Construction was announced under Mayor Lenny Paoletta, opening as a Hilton brand under Mayor Tom Bucci in 1986, Bill and Hillary Clinton visited for a
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Tag: CT Post
What Else Is New? Cops Top Municipal Earners For 2021
It’s customary in Bridgeport: the top 100 municipal wage earners dominated by overtime-seeking police officers. It’s not their fault with staffing levels so short. Put
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Gen Now Coalition Partners Seek City Council Empowerment
In an editorial that also appeared in the CT Post, a coalition of city reformers backs a move by the City Council to institutionalize independence
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Bridgeport Death, Investigation, Illuminates White-Black Media Bias
The national media’s fantastical preoccupation with the Jennifer Dulos murder case, and others of that ilk, has morphed into the duality of another lamentable death
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Arrest Made In Senator Gomes Car-Crash Death
From Dan Tepfer, CT Post: A city man accused of racing has been charged in the December 2020 death of former state Sen. Edwin Gomes.
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Healthcare Costs, Weak Recruitment Drives, Personnel Flight Imperil Police Staffing
Pricey healthcare premiums, exodus of younger cops to other departments, retirements, poor recruitment drives, disincentive for police service are all contributing factors to a shrinkage
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Moales Vacates East End Church
From Dan Tepfer, Brian Lockhart, CT Post: The Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, a religious landmark in the city’s East End for over a decade,
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Covid Concern Cancels St. Patrick’s Parade
From Brian Lockhart, CT Post: In a sign that the current surge in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations will not just impact the here-and-now, organizers of
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