A city spokesperson said both victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries following a car crash that occurred in the area of Mountain Grove Street Saturday.
Monroe fire officials said the William Henry Drive was unoccupied at the time of the blaze on Saturday afternoon, but luckily a neighbor reported the flames.
The state's Department of Transportation said the area between exits 5 and 3 is closed following a single-motor vehicle crash Sunday morning.
Students in Bridgeport's public school system scored well below state standards in recent math assessments and are lagging behind in key measures in other subjects.
Two people were injured during a shooting in the 100 block of 6th Street Friday night, a Bridgeport official said.
The increase applies to the 2024-25 school year.
A Superior Court jury deliberating a lawsuit found a Norwalk company responsible for a Milford man's exposure to asbestos, which is linked to cancer.
Economic and Community Development Director Rina Bakalar said the Trumbull location's performance improved by nearly 20 percent over the past year.
Dale Stephenson, 49, is charged with first-degree assault, second-degree reckless endangerment and second-degree breach of peace.
A prosecutor said she discussed 'potential offers' in the case of Ewen Dewitt, suspected of killing 40-year-old Julie Minogue Dec. 6, 2022.
The owners of buildings within a Bridgeport medical office park near the Trumbull border want to bring an Aldi there but face some opposition from physicians at the site.
Mayor Joe Ganim took the oath of office for his third consecutive term Wednesday at the Margaret Morton Government Center.
"We thought the numbers were fair," Kenneth Tamborra said outside court. "Apparently they don't."
Bridgeport police shot an armed man in the leg on Birdseye Street Thursday morning, a city official said.
With residents of the Success Village cooperative still without hot water, Bridgeport's City Council is calling on CT Attorney General William Tong to investigate.
Gerald Minogue said his grandsons are "doing well, when you consider everything."
The 47-year-old Shawn Gibson in March agreed to plead guilty to the reduced charges of first-degree manslaughter and hindering prosecution in the 2013 death of Aryndel Castro.
A Bridgeport official said no one was hurt on a house fire on Jones Avenue Tuesday night.
“People were drawn to Johnny's, partially, because of the food and the atmosphere there,” said Angelo Stavola's son.
The suspended sentence and probation was the standard plea deal offered to first-time drunk driving offenders in Connecticut.
Dean Robert, 49, had pleaded guilty in Superior Court to multiple charges in the April 22, 2020, death of 58-year-old Corey Iodice.
Steven Rowland was driving his aunt and uncle, Thomas and Olga Vitale, to their Easton home when they were killed in Merritt Parkway wrong-way crash.
Raymond Baldwin Jr., chair of the center's building committee, said the committee anticipates the center will be completed by next summer.
Milford fire officials said three occupants were inside the vehicle that went down an embankment in the area of exit 39B on I-95 Sunday night.
The Democratic party's endorsement convention is scheduled for Tuesday, 5:30 p.m. at Bridgeport's downtown government center.
The Wishing Place mural is a one-day project, but the underpass mural could take about a week, Okin said.
The Shelton Fire Department said the woman was the only occupant inside a vehicle that rolled over in the 100 block of Leavenworth Road on Saturday.
Stratford residents are urging the school board to honor Rubye McNeil, a former English teacher who was one of the district’s first Black educators.
A 25-year-old Bridgeport man injured in a shootout last month has been arrested after investigators determined he participated in the shooting, police said.
One person was injured Saturday after a fire broke out in a Stratford condominium building on Main Street, an official said, and all units were uninhabitable.
The Stratford Town Council has approved a $260 million operating budget, despite protests from some that the plan does not include enough education funding.
Officials say Norwalk's just-demolished Fairfield Avenue Bridge will take a year to replace while Bridgeport has been without its Congress Street Bridge since 1997.
Fairfield University said Alexander Dennis was killed in a car crash driving home to Massachusetts after completing his junior year on campus.
There have been seven wrong-way crashes on the Merritt Parkway in the Stratford area since 2015, but Thursday's deaths were the first fatalities, data shows.
Rush hour traffic has slowed on I-95 in Bridgeport and the Merritt Parkway in Trumbull Friday morning, the Department of Transportation said.
The neighborhood is a major one-way thoroughfare from the West End and Interstate 95 into downtown.
In a letter sent out to everyone affected, the Kennedy Collective president offered a free membership for an online identity theft protection program.
The boiler at Success Village was ordered shut down by state and Bridgeport officials after it was determined hazardous.
The Merritt Parkway southbound in Stratford was closed Thursday morning after an overnight crash involving a wrong-way driver, police say.
Stratford interim Assistant Superintendent Arlene Gottesman is set to step down on May 15, nearly a month before the last day of school.
Brannon Winston, 24, was sentenced to 40 months in prison for trafficking firearms to Bridgeport, some of which were used in shootings, officials said.
Former Principal Beth Furnari is seeking unspecified monetary damages in her lawsuit.
Despite a city condemnation order, Bridgeport officials are giving developer Gary Flocco more time to rehabilitate his blighted West End buildings rather than spend $10 million to tear them down.
A woman who said her boyfriend abused her and her daughter said she lied at a hospital because he stayed near her, Milford police say.
Guacamole's Mexican Cuisine received the most priority violation items during its April health inspection.
A fundraiser for Abilis, the nonprofit organization helping more than 800 individuals with special needs and their families, made more than $860,000.
Harry Weichsel, who helped establish Grassroots Tennis in the city and died last year at the age of 90, was honored at Glenwood Park.
Bridgeport police said the pedestrian was struck early Monday morning in the area of Seaview and Barnum avenues.
Venoal Fountain Jr., a landlord-tenant lawyer in Fairfield, says he sees challenges ahead in the legal field with artificial intelligence and more.
April Gale, whose husband was demoted and placed on unpaid leave, has filed a citizen's complaint against Bridgeport Police Chief Porter.
Jeff Zhang and Sherry Zhao have been married for over 20 years and decided during the pandemic to open their business, leaving their corporate jobs.
The University of Bridgeport hosted its graduation ceremonies on Saturday.
The developer aiming to construct nearly a dozen single-family homes in Stratford's north end is once again seeking to increase the number of bedrooms.
Kevin Chase, Mill Hill Elementary School's principal in Southport, will replace former principal Dana Pierce, who retired after 17 years at Booth Hill.
Bridgeport police said a Massachusetts man was found with a stolen firearm on Madison Avenue Wednesday after officers responded to a gunfire report in the area.
The charges date back to October of 2021.
“I urge you to be mindful of what these cuts would do to our district," said Jeffrey Blanchet, the father of an Eli Whitney Elementary School student.
Bridgeport school officials are urging the City Council to increase funding for the cash-strapped district.
Trumbull police said reports cited a man with a gun hiding in the bushes, but it was a water gun and the teen was playing a game.
At the time of his Aug. 2, 2020 death, the victim, Jawara Stennett, was 39 years old.
Figueroa, who had been arrested six times in less than two years for actions against women, was fired from the Bridgeport Police Department in 2019.
A Milford fire official said the four dogs were found dead inside the car that was engulfed in flames in the 20 block of Adams Avenue.
"It's taken far too long for this to happen," said longtime Trumbull resident Florence Behanna.
