Governor Dan Malloy was in Bridgeport today urging students to return to college. News release from Malloy: Joined by Mayor Bill Finch, higher education officials,
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End Economic Segregation–CT Post Calls For Regionalization
The suburbs send Bridgeport their garbage, sewage, sick and homeless. The state’s largest city absorbs all the social service entities, tax-exempt nonprofits and public housing.
Read moreFinch And Harp, Who Has Mayoral Juice In Hartford?
The other day Mayor Bill Finch urged the state legislature’s Appropriations Committee to free up more state aid to help keep down local property taxes,
Read moreAnastasi Wants To Be On Mark With School Board Legal Counsel
Breaking its longstanding relationship with the Bridgeport-based firm Durant, Nichols, Houston, Hodgson & Cortese-Costa, the Board of Education is crafting a request for qualifications for
Read moreCity Financial Watchdog: Is Tail Wagging The Dog?
As city bean counters place the final touches on the spending plan that will be submitted to the City Council the first week of April,
Read moreFinch Hires New Planning Director
Mayor Bill Finch announced on Wednesday the hiring of Parag Agrawal as the city’s new planning director. He replaces the retired Michael Nidoh who occupied
Read moreCity Council Approves Solar Project
In a 15 to 5 vote, the Bridgeport City Council Tuesday night approved Mayor Bill Finch’s proposal for construction of a solar energy project on
Read moreExcel Bridgeport Leader To Step Down
Maria Zambrano, executive director of the education advocacy group Excel Bridgeport that supported initiatives advanced by former school chief Paul Vallas, has announced she will
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