If you’re the son of a retired Bridgeport police officer you gotta have a sense of humor. Author Ken O’Neill, son of man-about-town Gene O’Neill, has penned The Marrying Kind a comic novel about a gay couple that boycotts weddings. You can meet Ken Thursday, 6:30 p.m. at Rainy Faye Bookstore at Broad and John [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Gene O’Neill'
Blues Brothers Tribute For Blue Courage–Hidey Hidey Hidey Hi
June 20th, 2011 · No Comments · Cops, News and Events
Cecelia Callaway, daughter of the legendary Cab Callaway, is scheduled to appear at the Blues Brothers tribute spectacular this Friday at the Klein to raise moolah for a city police memorial.
Blues Brothers For Blue Courage
June 9th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Cops, Education, News and Events
Gene O’Neill, retired city police sergeant, and Lisa Miro, director of Business Outreach for the city, are raising dough to support a city police memorial. Check this out from Geno: Bridgeport Police Memorial & Bridgeport Animal Shelter The City of Bridgeport, retired Police Commissioner Gene O’Neill and Lisa Miro, Director of Business Outreach for the City [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Gene O'Neill·Klein Memorial Auditorium·Lisa Miro
These Pols Are Popular, Plus: Lamont’s Jobs Plan
March 30th, 2010 · 26 Comments · City Politics, State Politics
I got my mitts on a list of the 77 Bridgeport delegates to the state Democratic Party convention in May when donkeys will endorse candidates for constitutional offices such as governor, attorney general, etc. (What? I’m not on it?)
Tags: Andy Fardy·Anthony Musto·Bill Finch·Bob "Troll" Walsh·Bob Curwen·Charlie Coviello·Chris Caruso·Cynthia King·Dan Malloy·Danny Roach·Dottie Guman·Ed Gomes·Gene O'Neill·Hector Diaz·John Fabrizi·Lisa "Honey" Parziale·Lydia Martinez·Mario Testa·Ned Lamont·Pat Crossin·Ralph Ford·Rich Paoletto·Sue Brannelly·Tom McCarthy·Warren Blunt
Tribal Warfare, More Sludge News, And Gene The Machine
March 26th, 2009 · 11 Comments · Cops, Development and Zoning, Interviews, State Politics
This means war. From the Hartford Courant: The Mohegan Indian tribe is threatening to withhold millions of dollars in slot-machine payments to the state if the legislature approves a plan to ban smoking at the casinos. In strongly worded letters to Gov. Rell and Attorney General Richard Blumenthal tribe officials said Wednesday that a pending bill to [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Dick Blumenthal·Gene O'Neill·Hartford Courant·Jasper McLevy·Jodi Rell·Tom Bucci
Blackmail At The Cove, A Rogue’s Gallery!
May 17th, 2008 · 35 Comments · News and Events
Don’t ya just love blackmail photos? Well, at OIB you never know when a photo will come in handy. A sampling from the party at Captain’s Cove, courtesy of Con Filardi and Sly Salcedo. (Warning, clicking on a picture gives you a full-sized version.) Sly Salcedo, left, and Joel Gonzalez conspiring to thwart District Leader Mitch “The Switch” [...]
Tags: Bruce Hubler·Captain's Cove Seaport·Charlie Coviello·Dottie Guman·Eze Santiago·Gene O'Neill·Joel Gonzalez·Jon Kantrowitz·Marc Delmonico·Marilyn Middlemass·Mitch Robles·Rob Russo·Sly Salcedo·Tom Kelly