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Three months into the new fiscal year, the Board of Education has a brand new budget gap to fill.

Bridgeport suspends 5 police officers BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Bridgeport officials have suspended five police officers after an internal affairs investigation.

WFSB reports : A loaded gun was found in the backpack of a student at Central High School in Bridgeport Friday morning, police said.

The State Bond Commission Friday morning postponed action on Gov. M. Jodi Rell's proposal earlier this month for a $15-million detention center for juvenile girls in Bridgeport.

A Superior Court judge has ordered the reinstatement of a city police officer fired two years ago after he was charged with choking a former girlfriend.

A kitchen fire left two people homeless this morning, officials said. The blaze, in the two-story, single-family home at 242 Trumbull Ave., was called in at 6:40 a.m. By 7:05, firefighters said that the fire was extinguished.

A Fairfield man who stabbed a Muslim religious leader in the chest outside a local mosque after accusing him of having an affair with his wife, was sentenced Wednesday to 13 years in prison.

Located in the back of a Citgo service station on Bridgeport's Main Street, Bereket is a tiny Turkish restaurant with minimal indoor space, a patio for good-weather dining, and an extensive take-out business.

Just minutes after he left a Black Rock bank with what he believed was a cash haul Tuesday, a would-be bank robber was nabbed by police -- after being dropped off by his taxi in front of a city police precinct.

A Connecticut judge has ruled that the insurance company for a former Fairfield lawyer who killed his neighbor in 2006 won't be responsible for any damages that could be awarded in a lawsuit filed by the victim's family.

They are the drug gang of the YouTube generation. They call themselves the Stack Boyz, and police say the reach of the gang's illegal drug operation extends to Shelton, Ansonia, Orange, Milford and Stratford.

On stage, Geofrye Ndugwa, an 11-year-old member of the Destiny Africa Children's Choir, kept time to a heart-pounding rhythm by stomping his feet.

Movie goers fled in panic Friday night after gunshots rang out in the parking lot of the Bow-Tie Cinema following a dispute between rival groups of youths, police said.

The state will build a $15 million juvenile detention center for girls in Bridgeport so it can keep them out of adult prisons and other facilities scattered around the state, Gov.

According to police reports, Southern Slam Fish Fry in Bridgeport, CT, was recently raided after police were told that restaurant owner Raymond Baker, 33, was selling marijuana from behind a counter in the restaurant.

There's a new Anastasi at City Hall Annex, although some confusion surrounds how he landed the job.

A Stratford man has been charged with driving drunk with his two young children in the car after an accident on Route 59 here.

A power boat that overturned and sank Friday about 4 miles off Bridgeport Harbor was likely stolen.

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Police say they think they know who robbed the Bank of America office at the Post Road traffic circle this morning.

A city woman was charged Tuesday with stabbing her boyfriend in the buttocks with a steak knife while he was showering, police said.

The city and Action for Bridgeport Community Development have reached an agreement to stop foreclosure action on two historic homes in the South End.

Creating a work of art, booking space in galleries and selling prints of their work is not all artists have to worry about.

He's been convicted, had the conviction reversed and now the reversal has been overturned.

When Brandon Bogle, a sophomore at Greens Farms Academy , visited Park City Prep Charter School last month, the past and the present collided once he entered the doors of his former school.

Gov. M. Jodi Rell today announced today $15 million in bond funds for the design and construction of a secure juvenile treatment center for girls is expected to be approved when the State Bond Commission meets October 30.

A man who could face the death penalty after allegedly killing two Fairfield jewelers four years ago will not go to trial for at least another year.

They came with beach chairs, picnic blankets, walkers and wheelchairs. Throngs of Bridgeporters and suburbanites flocked to the Park City's Madison Avenue area on Sunday to celebrate Italian explorer Christopher Columbus' exploration of the New World in uniquely American fashion: by watching a parade that promoted the region's enormous diversity.

East Side residents made some noise of their own when the Zoning Board of Appeals this week reviewed an application they feared could become a rowdy nightclub.

Anthony Jackson's horse was not behaving. Jackson is the lead rider with the world famous Lipizzaner Stallions, the legendary "dancing" horses who have traveled the globe over the past 40 years, entertaining roughly 25 million people.

Two men and a juvenile were arrested Friday night after allegedly holding a stolen cell phone for ransom.

Nora R. Dannehy, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that two individuals pleaded guilty last week in Bridgeport federal court to cocaine and crack cocaine charges stemming from "Operation G-Force," a joint law enforcement investigation into Bridgeport-area narcotics trafficking headed by the Federal Bureau of ...

A contractor has been charged with defrauding a local woman of more than $82,000. Leonard Stanziale, 56, the owner of Sunrise Contracting, LLC, in Southbury, surrendered to police Monday night after being told there was a warrant for his arrest.

Murder, ghostly apparitions and creepy goings-on are the themes of this month's movie selections at the Burroughs-Saden Branch of the Bridgeport Public Library.

A woman walks by a shuttered business September 30, 2009 in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

A Noble Avenue man was arrested Friday night after a woman alleged he sexually assaulted her.

On certain days at Superior Court in Derby, Judge Barbara Bellis presides over a special docket of domestic violence cases.

The annual Columbus Day parade, sponsored by the Council of Italian-American Societies of Greater Bridgeport, steps off at 1 p.m. Sunday at Wayne Street and Jewett Avenue.

A federal grand jury in Connecticut has indicted two people on allegations they bought properties with defaulted mortgages and sold them for higher amounts than they paid.

There wouldn't be as much freedom for city officials to stonewall judges -- or anyone else -- requesting public records under a measure introduced Monday.

It didn't take long for Edward McMahon to see a future in the city's past. The expert on sustainable development by preserving and rehabilitating old buildings saw a "lot of hidden treasures" and "amazing world-class buildings" downtown, notably Phil Kuchma's redeveloped Bijou Square; the rebirth of a mall into Housatonic Community College; the ...

A man state marshals attempted to take into custody Tuesday night for allegedly failing to pay back child support opened fire, injuring one of the marshals, police said.

A U.S. marshal was shot about 8 p.m. tonight on Indian Avenue, police said. The marshal's condition is not known, although police said the injuries do not appear to be life-threatening. One suspect is in custody, police said, and no additional arrests are expected.

WASHINGTON, D.C., OCT. 5, 2009 .- The U.S. prelates are expressing support for the bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut, whose Supreme Court case was turned down today, and are calling for "fair treatment" for the Church.

The former chauffeur for a Connecticut real estate developer who was stabbed to death in 2006 has pleaded not guilty to a murder charge.

Following is a chronology of sex-abuse complaints against priests in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport: Jan.

The Supreme Court denied appeals in nearly 2,000 cases Monday. Among those whose appeals were rejected: _Former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio, who was contesting his conviction for insider trading.

The Supreme Court refused on Monday to block the release of documents generated by lawsuits against priests in Connecticut for alleged sexual abuse.

"Change is the essence of life. You must be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become." Those words of hope and transformation adorned a square on a cheerful yellow quilt hanging in a corner of the University of Bridgeport's Cox Student Center Thursday evening.

A Connecticut man accused of standing over women while they slept in their beach cottages has been convicted of burglary.

State police have charged a Connecticut prison inmate with capital felony in the death of his cellmate in July.

Police were investigating a shooting Thursday evening near the intersection of Seeley and Cottage streets.

Trumbull Police arrested three men for breaking into cars in the Long Hill section of town Thursday morning.

A United Illuminating Co. worker had a shocking experience Wednesday evening, when an electrical explosion rocked the ground, just as he was climbing out of the downtown manhole where he had been working, rescue workers said.