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Contributed by the Stratford fire union
Stratford Fire Lt. Tom McCabe, 54, died unexpectedly Tuesday, according to the fire union’s Facebook page.
McCabe was a 24-year veteran of the department. He was treasurer of the Firefighters Benevolent Association and historian of the department, according to the fire union.
The state’s Council on Environmental Quality released its recommendations for the 2012 legislative session today. One of them concerns the Connecticut Siting Council and cell towers.
According to CEQ:
“Applicants to the Connecticut Siting Council for telecommunications towers must notify abutting landowners, but those landowners often are not the people who bear the impacts. Most applications identify the addresses with views of the proposed tower, but that information is not used.
Recommendation for 2012:
Amend CGS Section 16-50l(b) to require notice of any application to the Connecticut Siting Council for a telecommunications tower to be sent to owners of properties that will have a view of the tower.”
In Trumbull, a proposed cell tower at the police headquarters has caused a fair amount of controversy. Opponents of the cell tower had a minor victory when they were granted intervener status. One of their main arguments are that their property values will decrease if the tower can be seen from their homes.
The launch of the nonprofit Discovery Museum’s year-long 50th anniversary celebration, canceled because of Saturday’s snowstorm, has been rescheduled for Saturday, Feb. 11, from 3 to 4:30 p.m., the museum announced today.
Donna M. Curran, director of communications, said that along with free admission, the open house will feature a reception and announcements regarding 2012 special events.
Several local and state officials also are expected to attend, she added.
The museum, which now focuses on science and technology, was opened on Jan. 21, 1962, as the Museum of Art, Science and Industry.
The Discovery Museum and Planetarium is at 4450 Park Ave., Bridgeport. For additional information, call 203-372-3521 or visit www.discoverymuseum.org
The leadership of the Trumbull Pisces swim team is currently discussing what direction it will take the organization.
Meeting minutes from a Pisces board meeting in August, 2011, suggest that board members have discussed making it a private team. The minutes were kept by Donna Smith, who was later ousted from the board for insubordination. The minutes were submitted to the Parks and Recreation Department by Smith. They are not the official, authorized version of the minutes, board member and former Pisces president Tom Collins said. The team has not submitted an authorized version to Parks & Rec yet.
Smith’s minutes say (emphases are Smith’s):
“- Trying to form a PRIVATE TEAM
- Tom stated that making the Trumbull Pisces a PRIVATE TEAM is Coach Mike’s and Coach Shane’s ideas.
- Tom was going to first meet with Mary Markham of the Trumbull Recreation Dept and Tim Herbst – First Selectmna to propose using the Hillcrest pool and paying the town if we can take on OUTSIDE SWIMMERS.
- Tom stated the town could increase from 100 to 200 or more swimmers
- Nothing has changed now.
- Coaches want to have a PRIVATE TEAM
- Tom wants to help facilitate the coach’s goals”
A judge granted a 90-year-old Stratford woman permission to visit four cats seized from her home last year by animal control officers, the woman’s son said Monday.
Marion Perreira and her son, William Perreira, appeared in court Monday on civil charges filed against them by the Town of Stratford. The case was continued to March 19.
The town is suing Marion Perreira for ownership of the four cats seized from her home. The cats were seized because the Perreiras violated a signed agreement with the town by failing to provide required veterinary care to five cats in their possession, according to Town Attorney Tim Bishop.
Marion Perreira owns and cared for the animals, but William Perreira lives in the home and co-signed the agreement.
The town is seeking custody of the cats or nearly $6,000 in fees to cover expenses the town has paid for animal care.
In addition to the civil suit, Marion and William Perreira have each been charged with several counts of animal cruelty.
The Perreiras are fighting the charges.
Read more about civil and criminal charges against the Perreira family here.
Kickoff Rally @ 2 p.m.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Nichols United Methodist Church
35 Shelt0n Road, Trumbull
CROP Hunger Walk No. 38
Sunday, May 6, 2012
1:30 p.m. to 5
United Congregational Church (corner of State Street and Park Ave., Bridgeport)
- Supporting ’10 Local Food Programs
- In the past 37 years over $1.6 M has been raised for hunger programs
For more information, call 203-375-1284
BRIDGEPORT-A severely decomposed male body was found in an abandoned home at the corner of Brooks and Arctic Street late Friday night.
Police believe the man had been dead for quite some time.
They are investigating the discovery as a suspicious death. They have not yet identified the individual.
The area where the body was found has long been a site of drug dealing.
STRATFORD-Fire raced through a living room in a single-family home on Huntington Road early Saturday evening.
Firefighters battled freeze cold and a stubborn fire before bringing in under control in the home located at 528 Huntington Road. Assistant Fire Chief Thomas Murray said firefighters were on the scene for nearly two hours.
The cause of the blaze is still under investigation.
A building official was on the scene last night.
No one was injured in the blaze.
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