On Sunday morning the implosion of the retired coal-powered plant in the South End has poised Connecticut’s most populous city for a transformational recapture of
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Tag: David Carson
Happy 90th Birthday David Ellis Adams Carson – Innovator, Actuary, Banker, Philanthropist
When you talk about business impact and philanthropic influence in Bridgeport, David Carson’s legacy is to be admired with the likes of P.T. Barnum, industrialist
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Saluting The Merchant Martini And The Man Who Created it–Trailblazer John Merchant
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
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Reading The M&Tea Leaves–No Matter What, The Community Could Bank On David Carson
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
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In The Army, Private Carson Tested The Detonation Accuracy of Hand Grenades
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
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Cutting The People Out Of People’s United Bank–City Institution Stunted By Merger, Blumenthal Ponders Regulatory Action In Major Job Losses
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
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Goodbye To FOO-HAHA 366-4242, People’s Bank’s Legendary Time And Temp Number?
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
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The Secret Sauce Of Shoes, Bill Evans, 102, Dies–Buffed At People’s Bank For Decades
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
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