It’s here, it’s coming, time to thaw out, or throw up…whatever. Pitchers and catchers on the horizon for spring training. Then there’s always the eternal
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Author: Lennie Grimaldi
Chris Trefz, Bridgeport Business Leader, Dead At 88
Along with his late brother Ernie, Chris Trefz was a key figure in Bridgeport’s business community, heading the city-based Trefz Corp. He passed away at
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Senator Gaston: It’s Time For A State-Enacted Rent Cap
Commentary from State Senator Herron Gaston: Of all the news stories that have flashed across your Facebook feed over the past month — drone sightings,
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Columnist: Education ‘Intervention’ In Bridgeport Is Cover For A State Bailout
Veteran columnist and OIB friend Chris Powell shares this commentary about the state’s intervention in Bridgeport’s financially struggling school system: Last week Governor Lamont and
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Stratford’s Trojan Horse Housing Discrimination Creates Community Disparity
What’s Bridgeport’s neighborhood to the east, the town of Stratford, doing about the affordable housing crisis? A stark pattern of discrimination is getting in the
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Community Conversation With Chief Porter
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Trump Walks Back Funding Freeze – Read White House Q&A
Donald Trump on Wednesday rescinded his federal funding freeze that caused havoc and trepidation across the country, one day after a federal judge paused action.
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The School Board’s Purgatory Period
Tiheba Williams-Bain, a Democrat, is the latest school board member to resign and, going out the door, called for a state takeover that would banish
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