Operating in financial darkness for decades, the Bridgeport City Council has finally hired its own budget analyst to help navigate a $560 million proposed budget,
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Donald One Day, Hillary The Next
Donald Trump visited Bridgeport on Saturday, Hillary Clinton arrives Sunday in back-to-back presidential candidate visits. When was the last time that happened? While Ganim is
Read moreMercury Rises Over Suds Flap
From Brian Lockhart, CT Post: A City Council “informational session” on changing zoning rules controlling liquor sales threatened to turn into a rowdy bar brawl
Read moreEducation Advocates Urge More School Dough
From CT Post reporter Alex Gecan: >More than 200 Bridgeport residents had shown up by the time the public hearing convened at City Hall, and
Read moreNardozzi: Pay Me Or I’ll Sue
James Nardozzi was brought in as assistant chief to reel in police overtime under Mayor Bill Finch. He appeared to do that for a while,
Read moreSome Residents Say Oh No To O&G Plant Relocation
From CT Post reporter Bill Cummings: O&G Industries, one of the state’s largest construction companies, is asking the city’s Zoning Board of Appeals for permission to
Read moreTwo Men Shot Sunday Night
EMS from American Medical Response Sunday night rolled up to a person shot in the 1300 block of Iranistan Avenue (between Olive and Wood Avenue),
Read moreCarrolling A Career Of City Service
Last week Mayor Joe Ganim offered a money-saving early retirement plan to about 100 eligible city employees: $15,000 lump sum and a year’s health benefits
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