So much going on in Bridgeport’s school district: financial woes, leadership changes, board infighting, state education board monitoring the situation, even calls for a complete
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Category: Analysis and Comment
Update: John Ricci, Swiss Army Knife Political Operative, Passes Away At 81
Honoring John’s wishes, there will be no services. Donations in John’s honor can be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital,www.stjude.org, an organization close to
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Sweeping Charter Revision Changes? A Paid And Reduced City Council – What Say You?
A paid City Council? Reduce the size of the City Council from 20 members to 10? Open up the gene pool, allowing people who work
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If Not For Tom Gaudett – And Court – Success Village A Catastrophic Human And Public Safety Mess
Heat and hot water back on at Success Village, albeit it many issues still to work out. It could have been lives lost. Think in
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Senator Gaston: It’s Time For A State-Enacted Rent Cap
Commentary from State Senator Herron Gaston: Of all the news stories that have flashed across your Facebook feed over the past month — drone sightings,
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Stratford’s Trojan Horse Housing Discrimination Creates Community Disparity
What’s Bridgeport’s neighborhood to the east, the town of Stratford, doing about the affordable housing crisis? A stark pattern of discrimination is getting in the
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The School Board’s Purgatory Period
Tiheba Williams-Bain, a Democrat, is the latest school board member to resign and, going out the door, called for a state takeover that would banish
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Fifty Years Later, The Spice Of Ella Grasso – CT And Americas Revolutionary Female Governor
The Spice Of Ella Grasso In Connecticut you say “Ella” and that pretty much says it all. In November 1974 Ella Grasso became the
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