City Council candidates in the 130th District squared off Wednesday night for a spirited forum in the standing-room-only Black Rock Library conference room with Democratic incumbents Sue Brannelly and Steven Stafstrom emphasizing their efforts to reduce taxes in the mayor’s proposed budget, pushing for renovations of Black Rock School while Republicans Rick Torres and Phil Blagys […]
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Council Candidates Debate Taxes, Development, Conflicts Of Interest
October 23rd, 2013 · 13 Comments · City Council, City Politics, Library, News and Events
Tags: Auden Grogins·Jack Hennessy·John Ricci·John Soltis·John Stafstrom·Manny Moutinho·Marty McCarthy·Phil Blagys·Rick Torres·Steven Stafstrom·Sue Brannelly
Meet Artist Lou Trapasso And Sir Charles Brilvitch At Downtown Library
October 18th, 2013 · 3 Comments · Best of Bridgeport, Library, News and Events
From John “Salty” Soltis, Bridgeport Public Library: The Bridgeport History Center presents: Lou Trapasso Poet-Painter who has painted numerous works depicting the buildings and city life of Bridgeport in the 1940s and ’50s. On Saturday, Oct. 19th at 2pm, a reception will be held to thank Mr. Trapasso for his recent gift of five of […]
Tags: Charles Brilvitch·John Soltis
Hennessy Forum To Focus On Neighborhood Issues
September 18th, 2013 · 5 Comments · Development and Zoning, Library, News and Events
State Rep. Jack Hennessy will host a neighborhood forum on Thursday, 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the North Branch Library, 3455 Madison Avenue. From Hennessy: The forum was to originally focus on constituent complaints about rowdy college student renters affecting the quality of life in their neighborhoods, but officials from Sacred Heart University have said […]
Tags: Bishop Frank Caggiano·Jack Hennessy·Sacred Heart University
Hennessy To Address North End Concerns
September 10th, 2013 · 1 Comment · Library, News and Events
State Rep. Jack Hennessy will host an open forum on September 19th, 6 p.m. at the North Branch Library, 3455 Madison Avenue, to discuss quality of life issues in the North End including “a response to constituent complaints about rowdy college student renters.”
Sue Brannelly’s Opposition To “90-99 Percent” Of Her Constituents Urging City Council Reform
October 27th, 2013 · 47 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, Library, News and Events
At Wednesday night’s forum for City Council candidates in the 130th District, incumbent Democrat Sue Brannelly was trapped in one of those “uh oh” moments in the Black Rock Branch library when even her running partner Steven Stafstrom disagreed with her embrace of city employees serving on the City Council in violation of the City […]
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Tags: Auden Grogins·Jack Hennessy·Mark Anastasi·Phil Blagys·Rick Torres·Steven Stafstrom·Sue Brannelly