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• Memorial Day 2013

  4-11 p.m.. Starts Sat. 5/25. Through Mon. 5/27Bridgeport Tabernacle Seventh Day Adventist Church 717 Clinton Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06605"BCDI presents The 2nd Annual Memorial Day Weekend Carnival" with proceeds going directly to the homeless community in   Read more »

• Metro-North train crash: No 'carmageddon,' but commuting challenges aplenty

  officials said traffic on Interstate 95 and the Merritt Parkway also was at a crawl Monday morning, with the trip between Bridgeport and Stamford estimated at about an hour during the height of the rush hour.Metro-North was using 120 buses in Connecticut to   Read more »

• Metro-North train crash: Probe begins after collision injures 70

  the power source for the trains. He said Connecticut has an old system and no other alternate tracks.By late evening, Bridgeport Police Chief Joseph Gaudett said everybody who needed treatment had been attended to, and authorities were beginning to turn their   Read more »

• Rangers send Chris Kreider down to AHL Connecticut Whale

  next game for Chris Kreider likely will be Friday against Rick DiPietro and the AHL Bridgeport Sound Tigers .The 21-year-old left wing , who had a goal and assist in 11 games, was sent to the Connecticut Whale, who face the Sound Tigers in a home-and-home   Read more »

• Rick DiPietro mum after reporting to Bridgeport

  Bridgeport Sound Tigers Tuesday, but there wasn't much beyond that to report.DiPietro declined to speak with the media at Bridgeport's practice, his first day with the AHL squad after clearing waivers and being assigned to the Isles ' farm team Saturday. Islanders   Read more »

Around the web

• Mother Goose Yoga at the Black Rock Branch Photos

  Gales comprehensive Literature Resource Center. Bridgeport Public Library is the oldest public library federal depository in Connecticut. Online or in hardcopy, we have federal information for you. Search current and archived coverage of issues, events, people, 5/24/13 from Black Rock Branch Library Read more »

• Passenger injured in train crash sues Metro-North

  Mystic woman injured in last week's train crash in Bridgeport filed suit against Metro-North Friday. The federal lawsuit filed by Elizabeth and Peter Sorensen states that the railroad company's negligence caused the crash. The lawsuit, filed by Stratton and 5/24/13 from TheDay.com Read more »

• Dr. Curtis of Bridgeport, CT has been named a Patients' Choice Award Winner for 2012

  Conn., May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Among the select few physicians honored with the prestigious Patients' Choice Award this year is Dr. Michael Curtis . In fact, of the nation's 870,000 active physicians and dentists, just five percent consistently 5/24/13 from PR Newswire Read more »

• 'Unusual condition' seen before Conn. train wreck

  an Acela train approaches as transit officials survey the scene where a Metro-North train derailed the week before in Bridgeport, Ct. NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The engineer of the commuter train that derailed last week in Connecticut observed an "unusual condition" 5/24/13 from NorthJersey.com Read more »

• Fairfield Police: Arrests made in connection with Lenox Jewelry Store robbery

  the Fairfield Police Department Detective Bureau, the Meriden Police Department Detective Bureau, the US Marshal's Office - CT, the FBI Office - Bridgeport, the FBI Office - NYC, and US Attorney's Office - Bridgeport. Working tirelessly over the subsequent   from Minuteman News Center Read more »