Firefighters are on the scene of a house fire on Linda Anne Drive in Milford.
There are no details immediately available, other than an initial report of possible injuries.
More later on connpost. com and in the Connecticut Post tomorrow.
Hello, Columbus!
Planners of the annual Columbus Day activities in Bridgeport are shifting in high gear.
The annual parade saluting the Italian explorer extraordinaire is set for 1 p.m. Oct. 11. The line of march stretches from the corner of Wayne Street and Jewett Avenue, south to Madison Avenue and ends at Beers Street, near the entrance to the parking lot of Central High School.
This year’s parade, sponsored by the Council of Italian-American Societies of Greater Bridgeport, this year has the theme of “Diverse Cultures Strengthen Freedom.”
Before the Columbus organizers take it to the streets, however, there will be two holiday concerts performed by the Second Marine Division Band. They are set for Oct. 9 and 10 in The Klein auditorium, 910 Fairfield Ave. Both concerts start at 7 p.m.; doors to the auditorium open at 6 o’clock.
And on a community-minded note, those attending the concerts are asked to bring non-perishable foods to the auditorium. The food collected will be distributed by the city’s Office of Veteran Affairs to local veterans in need.
Those planning to attend the concert still need tickets, even though they’re free. They can be picked up at Lupe’s Drug Store, 3129 Main St.
For ticket information, call 203-374-0600
Norwalk duck boat operator charged with arson
Daniel Kryzanski, a Stratford lawyer who plans to start a duck boat tour in Norwalk next summer, is accused of setting fire to his office.
Rescue Mission needs help
The Bridgeport Rescue Mission is making an urgent appeal to the public.
The Mission says that there is so little food in their food pantry that tomorrow, they might be forced to turn away people during their regular 2 to 4 p.m. food pantry box distribution time.
A big source of the problem is that the Connecticut Food Bank, which usually provides the Mission with enough food for the Mission’s clients no longer has food available.
Couple that with the fact that the Mission has been experiencing what it calls “staggering needs” for food by the needy. In the months of July and August, the Mission provided 40,000 meals each month. That’s up from the 12,000 meals provided each month last summer.
The Rescue Mission accepts donations 24/7 at its headquarters at 1088 Fairfield Ave.
Credit Union Holdup
Milford police are on the scene of an apparent robbery at the Sikorsky Financial Credit Union, in Turnpike Square on the Boston Post Road.
Shovels poised, cameras ready
This is an architect's rendering of the new Discovery Interdistrict Magnet School in Bridgeport.
This afternoon, Bridgeport officials and school administrators from the region gather for the ceremonial groundbreaking — you know the deal, everyone gets a shiny shovel and hard hat — for the $30-plus million Bridgeport Discovery Interdistrict Magnet School next to, you guessed, it, the Discovery Museum on upper Park Avenue.
The regional school, with more than 30 classrooms for students in kindergarten through eighth grade, will feature a curriculum emphasizing science and technology designed to draw off resources of the museum next door. About 500 students from Bridgeport, Easton, Fairfield, Monroe, Milford, Redding, Shelton, Stratford and Trumbull will be eligible to attend the new school.
Among other features, the building is being heralded as environmentally friendly with an array of photovoltaic rooftop solar panels helping to generate some of its energy.
After officials get done hoisting ceremonial shovels for the cameras, we’ll have the “dirt” on the project later today on connpost.com and in tomorrow’s Connecticut Post.
Saints preserve us…
An elderly woman was pulling into the parking lot of Patrick Baker and Sons on Chamber Street Friday afternoon when she drove into the building. The 83-year-old told police she meant to hit the brake pedal, but instead stepped on the gas. She was treated for a cut on her forehead.
Patrick Baker and Sons is a purveyor of religious items. Maybe she lost her St. Christopher medal?
