03/23/12 The Raw Byram News Feed

• 19 HYPER LOCAL BRIDGEPORT NEWS STORIES
• The WilliesTIMES Square Bomb is a Puzzler _{2012-03-23, 04:38 am}
  ... investigators that the plates were taken from another vehicle left there for repairs. CNN reports that a nearby Bridgeport, Conn., used car lot may have owned the car, but that factoid was not confirmed. Since the events described happened after ...
• Exotic Animal Amnesty Day March 31 _{2012-03-23, 04:03 am}
  Owners of exotic animals that are now illegal in Connecticut can be surrendered with "no questions asked" at Exotic Animal Amnesty Day at the Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport on March 31.
• UMass-Lowell hockey stretching into spring _{2012-03-23, 03:42 am}
  ... back in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1996, taking on second-seeded Miami in the East Regional in Bridgeport, Conn. It will be the first time in four NCAA appearances that the River Hawks have not had to board a plane and play a ...
• Man pleads guilty to stealing computer equipment _{2012-03-23, 03:36 am}
  A 28-year-old Bridgeport man pleaded guilty Wednesday to stealing more than $370,000 in computer equipment and software from PerkinElmer while working as a security guard there, federal authorities said.
• Union's Welsh eyes NHL future _{2012-03-23, 03:16 am}
  Union College's Daniel Carr skates in on goalie Troy Grosenik during practice at the NCAA Tournament East Regional in Bridgeport, Conn.
• MSU hockey: Spartans hope to reset high standard _{2012-03-23, 03:00 am}
  Time: 3 p.m. today, Bridgeport, Conn. TV, radio : ESPN U, WJIM 1240 AM Next: Winner will play winner of Miami vs.
• School board issues all about the children _{2012-03-23, 02:43 am}
  The letter recently submitted by Carmen Lopez on behalf of Sauda Baraka , Maria Pereira and Bobby Simmons against the Board of Education reform for the city of Bridgeport misses the point as the entire focus is on these three adults.
• Two years after reform _{2012-03-23, 02:43 am}
  Loretta Ebron and her sons Raynard, left, and Raymond, pose in front of Ralphola Taylor Health Center, in Bridgeport, Conn.
• NCAA women's tourney: Dolson 'just a big ol' goofball' _{2012-03-23, 02:06 am}
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Connecticut's quest for an eighth national title brings with it a lot of expectations, anxiety and a pressure to perform on the basketball court.
• US-Growing-unease-at-mixing-politics-with-religion _{2012-03-23, 01:37 am}
  ... focused" on battling the contraception mandate. A leading voice in that campaign, Bishop William E. Lori of Bridgeport, Connecticut, this week was promoted to Archbishop of Baltimore by Pope Benedict XVI. Peter Steinfels, co-director of the Center ...
• Quinnipiac poll gives Shays good news _{2012-03-23, 01:10 am}
  ... the state's open seat in the U.S. Senate, according to the latest Quinnipiac University Poll. Although Shays, of Bridgeport, trails Greenwich millionaire McMahon 51-42 among registered Republicans in a potential party-primary match-up for the Senate ...
• Helen Bundra _{2012-03-22, 11:06 pm}
  Mrs. Bundra was employed at Remington Arms and Columbia Records in Bridgeport. She was a volunteer at the Stratford Baldwin Senior Center and received the President's Volunteer Award numerous times in recognition for her hours spent in service.
• Lori thanks the faithful for their support _{2012-03-22, 03:00 am}
  Bishop William E. Lori speaks at a press conference at The Catholic Center, in Bridgeport, Conn.
• Brotherhood readies for NCAA Tournament _{2012-03-23, 12:54 am}
  The No. 2 seeded Miami University hockey team will play in Bridgeport, Conn. in the NCAA Tournament Regionals this weekend.
• Man bitten by Bridgeport police dog _{2012-03-22, 11:11 pm}
  A man who feared there was a warrant for his arrest fled from officers Wednesday night and was bitten by a police dog, police said.
• Two years into health reform, opinions are still mixed _{2012-03-22, 11:11 pm}
  But that's pretty much all the 20-year-old Bridgeport resident knows about the intricacies of health care -- that and the fact that his job at Chino's Deli in Bridgeport doesn't provide insurance.
• State offers amnesty to owners of illegal 'exotic' animals _{2012-03-22, 10:29 pm}
  State officials and the director of Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport don't expect to see any of those on the Amnesty Day for prohibited, exotic animals March 31.
• Union hockey back where dream ended a year ago _{2012-03-22, 10:02 pm}
  Union College's Jeremy Welsh sticks out his tongue as he blasts a shot on goal during practice at the NCAA Tournament East Regional in Bridgeport, Conn.
• Man wanted in killing of Brazilian mayor caught in Bridgeport _{2012-03-22, 10:02 pm}
  ... to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement . He had been in custody since federal agents arrested him in Bridgeport on Jan. 31. Dos Santos had been living openly in Bridgeport with his wife when city police received an anonymous tip that he had