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🌱 Two escape Bridgeport house fire; cause remains undetermined

Bridgeport, Michigan Patch AM: a 3 min read

What's up Bridgeport! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Two escape Bridgeport house fire; cause remains undetermined
  • The Bridgeport collector behind a rare Dodge truck’s museum journey

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: A couple of afternoon showers, with a high of 51 and low of 39 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cooler with showers around, temps: high: 44, low: 32.
  • Friday: Cloudy and chilly, with a high of 40 and low of 30 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Two people escape Bridgeport house fire, one man suffers burns (wnem.com) — Two people escaped a house fire on Bridgeport’s King Road on Sunday, but one man was hospitalized with burns to his legs. Crews from four departments fought the blaze for four hours as embers ignited an outbuilding and grass. Investigators have ruled out arson, but the cause remains undetermined.
   

• Going with the flow: 1938 Dodge Airflow tanker truck (oldcarsweekly.com) — A rare Dodge tanker now at The Henry Ford once belonged to Bridgeport collector Donald Crane, who bought it in 1973 after finding an advertisement. Crane later sold the 1938 Airflow to the Dearborn museum, where a painstaking restoration returned the former Texaco truck to its original appearance.
   

📸 Around Bridgeport

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bridgeport

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    Friday November 13
  • SASA MS Volleyball vs White Pine MS
    White Pine Middle School, 505 N Center Rd, Saginaw
    4:30 pm
    • Tuesday November 17
  • SASA Fall Sports Banquet
    Saginaw Arts & Sciences Academy, 3115 Mackinaw St, Bridgeport
    6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store posted a job opening for Cook in Bridgeport. Apply here.
  • Taco Bell posted a job opening for shift leader in Bridgeport. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bridgeport here.

🗞 Nearby News

Saginaw

  • Saginaw food education non-profit receives $15,000 through Blue Cross grant (abc12.com)
  • Nexteer Automotive makes staffing adjustments in Saginaw County (midmichigannow.com)
  • Gas prices in Saginaw drop 23 cents as refinery issues ease, GasBuddy says (midmichigannow.com)

Ok Bridgeport! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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