With the mayor just a few days away from unveiling his proposed 2023-24 budget, council members are aiming to quickly enact a pair of significant changes to lengthen the process by two weeks and protect their authority to vote on that document.
Sebastian Echeverri, a Norwalk resident and DraftKings card dealer, cheated the Fairfield company out of $47,000 in Blackjack, Connecticut State Police said.
Marlon Amaya-Lopez, who was living in Bridgeport, was sentenced to one year in prison after illegally reentering the United States three times, officials said.
A judge rejected early release for a Bridgeport man convicted of killing a Trumbull man during a robbery 34 years ago.
Megha Jain, who according to the suit worked as an assistant city engineer for five years, filed the federal lawsuit in July.
Bridgeport police are investigating after a person was stabbed outside a club near Pembroke and Arctic streets early Thursday, a city official said.
George Bratsenis, 74, of Monroe, and Bomani Africa fatally stabbed the son of a former New Jersey senator and set his apartment on fire in 2014.
Unlike the town’s only other Starbucks location at a nearby shopping center on Barnum Avenue, the newly-approved coffee shop from the Seattle-based chain would feature a drive-thru to attract commuters.
The narcotics recovered consisted of 448 grams of cocaine, 186 grams of crack cocaine and 10 grams of fentanyl, according to Ansonia police.
A judge denied reconsideration of his decision to cut David Dunn's pension in half for the police chief cheating scandal.
Diane Morrisey has more than 966,000 followers on Instagram and recently signed a contract to get her first cookbook published by Simon & Schuster.
The city this week advertised the new 25-person class by posting a video of their being sworn-in Monday. The new recruits are expected to graduate in late September or early October and then spend 400 hours training with a certified police field officer trainer.
Police said 27-year-old Gordon Cole, of Shelton, made about 70 phone calls to the person despite a protective order, using made up names and codes.
Lawyers for former Fairfield officials in the fill pile case asked for accelerated rehabilitation after a report showed the contaminants were safer than first thought.
The building housing the new student center, Park Avenue Medical Center, provides X-ray, MRI and blood testing services students would also have access to.
The victim, now 17, stood in court Tuesday and recounted “being put through hell and back” by the suspect, 40-year-old Pawel Dabrowski.
The Bridgeport Board of Education appointed Robert Traber, a former teachers union president and educator, to fill the vacant Democratic seat.
A Bronx, N.Y. man is facing up to 70 years in prison after a jury convicted him of sexually assaulting a Bridgeport girl.
Milford police said Edward Henning, of Bridgeport, died Monday from injuries he sustained Saturday in a crash near Bridgeport and Cleveland avenues.
The developer who owns the former Madison Ave. site in the city's North End has asked for a delay to his upcoming zoning hearing to make "some changes."
Stratford police said Derek Watley faces more charges in connection with the July shooting that wounded a man at Pure Platinum Gentleman's Club.
Milford police said a driver was seriously hurt in a three-car crash Saturday in the area of Bridgeport and Cleveland avenues.
A Bridgeport smoke shop owner, facing charges of operating an unlicensed cannabis dispensary, claims the joints and bags of plant-like material police allegedly found in the store were legal.
The two-day summit will take place in Cleveland, Ohio, on April 21-22 where groups seek to empower students to help improve safety at school.
Westport police investigated a "disturbing" social media post that targeted a local school on Monday.
Officials said occupants in two of the apartments were displaced from their homes.
My recent column (“Wills: Should You Communicate Your Wishes With Your Children?”) piqued the interest of a reader who expressed strong views about inheritances. (If you missed the column, let me know at readers@juliejason.com; I’ll send you a copy.)
“Robert,” who is in his 80s and well-to-do, believes that parents should tell their children NOT to expect an inheritance. (After all, how many people do receive inheritances?)
Let me share his point of view:
“A glaring omission in your latest column concerning communication with children about estate planning is the philosophy of some that once education is paid for, one’s financial obligations to heirs is over.
“In fact, for many families, even higher-education expenses are NOT paid by the parent, with no great ill effect.
