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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Tag: Ernie Newton
Election Complaint Alleges Pressure Tactics To Suppress Elderly Voters
East End City Council members Eneida Martinez and Ernie Newton have filed a complaint with the State Elections Enforcement Commission asserting that members of Bridgeport
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Slash Politics–For Entertainment It’s Bridgeport
When it comes to Machiavellian politics, Bridgeport rarely disappoints: tires slashed, literal pissing contests, restraining orders. In advance of Tuesday’s primaries, CT Post scribe Colin
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Home Grown Anthony Stewart Invests In The East End, Officials Praise Development, Grocery Store For Needy Neighborhood
A Gala Foods grocery store, jazz-themed restaurant, brewery, hair salon, pharmacy, health care facility complemented by a granite walkway will greet Ashlar Construction’s “Honey Locust Square,”
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Charlie Tisdale, A Giant In City Politics, Dies At 86, Services Announced
Update: A viewing will take place at The Klein Memorial Auditorium, 910 Fairfield Avenue in Bridgeport, on Wednesday Aug. 28, from 4 to 8 p.m. A
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A Plea To Stay Free–For Newton, It’s Finally Over–No Prison In State Campaign Finance Case
It took about seven years, a trial, a conviction, then reversal by the Connecticut Supreme Court but in the end City Councilman Ernie Newton is
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Heath Code Violations Shuts Down Troubled Deli In East End
Update includes health code violations documents. Backed by Mayor Joe Ganim, City Councilman Ernie Newton and Captain Lonnie Blackwell, City Health Director Maritza Bond on
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Ganim Endorsed For Another Term, Moore Campaign Taking It To Streets To Wage Primary
Mayor Joe Ganim by a 74-11 vote was endorsed Tuesday night at Testo’s Restaurant by the Democratic Town Committee over State Senator Marilyn Moore setting
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