David Carson – Only In Bridgeport®

John Merchant was a blast to be around. Thoughtful, engaging, funny, self-deprecating, complemented by unrestrained laughter. He had a generosity for walking you through Bridgeport

David Ellis Adams Carson knows what it’s like to stare down financial adversity and come out stronger while others withered away. Immigrant, trained actuary and

We salute veterans this week. OIB has a couple of extraordinary vets with local ties to highlight starting with David Ellis Adams Carson, retired chief

People’s United Bank is now a shell of its former self. The acorn that surged into a mighty oak sits on the chopping block poised

The texts and emails are flooding into OIB. Has People’s United Bank, on the verge of a takeover by M&T Bank, dumped the iconic time

No one can fill Bill Evans’ shoes, literally and figuratively. For decades he had his own cubicle inside People’s Bank. Enter the main entrance on

It began in 1842 as Bridgeport Savings Bank in the Downtown store of iron merchants George and Sherwood Sterling on Water Street. On Christmas Eve

In this year 2021, Bridgeport’s bicentennial, we will do our best to dial up the origin of things that really are only discussed on OIB,

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Saluting The Merchant Martini And The Man Who Created it–Trailblazer John Merchant

Reading The M&Tea Leaves–No Matter What, The Community Could Bank On David Carson

In The Army, Private Carson Tested The Detonation Accuracy of Hand Grenades

Cutting The People Out Of People’s United Bank–City Institution Stunted By Merger, Blumenthal Ponders Regulatory Action In Major Job Losses

Goodbye To FOO-HAHA 366-4242, People’s Bank’s Legendary Time And Temp Number?

The Secret Sauce Of Shoes, Bill Evans, 102, Dies–Buffed At People’s Bank For Decades

The Evolution Of People’s Bank From Acorn To Mighty Financial Oak

FOO-HAHA – 366-4242–Channeling People’s Bank’s Legendary Time And Temp