Little things mean a lot, especially for the city’s East End comeback neighborhood that received news last week of an M&T Bank branch opening on
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Tag: Ernie Newton
Watch: Finally, The Lions Roar–City Breaks Ground For New Bassick High School
As a pride of lions go there hadn’t been much of a roar from the mascot of Bassick High School in search of a new
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See Budget Committee Schedule For Fiscal Plan
The City Council’s Budget & Appropriations Committee chaired by Scott Burns and Ernie Newton has begun its deliberations over Mayor Joe Ganim’s spending plan for
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Budget Season Commences In Mayoral Election Year, Ganim Plan Holds Line On Taxes
This week the City Council will be in possession of Mayor Joe Ganim’s budget proposal that will hold the line on taxes in this mayoral
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Sal DePiano, Lawyer, State Senator, Musician, Historic Political Figure, Dies At 96
Sal DePiano was the offspring of the quintessential immigrant experience, his parents arriving here from Italy, settling on Bridgeport’s East Side, Sal with the help
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Will GE Credit Union Electrify An East End Development? Ganim’s Pitch To M&T Draws A Response
Mayors can make things happen. Residents of the East End of Bridgeport whose Black voters overwhelmingly returned Joe Ganim to the mayoralty in 2015 have
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Ganim Pitches M&T Bank’s CEO To Greenlight East End Branch, “Underserved Community”
Talk to residents and stakeholders in comeback-trail East End about neighborhood necessities and the refrain is clear: we need a grocery store, pharmacy, healthcare facility
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Hospital Weighs Purchase Of Former Harding High Property, Officials Seek Housing Component
From Brian Lockhart, CT Post: The city has placed the former Harding High School property on the market, and several officials said neighbor Bridgeport Hospital
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