“For some children, the expectation of an inheritance removes their incentive to become successful on their own, and that needn’t be in a monetary sense.
“Far better is to communicate that there will be NO monetary inheritance — rather, charities have already been chosen.”
Robert is not alone, of course, in his point of view.
Take singer Marie Osmond, who told US Weekly in January 2023 that she will not be leaving her children an inheritance, saying, “I don’t know anybody who becomes anything if they’re just handed money.” She added, “I just think all [an inheritance] does is breed laziness and entitlement” ( tinyurl.com/27t6xuas). This is a high-net-worth concern, since the size of the inheritance could affect the recipients’ attitudes toward it.
Robert’s intention to leave his estate to...
BRIDGEPORT — It has been six months since the City Council pushed Mayor Joe Ganim's administration to revive the long-dormant fair rent commission to address tenant/landlord disputes and try to prevent court-ordered evictions.
And while that has yet to happen, city officials this week said they have been working behind-the-scenes to get the fair rent group up-and-running again, but it became more complicated than envisioned last fall.
"We're just getting it right," said Councilman Jorge Cruz.
Cruz has been part of a working group of council members and city staff that has met a handful of times to review how fair rent entities in other municipalities operate to update Bridgeport's approach given the years that have passed since a local fair rent body was active.
Thomas Gaudett, a Ganim aide involved in the revival project, said the legal, health and housing code departments have also been participating. He said the focus has been on updating the process for submitting and reviewing complaints, who should serve on the new board, and establishing support staff.
According to the Hartford-based CTData Collaborative, between 2017 and 2021 Bridgeport ranked second in the state in terms of eviction filings.
Looking at Bridgeport's website, Connecticut's largest city still has a fair rent commission to try and mediate those housing disputes before they land in court. But look closer and members' terms expired in 1997, 2004 and 2007. And, unlike all of the other active Bridgeport boards and commissions, there are no records of any meetings readily available without a dive into the municipal archives.
With local real estate prices on the rise in recent years and having fielded more complaints for constituents about housing...
The dancers’ judgment in the case is against Keepers, Inc. and Joseph Regensburger, a Fairfield resident and one-time president of the club who declared bankruptcy days after a Superior Court judge confirmed the arbitrator’s ruling.
Bridgeport police are searching for a suspect who critically injured a 23-year-old man early Saturday in a shooting outside a Main Street hookah lounge.
A Bridgeport gang member involved in a 2019 murder was sentenced this week to more than 21 years prison, the U.S. attorney's office said.
A Chicago-based company hoping to open a cannabis dispensary on Stratford Avenue has not yet won the support needed to move forward with the project.
The Bridgeport Board of Education will select from 11 residents to replace Erika Castillo, who resigned last month due to disagreements with board leadership.
Bridgeport police released video Friday showing a person of interest in the homicide of Marco Illescas-Canar, who was found dead in Clinton Avenue garage.
With the first trial a month away, a judge has refused to dismiss the Fairfield dumping case over a late disclosure of a report.
"The Board of Education will do a site visit, given it is safe, to see if there are any salvageable items that were left behind," Interim Superintendent Alyshia Perrin wrote in a statement Thursday.
Police said the Bridgeport woman was with two children when she attacked Shelton Walmart employees who caught her stealing.
The son of a victim killed in a 2021 Colorado mass shooting and five others have filed a lawsuit against Fairfield gunmaker Ruger.
One of the suspects pressed a hard object against the boy's side and threatened to kill and strip him if he did not obey their orders, Bridgeport police said.
More than a year after a man was fatally shot on East Main Street, suspect Azaya Stefurak, a 21-year-old local man, has been arrested, Bridgeport police say.
The victim reported he was shot walking through the P.T. Barnum Apartments in the area of Buildings 5 and 6, according to Bridgeport police.
A Bridgeport man pleaded not guilty to the hit and run crash that killed a 17-year-old boy in June.
Forum Plastics gave the precision tools and measuring equipment to the ninth-grade students in Emmett O'Brien Technical High School's precision manufacturing program.
