If you walk into City Council Chambers Monday night inhale deeply, then exhale. The meeting will be over. Historically the shortest council meetings come on
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Category: City Council
Health Care Professional Pitches Cure In City Council Run
It can be lonely running as a Republican in a Democratic-dominant district in more ways than one. Helene Kouassi, founder of Stratford-based Hope Health Care, is
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Turn The Pages, Ethan Book Blowtorches His Rivals
Strap in for an extraordinary read from Republican Ethan Book, one of four write-in candidates for mayor. Regular OIB readers know this as Book-speak. For
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Paging City Council Travel Writers
Intrepid government watchdog John Marshall Lee returned recently from a two-week trip to Portugal and Spain. He shared his adventures Monday night with City Council
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Election Complaint Alleges Pressure Tactics To Suppress Elderly Voters
East End City Council members Eneida Martinez and Ernie Newton have filed a complaint with the State Elections Enforcement Commission asserting that members of Bridgeport
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SHU-horn In North End–Judge Lopez Offers Solutions To Neighborhood Plight
Retired Superior Court Judge Carmen Lopez responds to a Connecticut Post article–Bridgeport, Sacred Heart at odds over student population in North End–with suggestions to alleviate
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The Nov. 5 Election Ballot
Barring court intervention involving the challenge to the September 10 Democratic primary, we’re three weeks away from the Nov. 5 general election featuring races for
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For Pereira And Friends, School Board Candidates Campaign ‘For The Students Of Bridgeport’
Unimpressed with the candidates for Board of Education, be it Democrat, Republican or Working Families Party, Maria Pereira, also a Democratic nominee for City Council
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