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Okay boys and girls, what’s the latest on Trumbull’s plan to build its own stand-alone sewage treatment plant? The town is looking at building a $45 million plant on property it owns near Fairchild Memorial Park on Quarry Road right along the Pequonnock River near Bunnell’s Pond in Bridgeport’s Beardsley Park. Say What? As an [...]
Entries from May 16th, 2012
Poop On The Pequonnock, Plus: Brassy Brazile
April 22nd, 2009 · 11 Comments · Development and Zoning, News and Events
Slots In Every Tavern, Plus: Bridgeport Rescue Mission
April 21st, 2009 · 10 Comments · News and Events, State Politics
My friend Ken Dixon penned this in the Connecticut Post: HARTFORD — Lawmakers argued over the state’s power to regulate smoking in Connecticut’s tribal casinos on Monday, but majority Democrats won in the Government Administration & Elections Committee. Republicans claimed that the state has no power over the sovereign Indian tribes, but Democrats, who prevailed [...]
Congressional Collision: DeLauro And Himes Wing Airport Fight
April 17th, 2009 · 14 Comments · Development and Zoning
You want to know the power of a member of Congress? Striding out of the marshland in Lordship, doing her part on behalf of the town of Stratford located in her Congressional district, Rosa DeLauro has quietly flexed the force of her seniority with the Secretary of the Army and Federal Aviation Administration regarding a one-acre parcel owned [...]
Tags: Jim Himes
Are You Ripped About Taxes? Plus: Meet The Mayor, Saluting Jeter, And My Tie
April 16th, 2009 · 17 Comments · City Budget, City Council, News and Events, State Politics
Hey, did you all pay Uncle Sam on Wednesday? Hopefully, some of you received a refund, glory knows our favorite uncle takes enough from us. Shoot, I thought uncles were supposed to take care of us. Or did you join the tea party protests around the state on filing deadline day? Why do I get the [...]
Wanted: Sludge Qualifications, Plus: Ease On Down To Playhouse On The Green
April 15th, 2009 · 19 Comments · Best of Bridgeport, Development and Zoning, News and Events
Yet another new twist to the ongoing saga: As The Sludge Turns. Word is that the town of Trumbull is on the verge of issuing a request for proposals for potential construction of its very own sewage treatment plant, as Bridgeport and Monroe continue discussions for creation of a regional waste water authority that would [...]
Amann’s Boomerang Factor
April 20th, 2009 · 18 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Library, News and Events, State Politics
Former Speaker of the House Jim Amann says were he in Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy’s shoes–a 21-year-old son with an assortment of legal troubles–that he’d drop out of the gubernatorial race. Family comes first, politics second, the Bridgeport native (and himself a guber candidate) enlightens in the Hartford Courant. So, what Jimmy is saying is that anyone with a family [...]
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