BREAKING NEWS:
A ransom was paid to assure information wasn’t compromised for students and teachers who use Powerschool. Milford school officials, who utilize Powerschool, confirmed the data breach happened late last month. In a recent webinar with Powerschool, Milford officials say the company had to pay an online actor money to keep from releasing whatever information was obtained. Powerschool is used by many Connecticut school districts and is one of the most used platforms for school districts across the country meaning the breach impacted hundreds of thousands of kids and teachers!
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Congressman Jim Himes tells Melissa in the Morning the mysterious drones should not be causing the level of concern that they have in our country. He also talked about the lack of communication to ease the minds of Americans. For the full conversation, check out the podcast on our website.
#BREAKING : Bridgeport superintendent of schools is set to resign. Special Board of Education meeting last night ended with a 6-2 approval vote to part ways with Dr. Carmela Levy-David. Terms of the deal not revealed publicly. #Bridgeport #CT
Voice of CT SmartMLS Great Fairfield County Food Drive
Thank you to everyone who donated to our Voice of CT Smart MLS Great Fairfield County Food Drive 🦃🥫 The Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County,Inc. and Bridgeport Rescue Mission will be able to help feed so many this holiday season thanks to your help! Thank you to our partners Genesis of Ridgefield, East Haven & Ridgefield Building Supply and Palmer's Market
Congressman Jim Himes shared his takeaway from Sen. Bernie Sanders statement regarding the failures of the Democratic Party. Here is the statement going viral:
“It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them,” Sanders said in a statement Wednesday. “First, it was the white working class, and now it is Latino and Black workers as well. While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change. And they’re right.”
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CLOCKS FALL BACK THIS WEEKEND: Yale Dr. Paul Desan says getting light first thing in the morning will help you adjust to the time change coming this weekend. Just a friendly reminder, Daylight Savings Time ends at 2 AM tomorrow morning!
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BREAKING NEWS: Bridgeport Police say they are pursuing a person of interest behind the University of Bridgeport dining hall shooting. A reminder, police say this is NOT an active shooter investigation; the victim and suspect knew each other and were not UB students
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DEVELOPING NEWS UPDATE: As we continue to track the Berlin brush fire, Chief John Massirio shared a possible cause for the fire: human error. We are expected to have a confirmed cause later today
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Berlin Fire Chief John Massirio joined Melissa in the Morning to talk about a brush fire at Lamentation Mountain in Berlin
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Receiver for Success Village, Attorney Barry Knott, revealed on Melissa in the Morning that a second boiler tampering incident has happened at the complex this week! Find out what Attorney Knott says happened at the 924-uit complex the same day a controversial press conference hosted by the former Success Village board president happened.
Bridgeport Police are investigating an alleged tampering of boilers at the Success Village Apartment Complex. Chief Roderick Porter joined Melissa in the Morning to talk about what happened and the latest with the investigation.
Last night was the Vice Presidential debate between Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Ohio Senator JD Vance. Quinnipiac Professor of Political Science, Scott McLean joined Melissa in the Morning to give his thoughts, including what many callers earlier in the show voiced, how civil it was.
