Another city employee has been suspended with pay, this time involving a dispute between Rosemary Wong, a services coordinator for the Downtown senior center and Alanna Kabel, assistant chief administrative officer. Interestingly, according to a story by the CT Post, Leticia Colon, a member of the Board of Education and former City Council member who [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Phil Kuchma'
Dispute Over Downtown Senior Center Leads To Suspension, Colon Defends Employee On Leave
June 18th, 2013 · 10 Comments · Development and Zoning, News and Events
Student Brain Power–Kuchma Partners With UB Design School
May 11th, 2013 · 2 Comments · Best of Bridgeport, Development and Zoning, News and Events
Lots of brain power at the University of Bridgeport that Downtown developer Phil Kuchma is integrating into renewal. From Rob Varnon, CT Post: Phil Kuchma was looking for an edge over the competition to attract young professionals to his newest apartment, so he turned to the University of Bridgeport.
Tags: Bijou Theatre·CT Post·Phil Kuchma·University of Bridgeport
SHU’s V Spot–Hey Bobby, Why Don’t You Buy Testo’s Restaurant?
February 26th, 2013 · 15 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Development and Zoning, News and Events
As Connecticut athletics go Bobby Valentine is a sports pioneer so it’s fitting the ex star athlete and baseball manager slip into a new professional SHU as the director of Pioneer athletics. Sacred Heart University technically has a Fairfield address, but its history with the state’s largest city is intertwined religiously, socially, educationally and athletically. [...]
Tags: Bobby Valentine·Mario Testa·Phil Kuchma·Testo's Restaurant
Downtown Traffic, A Search For Gossip, And A $35 Parking Ticket
January 7th, 2013 · 7 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, Development and Zoning
Who says there’s no activity Downtown? In a quest to harass city employees Monday afternoon on Lyon Terrace, there were no spots in the City Hall parking lot. No meters available on Golden Hill, nothing on Congress Street. Parked on Elm Street, fed the meter, climbed the Broad Street steps, made the rounds, checked in [...]
UBelong Together, Post Chronicles Finch’s Frost Toward University
November 25th, 2012 · 22 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Education
From Brian Lockhart, CT Post: The University of Bridgeport banners lining Park Avenue at the seaside campus read: “A World of Opportunities.” For Democratic Mayor Bill Finch, UB’s 56 acres, 4,877 students and 900 employees might as well be a world away, not in the city’s South End.
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Mayor Puts On Bright Face, Highlights Accomplishments, Braces For Beastly Budget–Will Malloy Step Up For Bridgeport?
March 20th, 2013 · 16 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, Development and Zoning, News and Events
Bill Finch took office as mayor of Connecticut’s largest city in December of 2007. Assuming he fills out this second four-year term he will become one of the longest-serving mayors in city history surpassed only by Republican Clifford Wilson, Democrat Joe Ganim and Socialist Jasper McLevy. The budget Finch will soon propose to the City [...]
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