Another crazy year in the state’s largest city and just in time because a lot of us are out of breath. Snow storm after snow
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Finch, Other Elected Officials, Start New Terms
More than two dozen elected officials led by Mayor Bill Finch received the oath of office in City Council chambers Thursday night. Connecticut Attorney General George
Read moreCity Council Enters Era Without The Troll
After 16 years of huffing and puffing, kicking and screaming, probing and posturing, and serving as the resident legislative curmudgeon, Bob “Troll” Walsh is no longer
Read moreThings Looking Up: Malloy And Finch Celebrate Elevator Company
When I was a munchkin scribe at the Bridgeport Post-Telegram, predecessor to the CT Post, reporters were transported to the third-floor newsroom via elevator. Invariably when you asked
Read moreFinch Rolls Out Endorsements
From the Finch campaign: State Democratic Leadership Endorse Finch for Mayor. Former U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd, U.S. Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT4) today endorsed Mayor Bill
Read moreCity Council Members Endorse Finch
From the Finch campaign: City Council members and candidates today endorsed Mayor Finch for reelection citing his work on stabilizing city finances and economic development
Read moreOIB Archive: ‘A Land Swap For You! Carve Up The City–Abolish The Board of Education’
CT Post columnist MariAn Gail Brown writes that the City of Bridgeport should be dissolved as a result of the state takeover of city schools.
Read moreCurwen Resigns City Job
UPDATE: Veteran City Councilman Bob Curwen, co-chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, took a city job in February. Two months ago the mayor’s office
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