Who says there’s no economic spinoff from the Webster Bank Arena? The new Barnum Publick House, across from the City Hall Annex and several blocks from
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The Vision Of Phil Kuchma
Nice piece by the Los Angeles Times about Phil Kuchma, developer of Bijou Square on Fairfield Avenue downtown. Reporting from Bridgeport, Conn.— Philip Kuchma brightens
Read moreTime For 2012 Prognostication
Okay OIB friends, what’s in your crystal ball for 2012? Are we really living in Zombie Land, as ex-City Councilman big Mojo Ralph Mojica suggests?
Read moreMayor Welcomes New Bagel King
Mayor Bill Finch and co-owners, siblings Steve and Tanya Del Cegno celebrated the opening of Bagel King of Bridgeport’s newest location at 276 Fairfield Avenue
Read moreBuy Local, Buy Local, Buy Local!
Where are you shopping this Black Friday weekend? Let’s make an effort to support Bridgeport businesses. The other day Mayor Bill Finch highlighted several downtown small business
Read moreBare It All Downtown
As a young scribe 30 years ago there was the Ocean Sea Grill downtown and a few other eateries that came and went. And oh yeah, we had
Read moreFinch Has Four More Years–What’s Next?
On a day that produced the lowest general election percentage turnout (18 percent) in city history, Mayor Bill Finch cruised to a second four-year term.
Read moreTexting The Mayoral Forum
Mayor Bill Finch and Mary-Jane Foster squared off in another forum today (Thursday) that included Republican candidate Rick Torres and independent petitioning candidate Jeff Kohut,
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