From Keila Torres Ocasio, CT Post: When the City Council started its regular meeting Monday, it was announced that Mayor Bill Finch would be late. It took all of two minutes to figure out why. The University of Bridgeport Women’s Gymnastics Team was being honored by the council for earning its 5th consecutive National Championship. [...]
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Mayor Inflexible Toward UB Gymnastics
May 7th, 2013 · 15 Comments · City Council, News and Events
Tags: Andres Ayala·Anthony Musto·Bill Finch·CT Post·Keila Torres Ocasio·University of Bridgeport
Black Rockers Protest Budget Proposal
April 9th, 2013 · 42 Comments · City Budget, City Council, News and Events
The City Council’s Budget and Appropriations Committee Monday night conducted a public hearing on Mayor Bill Finch’s proposed $520 million spending plan for the budget year starting July 1, with a majority in attendance from Black Rock, the waterfront hamlet whose residents pay a whole lot in taxes (is there a pulse in the rest [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·CT Post·David Walker·Keila Torres Ocasio·Mary-Jane Foster
Hello To The Butcher And Baker! Downtown Market To Open In May
March 17th, 2013 · 7 Comments · News and Events
One of the missing pieces to progress Downtown to complement the growing housing base was the lack of a grocery story. Clyde Ripka is scheduled to open a market in mid-May. From Keila Torres Ocasio, CT Post: When Matt Norko moved downtown in 2010, he was thrilled that he could walk to the train station [...]
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April Showers For Dem South End Leader Mitch Robles’ Daughter
January 21st, 2013 · 10 Comments · News and Events
From Keila Torres Ocasio, CT Post: The daughter of an influential city Democrat is on paid leave after officials learned she pretended to shoot people with a toy gun while on duty as a security guard at the city’s Health Department. April Robles, daughter of South End District Leader Mitchell Robles, was placed on administrative [...]
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Chaos At NAACP Meeting, Marshal Smokes Winston
April 23rd, 2013 · 9 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events
Never a dull moment lately within the ranks of the Greater Bridgeport NAACP. Monday night’s reorganization of the local chapter included the arrest of one of its members Wayne Winston. OIB background story here. From CT Post reporter Keila Torres Ocasio: Twenty minutes into the state NAACP chapter’s takeover Monday of the civil rights organization’s Bridgeport [...]
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