A Bridgeport man is facing assault and strangulation charges after police say he choked and dragged a person at a Milford motel on Sunday.
Bridgeport police say a man was found dead with "suspicious injuries" inside a garage on Clinton Avenue Tuesday morning.
Jonathan Pabon, 33, has worked for the Bridgeport Fire Department for five years, according to a GoFundMe page established Monday.
Bridgeport officials say they were stunned when they watched a YouTube video showing the inside of the abandoned Harding High School, which closed in 2018.
Teen, accused of fatally shooting food delivery driver in Bridgeport, was brought into court on Tuesday.
A Stratford-based developer is proposing to replace an 83-year-old Main Street office building near Paradise Green with a 12-unit apartment building.
Bridgeport police say Tomas Elias LaPorte is wanted for a shooting that occurred at State Street and Iranistan Avenue this month.
The club was temporarily shut down Thursday after Tolland officials were alerted to an investigation involving the establishment, Town Manager Brian Foley said.
A blue Audi was reportedly stolen at gunpoint from a male victim in the Brookside Shopping Center Monday afternoon, according to Bridgeport police.
Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County has been raising funds to purchase the 2-plus acres at 427 Chopsey Hill Road, at the Summit Street intersection a short distance from the Food Bazaar supermarket, subdivide it and erect 14 homes.
A driver was hospitalized after crashing into a Bridgeport apartment building on Stewart Street on Monday morning, a city official said.
Green-decked residents turned out for Greenwich's annual St. Patrick's Day Parade on Field Point Road.
Considering all the things that can cause us to worry, we really don’t need to add the safety of our bank accounts to the list — but that is happening. People are worried about the stability of banks as a result of two recent bank failures.
Silicon Valley Bank in California and Signature Bank in New York were both shut down by state regulators within three days of each other, on March 10 ( tinyurl.com/44d2pjw2) and March 12 ( tinyurl.com/3byz2kf2), respectively.
Luckily, even uninsured deposits were saved. The March 12 joint statement released by Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell and FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg ( tinyurl.com/3jtftv5b) made it clear that a “systemic risk exception” for the two banks would allow FDIC insurance coverage for even those accounts that exceeded $250,000, the FDIC insurable cap.
In a speech on March 14, Federal Reserve Gov. Michelle W. Bowman said, “One significant factor leading to the stress and subsequent closure at each institution was the rapid outflow of deposits, specifically uninsured deposits above the FDIC-guaranteed amount of $250,000 per depositor, per account type” ( tinyurl.com/4sa87tx5). (The uninsured deposits at both banks totaled nearly 90% of all deposits, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence, tinyurl.com/nxvuft9z.)
In the meantime, Credit Suisse, a “too big to fail” global bank headquartered in Switzerland, captured headlines when its biggest shareholder, the Saudi National Bank, announced on March 15 that it would not put any more money into Credit Suisse (...
The owner of Moon Rock and Roll, a Bridgeport smoke shop, was running an illegal marijuana dispensary, police said.
On the heels of last year's paid advertising campaign, Mayor Joe Ganim's administration is moving ahead with hiring Norwalk-based SoNo Studios to design what it hopes will be a catchy and more memorable logo.
A Stamford man accused of raping a 15-year-old girl was arrested after DNA evidence linked him to the alleged assault, according to a warrant.
The collision took place shortly before 2:50 p.m. Saturday near exit 28, which links the northbound lanes of Route 9 with Route 72.
Bridgeport police said the female officer had been assigned as a detail for the St. Patrick's Day parade on Fairfield Avenue in the city's Black Rock neighborhood.
The Bridgeport Board of Education plans to name a permanent superintendent in early June, according to a recently unveiled timeline for selecting the next schools chief.
When loss prevention officers attempted to recover the stolen merchandise, Jonathan Sierra, 41, of Bridgeport, brandished a knife, according to Trumbull police.
Kristen Record, a Bunnell High physics teacher, was recently one of five national inductees, recognizing her dedication to her students and fellow educators.
