lack of transparency.
Five former Fairfield town officials and a developer are seeking probation for allegedly conspiring to dump toxic soil around town.
Braxton became a fixture of in the Park City's East End soon after opening Braxton’s Men’s Shop, a popular fashion store on Stratford Avenue.
The event’s organizers said that most of those who received the award, the Connecticut Veterans’ Wartime Service Medal, were either Vietnam War veterans or served in conflicts during and after the Gulf War.
The two suspects fled the scene after the car they were in collided with a pole, according to Bridgeport police.
A judge will decide within 16 days whether there should be a new Democratic primary for the 127th state house district race between Jack Hennessy and Marcus Brown.
The council approved the Sound on Sound contract last year. Two council members who expressed support for the festival received complimentary tickets.
Stratford police say Khilee J Bennett, is wanted in connection with a "serious domestic violence incident" that occurred this month.
State Department of Transportation workers found the ATM, which was stolen in New Haven, on the side of Route 8 in Bridgeport on Monday, police said.
Bridgeport leaders hailed the Sound on Sound festival at Seaside Park as a success, but acknowledged the inaugural event faced a handful of issues.
The family of Nyair Nixon, who died two years ago at a Barnum Avenue club run by former councilwoman Eneida Martinez, is suing Martinez and other city officials.
After a first day plagued with issues, Sound On Sound returned Sunday with a multitude of changes to viewing areas, lines and sound quality.
The 64-year-old man, reported missing in July, seemingly suffered a medical episode, according to state police.
Organizers of the Bridgeport festival promised changes Sunday in response to concerns about crowds, food availability, audible sound and staffing, among other issues.
What began as a $64 million total vision is, at the 90 percent design stage, going to instead cost another $30 million.
Sound on Sound kicked off its inaugural event at Seaside Park in Bridgeport boasting more than 20 acts, including Stevie Nicks.
The race is part of a fundraising event for the Klein Memoiral Auditorium.
Absentee ballots will go out for Bridgeport House seat with only Republican candidate's name on them.
Stratford resident Mark Blake, 61, worked as an EMS supervisor in Westport and was a longtime member of the Weston Volunteer Fire Department.
Typically when there is a vacancy on the council, the district leaders of the former member's party recommend someone to complete his or her two-year term. The council then exercises its authority to hold a vote to approve that individual.
Ansonia police said the infant was taken to Yale New Haven Hospital with a brain bleed, fractured ribs, lacerated liver and other injuries.
Bridgeport Public Schools was forced to dismiss students early last month after a heat wave sent temperatures soaring past 95 degrees in some classrooms.
Milford police say several liquor and smoke shops were hit with overnight burglaries Thursday night. The suspects fled in a stolen car when confronted by police.
The discoveries were made after a Fairfield officer pulled the 20-year-old over for motor vehicle violations, according to police.
Bridgeport Public School administrators are scrambling to hire dozens of new teachers and combine multiple classes together amid a teacher shortage.
Bridgeport city officials have tentatively entered into a settlement agreement with the family of a teenager who was shot to death by a city police officer.
Volta Charging, a startup with more than 2,000 EV charging stations, is seeking Stratford's approval to install four digital kiosks at the riverside shopping center.
On Wednesday the mayor's office and personnel department announced an outside consultant had whittled down the list of 27 candidates who applied by the July 14 deadline to Garcia, Captain Lonnie Blackwell and recently-retired Captain Roderick Porter.
Two passengers from California and Manhattan performed CPR and an off-duty West Haven firefighter used an automated external defibrillator to help save the Long Island resident's life, according to his wife.
In recent years southwest Connecticut has seen a growing number of chocolate shops, some of them owned by chocolatiers trained in Belgium.
Shelton police are investigating an officer accused of firing several shots at a "sick" raccoon with a stray bullet hitting a house near Riverside Cemetery.
Based on Facebook posts, the fight apparently sparked rumors that an active shooter was loose in the Trumbull shopping center, sowing panic on social media.
Superior Court Judge Barry Stevens was forced to agree to another continuance in the now more than two-week hearing to decide who will be the next Democratic candidate for the seat — incumbent Jack Hennessy or City Councilman Marcus Brown.
Stephanie Meckley, 27, of Milford, allegedly spit at and bit police officers, causing minor injuries.
Just how wide a net should the Bridgeport Board of Education cast in its search for city's next superintendent?
PLAINVILLE — Traffic on Route 72 east was halted Sunday following a motorcycle crash, according to the state Department of Transportation.
The agency said the collision, which was reported at 3:19 p.m., took place between exits 4 and 7 on the highway's eastbound lanes.
In a Twitter post, state police said the crash forced crews to close the ramp from Route 72 to Interstate 84 east. Police said traffic was diverted to Interstate 84 west and warned motorists to seek alternate routes due to the backup.
It is unclear if the crash resulted in any injuries. There was no further information immediately available.
