Slammin’ pageview day on OIB Wednesday. I might have to feature The Troll (City Councilman Bob Walsh) more often. Maybe Ken Hayes from Gathering of
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See The Lights, Plus: Council Contract Hit And Shays Hits The Gas
It’s nice when cash-strapped nonprofits receive an infusion. Congratulations to City Lights Gallery and its Director Billy Jean Sullivan for a $50,000 state grant it
Read moreGround Rules For Development
I hope Donald Eversley has a sense of humor. He’ll need one in the city’s current political environment in which Democratic Town Chairman Mario Testa
Read moreWow, A Development Chief, Plus: Handicapping Tsunami Tuesday
Donald Eversley, recently an economic development guru in Providence, Rhode Island, is Mayor Bill Finch’s pick to serve as chief development official. On paper Eversley has
Read moreFabs’ Locke On History, Plus: Shays Talks To Animals And Conroy Case Verdict
Filmmaker Larry Locke had a strange, and amazing, vantage point during the John Fabrizi years, shadowing the mayor’s every detail–the good, bad and ugly. His
Read moreCove Comfort, Finch Makes Housing Call And Himes On A Mission
With the state’s financial picture getting worse by the second, and the city looking at a tax increase, we just need to get away from
Read moreWe Love You, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Plus: Himes Loads Up
I saw the Beatles’ tribute, She Loves You, Saturday night at a packed Downtown Cabaret Theatre and there wasn’t a philistine in sight! If you
Read moreSpeaker Kills Messenger, Plus: Council Passes Kuchma Tax Request, And Paoletto Says No
Talk about killing the messenger! Speaker of the House James Amann is not in a benevolent mood toward the city of his birth–Bridgeport–nor any Connecticut
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