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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The Evolution Of People’s Bank From Acorn To Mighty Financial Oak
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
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FOO-HAHA – 366-4242–Channeling People’s Bank’s Legendary Time And Temp
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
In 2007, John Merchant leaned back in his seat at a Westport restaurant. It was lunchtime. What better way to share insight into David Ellis
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With Sale Of Waterfront Home, Walker Poised To Leave Black Rock
Talk about a financial haircut. The Black Rock waterfront home that 2018 gubernatorial candidate David Walker purchased in 2009 for $1,550,000 has sold for about one
Read moreLacking Political Beacon, Walker House Up For Sale Again
Four years ago after losing a Republican primary for lieutenant governor, David Walker placed his waterfront Black Rock home for sale for $1,675,000. If an
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