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From Mayor Finch: New Lighting Display readied for Annual Downtown Tree Lighting Set on Dec. 2 Join Mayor Bill Finch and his family along with Santa Claus as they flip the switch to illuminate McLevy Green with nearly 10,000 lights for the annual Downtown Holiday Tree Lighting on Thursday, December 2nd.
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Celebration Of Lights
November 30th, 2010 · 2 Comments · News and Events
Tags: Bill Finch·Tony Reno·WICC
Himes: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell “Institutionalized Bigotry.”
November 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment · National Politics, News and Events
From Jim Himes: Himes Urges Senate to Repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) issued the following statement in response to the release of today’s Department of Defense report on the military’s Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy.
Tags: Jim Himes
Finch To Herbst: Hey Neighbor, I Need Your Help!
November 30th, 2010 · 29 Comments · City Budget, Development and Zoning
If Stratford is Bridgeport East (and it is), Trumbull is Bridgeport North. Thousands of Bridgeporters through the years have moved to Stratford and Trumbull. That doesn’t mean the communities always get along. Sometimes it’s a bareknuckles battle for control of land, sludge and money.
Commission Rejects Mario’s Restaurant Zone Change
November 29th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Development and Zoning, News and Events
UPDATE: In what State Rep. Chris Caruso called a win for the neighborhood, the Planning & Zoning Commission Monday night denied Democratic Town Chair Mario Testa’s application for a zone change for his Madison Avenue restaurant. The restaurant is located in the heart of a residential area and Mario sought permission to change the zoning designation to Office [...]
Tags: Chris Caruso·Chuck Willinger·Jack Hennessy·Mario Testa·Michael Voytek·Testo's Restaurant
Check Out This Christmas Show
November 29th, 2010 · No Comments · News and Events
The Bridgeport Theatre Company is the berries. See their Christmas show at the Playhouse on the Green: Bridgeport Theatre Company presents the heart-warming, quirky, fun-filled holiday play “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,” based on the book by Barbara Robinson. Fairfield County’s newest theatre company presents nine wonderfully funny performances, featuring many of your favorite holiday [...]
Tags: Playhouse on the Green
How About Some Turkey For The Post Recount?
November 29th, 2010 · 9 Comments · Media, News and Events
Are you done digesting? We celebrated Thanksgiving in Pinehurst NC and returned Sunday night so I’m playing catch-up. What will the CT Post Election Day recount show? How many bodies will they need to tabulate ballots? How long will it take? Is this a waste of time? Voters want to know if the results are [...]
Tags: CT Post
Curing Cernera’s SHU Flu
November 28th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Education, News and Events
Maybe the next president of Sacred Heart University won’t be so cold to the state’s largest city. Linda McMahon, a board member and Gary Rose, a political science professor, are both on the search committee to find a replacement for Anthony Cernera who bailed out in a huff after a long tenure as president of [...]
Tags: Bishop William Lori·Linda McMahon·Sacred Heart University