It was the Zoning Board’s second time in the past year being sued for rejecting a proposed cannabis retailer. Board members denied Sweetspot on High Ridge Road in July before settling a lawsuit with the company last month, allowing the business to open. It was also the third time in the span of a month that … Read more
FILE PHOTO: City leaders are calling for Maria Pereira, who represents Bridgeport’s 138th district in the City Council, to resign after making “offensive” comments in an email and giving the middle finger to a member of the public during a meeting last week. Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut Media FILE PHOTO: Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim and City Council … Read more
From left; Three Kings Juan Santiago, Jose Acevedo, and Juan Esquilin, all current or retired Bridgeport police officers, pose for a selfie with Park City Magnet Three King Angel Torres at the annual Three Kings Day celebration at Luis Munoz Marin School in Bridgeport, Conn. on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. Read original article here Denial … Read more
Gaviria, 28, of Bridgeport, was a Marine. A viewing will be held for Gaviria from 5 to 8 p.m. on Jan. 2 at the Abriola & Kelemen Funeral Home in Stratford. A graveside service will take place at Mt. Grove Cemetery on Jan. 3, with a meeting at the funeral home at 10 a.m. State police previously … Read more
Mayor Joe Ganim walks after visiting the scene of an explosion at an environmental services company on Cross Street, in Bridgeport, Conn. on Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. Ned Gerard/Hearst Connecticut Media The view looking south down Willow Street following an explosion at an environmental services company on Cross Street, in Bridgeport, Conn. on Friday, Dec. 29, … Read more
The average high school teacher in Danbury spends roughly 182 minutes on instructional time, while a typical teacher in Stamford could be teaching in a classroom for 264 minutes daily by next year. Data show the amount of time teachers in high schools across the state spend providing instruction varies greatly, due to different schedule structures, … Read more
The explosion happened around 2 p.m. Friday at the Tradebe Environmental Services facility on Cross Street. “As of now, we know there was a delivery of a low-grade oxidizer, about 4,000 gallons,” Scott Appleby, the city’s director of emergency management, wrote in an email on Saturday. “It appears the driver opened one of the valves … Read more
BRIDGEPORT — Police are investigating the shooting of a person in the leg and hand on Wheeler Avenue on Wednesday evening. Around 8:20 p.m., the city’s Emergency Communications Center received a call from a person who reported he’d been shot in the 100 block of the Avenue, according to Scott Appleby, Bridgeport’s director of emergency … Read more
BRIDGEPORT — State troopers on Saturday arrested a man in connection with an alleged assault that took place on the northbound lanes of Interstate 95 amid busy holiday weekend traffic, officials said. Troopers responded shortly before 2:45 p.m. to the area of Exit 27A after dispatchers received a report of a “non-active assault,” according to … Read more
WESTPORT — Troopers cited a Bridgeport man for allegedly causing a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 95 in Westport Friday after he changed lanes during a medical emergency, a police report said. Jose Hernandez, 66, of Bridgeport, was traveling in the left lane of I-95 north near Exit 18 at about 6:04 p.m. when he suffered a … Read more
