For all the meowing (me included) about the city’s historically low 18 percent election turnout last week, some cities and towns in Connecticut actually made the state’s
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Want Satisfaction? We Have It For You
If you love the Rolling Stones, OIB has some tix for you to see the Thursday night performance (tonight) of Satisfaction: The Rolling Stones Experience
Read moreCity Council Bragging Rights–The Vote Leaders
One week after the lowest general election mayoral turnout in city history (18.2 percent according to the official number provided by elections officials), time to
Read moreCourant Shows No Love For Joe: ‘The Same Old Ganim’
Editorial in the Hartford Courant: Give former Bridgeport mayor Joseph P. Ganim a lemon and he will open a used car lot. Mr. Ganim has
Read moreThe Use Of Stun Guns
These incidents seem to cost the city money even when police are correct procedurally. From the CT Post: A naked man who was reportedly fighting
Read moreCourant Story Sheds Light On Ganim’s Release
The Hartford Courant’s Ed Mahony breaks new ground behind former Mayor Joe Ganim’s early release from the joint and prosecutors’ efforts to deny his motion for early
Read moreBare It All Downtown
As a young scribe 30 years ago there was the Ocean Sea Grill downtown and a few other eateries that came and went. And oh yeah, we had
Read moreMoon Over Buffalo Plays Bridgeport
Challenging times indeed for the Playhouse on the Green. Landlords have shut it down to cut costs, but that’s not stopping affiliated local thespians from
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