UPDATED: A Facebook thread about City Councilman Marcus Brown’s run for State Senate devolved into inflammatory remarks made by city employee Steven Auerbach, a member
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Bradley: Yes To Casino, No To Truck Tolls, Let Parents Decide Immunizations
State Senator Dennis Bradley who chairs the Public Safety Committee that’s weighing casino expansion and sports betting, shares his take on the legislative session with
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City Officials, Contractors Do Walk Through Of Condemned Site In East End
News release from Mayor’s Office: Mayor Ganim joined Office of Planning and Economic Development, 139th district Council members Ernie Newton and Eneida Martinez as well as contractors
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Despite Federal Probe, Emboldened Bradley Presses On, Promises Casino For Bridgeport
A defiant State Senator Dennis Bradley doesn’t sound like a pol packing in his legislative seat amid a federal probe into campaign finance violations. If
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The Power Of ‘Curiosity, Humility And Empathy’–Do City Council Members Possess These Traits?
For many years, John Marshall Lee has doggedly appeared before the City Council beseeching members of the legislative body for an open, accountable, transparent government.
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Supporters Roar For A Rivera State Senate Run–Will She?
Social justice advocate Kate Rivera waged a compelling insurgent race last spring against Democratic-endorsed Antonio Felipe to fill the State House seat of the late
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“This Is About Doing Right For Bridgeport”–City Council Tours Boutique Amphitheater Opening Summer 2020
Free parking, free weekly movies, free Greater Bridgeport Symphony pops music and free high school graduations will complement big-name concert acts and community events at
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Scalpel Time: City Council Budget Chairs Seek Quixotic Eight Percent Department Reductions
It’s a big ask that will arouse irritation or perspiration, if not outright mock horror, but the co-chairs of the City Council’s Budget & Appropriations
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