In case you missed the city’s tree lighting last week at McLevy Green you can check it out here. Cool shooting stars on display. How
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Making A List, Checking It Twice
You don’t want to terminate the bus driver escorting veterans to the VA hospital in an election year, do ya? Especially if the mayor’s dad
Read moreScrooge Delivers Pink Slips
Okay, here’s what’s going on regarding layoffs. Fifteen members of the Bridgeport local Laborers International Union of North America received pink slips representing 14 percent
Read moreFinch To Herbst: Hey Neighbor, I Need Your Help!
If Stratford is Bridgeport East (and it is), Trumbull is Bridgeport North. Thousands of Bridgeporters through the years have moved to Stratford and Trumbull. That
Read moreThe City’s Finance Lenz–And What’s Going On With The Deficit?
Mike Feeney has left Bridgeport to become finance director for the Stratford BOE. Replacing Feeney on an interim basis is Dawn Norton who served as
Read moreCrossin Resigns From Board of Ed
Patrick Crossin, elected to the Board of Education one year ago, has resigned for health reasons. Crossin waged a courageous struggle with lymphoma, a cancer
Read moreThe Ego Meter, One Week Left, Bridgeport’s A Player–And Who’s Paying For Barack Visit?
Give me a show of hands. Are you excited? Do you care about the election? In one week a lot of charges, counter-charges, flame-throwing advertisements,
Read moreWhat Happened To That Review Of The BOE?
We’ve heard the rhetoric for years. A comprehensive audit of the Board of Education will be a roadmap for savings, efficiency, more dough invested in
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