Four months after announcing an administrative restructuring that resulted in presumptive mayoral challenger John Gomes' termination, the restructuring has yet to take place.
A Bridgeport man who fatally shot a local barber who shielded his customers was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Connecticut State Police said the Interstate 95 southbound rest area in Milford has been closed after a car and tractor-trailer collided Wednesday morning.
Trumbull police say a handgun was taken from a car parked at the mall and a shotgun was taken from the trunk of a car on White Plains Road.
Derby has gone for years without an economic development director, until recently. But the Board of Aldermen and Alderwomen never approved the director's salary which is $85,000 a year. While the mayor doesn't need to obtain alder approval for the hire, he does need their approval for a salary per the city charter.
M&T will keep 27 bank branches located inside Stop & Shop locations open until 2026.
Robert Mosley, of Bridgeport, was on parole after convicted of having child sex abuse materials when he was found with new images on his phones in 2020.
Trumbull police did not quantify the thefts, saying only “numerous” incidents involving mail stolen from residential areas had been reported in recent weeks.
Fairfield fire officials said the cause of the blaze was under investigation. The case was turned over to the State Police, officials said.
Former city administrative aide John Gomes said he will "make a formal, historic announcement for Bridgeport" Thursday afternoon.
Bridgeport police said a man shot a gun while trying to rob Peking Chinese Restaurant on Wood Avenue.
The report titled the 2022 Valley Community Index, shows the two cities continue to lag behind their more well off neighbors on income levels and as a result, the two cities remain poorer than other municipalities in the area.
LifeBridge is one of eight designated outpatient urban trauma centers throughout the state. While the organization already treats children, the new program will give LifeBridge staff specialized racial trauma training in order to better help children of color who battle discrimination and suffer from high rates of poverty, violence and marginalization
Police are investigating an "assault with firearm" incident along Wade Street in Bridgeport Friday evening.
Superior Court Judge John J. Ronan, who presided over the criminal courts in Bridgeport, Milford and New Haven for more than two decades, has died following a brief illness. He was 90.
The Bridgeport Board of Education is considering a new policy that would ensure transgender and non-binary students have the right to use the pronouns they prefer.
The Derby Fire Department on Thursday extinguished a kitchen fire that erupted in a home at 21 Minerva St., according to officials.
The Bridgeport Police Department arrested Christopher Green, of North Branford, Wednesday on charges he sent harassing messages to a teenage girl.
Testo's and the downtown Holiday Inn, which was purchased earlier this year and is also being converted to housing, were two of the city's key event venues.
The Bridgeport Board of Education will interview registered Republicans interested in filling the seat vacated by former Chair John Weldon during a Dec. 12 meeting.
Myron Dukes, 48, of Bridgeport, was discovered fatally shot in the back of the head in a Range Rover in Queens on Nov. 9, according to Bridgeport police.
The MTA said the person who was struck by a Metro-North train near the Milford station was alive when they were taken to Bridgeport Hospital on Tuesday.
Sarah Clark, a UConn graduate, will act as Mayor Laura Hoydick's spokesperson, among other responsibilities.
A person suffered burns in a basement fire at a home on Norman Street in Bridgeport Monday night, according to a city official.
Metro-North Railroad officials said some train schedules were affected after a person was struck near the Milford station Tuesday afternoon.
A Stratford man has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly shooting a Bridgeport man on Monday.
Beds at Bridgeport homeless shelters become available as people leave or find permanent housing. Even so, on Tuesday the 30-person shelter at the YMCA was housing 28 people.
The ban was proposed after some public housing tenants were frightened by another resident who they witnessed openly carrying a pistol, according to authority documents.
Ansonia police said Mo's Smoke Shop on Pershing Drive was ordered to close after a search warrant turned up "numerous items containing cannabis."
Democratic Town Chairman Mario Testa's well-known restaurant and banquet facility has for years been where Bridgeport's movers and shakers, as well as political insiders from around Connecticut, schmoozed and cut the deals that, for better or worse, shaped the city's and state's government and its policies.