The transfer of Trumbull police to its patrol unit comes as the town considers possible changes to its pension program, which officials say is causing the shortage.
According to a federal civil rights lawsuit, a Bridgeport man had his bond reduced on Dec. 12, 2022 but was not released until Jan. 27, 2023.
Police have closed the Exit 53 off-ramp along Route 15 south in Stratford early Friday after a motorcycle crash.
Milford police said "numerous items of contraband," including a loaded revolver, a spent shell casing and two pill bottles, were located inside the vehicle.
According to data provided by Jillian Baldwin, who was hired as the authority's executive director in mid-2020, 502 out of Park City's 2,500 households owe back rent totaling $1.5 million. Of that 502 figure, Baldwin said 362 households are in some stage of the eviction process.
Officials and two sons of Divya Misra, a Norwalk librarian killed in a 2021 murder-suicide, spoke Thursday at a rose garden named in her honor outside the library.
Although the parade starts at noon, Fairfield Avenue from Wordin Avenue to Ash Creek will be closed to traffic beginning at 10:30 a.m.
Stratford's proposed $254.2 million budget would increase spending by 2.12 percent to address the growing cost of employee benefits, insurance and fuel.
Ansonia police say Eric Warren has been arrested on gun and drug charges following a standoff last week at his Prospect Street home.
Anna Buhrmann, a field hockey player for Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, is recovering from a Colorado skiing accident that caused a severe spinal injury.
A prosecutor said disturbing information was found on a former Fairfield official's cell phone following the official's arrest on threatening charges.
A Bridgeport woman and a juvenile were each charged with two felonies after allegedly destroying a headstone at Lakeview Cemetery on Boston Avenue.
The City of Bridgeport announced Wednesday that 1,000 city residents can purchased one-day passes for $99.
Attorney General William Tong is pursuing a lawsuit to revoke or reduce Perez's pension under a 2008 state law, which puts that benefit in jeopardy if a public employee commits certain work-related crimes. Perez's attorney, Robert Frost Jr., is seeking a reduction of no more than 15 percent.
A fundraiser for the Warner Theatre April 1 will feature live music with a summertime theme, tastings with local breweries and distilleries and dancing.
Pie shops have noticed an uptick in customers on March 14, which has become known as Pi Day, celebrating the first digits 3.14, along with the dessert.
State committee concludes deliberations on whether Mayor Joe Ganim should get his law license back.
Atlantic Aviation is a nationwide firm — dubbed a “fixed base operator” in the industry — that has managed hangars at Sikorsky for over three decades and provides a host of services, from fueling and de-icing to baggage services, catering and hotel arrangements.
Daquan Lamont Wright, 26, of Bridgeport, was charged with two firearm offenses, including dealing in firearms without a license, according to federal officials.
Monroe Planning and Zoning Commission members presented a list of comments before voting in favor of the plan. Among them was a push for a school bus stop in front of the planned development and a crosswalk for students.
Hardly a food snob, Claude Patterson III enjoys filming at Bridgeport's hole-in-the-wall establishments other people might ignore.
State police have not announced any arrests in connection with a shooting on Route 9 in Cromwell that left at least one person injured.
When it comes to estates and inheritances, it helps to have a plan — one that ensures that your assets transfer as you intend. Should you involve your children in any way?
Most affluent and near-affluent investors (67%) recently surveyed by Cerulli Associates do share information with their children. (Twenty-six percent say they have provided enough information for the heirs to be considered “very well informed” of their plans. Another 41% considered their heirs to be “somewhat informed.”)
Meanwhile, when inheritors were asked when they had first learned about their own inheritances, 54% said it was when the “inheritance bequestor(s) passed away.”
Which is better? Communicating about plans or not? Does age matter? Does wealth matter?
Consider a couple in their 40s, and compare them to a couple in their 80s. Does age make a difference? Do assets make a difference?
According to Cerulli’s study, the 40-year-olds are likely to be in their “wealth accumulation” phase of their lives and “not yet thinking about what comes after.” They are more likely to wait to communicate information until they reach a “specific level of wealth than those who are older.”
