Bridgeport animal control officer Jennifer Merenda knows how to talk to animals. Even a howler monkey at Connecticut’s Beardsley zoo where she married last September. The zoo is a hot place for parties and weddings. Hmmm, maybe an OIB party there soon?
Entries Categorized as 'Best of Bridgeport'
Housatonic Community College Celebrates 50 Years
March 21st, 2018 · 7 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Best of Bridgeport, Education, News and Events
Housatonic Community College has come a long way from its humble beginning 50 years ago. Current enrollment is roughly 6,000 making it among the highest attended community colleges in Connecticut. Two-year programs have served as career springboards for doctors, lawyers, nurses and law enforcement professionals. More than 25 years ago, the college languished in an […]
Tags: Bob Scinto·Housatonic Community College·Lowell Weicker
Here Come Pols And Parade–Free Parking!
March 14th, 2018 · 10 Comments · Best of Bridgeport, News and Events
It was started by Italian-American Mayor Lenny Paoletta in 1983 and all these decades later it has served as a tasty-toasty treat Downtown. The Greater Bridgeport St. Patrick’s Day Celebration will take place Friday highlighted by the parade starting noon. Parade route here. Dress warm! Or find a bar/restaurant with a view. Forecast does not look […]
Tags: Lenny Paoletta
Purrrrfect–Zoo’s Tiger Cub Cam Crashes From Toothy Traffic
January 30th, 2018 · 5 Comments · Best of Bridgeport, News and Events
Talk about having a tiger by the tail. The newly launched tiger cub cam to cuddle up close the months-old Amur tigers birthed at Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo was so popular the zoo’s site crashed Tuesday morning. Looks like it’s back up and running. See tiger cub cam here and watch Reka and Zeya who’ve become national […]
Tags: Beardsley Zoo·Gregg Dancho
Tiger Cubs At Zoo–They’re Gr-r-reat!
January 12th, 2018 · 1 Comment · Best of Bridgeport, News and Events
From Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo: Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo provided area media a first in-person look today at the rare Amur tiger cubs born at the Zoo. Two of a litter of four cubs survived after their mother, Changbai, neglected them, causing Zoo staff to step in. Since their birth on November 25, 2017, they have been […]
Tags: Beardsley Zoo·Gregg Dancho
Two New Downtown Restaurants, Eat And Harlan Haus
January 10th, 2018 · 1 Comment · Analysis and Comment, Best of Bridgeport, Development and Zoning, News and Events
You love Asian eats? New restaurant opened Wednesday on Fairfield Avenue Downtown. I marinated in the curry beef stew rice. It was the berries. Check it out, 269 Fairfield Avenue next to Bijou Theater. Oh, by the way, restaurant is called EAT.
Tags: CT Post
Welcome To The Jungle: Tiger Cubs, Pols And OIB’s 10th Anniversary Party At The Zoo Coming Soon
April 18th, 2018 · 3 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Best of Bridgeport, News and Events
They are 50 pounds and growing, perhaps reaching adulthood 500 pounds as the largest cat in the world. It’s rare that a zoo can feature two Siberian tigers born in captivity, but that’s what happened on Wednesday as hundreds lined up for the coming-out event for the cubs born several months ago at Connecticut’s Beardsley […]
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Tags: Beardsley Zoo·Gregg Dancho·Joe Ganim