Incoming Police Chief Roderick Porter in an interview Monday acknowledged Bridgeport's department has seen better numbers in the past. Still, he said, "Having 200 in the process right now is positive."
The fishing pier project was previously approved for construction in 2015, after a protracted environmental cleanup process. But the project was delayed by budget shortfalls and red tape. The project is now ready to go out for bid and so far, there are three contractors interested in the project.
Investigators hope to identify a female suspect in an armed robbery at Bridge Street smoke shop Smoke Vibe in mid-October, according to Ansonia police.
Alyshia Perrin, Bridgeport's new interim superintendent, plans to draw on her experience as a teacher and principal to lead the state's second largest school system.
A dumpster fire caused residents of a 160-unit Fairfield apartment complex on Kings Highway to be evacuated Sunday night, an official said.
The Connecticut Airport Authority and Mayor Joe Ganim's administration had been aiming to wrap up and forward the terms to the Bridgeport City Council before the new year.
The Fairfield women’s basketball team is scheduled to play the first official game in the arena against Stonehill College at 7 p.m. Friday.
A former broker is accused of selling hundreds of counterfeit handbags online from her Bridgeport home.
Lamond Daniels, who served as an aide to former Mayor Bill Finch from 2013 to 2015, has formed an exploratory committee to run for mayor in 2023. If elected he would be Bridgeport's first Black mayor.
A Bridgeport felon who had drugs and a gun on him when authorities arrested him on a probation violation pleaded guilty Thursday to a weapons charge.
With temperatures cooling, social workers have recommended camp residents stay at a YMCA-run 24/7 shelter.
Various organizations have banded together to create the English Language Learner Students and Parents Success Coalition. The coalition wants state officials to mandate school districts provide interpreter services and detailed information in languages other than English that are already mandated by state and federal law.
David Dunn had his pension cut in half last month after his conviction for helping Armando Perez cheat to become Bridgeport police chief in 2018.
The state's inspector general has found a U.S. Marshal was justified in shooting at a Bridgeport man in New Haven earlier this year.
The new Starbucks joins an O’Reilly Auto Parts as part of a $4 million development, adding to the city’s Steelpointe and Brookside Shopping Center Starbucks cafés.
A 29-year-old Bridgeport woman who cared for a 92-year-old Westport woman was involved in the theft of more than $100,000 from her, Westport police said.
Jack Jakups, of Trumbull, pleaded guilty Tuesday to possession of firearms and ammunition by a felon, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for Connecticut.
An email address associated with child sexual abuse material distributed online belonged to 20-year-old Sebastian Victoria, Monroe police said.
The new Bridgeport club replaces the former North End Boys & Girls Club, which was torn down in 2018.
Former Bridgeport resident Stephfan Sanderson, also known as "Birdy," faces up to 10 years in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for Connecticut.
Weldon, a Republican, resigned after facing mounting criticism over his handling of the Bridgeport school board’s search for a new superintendent.
The former Ansonia police station has been unoccupied for a year since 2021 when the department moved to its new location on Main Street. While negotiations are still ongoing, both the city and the housing authority say its a good fit, citing more parking spaces and its accessibility to residents.
About a fifth of 19 Milford stores inspected Monday were found in violation of state laws regarding the sale of tobacco products and e-cigarettes, police said.
A Bridgeport jury deadlocked 11-1 in the murder trial of a Norwalk man for the 2017 killing of a motorist that police said was an innocent bystander in a drug dispute.
Less than a month after City Council members on Oct. 17, without debate, voted to move forward with establishing a bipartisan revision commission to "modernize and simplify" the charter, that same legislative body last week tabled appointing the group's nine proposed members.
The Bridgeport Board of Education approved soliciting bids from headhunting firms to lead a nationwide search for the district’s next superintendent.
The Stratford Zoning Commission has rejected plans to install four free-to-use Volta Charging kiosks for electric vehicles at Dock Shopping Center.
Investigators are trying to identify three suspects who stole catalytic converters from U-Haul rental vehicles overnight Monday, according to Bridgeport police.
