From Mr. Barnum: It’s a party, Wednesday July 5th, to celebrate P.T. Barnum’s birthday, beginning at 11:00am on the grounds of CT’s Beardsley Zoo. To celebrate the famed showman, philanthropist and one of Bridgeport’s best-known citizen’s 207th, the Barnum Museum will be hosting a huge celebration, at the Zoo’s Peacock Pavilion with plenty of great […]
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Rare Tiger Makes Zoo Debut
April 11th, 2017 · 5 Comments · Best of Bridgeport, News and Events
Who needs a City Council meeting when the real zoo is at Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo? Check out the new Amur tiger.
Tags: Beardsley Zoo·Gregg Dancho
Bridgeport, an ‘Overlooked Dream City’
March 21st, 2017 · 27 Comments · Best of Bridgeport, News and Events
Bridgeport is the Park City. It’s also been called the Circus City thanks to P.T. Barnum. What, you thought it was called Circus City because of its politics? Well, add “Overlooked Dream City” to the list. The financial consumer website GoodCall recently ranked Bridgeport number 62 out of 461 U.S. cities with populations under 300,000, factoring […]
Prairie Dog Cuts Deal! Beardsley Bart Promises Early Spring
February 2nd, 2017 · 8 Comments · News and Events
Punxsutawney Phil projected early this morning six more weeks of winter. What a cruddy hoggish thing to do. So Mayor Joe Ganim and the city’s genial zoo director Gregg Dancho did the only sensible thing under the circumstances: they burrowed an early spring from Bridgeport’s own Beardsley Bart. Dancho served as Bart’s interpreter in the […]
New Kitchen And Commissary For Zoo Animals
September 1st, 2016 · 1 Comment · Best of Bridgeport, News and Events
Sandwiched by a gator and boa, Mayor Joe Ganim joined Zoo Director Gregg Dancho on Wednesday at a ground breaking for the new kitchen and commissary for animals that will also allow visitors to view state-of-the art food preparation at Connecticut’s only zoo. The project is slated for completion in January 2017. Check out video.
Piggy Bank Giveaway Day At Zoo
August 9th, 2016 · No Comments · Best of Bridgeport, News and Events
News release from Miss Piggy: Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo is pleased to announce its partnership with Fairfield County Bank, in a great promotion and giveaway at the Zoo, on Sunday August 14th–Piggy Bank Giveaway Day. Beginning at 10am on Sunday, the first 750 kids, 3 to 11, entering the Zoo will receive a unique, pink piggy […]
Tags: Beardsley Zoo·Gregg Dancho
Carving Up The City To Suburbs, Careful What You Wish For
July 8th, 2016 · 46 Comments · Analysis and Comment
Okay, let’s have some fun. Black Rock is apoplectic about absorbing the brunt of the revaluation blow that jacked taxes in the neighborhood to finance city services. For two hours the other night Mayor Joe Ganim listened patiently as homeowners, a majority from that cool Black Rock hamlet, justifiably vented. Most Black Rockers did not […]
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Worse In Hartford? Connecticut’s Bleeding Cities–Stafstrom: It Doesn’t Matter Who Is Worse Off … State Has Ignored Cities
August 29th, 2016 · 59 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, News and Events, State Politics
The mil rate in Bridgeport is 54. In Hartford it’s 74–ouch–by far the highest in the state. Mayor Joe Ganim’s spending plan approved by the City Council calls for $4 million in union concessions to balance the budget, some of which he has achieved. Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin’s budget anticipates $15.5 million in municipal givebacks. […]
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