To know 2013 Barnum Festival Ringmaster John Stafstrom is to know someone who enjoys the good life. And it was a note he sounded as
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Charles Grodin Featured At Bridgeport Public Education Fund
You saw him as the accountant who was chased by the FBI, mobsters and a bounty hunter played by Robert DeNiro in Midnight Run, now
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If there’s opposition to how Mayor Bill Finch has engineered a shakeup of city schools it did not resonate organizationally at the polls in Tuesday’s
Read moreStep Right Up! John Stafstrom To Be Named Barnum Festival Ringmaster
He has a deep rolodex that includes names and numbers of political, governmental and business contacts, strong relationships with decision makers in Hartford such as
Read moreAndy Fardy Leaves Democratic Party
Long-time Democratic political activist Andy Fardy, a frequent contributor to OIB, has registered as an unaffiliated voter after 48 years as a registered Democrat. Wednesday
Read moreStop & Shop Madison Avenue Store To Close September 20
In the mid 1990s a Stop & Shop was the subject of a series of contentious zoning hearings in which many North End residents thought
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From Mayor Finch: The City of Bridgeport’s street improvement program, which began in August, continues to move forward with milling and paving of roadways throughout
Read moreDavid Walker’s U.S. Financial Burden Barometer Hits The Road
Bridgeport resident David Walker, a former U.S. Comptroller General, is in Charlotte for the Democratic National Convention. (He shares thoughts with OIB below.) He also
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