City Councilman Jorge Cruz led the charge to remove the statue of Christopher Columbus and on Monday it was done–quietly by the city–in Seaside Park
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Author: Lennie Grimaldi
UB Campus To House New Bassick High School
See Video from news conference above News release from city: This afternoon Mayor Ganim joined Superintendent Testani, BPS Board of Education and School Building Committee
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Bridgeport’s Brand Of Comedy Returns Downtown
Vinnie Brand’s a nut. My kind of nut, snatching humor in the darkest places. Vinnie and his wife Vickie are back in business in Downtown
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City Partners With Electric Scooter Company
The Bethel-based E-scooter rental company Lynx is now offering service in the city. From Brian Lockhart, CT Post: And while the pilot program was planned
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“What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?”
From the Smithsonian Institute: On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass gave a keynote address at an Independence Day celebration and asked, “What to the Slave
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Redirecting Police Funds, Questioning Legal Fees For City Employees On Council Agenda
City Council resolutions tends to be more statement than force of policy, but the city’s legislative body Monday night will refer a couple of matters
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“Black And Latino Maggot Politicians, Uncle Toms And Frito Banditos”–Keeley’s Racial Rant Stirs Controversy
Former State Rep. Bob Keeley’s acting like a guy who ate from a dented can of tuna. No wonder he’s lost 10 races in about
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Kohut: State Must Rescue Bridgeport
Commentary from two-time mayoral candidate Jeff Kohut: To have Judge Carmen Lopez endorse one’s idea for the radical change of government through statutory imposition of
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