The corner of State Street and Lafayette Boulevard is a magnet for Downtown traffic accidents. State Rep. Chris Rosario who lost a constituent in an intersection crash there three years ago has been pushing the State Department of Transportation to do something about it.
Entries Tagged as 'Housatonic Community College'
Dangerous Intersection To Receive Signal Improvements
August 28th, 2016 · 5 Comments · Development and Zoning, News and Events
Tags: Chris Rosario·CT Post·Doing It Local·Housatonic Community College·Steve Krauchick
Carving Up The City To Suburbs, Careful What You Wish For
July 8th, 2016 · 46 Comments · Analysis and Comment
Okay, let’s have some fun. Black Rock is apoplectic about absorbing the brunt of the revaluation blow that jacked taxes in the neighborhood to finance city services. For two hours the other night Mayor Joe Ganim listened patiently as homeowners, a majority from that cool Black Rock hamlet, justifiably vented. Most Black Rockers did not […]
Tags: Beardsley Park·Beardsley Zoo·Bridgeport Bluefish·Bridgeport Hospital·Captain's Cove Seaport·Ernie Newton·Housatonic Community College·Joe Ganim·Lee Samowitz·Maria Pereira·Mario Testa·Morgan Kaolian·Pleasure Beach·Sacred Heart University·Sal DiNardo·Seaside Park·Tim Herbst·University of Bridgeport
Building For Sale, CT Post Real Estate Tax Bill More Than $170,000
July 4th, 2016 · 13 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Development and Zoning, Media, News and Events
Hearst Connecticut Media that owns the Connecticut Post and four other daily newspapers in Fairfield County announced two weeks ago that it had placed 410 State Street for sale as it begins the process to downsize its physical editorial and advertising presence in Connecticut’s largest city. According to city tax officials based on the building assessment for […]
Business Formation Workshop At Housatonic Community College
June 23rd, 2016 · No Comments · Development and Zoning, Education, News and Events
Connecticut Secretary of the State Denise Merrill will be the featured speaker at a Bridgeport Minority Business Development Agency Center workshop Monday from 10 a.m. to noon at Housatonic Community College BH Room 321. She will discuss the “Business Startup Tool and general features of the online business services technology that streamlines the process for […]
Ganim Launches Second Chance Initiative For Ex-offenders
June 11th, 2016 · 33 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, News and Events
Mayor Joe Ganim on Friday was joined by city and state lawmakers, business leaders and local nonprofits to announce a Second Chance Society initiative aimed at providing job opportunities to past offenders. The program includes signed pledges by local businesses to give ex-offenders a fair chance at hiring, city seed money of $50,000 and potential […]
Tags: Av Harris·Bill Finch·Bridgeport Bluefish·Charlie Stallworth·Denese Taylor-Moye·Ed Gomes·Eneida Martinez-Walker·Housatonic Community College·Joe Ganim·Marilyn Moore·University of Bridgeport·Webster Bank Arena
Retiring Business Chief Timpanelli Cites “Incredible Change” To City Development
May 26th, 2016 · 10 Comments · Development and Zoning, News and Events
Paul Timpanelli’s nearly 30-year run as president and chief executive officer of the Bridgeport Regional Business Council comes to an end in a few months. In an eblast letter to his business community constituency he shares “with pride our involvement in the incredible change that has taken place over that 25 year period.” The former […]
Tags: Bridgeport Bluefish·Housatonic Community College·Morgan Kaolian·Paul Timpanelli·Steelpointe Harbor·Webster Bank Arena
College Chiefs Assert City School Board Is Dysfunctional
May 9th, 2016 · 32 Comments · Education, News and Events
When a majority on the Bridgeport Board of Education threw in the towel in the summer of 2011 and asked the Connecticut Board of Education to step in to take control of city schools, dysfunction on the local board was one reason cited. The Connecticut Supreme Court eventually reversed the decision for the state to […]
Tags: CT Post·Fran Rabinowitz·Housatonic Community College·Linda Conner Lambeck·Neil Salonen·Sacred Heart University·University of Bridgeport
Worse In Hartford? Connecticut’s Bleeding Cities–Stafstrom: It Doesn’t Matter Who Is Worse Off … State Has Ignored Cities
August 29th, 2016 · 59 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, News and Events, State Politics
The mil rate in Bridgeport is 54. In Hartford it’s 74–ouch–by far the highest in the state. Mayor Joe Ganim’s spending plan approved by the City Council calls for $4 million in union concessions to balance the budget, some of which he has achieved. Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin’s budget anticipates $15.5 million in municipal givebacks. […]
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Tags: Beardsley Park·Beardsley Zoo·Dick Blumenthal·Hartford Courant·Housatonic Community College·Joe Ganim·Lowell Weicker·Mary Moran·Steven Stafstrom·Tom Bucci