News release from Columbus weekend organizers: The 108th Columbus Day Parade, one of the longest continuous parades in the State, and the Quantico Marine Corps Band concerts will culminate three days of celebrating Italian-American culture and heritage. The parade steps off at 1:00 pm on Sunday, October 9th in Bridgeport, starting at the corner of Wayne Street […]
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Marine Band Concerts, Parade, Festival Highlight Columbus Weekend
September 29th, 2016 · No Comments · Best of Bridgeport, News and Events
Stallworth Takes Unpaid Leave In Primary Brawl Against Pereira
July 27th, 2016 · 29 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
You know there’s a battle when an incumbent state representative takes a two-week unpaid leave from his six-figure city government job to hold on to his paid elected position. That’s what mayoral appointee Charlie Stallworth has done to fend off the self-styled piranha of city politics Maria Pereira, a member of the Board of Education, […]
Tags: Bill Finch·Charlie Stallworth·Chris Caruso·Dennis Bradley·Ed Gomes·Joe Ganim·Maria Pereira·Marilyn Moore·Tom McCarthy
Moore: Families Suffer From Low Wages
July 24th, 2016 · 49 Comments · News and Events
What’s it like to live on low wages? Wednesday night at City Hall speakers shared their perspective including State Senator Marilyn Moore at a public hearing hosted by the State Department of Labor that is staffed by former State Rep. Chris Caruso. Moore is the first speaker and her remarks begin just prior to the […]
Paging Mario Testa, Is Maria Pereira The New Chris Caruso?
May 4th, 2016 · 22 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics
When Democratic Town Chair Mario Testa set the party endorsement date for mayor and other municipal offices last July in the comeback summer of Joe Ganim, he organized it on the first possible date allowed by the election calendar in what appeared to be a nod to Ganim to enjoy the maximum amount of time […]
Tags: Bill Finch·Charlie Stallworth·Chris Caruso·Dan Malloy·Dennis Bradley·Ed Gomes·Joe Ganim·Maria Pereira·Marilyn Moore·Mario Testa·Tom McCarthy
Piranha Power, Pereira Launches Candidacy To Unseat Ganim’s Guy State Rep Stallworth
April 8th, 2016 · 68 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Education, News and Events, State Politics
Claiming State Rep. Charlie Stallworth is an absentee legislator, Board of Education member Maria Pereira has filed state paperwork to challenge the veteran State House member, also a staffer of Mayor Joe Ganim, in an August Democratic primary. Stallworth, a city minister, won a special election in 2011 for Connecticut’s 126th State House District replacing long-time […]
Tags: Charlie Stallworth·Chris Caruso·Dan Malloy·Dennis Bradley·Ed Gomes·Eric Stewart-Alicea·Joe Ganim·Maria Pereira·Marilyn Moore·Sue Katz
Where Finch Failed, Ganim Honors University Of Bridgeport
January 15th, 2016 · 8 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, News and Events
So many items can lead a list of reasons Joe Ganim vanquished Bill Finch in last September’s Democratic primary. Among them was Finch’s fantastical grudge against the University of Bridgeport that had once employed him. Rather than acting mayoral and embracing the university’s brain power, economic impact, expansion and cultural contributions, Finch selfishly made it […]
Tags: Andre Baker·Bill Finch·Chris Caruso·Ernie Newton·Joe Ganim·Mary-Jane Foster·Sacred Heart University·Tom McCarthy·University of Bridgeport
Stallworth-Pereira Primary Showdown, A Study In Personalities
August 4th, 2016 · 29 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, State Politics
Primaries are all about identifying your friends and dragging them out. By most accounts the Democratic State House primary in the 126th Assembly District between incumbent Charlie Stallworth and school board member Maria Pereira could go either way next Tuesday depending on the efficiency of their respective turnout operations. This is a battle between the party […]
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Tags: Bill Finch·Charlie Stallworth·Chris Caruso·Dan Malloy·Ed Gomes·Joe Ganim·Maria Pereira·Marilyn Moore·Tom McCarthy