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A sensitive guy with a booming heart, former Mayor John Fabrizi bleeds Bridgeport. As a retail politician he exuded a sympathetic touch with the blue-collar

Talk about someone who’s been through the political wars, Danny Roach has seen just about everything the past 40 years. In 2015, he was an

Before Gregg Dancho became director, Bridgeport’s Beardsley Zoo, now formally called Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo, was not nationally accredited by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums.

In these parts say the name Ernie and everyone knows the moniker. Greet Ernie Newton as Moses and he preens a sense of humor. Be

Nothing like a kid on Pleasure Beach. My father, a Sicilian immigrant, squired me there to fish for snapper blues in the late 1960s. All

Some call him Charles, others call him by middle name Don, and still others Clem. Say hello to Town Clerk Charles ‘Don’ Clemons who’s enjoyed

Kaye Williams, the visionary who turned a city-run dump of a boatyard into Captain’s Cove Seaport, one of the region’s premier tourist draws, with its

In 2021, Bridgeport’s bicentennial, we will feature interviews with personalities from all walks of life who bleed Bridgeport. Some of them you know, some you’ll

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A Bicentennial Interview With Mayor Fabs–“My Heart Is Always Here”

Man Of Many Hats Danny Roach, A Bicentennial Interview With Fourth Generation Bridgeporter

Bicentennial Interview: He Talks To Animals, We Talk To Him–Zoo Director Gregg Dancho

Cast Your Staff–Bicentennial Interview With Ernie Newton, AKA Moses

Bicentennial Interview: Anthony Stewart Emerges As Steward Of East End Development

Bicentennial Interview: Charles ‘Don’ Clemons, Star Athlete, Firefighter, Public Servant

An Interview With 92-Year-Old City Treasure Kaye Williams, Founder Of Captain’s Cove Seaport

Diversity, Equity, Creativity: A Conversation With Suzanne Kachmar, Executive Director Of City Lights