Richard Chumney can be reached at richard.chumney@hearstmediact.com
The man allegedly had his wallet, cell phone and shoes stolen from him, according to Bridgeport police.
There is about a 50 percent chance of rain across much of the state on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.
The man suffered a non-life-threatening wound, according to police.
Two years after Bridgeport removed a statue of Christopher Columbus from Seaside Park, the Italian American group that donated it to the city wants it back.
Last weekend some area residents and business people questioned why public facilities employees were working Saturday and Sunday cleaning up overgrowth on the privately owned Fairfield Avenue site.
The event will be held going forward from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays until Nov. 27.
Save the Sound and Ash Creek Conservation Association discovered an old pipe discharging sewage into a river feeding into Bridgeport Harbor, which has since been capped.
A 16-year-old boy was injured after a Jeep Liberty struck his electric bike at a Bridgeport intersection, according to police. The boy received medical attention at the scene, police said.
A West Haven man, who worked as a cook at the Bridgeport ferry terminal, claimed he phoned in bomb threats to protest racism in his workplace, police said.
Thursday’s hearing on state Rep. Jack Hennessy’s challenge of the results of last month’s Democratic primary was continued to Tuesday morning so that his attorney could inspect the 28 rejected ballots.
Just two of Bridgeport’s neighborhoods accounted for more than 1 in 4 of the city’s homicides in the past decade.
The new facility houses services that include mental health counseling, medical treatment and addiction recovery services. The building also allows a place for those who are homeless to stay for the day.
A Westport gas leak outside of 136 Main St., the Lux Bong & Jewelry store, prompted precautionary evacuations Wednesday, a fire official said.
State Rep. Jack Hennessy’s challenge to the Aug. 9 primary that he eventually lost was cut short by a judge on Tuesday.
Teachers and administrators of color climbed to 12 percent of the staff for the 2021-22 school year, up from 9.7 percent a year earlier.
The survey asks participants about their transit needs and habits. The survey is available from now until Nov. 2.
The firefighter was transported to Griffin Hospital, according to officials.
Hartford resident Wilfredo Morales, who was accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old Bridgeport girl he met on social media, was sentenced to five years in prison.
The teenager accused of fatally stabbing Fairfield Prep student James McGrath earlier this year is set to appear in court in Milford Monday morning.
Bridgeport has been without a major hotel since the Holiday Inn downtown closed last winter.
The collision, which officials described as a serious accident, took place around 8 p.m. Sunday in the area of Cherry Brook Road
The collision took place around 6 p.m. Sunday at 12 Mill St., the site of a Dunkin’ and a cellphone store.
The annual CT United Ride once again rumbled 60 miles through eight towns on a nonstop run from Westport’s Sherwood Island State Park to Seaside Park in Bridgeport.
Ride organizers expected about 3,000 riders for the annual fundraiser and another 15,000 spectators were expected to turn out along the route.
La Gringa explores cultural identities by showing the struggles of a Puerto Rican woman wishing to connect with her homeland. The play has been performed around the world since it was first introduced in 1996.
The same partners are later this month bringing other big names to town as part of the first Sound on Sound music festival at Seaside Park.
The children, who were both riding in a Ford Taurus, were transported to St. Vincent’s Hospital and later to Yale New Haven Hospital with serious injuries, Bridgeport police said.
The department was awarded a Federal Assistance to Firefighters Grant of $36,291 for firefighter training.
It was surprising Wednesday as Mayor Joe Ganim delivered a lunchtime state-of-the-city speech to see Christopher Caruso, who has backed Ganim’s mayoral opponents in the past, seated at one of the tables reserved for mayoral aides and department heads.
State Rep. Jack Hennessy’s challenge of the Democratic primary for the 127th District against Marcus Brown has been continued to Tuesday.
The robots use machine learning, artificial intelligence and sensors to navigate around obstacles. They can cross streets, climb curbs, and travel at night.
A Bridgeport official said a black or brown substance was left Thursday afternoon at an office on Washington Avenue.
State Rep. Hennessy’s appeal of his primary loss will be heard Friday after a judge refused to send the case to the Supreme Court.
Mike Keegan, M&T Bank’s executive vice president and head of community markets, said the company prepared almost 800 employees to answer questions from consumers.
Andrew Spino, 34, was arrested Wednesday on charges of felony murder, first-degree robbery and conspiracy to commit first-degree robbery, Ansonia police said.
Jamar Blackburn, 38, of Bridgeport, has been charged with second-degree larceny by Milford police for allegedly stealing a watch.
Trumbull police said an 18-year-old and two minors from Meriden was caught early Wednesday morning burglarizing cars on Oakview Drive.
BRIDGEPORT — Big-name performers who take the stage at the city’s year-old concert amphitheater typically entertain the crowds with their greatest hits. So do mayors delivering state-of-the-city addresses.
