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Bridgeport, Connecticut is located in Fairfield County. Zip codes in Bridgeport, CT include 06673, 06604, and 06605. More Bridgeport information.

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4 hrs ago | Customer Interaction Solutions

Fairfield takes stock of senior population [Connecticut Post, Bridgeport]

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) May 28--FAIRFIELD -- The Fairfield Senior Center has mailed surveys to 6,000 residents ages 55 to 70, and officials said the responses will be crucial in planning the center's future.

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5 hrs ago | The Hartford Courant

Red Cross: Fires Displace 57 People Over Memorial Day Weekend

Nearly 60 residents were displaced this Memorial Day weekend after a series of seven fires ignited across the state, said a spokesman with the American Red Cross .

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9 hrs ago | Connecticut Post

Stratford teen arrested on weapons charges

Terrell Britton , a McPadden Drive resident, was arrested Saturday morning by Stratford Police and charged with unlawful discharge of a weapon, reckless endangerment, altering a firearm, criminal mischief, breach of peace, two counts of risk of injury to a minor and carrying a pistol without a permit.

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11 hrs ago | NBC Connecticut

Giant Tortoises Find a Home in CT

The Galapagos giant tortoises, with a combined weight that tips the scales at nearly 1,000 pounds, will spend the warm months at the Connecticut Beardsley Zoo.

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13 hrs ago | Connecticut Post

Milford Memorial Day parade

US Marine Lance Cpl. Joshua Flashman of Stratford, salutes as taps is played during the Memorial Day ceremony on the Green in Milford on Sunday, May 27, 2012.

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17 hrs ago | Connecticut Post

Every day is Memorial Day for area veteran

Richard Iannucci, commander of the National Association of Naval Veterans, Port 5, Inc.

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Sun May 27, 2012

WTNH

Anti-snitch culture hinders police

In the mid-'90s, Roland Brantley was a high-rolling drug dealer who'd already survived two gunshot wounds.

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Connecticut Post

Bluefish fall to Ducks, split series

The Long Island Ducks used a four-run sixth inning to break a tie and defeat the Bridgeport Bluefish 8-3 at Bethpage Ballpark on Sunday.

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Connecticut Post

Shehan Center in line for $2.8M

Bridgeport's Cardinal Shehan Center on Main Street is scheduled to be awarded $2.8 million to renovate the Boys & Girls Club in the city's North End.

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Connecticut Post

Man shot in face in Bridgeport

Police were called to St. Vincent 's Medical Center just before midnight Saturday after a West Haven man arrived at the hospital with a single gunshot wound to his face, police said.

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WTNH

Man killed trying to break up fight

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- A man was fatally stabbed while attempting to break up a fight between a man and woman on a Bridgeport sidewalk Sunday morning.

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Channel3000

Parents test out-of-state guest on achievement gap

About 100 parents of Madison schoolchildren looked toward a longtime superintendent Saturday for answers on how to fix the achievement gap plaguing the district.

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Connecticut Post

In computer age, teachers finding cursive not in the script

Sarah Buttress, 9, practices her cursive in a cursive enrichment class, in Trumbull, Conn.

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Sat May 26, 2012

Connecticut Post

Studying time decreasing in college

College students spend less time studying now than they did about a decade ago, according to a new report released earlier this month.

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Fairfield Citizen-News

Elderly man struck by SUV on Greenfield Street

A man in his 80s was hospitalized after he was struck by a sports-utility vehicle on Greenfield Street in front of Liana's Trattoria restaurant Friday night.

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The Hartford Courant

Stunning Newton Comeback Yields Strange Bedfellows

Bridgeport continues to challenge Waterbury as the home of the most embarrassing and bewildering politics in Connecticut.

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Patch.com

Senior Charged With DUI, Man Allegedly Fakes Burglary

Students in Milford were evacuated Friday after a threatening note was found in a middle school .

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Connecticut Post

Bluefish remain unbeaten against rival Ducks

Bridgeport scored twice in the first on Prentice Redman's RBI double, which extended his on-base streak to 25 games, and an RBI single by Luis Lopez.

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Patch.com

Caruso Might Give Gomes an Edge in 23rd Senate Primary

The three-way primary contest looming for the Democratic Party in the 23rd state Senate District , which is mostly in Bridgeport but partly in Stratford , might become more interesting thanks to the influence of a fourth political figure.

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Fri May 25, 2012

Connecticut Post

Program gives veterans free home repairs

Bridgeport native Rudy Pistey built the living room of his Huntington Road home himself.

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