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 […]
Entries Tagged as 'Sikorsky Memorial Airport'
Should The Airport Be Sold?
June 12th, 2016 · 26 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, Development and Zoning, News and Events
Tags: Brian Lockhart·CT Post·Donald Trump·Joe Ganim·John Ricci·Lowell Weicker·Sikorsky Memorial Airport
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. […]
Tags: Brian Lockhart·CT Post·John Ricci·Sikorsky Memorial Airport
Who’ll Be Jamming In Joe’s Garage?
November 30th, 2015 · 38 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 […]
Tags: Anne Kelly-Lenz·Bill Finch·Charlie Stallworth·Chris Meyer·Danny Roach·Ed Adams·Joe Ganim·Joe Gaudett·John Gomes·John Ricci·Ken Flatto·Klein Memorial Auditorium·Lenny Paoletta·Sikorsky Memorial Airport·Tom Sherwood
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 Torres·Lisa "Honey" Parziale·Sikorsky Memorial Airport·Testo's Restaurant·Trish Swain
Budget Updates, Airport Improvement Program On City Council Agenda
August 30th, 2014 · 1 Comment · City Budget, City Council
The Bridgeport City Council will be back in action on Tuesday at 7 p.m. to act on a Budget and Appropriations Committee report regarding a “Resolution to establish Regular Budget Updates from City Departments as a standing agenda item for the regular monthly meetings of the City Council’s Budget and Appropriations Committee.”
Tracking Malloy’s Financial Commitment To Bridgeport, The Money Allocation Database
July 7th, 2014 · 12 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Development and Zoning, News and Events, State Politics
What’s Governor Dan Malloy’s commitment to Bridgeport compared to other municipalities? An OIB post last week, Malloy’s Bridgeport problem, covered the state’s failed two-year recruitment of the world’s largest hedge fund Bridgewater Associates. It triggered debate about Malloy’s devotion to Connecticut’s most populous city. Malloy critics maintain the recruitment of Bridgewater to Stamford that cost […]
Tags: Bass Pro Shops·Beardsley Zoo·Bill Finch·Dan Malloy·Jodi Rell·John Rowland·Sikorsky Memorial Airport·Steelpointe Harbor
Trump Brings Campaign Circus To Fairfield, City Cops Will Supplement Security
August 12th, 2016 · 17 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Law Enforcement, National Politics, News and Events
Some people wonder based on his cretinous campaign if Donald Trump’s involved in some sort of conspiracy to elect Hillary Clinton president. Trump, who has compared himself to P.T. Barnum, brings his campaign circus to the Pitt Center on the campus of Sacred Heart University around 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. Campus proper is located in Fairfield, but part of the […]
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Tags: AJ Perez·Barack Obama·Donald Trump·Hillary Clinton·Jim Himes·Klein Memorial Auditorium·Sacred Heart University·Sikorsky Memorial Airport