A judge has denied a pre-trial probation program for three former Fairfield town officials and a developer charged in a contaminated soil dumping scheme.
The building will also contain 1,500 square feet of space to lease to an unidentified retail store and include 58 parking spots, energy efficient LED lights and landscaping.
Ex-Councilwoman Eneida Martinez wants her former colleagues to appoint her to succeed Wanda Simmons, who defeated Martinez in a 2021 primary and recently stepped down over health issues.
The Bridgeport Police Department arrested a Harborview Towers resident Sunday after security reported the individual was caught knocking on other tenant's doors with a knife.
Similar scam phone calls have been reported in Clinton and Enfield in recent days, as well as in New Haven and Fairfield earlier this year.
Director of School Safety and Residency Carlos A. Castro, a 25-year Stratford police veteran and Gulf War-era veteran.
A 48-year-old New York man was seriously injured when he was hit by a vehicle on West Broad Street Friday night, Trumbull police say.
The Bridgeport Police Department is undermanned, burdened with internal strife, and has been rocked by controversies that damaged its image in the community.
The city's Board of Aldermen & Alderwoman previously rejected an offer by Ansonia to merge the two cities' center centers in June. A search committee formed to find a suitable location for a Derby center has yet to meet.
The Stratford Zoning Commission voted Wednesday to approve plans to covert the former Masonic Temple on Main Street into a 38-unit apartment complex.
Bridgeport Public Schools is piloting a new adaptive arts program designed to help develop speech and fine motor skills for students with developmental disabilities.
Fairfield school officials say they expect the district to use up state-allocated American Rescue Plan funds by the end of December. But the district is using surplus revenue from its local school food authority to extend free school meals until June.
In announcing her retirement, Garcia called Mayor Joe Ganim’s choice of Capt. Roderick Porter to be Bridgeport’s new police chief a result of “politics.”
The state Supreme Court has upheld the 2020 conviction of Bridgeport resident Jayvell Washington for murder despite his claim he was deprived of a fair trial because of the pandemic.
A teacher at Greens Farms Academy in Westport was placed on leave after a Project Veritas video allegedly shows him making sexual comments about his students.
Oshane Stewart, 30, of Shelton, pleaded guilty to wire fraud in federal court after prosecutors said he defrauded Amazon of more than $740,000.
Mayor Joe Ganim announced that retired Capt. Roderick Porter was his choice for new police chief in Bridgeport.
The project will replace about 311 feet of the line, which carries about two-third's of the town's sewage to the wastewater treatment plant.
Porter, who began his law enforcement career as a state sheriff, was hired as a police officer in the city in 1993.
Bassick High School in Bridgeport was evacuated Thursday morning after a city official said pepper spray was accidentally discharged.
The Bridgeport Board of Education erupted into a heated argument last week over the search for an interim superintendent, exposing deep divisions within the board.
A pathologist’s report states that Janica Kirpalani's heart attack likely came on two to seven days before her death, the lawsuit states.
No incumbents lost their state Senate race Tuesday. Of the eight seats up for grabs in the area, incumbents went six for six, while two seats went to newcomers running in races with no incumbent.
A Stratford psychic has been charged with defrauding a woman out of more than $50,000.
Gresko, a Democrat, defeated Burnes, a Republican, 4,106 to 2,195, according to unofficial results reported to the Secretary of State. The House district is largely made up of Stratford's North End.
After spending $22 million in the most expensive governor's race in Connecticut history, Gov. Ned Lamont beats his Republican rival, ABC News projects.
Connecticut election 2022 results in the greater Bridgeport area include races for the 23rd Senate District, and the 123rd and 127th House Districts.
Milford police said a 30-year-old Bridgeport man repeatedly struck a person in the head with a hammer at Collegian Movers on Naugatuck Avenue.
Milford police have released a photo of man they say left a Bridgeport Avenue dealership with a Toyota Tacoma he obtained with fraudulent credit application.
Members of homicide victim Nyair Nixon's and former Councilwoman Eneida Martinez's families have had confrontations before, leading officials to call police to the scene Monday.
