From Brian Lockhart, CT Post: After five years and over $615,000 in legal bills, the City Council Wednesday made peace with the Bridgeport Islanders, approving
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Council Members Check City On Settlement With Islanders–Deal To Keep Hockey Team In Town Another Decade
A special meeting of the City Council will take place Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. re: “Proposed Settlement Litigation concerning the City’s Arena and the Proposed 2021
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Facing Opposition, Distillery’s License Is Renewed By State Liquor Officials
From Brian Lockhart, CT Post: Fifth State Distillery will be allowed to continue producing small batch vodka, whiskey and liqueurs at its current location. On
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Why Zoning Matters–Land Use Proposals Call For Big Changes
As East End activist Deb Sims notes “That’s why zoning matters.” Too often an auto body shop is shoe-horned into a residential area. From Brian Lockhart,
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City Seeks To Fill Police Staffing Shortages
From Brian Lockhart, CT Post: The response to the city’s latest police recruitment drive–launched in April–seems to reflect a national trend departments are facing when
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Lieutenant Who Prepped Perez On Disgraced Police Test Placed On Administrative Status
Lieutenant Brian Dickerson, one of two police officers who coached former Chief A.J. Perez on the scammed 2018 top cop test, has been placed on
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Latest Man Arrested After Deadly Shooting Has History With Packed Parties
From Brian Lockhart, Tara O’Neill, CT Post: A restaurant owner shamed on social media last fall by the governor for breaking coronavirus rules has been
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Chief Garcia Wants To Reduce Cops Straying To Other Departments
Police retention has been debated in the OIB comments section for years. The city trains them, they drop anchor for a while and then sail
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