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Connecticut’s only zoo celebrated its 90th birthday on Saturday with U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, Mayor Bill Finch, State Rep. Auden Grogins and zoo director Gregg Dancho who has transformed Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo into one of the state’s top tourism attractions.
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Zoo Celebrates 90 Years
May 19th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Best of Bridgeport, News and Events
Tags: Auden Grogins·Beardsley Zoo·Bill Finch·Dick Blumenthal·Gregg Dancho
Mayor Launches Park City Celebration
May 19th, 2012 · 8 Comments · Best of Bridgeport, News and Events
UPDATE: From Mayor Finch The sounds of salsa filled the air at Washington Park today as Mayor Bill Finch joined hundreds of East Side residents to kick off a citywide, summer-long celebration of the City’s parks and green spaces dubbed “Park City Celebration.”
Tags: Andres Ayala·Beardsley Park·Bill Finch·Charlie Carroll·John Olson·Lydia Martinez·Manuel Ayala·Seaside Park
Paging Bela Lugosi! Vampire Bats Arrive To Mark Zoo’s Birthday
May 17th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Best of Bridgeport
Ya gotta go to the zoo this weekend: Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo is excited to welcome new animals to the Zoo just in time for its 90th birthday, most notably an Andean condor. Desmond, a one-year-old male, arrived recently from the Denver Zoo in Denver, Colorado. The young condor is located in its exhibit near the [...]
Tags: Beardsley Zoo·Gregg Dancho
Talk To The Animals–Zoo Celebrates 90th Birthday
May 16th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Best of Bridgeport, News and Events
Visit the zoo on Saturday: Connecticut’s Only Zoo Hosts 90th Birthday Party with Great Cake Bake Off! WHAT: Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo–the state’s only zoo–is marking its 90th birthday with its wildest party ever. Visitors can expect to enjoy music, entertainment, and of course, birthday cake! Eight regional bakeries are working feverishly to bake their most [...]
Tags: Beardsley Park·Beardsley Zoo
Save The Date, June 20, OIB Anniversary Party
May 12th, 2012 · 8 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Best of Bridgeport
In the summer of 2007 Tom Gogola, then the editor of the Fairfield County Weekly, asked me to come up with a column concept for the Weekly’s new website. I could write about anything I wanted. One person trying to be all things to all people generally doesn’t work. Maybe if I focused on a [...]
Tags: CT Post·Dan Malloy·Tim Loh
Mayor And Sonya Help Build For Habitat
May 10th, 2012 · 10 Comments · Best of Bridgeport, News and Events
From Mayor Finch: Mayor Bill Finch and his wife, Sonya along with Mary Himes and Cynthia Blumenthal raised their hammers on Tuesday morning to celebrate Habitat for Humanity’s National Women Build Week, May 5-13.
Mayor Pays Tribute To Whitehead, First In Flight
May 15th, 2012 · 7 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Best of Bridgeport
On August 14, 1901, Bridgeport resident Gustave Whitehead, as witnessed by a Bridgeport Herald reporter, was the first in flight. Why are the Wright brothers credited with first in flight? The German immigrant did not have their public relations team. Mayor Bill Finch saluted Whitehead’s accomplishment today. Local, state, community leaders and Whitehead descendants join [...]
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Tags: Bill Finch