Alma Maya earned her community stripes as a young social irritant recruited by Cesar Batalla, a gladiator in the Puerto Rican community, who was a
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Category: Best of Bridgeport
Bicentennial Interview: WPKN General Manager Steve di Costanzo, Prepping A Move To Downtown
WPKN MOVE from Cob Carlson on Vimeo. Listener-supported WPKN is an eclectic city gem to tickle your musical pleasure center and ear for information. The
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Bicentennial Interview: He Talks To Animals, We Talk To Him–Zoo Director Gregg Dancho
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.
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Eat Fish, Other Small Businesses, Reels In $10K Grants In Response To Health Crisis
News release from Mayor’s Office: Mayor Ganim, in partnership with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the City’s Small and Minority Business Enterprise Office (SMBE), the Office of Planning and Economic Development
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Bicentennial Interview: Christina Smith And ‘The Little Engine That Could’ Picks Up Steam
In her youth, former City Councilwoman Christina Smith literally lived Bridgeport history, the James O’Rourke house named for the batter who slashed the National League’s first
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Bicentennial Interview: Anthony Stewart Emerges As Steward Of East End Development
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
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From Jamaica To Bridgeport–Bicentennial Interview With The Energetic Carolyn Vermont
Carolyn Vermont is a ubiquitous presence around the Park City. She serves as the Mayor’s Community Liaison for the City of Bridgeport where she chairs
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Nourishing Young People–Bicentennial Interview With Children’s Books Author And Illustrator Lizzy Rockwell
Lizzy Rockwell, an illustrator whose artwork is featured in picture books, magazines, games and on walls, is OIB correspondent Bob Fredericks’ latest interview honoring Bridgeport’s
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