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Bed bugs bite gospel group, Milford, Connecticut »

A gospel music group, Doc Mackenzie and the Hi-Lites, claim they were bitten by bed bugs in a Comfort Inn in Milford, Connecticut, according to News Channel 8 (WTNH).  (Click the tiny video camera symbol to see the report.)
The group was in town for a concert and had a music video to shoot that day. […]

Craigslist bed bug warnings »

We know bed bugs are all over Waterbury, CT.
And all over Craigslist.

Craigslist reader BOB warned fellow Craigslisters (namely residents of Oakville and the Waterbury area) to beware:
re oakville
Reply to: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@craigslist.org
Date: 2007-12-20, 11:07PM EST
Watch out for bed bugs. THey are spreading fast. They are all over waterbury and the reactions are too slow. […]

bed bugs in Greenpoint (NYC), Stamford (CT), Glenwood Springs (CO), and the Internets (.com) »

Slightly delayed news round-up:
newyorkshitty.com » ‘Tis The Season: Don’t Let The Bedbugs Bite!
miss heather of newyorkshitty.com shares a current photo of suspected bed bug refuse at the Astral Apartments in Greenpoint, and shares an article from exactly 121 years ago, decrying the need for “quality affordable housing”, free of vermin.
Glenwood Springs Post Independent - Valley […]

Bed bugs usually plague a city for a few weeks before being eradicated. Really, Waterbury Health Department? »

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Waterbury, Connecticut has had a recent bed bug outbreak in a number of locations. Last week, we were told in the Republican-American online of these locations with bed bug infestations, which had been reported to the Health Dept.:
553 South Main St. (two […]

Bed bug news round-up: Waterbury, Connecticut; MIT »

Bed bugs creeping their way around Waterbury, CT, the Republican-American reported on Friday that the Waterbury Health Department has gotten complaints from around the city:
The health department also received complaints of infestations of two apartments at 553 South Main St., and one apartment each in apartment buildings or multifamily homes at 42 Pine St. (the […]

New Haven housing officials confused: why can’t they get rid of these bed bugs? »

When we first heard part of New Haven’s Crawford Manor public housing was infested with bed bugs, housing officials were taking the infestations seriously (good) but also moving tenants from infested home to local hotels and then other apartments (not good), and also rushing to blame a woman who carries her belongings around and has […]

New Britain, CT: how can building managers turn a good building bad? Ignore the bed bugs. »

A story of bed bugs in New Britain, CT apartment complex, where building manager denies the problem, and Orkin insists only an entire-building fumigation (presumably with Vikane gas) will work.
Erica Shaw, Orkin customer service representative, said the problem should not be taken lightly.
“It’s a serious problem,” Shaw said. “They are not the easiest to get […]

New Haven: another housing complex has bed bugs »

We recently reported the rise of bed bugs in the Crawford Manor apartments and the University of Bridgeport, both in New Haven, CT. Now another housing complex, Essex Townhouses, is infested, as reported by WTNH.com. The article focuses on Kathyrn Abreu, 73, and her daughter Kathyrn Yukness. The mother, Abreu, says,

“I lost […]

bed bugs at University of Bridgeport »

Sounds like New Haven is getting mighty itchy lately.

According to News Channel 8 (WTNH) in New Haven, University of Bridgeport’s North Hall has bed bugs.
Graduate student Li-Wen Chen had so many bites she sought treatment at St. Vincent’s Medical Center.
The school has fumigated the building, but students say another problem occurred when it came to […]

more on bed bugs in New Haven: they’re only using steam cleaning?!? »

More on the New Haven case described here on Friday.
A more recent article from News 8 in New Haven suggests that the
The infestation started in one unit and moved to 14 other apartments. The city paid for hotel rooms so the professionals could come in and steam clean room by room, bed by […]

Reno; and New Haven: bed bugs cause unsuspecting officials to run around like confused flour beetles »

In Reno, they have so few bed bug cases, that the health department called three residents of an apartment complex to tell them their building is infested. (New Yorkers, are you laughing?!)
Unfortunately, as Geralda Miller of the Reno Gazette Journal reports, the advice being given to tenants is not great:

“They’re an indoor critter,” [Jeff […]

Bedbugger readers: multiplying faster than bedbugs? »

Welcome to readers of Mentalfloss and the BedBugBlog!
This blog is attracting an ever-increasing readership. We’ve only been going about two weeks, but every day more people find us; visits to the site increase by about 20% per day.
I hope most of you are just curious, but I have a horrible feeling lots of you […]