Westport police said they recovered crack, powdered cocaine and a gun Friday during a search of a car driven by Alexander Martinezcelin, 33, of Norwalk.
Bridgeport police are warning of gunpoint robberies involving people trying to buy cars posted for sale on sites like Facebook Marketplace or OfferUp.
Abortion rights, education, inflation and crime are among some of the most talked about issues to be decided at the ballot box.
The union, according to attorney Kelly Rommel, is asking the court to order the town to offer a new disability plan.
A Bridgeport official says a motorcyclist was seriously injured after being hit by a car Sunday night in the area of Wells Street and North Avenue.
The Stratford Veterans Museum has displayed more than two dozen banners along Main Street featuring Purple Heart recipients and WW2 veterans
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection warns residents that fewer acorns means a greater chance for bears by people's homes.
Record-setting high temperatures are expected across Connecticut Sunday and into Monday, according to the National Weather Service.
The direct beneficiary of that federal aid is not Avangrid's previously ballyhooed Park City Wind project, but instead local shipyard operator Bridgeport Boatworks.
The owner of a Connecticut medical practice billed Connecticut Medicaid about $839,724 for services patients never received, according to federal officials.
Trumbull police said a Bridgeport man and a Greenwich woman shopping at the Westfield Trumbull Mall on Thursday were in possession of shoplifted and stolen items.
A suspect is in custody after two people, a 40-year-old man and a 37-year-old woman, were wounded in a stabbing Thursday, according to Bridgeport police.
Acting Chief Rebeca Garcia had been accused of discrimination and retaliation by Capt. Lonnie Blackwell. Both are candidates for police chief.
Because Chris Concepcion has been in prison for five years while awaiting trial in the case he could be released in a year.
Milford police say a standoff with an armed person at a Bridgeport Avenue home has continued for a third day on Friday.
A New Jersey-based developer is asking a judge to overturn the Stratford Inland Wetlands Commission's denial of a 129-unit apartment complex on Hawley Lane
His attorney would not comment on whether former Capt. Roderick Porter’s decision to withdraw the appeal had anything to do with his bid to be the city’s next police chief.
Mayor Joe Ganim has until late November to act. The conundrum is that Jackson Lewis' findings when issued could potentially reflect poorly one of the finalists.
The pitch competition concluded a program launched by M&T Bank for entrepreneurs running minority-owned small businesses, or those planning to start one.
Andre Baker has held the seat since his election in 2014.
Christopher Rosario, a Democrat, is being challenged once again by Ramona Marquez, a Republican, for the 128th House seat.
Fairfield University's Bellarmine campus had a groundbreaking at the former St. Ambrose Church even as some community members say they're trying to halt the project.
Kaylene Kezer and her brother, Anthony, have launched a GoFundMe for help to keep their house after their mother died of cancer in September.
Nicole Steiner, a former Stratford resident who owned Helping Hands Academy in Bridgeport, will serve three years in prison for a $550,000 Medicaid scam.
A man was in the hospital with a head injury after he was shot near a corner store on East Main and Arctic streets in Bridgeport Tuesday night, a city official said.
Milford police have been involved in a standoff for hours with a man who was seen with a gun on Bridgeport Avenue early Wednesday morning.
The Stratford Housing Authority is considering banning public housing tenants from openly carrying firearms at its eight housing developments.
Bakeries in the area are now selling their goods to a more visible Mexican American community within the city. Day of the Dead is one of the busiest times of the year.
Lt. Brian Dickerson is alleged to be Officer 2, one of two unnamed officers who reportedly helped former Police Chief Armando Perez cheat on the chief exam in 2018.
The city hired a firm to do an independent review of racism complaints made by a group of Black officers that could potentially impact Ganim's decision-making.
Bridgeport's Nunes Auto Repair was fined $7,000 for failing to lower gas prices after the Connecticut tax was suspended, the attorney general said.
The state appeals court has upheld the ruling of the arbitrator who sided with the exotic dancers.
