Former City Councilwoman Christina Smith’s organization Groundwork Bridgeport is hosting a Bridgeport Film Fest this weekend at the Klein Memorial Auditorium. Order tickets here. The
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Bicentennial Interview: Christina Smith And ‘The Little Engine That Could’ Picks Up Steam
In her youth, former City Councilwoman Christina Smith literally lived Bridgeport history, the James O’Rourke house named for the batter who slashed the National League’s first
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For Christina Smith, A Marriage Between Walkers And The Waterfront
Former City Councilwoman Christina Smith leads Groundwork Bridgeport, a sustainability organization whose mission includes ideas to recapture and upgrade access to the waterfront. A year
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Pereira Prepares Scorecard On City Council Attendance–See Results
New City Councilwoman Maria Pereira is a stickler for many things, among them attendance records of elected officials. Long before she entered the world of
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Strap In City Council Members, Here Comes Maria Piranha
When a new City Council convenes in December it will feature current faces, new faces, returning faces and one piranha with seriously sharp teeth: that
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Brace Yourself For The Shortest City Council Meeting In History
If you walk into City Council Chambers Monday night inhale deeply, then exhale. The meeting will be over. Historically the shortest council meetings come on
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For Pete’s Sake, Spain Not Seeking Reelection To City Council Seat
Two years ago they formed a tandem of outsiders warring against the establishment, one from Yale, the other Princeton, now both Pete Spain and Christina
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Ganim Signs City Council Budget With Slight Tax Cut–Police Union Contract Approved
Declaring Monday night that the City Council made a “good budget even better” Mayor Joe Ganim did not veto changes made to his proposed spending
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