Bridgeport News

Philanthropy comes in many forms but the end result is the same -- goodwill and good works that in some measure better the lives of those in need.

A derailed Metro-North rail car is hoisted back on to the tracks in Bridgeport, Conn., on Sunday, May 19, 2013.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.