The City Council by a 15-3 vote Monday night approved the sale of eight acres of Fairchild Wheeler golf course property to Sacred Heart University for $4 million that will allow the university a larger footprint to build on campus proper without developing the park land beyond basic maintenance. SHU needs the extra land to […]
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City Council Approves Sale Of Golf Course Property To Sacred Heart, Sludge Deal With Trumbull
June 7th, 2016 · 35 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, Development and Zoning, News and Events
Tags: AmyMarie Vizzo-Paniccia·Beardsley Park·Beardsley Zoo·Joe Ganim·Michelle Lyons·Sacred Heart University·Tom McCarthy
Public Safety Meeting At Blackham School
June 7th, 2016 · 12 Comments · Law Enforcement, News and Events
From City Council members and Mayor’s Office: Due to the increase of criminal activity in the North End, BPT Police Chief AJ Perez, BPT Police Community services, and other police officials along with your 134th & 133rd City Council members will be addressing these IMPORTANT matters 6 p.m. Tuesday (tonight) at Blackham School.
Tags: AJ Perez·AmyMarie Vizzo-Paniccia·Michelle Lyons·Tom McCarthy
Residents Swing At Proposed Sacred Heart Golf Property Purchase
June 2nd, 2016 · 17 Comments · City Budget, City Council, Development and Zoning, News and Events
To supportive city officials, as a land transaction goes, it’s a 300-yard drive down the middle of the fairway. Sacred Heart University cuts a check for $4 million. In exchange the city provides eight acres of wet-wooded golf course property from the 100-acre Fairchild Wheeler Black Course that cannot be touched except for essential maintenance. […]
Tags: AmyMarie Vizzo-Paniccia·Beardsley Park·Jeff Kohut·Jim Holloway·Joe Ganim·Michelle Lyons·Sacred Heart University
City Council Sets Mil Rate, Ganim Signs Budget, Claims Lower Tax Burden, Walker: Disease Has Not Been Treated
May 27th, 2016 · 59 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, Education, News and Events
UPDATE: Mayor Joe Ganim announced on Friday he has signed a $552 million budget approved by the City Council that sets a mil rate at 54.37 for real estate and personal property and includes a motor vehicle mil rate at 37 per a state-mandated cap. Ganim asserts, despite the rate increase from the current year […]
Tags: AmyMarie Vizzo-Paniccia·David Walker·Joe Ganim·Katie Bukovsky·M. Evette Brantley·Michelle Lyons·Tom McCarthy
Hole-In-One Or Double Bogey? City Council Weighs Sacred Heart Purchase Of ‘Excess’ Golf Course Property
May 17th, 2016 · 21 Comments · City Council, News and Events
Update: Public hearing June 1. A special meeting of the City Council’s Contracts Committee will take place Wednesday 7 p.m. in the Democratic Caucus Room of City Hall regarding the proposed sale of four acres of “excess” Fairchild Wheeler golf course property to Sacred Heart University. Under the proposal the city will receive $4 million […]
Tags: AmyMarie Vizzo-Paniccia·Danny Roach·Jack Banta·Joe Ganim·Sacred Heart University
Fore! SHU Wants Piece Of Golf Course Land, Park Board Approves Veterans Memorial For SHU Tennis Courts, Roach: Great Deal For The City
May 12th, 2016 · 48 Comments · City Budget, City Council, Development and Zoning, News and Events
UPDATE, initial story reported lease instead of sale. The burgeoning Sacred Heart University wants to purchase roughly eight acres of wooded-wetland property from the Bridgeport-owned Fairchild Wheeler golf course that abuts its campus and develop property on Veterans Memorial Park for six tennis courts off Park Avenue. The university, undergoing explosive growth, apparently needs the golf […]
Tags: AmyMarie Vizzo-Paniccia·Bill Finch·Joe Ganim·Michelle Lyons·Sacred Heart University·Tom McCarthy
Budget Committee Cuts Chapman From Ganim Plan, Delays Police Class, Adds $1.5 Million To Education
May 9th, 2016 · 22 Comments · City Budget, City Council, Education, Law Enforcement
A weary Budget and Appropriations Committee turned a long day’s Saturday journey into an early morning Sunday vote just after midnight by cutting nearly $4 million from Mayor Joe Ganim’s $560 million spending plan, adding roughly $1.5 million to the flatfunded Board of Education, delaying a police class until the next fiscal year, cutting vacant positions […]
Tags: Aidee Nieves·AJ Perez·AmyMarie Vizzo-Paniccia·Av Harris·Bill Finch·Denese Taylor-Moye·Joe Ganim·Joe Gaudett·Jose Casco·M. Evette Brantley·Tom McCarthy
McCarthy’s State Senate Message: Together We Can Do Better
July 21st, 2016 · 42 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events
City Council President Tom McCarthy has issued his first mail piece in his quest to defeat freshman State Senator Marilyn Moore in an August 9 Democratic primary, highlighting his public service and building coalitions to bring people together.
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