UPDATE, From Mayor Finch: Due to weather concerns, the “Park City Celebration” event at Newfield Park in the City’s East End has been postponed to Sunday, July 29. On Saturday, July 28, Mayor Bill Finch will host a “Park City Celebration” event at Newfield Park, which will soon be home to the City’s fourth splash [...]
Entries from May 23rd, 2013
Celebrate Newfield Park
July 27th, 2012 · 6 Comments · Best of Bridgeport, News and Events
Tags: Bill Finch·Seaside Park
Changing The Bridgeport Achievement Gap
July 27th, 2012 · 9 Comments · Education
From the education advocacy group Excel Bridgeport www.excelbridgeport.com: On Friday, the Connecticut State Department of Education released the data from the Connecticut Mastery Test (CMT) and the Connecticut Academic Performance Test (CAPT), yearly tests given by to students in 3rd through 8th and 10th grades respectively. We plan to dig even deeper into this data, [...]
Tags: Excel Bridgeport·Paul Vallas
Yankee Fans Unite–Valentine Endorses Obsitnik For Congress
July 27th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events, State Politics
It can’t be! The 4th Congressional district going red? On the weekend the hated Boston Red Sox invade Yankee Stadium, Blowsox Manager Bobby Valentine has endorsed Democratic Congressman Jim Himes’ Republican opponent Steve Obsitnik. What self-respecting Yankee fan could now support Obsitnik? What has the political world come to? Thankfully, incumbent Himes is an unabashed [...]
Tags: Bobby Valentine·Jim Himes·Michael Fedele·Steve Obsitnik
‘Why Is There So Much Killing?’ A Perspective
July 27th, 2012 · 34 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Cops
Bridgeport resident Glover Gardner Jr., an occasional essay contributor to OIB, shares his latest commentary about the spike in violent crime. This perspective was also shared with the CT Post. The reference to “Ms. Ocasio” is to columnist Keila Torres Ocasio. What most of you don’t understand is that your persecution of Mayor Finch will [...]
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Tags: Bill Finch·CT Post·Keila Torres Ocasio