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
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Mayor Pays Tribute To Whitehead, First In Flight
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
Read moreSave The Date, June 20, OIB Anniversary Party
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
Read moreMayor And Sonya Help Build For Habitat
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
Read moreSweet Eats Launches What’s Cooking Week
Lots of good eats in the city. Satisfy your pleasure center. Check it out! What’s Cooking in Bridgeport Week Kicks Off with Free Desserts First
Read morePaul Winter’s Special Appearance To Benefit WPKN
Suzanne Kachmar, executive director of City Lights gallery on Markle Court downtown, calls WPKN “a necessary alternative to what the airwaves have to offer.” Now
Read moreSupport The Lighthouse Program–Send Your iPads
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
Read moreCheese! The Zoo Turns 90, Share Photos
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
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