City officials hope an effort to bring back commercial passenger service to Sikorsky Memorial Airport fashions a safe landing on the Dec. 11 State Bond
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Category: Development and Zoning
‘Who Cares About Our Neighbors In Public Housing?’
Days after Mayor Joe Ganim announced a federal application to decommission the troubled Greene Homes public housing complex, government observer John Marshall Lee raises questions
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Ganim And Blumenthal Urge Feds To Approve Demolition Of Greene Homes
It’s notorious, dangerous, unhealthy and prison-like. Mayor Joe Ganim and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal on Friday announced that they are urging the federal Department of
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Dissing Bridgeport Promise, Mohegan Sun Eyes Boston’s Billion Casino
A year ago Mohegan Sun made a big P/R splash, announcing an exclusive three-year partnership agreement with the city-owned Webster Bank Arena involving concerts, sporting
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Ganim Demolishes West End Eyesore, Visible From I-95, For New Housing
With Mayor Joe Ganim behind the controls of a Stamford Wrecking demolition truck, city officials on Tuesday began clearance of the vacant United Pattern Company building
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Bassick Scion Urges Preservation Of High School’s Architectural History
E. Webb Bassick IV, oldest survivor of 4 generations of Bassicks with a deep industrial and philanthropic history in Bridgeport, issued this letter to municipal
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(Tabled) Zoners To Consider Private Sector Proposal For Sacred Heart Housing
Update: This item was tabled. The Planning & Zoning Commission tonight (Monday) at 6:30 is scheduled to hear an application by the ABS Capital Company
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Preserve Bassick High School, An Honorable Landmark
Charles Brilvitch is a Bridgeport treasure who spent decades marinating in the city’s architectural history, something that requires endurance, passion and love for the things
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