Sing happy birthday with the tigers. Just watch the spray zone.
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 its 90th birthday with its wildest party ever. Visitors can expect to enjoy music, entertainment, and of course, birthday cake! Eight regional bakeries are working feverishly to bake their most delectable creations and will take part in a Great Cake Bake Off that will be judged by hometown celebrities, the Twice Baked Twins, Judy Vig of Monroe and Joy Paoletti of Trumbull. The birthday party is free with paid admission to the Zoo.
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Steve Obsitnik
Steve Obsitnik, Republican candidate for Congress, is picking up steam heading into the GOP state convention on Friday. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Obsitnik announced his candidacy in Bridgeport. If he emerges as the GOP standard bearer he will face Democratic incumbent Jim Himes in the November general election. From the Obsitnik campaign:
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In a word, frustration may sum up the feeling of East End residents. Just like most of the rest of the city, they’re voting less, involved less and wondering what the future brings. No bank, no pharmacy, no supermarket. Does anyone care? The East End will be an important battleground for votes in an expected Aug. 14 primary for State Senate between incumbent Ed Gomes and challengers Ernie Newton and State Rep. Andres Ayala. Newton lives in the neighborhood, Ayala wants to represent it and Gomes has been the State Senator for the past seven years. How they communicate directly with voters and how they interact with Mayor Bill Finch to find solutions could decide the winner of the primary. CT Post columnist Keila Torres captures the malaise in the neighborhood in her latest:
East Enders understand people’s anxiety.
They know how pitiful their Bridgeport neighborhood looks traveling down Stratford Avenue, the heart of the East End. No one bothers to turn on any side streets and see the well-kept single-family owner-occupied homes. No one turns on the side streets and sees the Ralphola Taylor Community Center or the neighborhood’s three middle schools and playgrounds.
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UPDATE: Just days from the GOP convention to endorse a candidate for U.S. Senate, things are getting testy between former Congressman Christopher Shays and Linda McMahon.
Hearst Newspapers has bit on an accusation by the Shays camp trying to connect Bridgeport Republican Party Chairman John Slater’s visit to a WrestleMania event April 1 with his endorsement of Linda McMahon May 8. OIB interviewed Slater on May 1. Question: Have you decided whom you’re endorsing for U.S. Senate? Slater responded he had not made up his mind, he was torn between Bridgeport resident Shays and McMahon who he said appeared to show surprising knowledge of issues impacting an urban area. Most of the city’s GOP regulars, he explained, were with Shays and that was something that could lean his way. He said he was a wrestling fan but that was not a factor in how he would endorse. One week later he officially endorsed McMahon.
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Paul Vallas
Crain’s Chicago Business reports that a consulting firm headed by Superintendent of Schools Paul Vallas is in position for a major Illinois school board contract. Political columnist Jonathan Pelto, a skeptic of Vallas’ past work, also weighs in jonathanpelto.com. Vallas is a turnaround guy who spends a few years trying to reposition low-performing school systems. He has developed a network of education professionals he brings in to assist. Vallas told the Connecticut Post: “That project will not detract from my work here. I am not going anywhere.” See Crain’s story below:
It looks like former Chicago Public Schools Superintendent Paul Vallas is coming back to town–or at least to Illinois.
The State Board of Education has given preliminary approval to a nearly $1 million contract with the consulting firm Mr. Vallas heads, Vallas Group.
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Gustave Whitehead pictured in 1901 with his daughter Rose.
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 credited with first in flight? The German immigrant did not have their public relations team. Mayor Bill Finch saluted Whitehead’s accomplishment today.
Local, state, community leaders and Whitehead descendants join Mayor Finch during ceremonies at new fountain declaring “First in Flight”
Despite a steady drizzle of rain, a hardy group of 60 people joined Mayor Bill Finch on Tuesday to dedicate the new fountain at the corner of State Street, Commerce Drive and Fairfield Avenue as the “First in Flight–Gustave Whitehead” fountain.
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Meet Steve Obsitnik, Republican Congressional Candidate
May 16th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events, State Politics
Steve Obsitnik
Steve Obsitnik, Republican candidate for Congress, is picking up steam heading into the GOP state convention on Friday. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Obsitnik announced his candidacy in Bridgeport. If he emerges as the GOP standard bearer he will face Democratic incumbent Jim Himes in the November general election. From the Obsitnik campaign:
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