Those over 60 say they will share information about inheritances when they reach a specific age (or die).
Some feel that sharing information helps avoid conflicts. “Unless these conversations are ongoing or well-documented, retention rates of nuanced details of complex subjects discussed only once are quite low. Thoroughly sharing this information and supporting rationale with intended recipients and other stakeholders may create discomfort in the short term but is an important step in minimizing costly and divisive legal battles in the future,” said Cerulli...
Noah Rodriguez, 4, died Friday at Yale New Haven Hospital following a Bridgeport crash last week that also killed his aunt, Chelsy Naesha Torres.
The gunshot victim, whose injuries were not life threatening, did not give an accurate location as to where he was assaulted, Bridgeport police said.
The i-Ready assessment measures student mastery of Common Core K-8 standards. School officials expect students to meet half of those standards in the middle of the year, Assistant Superintendent Susan Iwanicki said.
Paul Vallas, the front-runner in the race to be Chicago's mayor, served as superintendent of Bridgeport Public Schools for about two years.
Police said Baheem Cooke and three others stole more than 5,000 doses of Oxycontin and other powerful narcotics, valued at $133,000, from the Rite Aid pharmacy on Monroe Turnpike on July 13, 2022.
Juan Gabriel Garcia was charged Friday in the June hit-and-run that killed Adolfo “AJ” DeJesus, 17, who was riding a scooter, police said.
Shelton parents Paul and Susanna Leifer knew teens were drinking at their home before fatal stabbing of Fairfield Prep student James McGrath, warrant shows.
Former Fairfield official Raymond Neuberger threatened to burn police with chemicals after his third animal cruelty arrest in February, warrant shows.
His new bimonthly effort, dubbed "Let's Talk Progress," comes as Mayor Joe Ganim tries to fend off challengers as he seeks a third consecutive term this year.
A Stamford man has been charged with robbing a Stratford pharmacy at knifepoint. He also is suspected in robberies of a Bridgeport pharmacy and discount store.
Kevin Dillon, the CAA's executive director said that entity is looking to enter into an arrangement to run, but not take possession of, the Bridgeport-owned, Stratford-based aviation facility.
The proposed cannabis dispensary has sparked concern from some residents worried the store could increase traffic on Stratford Avenue.
In the summer of 2021 the City Council approved a settlement that would keep the Islanders skating at the arena for at least another 10 years. In exchange, Bridgeport was to invest as much as $28 million to return the venue to like-new condition.
The shooting victim, a 52-year-old Bridgeport man, was transported to an area hospital and is listed in stable condition, according to police.
A divided Stratford Board of Education approved the $127.9 million budget request, which includes a few new positions.
Raul Valle, 17, appeared briefly before Judge Peter Brown Wednesday at Milford Superior Court.
Bridgeport police released video of "persons of interest" seen with Justin Castro before teen is accused of killing a food delivery driver.
Erika Castillo said she resigned from the Bridgeport school board due to concerns over recent bylaw changes and what she described as poorly-organized meetings.
Police described the involved car as a probable 2008-2014 GMC Yukon SUV and said it was occupied by a male driver and an apparently female passenger.
The work has to be done quickly given it could impact where some residents go to vote and there will likely be mayoral and council primaries in September. Incumbent Joe Ganim already has three fellow Democrats vying for his job.
A New York man was arrested Tuesday in connection with a July pharmacy holdup, and another has been taken into custody, police say.
Bridgeport police said Jiabin Lin, a delivery driver for Yummy Yummy Chinese Restaurant on Boston Avenue, was shot dead Saturday night.
Police say Raymond Neuberger, the former Fairfield town official repeatedly charged with animal abuse, was arrested again Monday for threatening cops.
Following the crash, a total of seven people, both children and adults, were transported to area hospitals, according to Bridgeport officials.
