The City Council Monday night is scheduled to vote on empaneling a Charter Revision Commission to update the document guiding Bridgeport’s rules and regulations that
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Watch: Gomes Is In Against Ganim, Let The Games Begin For 2023 Mayoral Cycle
Backed by some aggrieved former supporters of Mayor Joe Ganim, John Gomes on Thursday officially entered a challenge of his former boss filing the paperwork
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John Gomes Takes Another Step Toward Mayoral Run
John Gomes He was a candidate for mayor in 2011, then dropped out to support Mary-Jane Foster who lost a Democratic primary to then Mayor
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Warm Up Your Oven–Our Stuffed Gobbler Of The Year Awards
It’s time to fowl (or is it foul?) a few feathers in our cap to hand out OIB’s Turkey Of The Year Awards. Hmmm, where
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Charter Revision Commission Poised For Approval
The City Council Monday (tonight) is scheduled to approve a nine-member Charter Revision Commission to examine the structure of city government and recommend changes for
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For Congress Street Bridge, It Took An Act Of Congress–Construction Planned For 2023–Watch: Himes – Stevenson Trade Barbs
Fourteen years ago, then Democratic candidate Jim Himes had an impromptu give-and-take with Republican Congressman Chris Shays who crashed his press conference highlighting inaction to
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Gaston Outspent Incumbent Bradley By Nearly 3 To 1 In State Senate Primary
City faith leader Herron Gaston spent approximately $120,000, most of it public dollars, to defeat incumbent State Senator Dennis Bradley in the August 9 Democratic
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Why Information Flow Is Guarded In Police Chief Search
The airflow in the city’s police chief search is shut tighter than an Andersen window. History, in part, is the reason. The last police chief
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