The city’s Planning and Zoning Commission Monday night (tonight) is scheduled to take up a request to extend approval of a halfway house located in the West End for
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When Influence Collides With Sanity
Urban warrior and Lake Forest area block watch leader Jeff Kohut has authored a guest column dissecting the implications of the proposed halfway house for
Read moreFerry Company Awarded Fees In Court Fight–Now What?
Another legal round for the Bridgeport and Port Jefferson Steamboat Company. U.S. District Court Judge Christopher Droney has awarded the ferry company more than $1
Read moreStealing Steel Point Loot
Losing the $11 million federal grant for the Steel Point redevelopment area was like a kick in the crotch to Mayor Bill Finch. Congressman Jim
Read moreSteel Point Funding Ambushed, Himes Responds
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives on Saturday torpedoed funding for the Steel Point redevelopment area that Congressman Jim Himes had secured in 2010. This is a
Read moreRally Against Halfway House
A rally opposing the proposed 120-bed halfway house for the West End will take place Tuesday (today) 6 p.m. at the corner of John Street and Park Avenue. The
Read moreSteel Point Funding On Ropes: Dick In The City
U.S. Senator Dick Blumenthal will visit Bridgeport on Tuesday (today). A GOP spending bill over the weekend would strip $11 million funding for the Steel Point redevelopment
Read moreGomes: Finch Buying Support For School Project
Interesting and intense negotiations going on between Bridgeport and Trumbull for the proposed building of a $125 million regional magnet school in Fairchild Memorial Park in
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