That is what Mayor Joe Ganim did Wednesday in his first such speech in-person to the business community since 2019 because of the coronavirus pandemic. And he chose his administration’s arguably biggest economic achievement — the opening of the harborfront concert venue at the shuttered minor league baseball park — as the venue.
“Let’s start with the obvious. Look where we are,” Ganim told the dozens gathered for the Bridgeport Regional Business Council-sponsored event.
Just short of a year away from November’s general election in which he hopes to win a third consecutive term, the incumbent painted a picture of Bridgeport akin to that in the “a new buzz, a new beat” advertising campaign his administration launched earlier this summer.
And, prior to Ganim’s address, developer Howard Saffan, whom city officials tapped in 2017 to build the amphitheater with the help of $12 million in taxpayer dollars, welcomed the guests and provided what could easily be a soundbite in a campaign advertisement for the mayor’s 2023 re-election bid.
“Frankly, without the support of Mayor Ganim this wouldn’t be anything,” Saffan said, adding Bridgeport was experiencing a “renaissance.”
Dan Onofrio, head of the business association, in an interview afterward said that while more needs to be done to help revitalize the downtown, it is “an exciting time for the city” and the message to investors is, “Don’t miss out on Bridgeport.”
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A local lawyer, who received national attention in an animal cruelty case, has been charged with assaulting another lawyer outside the Derby courthouse.
“It’s the first I’ve heard of it,” Chris Taylor said of the plea offer Tuesday.
The first phase of construction — 420 new rental apartments and 10,000 square feet of commercial retail space - represents a $200 million investment.
Derby police said no arrest was immediate made, but a suspect with the knife they believe was used in the attack was found nearby.
Tayvion Hart, 18, has been charged with first-degree larceny, second-degree robbery, second-degree assault and refusal of fingerprints, according to police.
A Bridgeport man, facing murder charges in a Stratford drive-by shooting case, instead pleaded guilty to assault after prosecutors dropped the murder charge.
The board has formed a search committee to identify Bridgeport’s next top school administrator, a process that could take up to six months to complete.
A judge denied a motion by the city to dismiss an appeal of the Democratic 127th House District primary.
Police said the person was shot in the ankle late Monday night at a Bridgeport bar on Brooklawn Avenue.
Paul Brown, who opened Grill II, plans the tapas bar and lounge to host themed events and live music. It will also require reservations and a dresscode.
Milford police were called to the Connecticut Post Mall Saturday evening for multiple incidents, including two fights that involved pepper spray.
A person who had been shot in the ankle arrived at an area hospital about 15 minutes after the shooting, Bridgeport police say.
The technology will be used to ticket motorists who do not stop when buses are off-loading and on-loading students.
The collision, which was reported at 4:56 p.m., took place on the southbound lanes between exits 40 and 39B, officials reported
The average temperature in Bridgeport was 77.3 degrees during August, up from a historic norm of 74.3 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.
In late July 141 North Avenue LLC received the zoning commission’s approval to establish a cannabis cultivation and production facility at that address.
In an appeal filed last month, the Keepers club said the city’s Zoning Board of Appeals should have approved its plans to expand into two adjoining units — and that a Superior Court judge erred in affirming the ZBA’s decision.
An upcoming exhibit by the Weston Historical Society will tell visitors the stories behind Weston’s street names.
Ricci, who for years ran the municipal airport, then the public facilities department until his resignation in early 2019, has sued over the zoning board’s approval of a zone change for the Bellarmine college.
As more and more families across Connecticut struggle to pay their rent, data shows that nonprofits have received several thousand more requests for assistance than the previous year.
City officials have been pressuring Time Equities to upgrade the dilapidated City Trust Garage for nearly three years.
A judge revoked the bond on a man waiting trial for murder, ruling he is a danger to the community.
A Superior Court judge turned down Marcus Brown’s request to add four votes to his tally that had either been disqualified or registered for his opponent, incumbent state Rep. Jack Hennessy.
The 2022 CT United Ride will take place Sept. 11, going from Sherwood Island State Park in Westport to Seaside Park in Bridgeport.
A motorized scooter crash on Main and East Main streets in Stratford Thursday evening sent a man in his 40s to Bridgeport hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Raashon “Red Dreads” Jackson, who was free on $1 million bond while awaiting a retrial after the Supreme Court overturned his murder and assault convictions, was charged with numerous gun charges after state police said they found a gun loaded with a high-capacity magazine in Jackson’s car on Route 8.
Students in Stratford started the school year on Thursday.
This is in addition to a total of roughly $62.7 million hospitals in the Yale New Haven Health system — which includes Bridgeport and Greenwich — received between October and July, said Gene Colucci, chief financial officer for Greenwich Hospital and vice president of finance for Bridgeport Hospital
Carlos Ferreira, 59, of Fairfield, was driving southbound in the northbound lanes of Route 15 early Thursday, according to police.
H. James Pickerstein of Fairfield, died Tuesday, according to the Abraham L. Green and Son Funeral Home. He was 76.
