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Bridgeport, Connecticut is located in Fairfield County. Zip codes in Bridgeport, CT include 06673, 06604, and 06605. The median home price in Bridgeport is $129,000 which is roughly $95/per square foot. More Bridgeport information.

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2 hrs ago | Connecticut Post

Commuter mess 'Well into next week'

Metro-North's efforts to restore normal service to a stretch of track between Bridgeport and South Norwalk after Friday's train crash that left more than 70 people injured "looks to continue well into next week," according to an agency spokesman.

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7 hrs ago | Connecticut Post

The husband-and-wife philanthropist team

Phyllis and Philip Marsilius of Bridgeport have always participated in a wide range of philanthropic activities and volunteer organizations.

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11 hrs ago | Boston Herald

Crash derails travel plans

Derailed train passengers were scrambling yesterday to make alternate travel plans after two packed commuter trains collided outside Bridgeport, Conn., injuring 72 people and smashing the rail lines that serve one of the nation's busiest transit corridors.

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Sat May 18, 2013

NBC Washington

FBI Rules Out Foul Play in Connecticut Train Crash

The FBI has ruled out foul play in their investigation into Friday night's rush hour train crash in Connecticut that injured 72 people.

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Connecticut Post

Investigators combing through train wreckage

Investigators from National Transportation Safety Board and officials were in Bridgeport, Conn.

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Connecticut Post

Suspect in student's death surrenders to police

Jermaine Richards , 30, surrendered to police with his lawyer, John R. Gulash , at Troop G in Bridgeport.

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Connecticut Post

8 train victims at hospitals, 2 critical

When reports began streaming in about the scores of people injured in Friday night's train derailment at the Fairfield /Bridgeport line, some hospital officials heard they could be receiving as many as 90 injured passengers a piece.

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Connecticut Post

Trains Collide in Bridgeport May 17

Emergency personnel work at the scene where two Metro North commuter trains collided, Friday, May 17, 2013 near Fairfield, Conn.

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WTLV

60 hurt as Conn. commuter trains collide

Gov. Dan Malloy said in a news conference. The collision prompted Amtrak, which sent out notification via Twitter, to suspend service indefinitely between New York and Boston.

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Fri May 17, 2013

Connecticut Post

New businesses open in Bridgeport's Arcade building

Liz Squillace, of Bridgeport, owner of screenprinter Paradox, Inc. opened her business at the Arcade building in downtown Bridgeport, Conn.

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4029TV.com

Trains collide, derail in SW Connecticut

Two Metro-North passenger trains heading in opposite directions collided during rush hour Friday evening in southwestern Connecticut, damaging both trains and leaving dozens injured, authorities said.

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Connecticut Post

Two trains collide in Fairfield

Two Metro-North Railroad trains collided and one derailed at 6:10 p.m. Friday in the vicinity of Commerce Drive along the Fairfield-Bridgeport line.

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Westport News

Westporter convicted in 'Yankee Stadium dirt' scam

Westport resident Mark Hayward kept a stiff upper lip Thursday when a jury convicted him of ripping off an early rock musician and golf book author from Fairfield by concocting a scam to sell dirt from the former Yankee Stadium.

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Connecticut Post

Police dive team gets robotic help

Members of the Bridgeport police SCUBA team train with the department's new remote-controlled submersible.

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Connecticut Post

Woman's body found in woods

State and Trumbull police blocked off Quarry Road along the Bridgeport/Trumbull line after finding a woman's body in a wooded area there.

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Connecticut Post

Regents name Gray new system president

Dr. Gregory W. Gray, the new Board of Regents president, will start his position on July 1, 2013.

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Connecticut Post

Twin Lanes Road home damaged in early-morning fire

The fire, reported about 1:10 a.m. Friday, was generating heavy smoke from the attic when the first firefighters arrived on the scene.

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Connecticut Post

Police: Accountability helping cut crime

That was the message Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and a dozen or so community leaders received Thursday morning during a one-day pass to the Police Department's weekly data-sharing meeting.

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Thu May 16, 2013

Connecticut Post

Consumers to pay recycling fee on new mattresses

Costs of new mattresses would rise by up to $12 under a bill to create the one of the nation's first recycling program for what have become expensive urban eyesores.

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Connecticut Post

Police seek $50,000 for memorial project

As part of National Peace Officer Memorial Day, Mayor Bill Finch, right, unveils plans to start a fundraising drive to build the Bridgeport Police Memorial in front of police headquarters, during a press conference held at City Hall Annex/Morton Government Center in downtown Bridgeport, Conn.

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