Suspended Bridgeport EMT Bradley Doyle had previously forced a woman to drive at knifepoint days before he kidnapped her on Feb. 23, according to a warrant
A lawsuit filed in October blamed the defendants for the death of 41-year-old Lisa Sullivan due to an undiagnosed 15-centimeter tumor.
Bridgeport police said a 17-year-old was arrested in connection with the killing of a food delivery driver at Boston and Palisades avenues on Saturday.
A Bridgeport official said a man was wounded early Monday in a shooting on Howard Avenue, but the person's condition was not immediately known.
Bridgeport police said a vehicle struck and seriously injured a pedestrian at the 1700 block of East Main Street before fleeing the scene.
If you are concerned about identity theft, you might be interested in an IRS program that protects your identity when you file your tax return.
The IRS Identity Protection PIN (IP PIN) is a six-digit number that prevents someone from filing a paper or an electronic tax return using your identification (Social Security number or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number — ITIN).
As of December 2022, more than 6.6 million taxpayers were taking part in the IP PIN program, according to the IRS ( tinyurl.com/d2eptjwf).
To get an IP PIN, you have three choices. You can visit a local IRS office; mail IRS Form 15227 to the IRS ( tinyurl.com/yc2jcne7); or apply online using a tool, which is the fastest method if you have an IRS account and can verify your identity using an IRS online tool.
In Person: You can schedule an appointment at a local Taxpayer Assistance Center (see tinyurl.com/bdctadx6). Be sure to confirm the documents you need to present at the appointment to verify your identity. The IRS website mentions bringing a government-issued picture ID document (such as your driver’s license) and other identification. (I would also suggest taking a copy of your last tax return with you.)
After the IRS verifies your identity, expect to receive your IP PIN in the mail within three weeks, according to the IRS.
Paper: IRS Form 15227 is the form to use to request an IP PIN by paper. This method is limited to taxpayers whose adjusted gross income is reported as less than $73,000 for individuals ($146,000 for married filing jointly) for the prior tax year. After you fill out and file the form, the IRS...
A man suffered life-threatening injuries after he was struck by a car in Westport Saturday night, police said.
A 35-year-old food delivery driver was shot multiple times in Bridgeport on Saturday.
The suspect, Charles Ukasanya, was released after posting a $25,000 bond in the case.
Bridgeport police said they were called to Palisade Avenue for a report of a person shot Saturday night. The crime scene remains active.
Stratford resident Reem Connor worked with aid workers to prepare food supplies, hygiene kits, hot meals and blankets, bringing them to the town of Islahiye. In another nearby town, Kahramanmaras, she helped deliver hot meals in a van to survivors.
The suspect, 29-year-old Giani Morales, has been behind bars since his April 2021 arrest in the case.
Having failed over the past few decades to bring a casino complex to Bridgeport, officials turned their efforts to making sure at least one of the state’s 15 licensed sports wagering retailers would open locally after Connecticut lawmakers legalized sports betting in 2021.
Shelter volunteers are hoping to find homes for several of the remaining animals over the weekend, changing Saturday's open house to appointment only due to demand.
The city of Bridgeport has agreed to pay a settlement to a garage owner who claimed police used excessive force against him for asking "What is going on?"
The town’s arguments were made in response to a religious discrimination suit filed last summer by Maxwell Bernstein, who resigned from the force in March 2022 after nearly eight years on the job.
Bridgeport police responding to an assault on Aldine Avenue Thursday afternoon deployed a Taser on someone at the scene, a city official said.
A former soccer coach at the University of Bridgeport and two CT private schools has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a player.
The SPCA of CT website presently lists photos and details of all the cats and dogs on site. There is also a link to a GoFundMe page, which was established to raise money to cover veterinary and relocation costs for the animals.
A Fairfield man is in custody after police said he was involved in a chase and shootout in Bridgeport.
Using recordings captured by motion cameras, students are also able to compare their golf swings to PGA Tour players.
The chief is asking rank-and-file personnel to hand out cards containing a "quick response" or QR code square that, when scanned using a personal digital device like a mobile phone, links to an anonymous survey to evaluate the quality of police service.
