News release from Mayor Joe Ganim: Mayor Joe Ganim today joined Mayor John Harkins of Stratford, City Council Members and State Lawmakers to reopen Runway 6-24 at Igor. I Sikorsky Memorial Airport. Mayor Ganim boarded a twin engine Wheels Up jet with City Council members Tom McCarthy, Jeanette Herron and Anthony Paoletto to make the first […]
Entries Tagged as 'Sikorsky Memorial Airport'
Safety Improvements At Airport
October 3rd, 2016 · 5 Comments · Development and Zoning, News and Events
Should The Airport Be Sold?
June 12th, 2016 · 26 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, Development and Zoning, News and Events
Sikorsky Memorial Airport is owned by the city but located in the Lordship section of Stratford where neighborhood residents aren’t exactly flying high about a modern aviation hub. Expansion opposition from Stratford, runway issues and decades of inaction all contribute to the airport’s financial drain on the city. About 25 years ago then-Governor Lowell Weicker […]
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Sikorsky Airport Suffers Another Leadership Death
February 8th, 2016 · 20 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events
Forced out as airport manager a few years ago by then-Mayor Bill Finch, Public Facilities Director John Ricci must now pay more attention to the municipally owned Sikorsky Memorial Airport in the short term following the death of operations superintendent Steve Ford who suffered injuries from a fall over the weekend at his home in Shelton. […]
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Who’ll Be Jamming In Joe’s Garage?
November 30th, 2015 · 36 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events
Rock icon Frank Zappa scored an infectious FM favorite about several band buddies, an unconventional bunch, coming together to play in “Joe’s Garage.” In Joe Ganim’s unorthodox comeback, he’s assembling pieces to an administration both unconventional and even surreal should the former FBI agent who investigated him work in his administration to create an Office […]
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Railroad Station Design, Airport Improvements On City Council Agenda
July 6th, 2015 · 15 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, Development and Zoning
The Bridgeport City Council begins its summer session Monday night, one regularly scheduled meeting for July and August. While the mayor’s race is getting most of the attention, this is also an election year for the council.
Tags: Enrique "Rick" Torres·Lisa "Honey" Parziale·Sikorsky Memorial Airport·Testo's Restaurant·Trish Swain
Discussions Take Off For Possible State Purchase Of Sikorsky Airport
November 17th, 2016 · 26 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, Development and Zoning, News and Events
The city-owned Sikorsky Memorial Airport is an enigma, never living up to its original promise as an economic driver for the region. It functions at an annual operating loss of about $500,000, according to city officials. The city has been handcuffed through the decades because any expansion must be approved by land use regulations in the […]
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