“Bridgeport’s democracy must be fixed, and it’s our job to fix it,” says Bridgeport Generation Now Votes President Gemeem Davis who served as State Senator
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Category: City Politics
‘Let The Guy Who Put The Snow There Take It Away’–A Bicentennial Blizzard Shovels A Mayor From The Past, Socialist Jasper McLevy
This image that appeared in the Bridgeport Herald in 1938 mocks Pete “Sunshine” Brewster, Mayor Jasper McLevy’s Public Works director, snoozing through a snow storm.
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Watch: Senator Bradley Declares Big Tobacco’s Marketing Of Flavored Products ‘Almost An Act Of Genocide’
From Jodi Latina, News 8. The Bridgeport City Council is looking to join 100 other cities around the country in banning the sale of all
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Municipal Advocate, Yale Campaign School Forge Partnership To Train People Of Color Running For Local Office
News release from Connecticut Conference of Municipalities: The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM), in conjunction with the Campaign School at Yale University, will conduct a
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Moore Agrees To $300 Fine For Election Law Violation During Mayoral Contest
State Senator Marilyn Moore has entered into a consent agreement with a state watchdog agency to pay a $300 fine for not witnessing signatures on
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Wiggles The Chinchilla, First Mayor Of Zoo, Dies–Ganim: We Are All Deeply Saddened
We don’t call it OIB for nothing. Who dons the coat? From Mayor Joe Ganim: Mayor Ganim provided the following statement upon hearing about the
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Prayers For Lenny Paoletta, Two-Term Mayor, Battling Covid
Lenny Paoletta is as fit as they come for 85 years old. Active, engaged, still part of the Bridgeport scene. Tough as a Bridgeport bluefish.
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City Sheriff Dennis Scinto, North End District Leader, Dies
Long-time City Sheriff Dennis Scinto, who presided over North End politics as Democratic leader of the 134th District, passed away on Tuesday, according to several
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