The City Council’s Contracts Committee Tuesday night approved a five-year deal for Police Chief AJ Perez, amending the document to include payouts for unused holidays
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Ganim: Take Me To The PILOT, Urges Full Funding Of Tax-Exempt Properties
On the campaign trail, Governor-elect Ned Lamont floated a lofty promise that no gubernatorial contender who became governor has ever delivered, but if he shepherds
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Meanwhile, Chief Perez Says He’ll Live In Bridgeport
From Brian Lockhart, CT Post: With his five-year contract pending before the City Council, Police Chief Armando Perez has sought to address one of the
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Pereira Urges Court To Barr Tony From ‘Coming Within 100 Feet Of Me’
Passions run high in city politics. In the case of Upper East Side adversaries Maria Pereira and Tony Barr it has led to a request
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School Board Votes On Bassick Plan
From Linda Conner Lambeck, CT Post: Count a majority of the city school board in. They want a brand new Bassick High School too. After
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City Council Debates Cigarette Age Limit Purchase
From Brian Lockhart, CT Post: The council’s Ordinance Committee this week voted 4 to 3 to make Bridgeport the second municipality in Connecticut to raise
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Cemetery Manager Ousted For Altering Gravesites
Accused of throwing out old bones and caskets, burying new bodies over old graves and removing headstones, Park Cemetery’s manager has been ordered by a
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Harvard, Princeton, Yale: The City Council’s (Almost) Ivy League Club
Retired Superior Court Judge Carmen Lopez observes that the city’s legislative body must be an equal branch to the executive level. In Bridgeport, however, and
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