01/01/13 The Raw Bridgeport News Feed

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• Butler Business School closing stuns students _{2013-01-01, 11:07 am}
  ... closing. The notification occurred Sunday. "I can't stop crying over this," said Melinda Rankine, a student from Bridgeport who has been at the North Avenue school 11 months and was set to start a 180-hour externship in January, the final step ...
• Update on the TLC Match at RAW, ER's World Title, More _{2013-01-01, 09:37 am}
  ... SC Dec 10, Mon. - 7:30pm Prudential Center Newark, NJ Dec 11, Tues. - 7:00pm Webster Bank Arena at Harbor Yard Bridgeport, CT Dec 15, Sat. - 7:30pm Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza Wilkes-Barre, PA Dec 16, Sun. - 7:30pm Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY ...
• 3 arrested in Bpt Courthouse fracas _{2013-01-01, 09:11 am}
  ... on $1 million bond and transferred their cases to the Main Street courthouse. A small army of state troopers, Bridgeport police and judicial marshals converged on the scene after hearing inaccurate reports that shots were fired. State Police Lt. J. ...
• Lauren Rousseau Never Let Go Of Her Dream _{2012-12-31, 08:33 pm}
  ... Rousseau struggled to find a niche in an unforgiving economy. She got her master's degree from the University of Bridgeport in 2006, just before the recession hit and teachers were being laid off. So she worked shifts at Starbucks in Danbury and ...
• Officers hurt in crash out of hospital _{2012-12-29, 03:00 am}
  The two Bridgeport police officers injured after a car rammed into their cruiser last week have been released from the hospital.
• Obituary: Betsy McCauley Ross, Age 75 _{2013-01-01, 06:12 am}
  Betsy McCauley Ross, age 75, of Stratford, beloved wife of Anthony Ross passed away peacefully on Friday December 28, 2012 at Bridgeport Hospital surrounded by her loving family.
• Sound Tigers win in shootout _{2012-12-31, 09:56 pm}
  This might not have been the way the Bridgeport Sound Tigers wanted to earn their fourth win in a row, surrendering a three-goal lead, but two points are two points.
• Events to mark Emancipation Proclamation's 150th _{2012-12-31, 09:16 pm}
  ... the slaves in 1863," said Kevin Ginyard Jr., president of the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance of Greater Bridgeport , an association of African-American churches in the region. "It will follow Watch Night services, from the tradition ...
• Abrupt School Closing Raises Questions _{2012-12-31, 08:47 pm}
  ... a medical assistance program. The school also has a second campus in Hamden and the Butler Business School in Bridgeport. Over 1,200 students occupy the three campuses. The Office of Higher Education addressed the abrupt closing in a statement today ...
• 3 Arrested In Courthouse Fight In Bridgeport, Conn. _{2012-12-31, 08:33 pm}
  Three people were arrested in Bridgeport, Conn., Monday, after a courthouse brawl broke out among family and friends of an alleged murder victim and the defendants in the case.
• 3 arrested in Conn. courthouse fight _{2012-12-31, 08:29 pm}
  ... officers responded after an inaccurate report of shots fired Monday at the Golden Hill Street courthouse in Bridgeport. Twenty-six-year-old Josue Gullap was charged with assault and breach of the peace. Twenty-year-old Jessica Gullap was charged ...
• State Investigates Abrupt School Closures _{2012-12-31, 05:12 pm}
  ... their education. Students at the two Sawyer Schools, in Hartford and Hamden, and at the Butler Business School in Bridgeport learned in recent days that all three schools, which are owned by Academic Enterprises Inc., had ceased operations. Classes ...
• "Elections shouldn't exist": The new war on school boards _{2012-12-31, 05:34 pm}
  On Election Day 2012, as voters around the country chose between two presidential candidates who both touted policies that would make it easier to fire teachers, voters in Bridgeport, Conn., rebuffed a referendum backed by Bridgeport rejected city charter changes that would have ended school board elections.
• If Bridgeport, CT Can Raise $130,000 for a Gun Buyback Program, Why Can't Seattle? _{2012-12-31, 03:14 pm}
  ... r, to my knowledge, no big donors have stepped up to fund an effort. Which is a shame. You'd think we could match Bridgeport, if not Los Angeles.
• New Haven duo Ports of Spain to perform in Danbury, Bridgeport _{2012-12-31, 11:05 am}
  Two guys, big sound: New Haven duo Ports of Spain perform in Danbury and Bridgeport this weekend.
• Officers injured during car chase released from hospital _{2012-12-31, 04:38 am}
  Bridgeport Chief Joseph Gaudett Jr. reports that both officers injured during a car chase have been discharged for the hospital and continue their recovery at home.
• Former Supermarket Employee Facing Charges In Wilton _{2012-12-30, 03:00 am}
  ... to steal cigarettes is facing several charges from Wilton Police. Reginald R. Joseph, 42, of Tremont Ave., Bridgeport, is charged with third-degree burglary, third-degree larceny, assault on a public safety officer, all felonies, and interfering ...
• Virginia Gun Show Posts Big Sales _{2012-12-31, 09:26 am}
  DECEMBER 22: Pistols and rifles that have been turned in at a gun buyback event are viewed at the Bridgeport Police Department's Community Services Division on December 22, 2012 in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
• Man Faces Drug Charges in Fairfield _{2012-12-31, 06:56 am}
  It does not indicate convictions.] A Bridgeport man faces drug charges after an officer spotted him Thursday in the backyard of a property he had no reason to be in, police said.
• Obituary: John B. Kennedy, 69 _{2012-12-31, 02:45 am}
  ... Army during which time he proudly completed a tour in Vietnam. Upon his return, John attended the University of Bridgeport, graduating in 1972. It is there that he met and married the love of his life Sandra (Deutsch) Kennedy. He worked for ...