Off-duty city firefighter Jimmie Jones, an eight-year veteran of the department, was killed Saturday afternoon after his car hit a truck and then a utility
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Police, Fire Respond Quickly To Car Blaze In West End
From Steve Krauchick, Doing It Local: (Sunday’s) second car fire was at the intersection of Cottage and Norman Street. Witnesses told me the car was intentionally set.
Read morePublic Safety Largest Increase In Ganim’s Budget Proposal
Mayor Joe Ganim’s $560 million proposed budget is now available for review on the city’s website here. To cherry pick items by department see here.
Read moreGanim To Submit Budget Proposal To City Council
Mayor Joe Ganim will submit his first budget of JG2 tonight to the City Council. It will be referred to the council’s Budget and Appropriations
Read moreRecalling 40 Cent Drafts At Dolan’s, Vacant Building Hit By Fire
Update, video: If you wanted to know what Bridgeport was like in the 1940s, Dolan’s Bar and Grill at Middle and Golden Hill streets next
Read moreDebating Demographic Makeup Of Uniformed Services, Day, Mackey and Dunn Air Out Positions
Retired African American city firefighters Donald Day and Ron Mackey, both of whom took on City Hall to increase the hiring of minorities and females
Read moreFirefighters In Action In The Hollow
Bridgeport’s nocturnal videographer Steve Krauchick of Doing It Local is all too familiar with city fires, some tragic, many explosive and almost always destructive such as
Read moreCrowing About Krauchick’s Work
It’s hard to know if Steve Krauchick, the ubiquitous videographer of Doing It Local, is a journalistic night owl or early bird. Capturing breaking news
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