Gusty Winds Knock Out Power To Hundreds In Area Gusty Winds Knock Out Power To Hundreds In Area
Gusty Winds Knock Out Power To Hundreds In Area Sustained gusty winds have resulted in hundreds of residents losing power Saturday in the area. At 4 p.m.,  328 are without power in Newtown, the hardest hit town in Fairfield County. Other outage totals are: Monroe (214), New Canaan (161), Greenwich (141), Danbury (136), Stamford (120), Norwalk (82) and Ridgefield (44), according to Eversource. Orange and Fairfield has the most outages in the area serviced by United Illuminating with 36 and 19, respectively. A Wind Advisory is in effect until 6 p.m. Saturday with 15 to 20 mph winds with gusts up to 50 mph. It will become clear overn…
Nation's Largest Mattress Retailer Will Close Six Stores In Connecticut Nation's Largest Mattress Retailer Will Close Six Stores In Connecticut
Nation's Largest Mattress Retailer Will Close Six Stores In Connecticut Mattress Firm, the nation's largest mattress retailer, will close 700 stores nationwide, including six in Connecticut, after filing for bankruptcy.It has more than 3,200 stores and nearly 10,000 employees in the U.S. and in recent years had aggressively expanded its retail footprint. That rapid expansion of stores, including locations often close to each other, resulted in "cannibalization" of sales, the company said. The six Connecticut locations closing are: 927 West Main Street, Branford 99 Farmington Avenue, Bristol 3475 Berlin Turnpike, Newington 575 Boston Post Road Route …
ID Released For Pedestrian Killed While Retrieving Cell Phone On I-95 ID Released For Pedestrian Killed While Retrieving Cell Phone On I-95
ID Released For Pedestrian Killed While Retrieving Cell Phone On I-95 A man who was struck and killed on I-95 while he retrieved his cell phone from the median has been identified. Hoa Ngo, 34, of Sacramento, Calif., was killed around 2:30 a.m. Monday on I-95 northbound just north of Exit 41 in Orange, said Sgt. Eric J Haglund with the Connecticut State Police. An initial investigation into the incident revealed that prior to the accident, Ngo was traveling with three adult friend in their pick-up truck towing a boat trailer when he accidentally dropped the phone out of an open window, Haglund said. The truck stopped on the right shoulder and Nego ran across…
Motorcycles Up For Sale In Fairfield County Stolen, Police Say Motorcycles Up For Sale In Fairfield County Stolen, Police Say
Motorcycles Up For Sale In Fairfield County Stolen, Police Say Two Fairfield County motorcycle owners had their bikes ripped off by a man posing a potential buyer in two separate incidents on Wednesday. According to Trumbull Police Lt. Keith Golding, a New Haven resident, and an Orange resident reported to police that their motorcycles were stolen after bringing them to Trumbull to sell. Both sellers placed ads on OfferUp each looking to sell their off-road type motorcycles. They were each contacted by a man who claimed he was interested in purchasing the vehicles. They each agreed to set up a meet at two separate addresses, one on Wilson Avenue and th…
Woman 23, Charged In Route 15 Crash That Killed Fairfield County Resident Woman 23, Charged In Route 15 Crash That Killed Fairfield County Resident
Woman 23, Charged In Route 15 Crash That Killed Fairfield County Resident A 23-year-old woman who had a blood alcohol content at twice the legal limit has been charged with manslaughter in the death of a man during a crash on Route 15. Taylor Madison Stanford of Milford was arrested Friday by Connecticut State Police in connection with May 27, 2017, crash that took the life of Michael Zawadski, 45, of Stratford, said Trooper Kelly Grant.  The crash happened on the southbound Wilbur Cross Parkway in the town of Orange when both Stanford and Zawadski’s vehicles were traveling southbound near Exit 57. According to state police, Stanford’s Volkswagen Jetta was trave…
Fairfield County Man ID'd As Fatal Route 34 Crash Victim Fairfield County Man ID'd As Fatal Route 34 Crash Victim
Fairfield County Man ID'd As Fatal Route 34 Crash Victim Police have identified a 36-year-old Fairfield County man killed in a two-vehicle crash on Route 34 in New Haven County on Tuesday morning. Christopher Etes of Sandy Hook was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash near Buckingham Road, according to the Derby Police. Etes, who was driving a Jeep when he crashed into a box truck, was the driver at fault in the incident, Derby Police said in a statement. The 52-year-old driver of the box truck, who was delivering doughnuts to Dunkin Donuts, remains in stable condition at Yale-New Haven Hospital, police said. Orange and Seymour Police assi…
Westport Police Officers Honored For Life-Saving Actions Westport Police Officers Honored For Life-Saving Actions
Westport Police Officers Honored For Life-Saving Actions Two Westport police officers were honored last week for meritorious service by the Police Commissioners Association of Connecticut. Receiving the awards were Officers Samuel Sabin and David Scinto at the Meritorious Dinner held at the Grassy Hill Country Club in Orange on Wednesday, March 28. Officers Sabin and Scinto were presented with awards for service above and beyond what is normally expected of law enforcement personnel in performance of their duties. They were two of eight officers recognized at the ceremony. Sabin received the Meritorious Service Award for his quick and decisive l…
Westport Police Department Welcomes New Officers, Promotes Detective Westport Police Department Welcomes New Officers, Promotes Detective
Westport Police Department Welcomes New Officers, Promotes Detective The Westport Police Department welcomed three new officers to its ranks during a ceremony on Monday, Feb. 26.  Additionally, Officer James Baker III was promoted to the rank of detective, after several retirements from the police force. New Wesport Officer Scott Aliberti, 42, was previously the director of dance at Sacred Heart University where he developed the school’s first and very successful dance program.  Not long after leaving Sacred Heart University, Aliberti got his Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) certificate from Stone Academy in Waterbury, allowing him to start working with t…
Stratford Man Gets Prison Time For Role In Large-Scale Fencing Operation Stratford Man Gets Prison Time For Role In Large-Scale Fencing Operation
Stratford Man Gets Prison Time For Role In Large-Scale Fencing Operation STRATFORD, Conn. — A Stratford man on Thursday was sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in a large-scale fencing operation, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s office. From January 2012 to December 2014, Matthew Harwood, 43, and his co-conspirator Andrew Sacco would buy stolen goods from “boosters,” typically shoplifters with opioid addictions, and then resell the property at online websites such as Amazon and eBay, the statement reads. Harwood pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit the interstate transport of stolen property and one count of interstate t…
Sam's Club Stores Suddenly Closed In NJ, NY, CT Sam's Club Stores Suddenly Closed In NJ, NY, CT
Sam's Club Stores Suddenly Closed In NJ, NY, CT Walmart confirmed Thursday that it closed and is closing 63 Sam’s Club stores across the United States, including several in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut. In some instances, employees reportedly weren’t told before they showed up for work and found the doors locked and a notice taped to them. “After a thorough review of our existing portfolio, we've decided to close a series of clubs and better align our locations with our strategy,” Sam’s Club said in a release Thursday. “Closing clubs is never easy and we're committed to working with impacted members and associates through this tr…