This is a crucial budget cycle for Mayor Bill Finch in the worst economy (for most of us) in our lifetime. I harp on the budget because
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It’s A Grape Weekend
Hey, what are you doing this weekend? I’m helping my father bottle this year’s crop of Casa Grimaldi: bottle of red … bottle of white.
Read moreA Little Spring Cleaning
Throw open the windows, pull out your drawers, air out that closet. Spring is here so I’m wondering (this can be dangerous) how would you
Read moreLotsa Beans For Bridgeport, Plus: Dodd’s Water Torture
I’m in search of beans. Not just any beans. Fava beans. That’s right, because today is St. Joseph’s Day, my middle namesake. Who cares about
Read moreTrumbull’s Flush Job, News From The Post, And Monkey Suit
If the city is going to create a regional waste water authority, looks like it’ll have to do it without Trumbull. Trumbull is sandwiched by Bridgeport
Read moreThe Green Green Loot Of Fundraising, Plus: Poop Update And A St. Paddy’s Story
3:30 p.m. UPDATE: Cool parade today on a sweet sunny day in beautiful downtown Bridgeport. I must confess that I had not taken in a St.
Read morePolishing The Pleasure, Plus: Rob And Dodd
When I was a kid my father drove me across the wooden bridge that connected the East End to Pleasure Beach–clank, clank, clank–to fish the t-shaped pier for snapper
Read moreBlackmail At Matty’s
I’ll tell ya how old I’m getting; I was a scribe covering the remedy order that U.S. District Court Judge T.F. Gilroy Daly issued in
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