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From Mayor Bill Finch: Donation campaign seeks 2,800 iPads–1 for each after-school and summer program student Do you have a used iPad collecting dust in your home because you recently upgraded to the New iPad? If so, the City of Bridgeport’s Lighthouse After School and Summer Program hopes you’ll consider donating your gently used iPad [...]
Entries Categorized as 'Best of Bridgeport'
Support The Lighthouse Program–Send Your iPads
May 7th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Best of Bridgeport, Education
Tags: Bill Finch
Cheese! The Zoo Turns 90, Share Photos
May 4th, 2012 · No Comments · Best of Bridgeport
The state’s only zoo may be turning 90, but when we go we don’t act our age. From Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo: To help kick off its 90th birthday, Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo launched “Picture Yourself at the Zoo,” a new program that invites the public to share favorite photos, both new and old. Both amateur and [...]
Tags: Beardsley Zoo·Gregg Dancho
Himes To Deliver UB Commencement Address
May 4th, 2012 · No Comments · Best of Bridgeport, News and Events
From the University of Bridgeport: Ceremonies for the University of Bridgeport (UB) 102nd Commencement will begin at 10.m. Saturday, May 5 at the Webster Bank Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport, when degrees will be conferred on more than 1,400 members of the Class of 2012.
Mayor Salutes Earth Week
May 3rd, 2012 · 6 Comments · Best of Bridgeport, News and Events
From Mayor Finch: Community Cleanups, Tree Plantings Draw More than 750 Volunteers Mayor Bill Finch, City officials and hundreds of volunteers picked up thousands of pounds of trash and planted nearly 80 trees in community cleanups held in neighborhoods throughout Bridgeport during the month of April.
Banshee Bucks For Burroughs Center
April 27th, 2012 · 10 Comments · Best of Bridgeport, News and Events
State Rep. Auden Grogins, the blonde banshee from Black Rock, announces state dough for the Burroughs Community Center: Representative Auden Grogins (D-Bridgeport) is pleased to announce the approval of $106,000 for renovations of the Burroughs Community Center (BCC). The funding was approved by the State Bond Commission at its Friday, April 27th meeting.
Tags: Auden Grogins·Dan Malloy
Walsh’s Warped, Wonderful Work On Display–He’s No Fluke
May 2nd, 2012 · 4 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Best of Bridgeport, News and Events
Charles Walsh has a peculiar perspective on life that jumps off the pages of his craft. The Connecticut Post columnist, world-class fisher, bizarre story teller, will showcase his pen and ink drawings, watercolors and collages at Framemakers, 3004 Fairfield Avenue in Black Rock, starting this Saturday. An opening reception for the exhibit will take place [...]
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Tags: Charlie Walsh